Printed ephemera, 1931-1940.

Printed ephemera relating to events in the period 1931-1940:
Ephemera from a dinner hosted by The Royal Insitute of International Affairs in honour of General The Right Honourable January C. Smuts, held at the Savoy Hotel, London, on 12 November 1934. Invitation card for the opening of the National Maritime Museum on 27 April 1937. Invitation and menu cards from a dinner to welcome Admiral Hugh Rodman of the United States Navy, held at the United Service Club, London, on 13 May 1937. Items relating to Thursfield being a guest on the battleship HMS NELSON (1925) during the Coronation Review of the Fleet at Spithead on 20 May 1937. Invitation card for the launch of the battleship HMS DUKE OF YORK at the John Brown & Co Ltd shipyard at Clydebank on 16 September 1939. Menu card from the Lobby Journalists’ Luncheon on 29 February 1940. Also menu cards from Trafalgar Day and other dinners organized by The Navy League and The Royal Navy Club of 1765 and 1785.