In the early 90s as a young(ish) staff officer at HQ 11 Gp I was detailed to do a 100% check of mess silver. The Silver member and I went through the whole list - all present and correct - bar one flying trophy from the inter-war years. This large, solid silver trophy named after a famous RAF VSO could not be found. More to the point, since we had no photo, we did not know what it should look like.
Some weeks later I found it! It was being used as a door stop in the hall of the mess - only when I bent down to read the inscription did it become clear that this large, dirty winged lump was indeed the solid silver prestigious trophy.