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1915: Some ‘Frightful’ War Pictures by William Heath Robinson
Duckworth & Co. London, 1915, 1st ed., original red cloth-backed
pictorial boards.
An excellent example of this scarce first edition. With 24 full page
illustrations by Heath Robinson. 14.50 x 10in. (36.83 x 25.40cm)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
322
1917: Royal Irish Regiment greetings card to the Imperial Russian
Army
Scarce Easter greetings card sent by the Royal Irish Regiment in Clonmel
to members of the 18th Vologodsky Regiment, Imperial Russian Army.
With internal photograph of two drummers of the regiment. An unusual
item. 5 x 8in. (12.70 x 20.32cm)
€50-€70 (£41-£57 approx)
323
1914-18: ‘Follow Me! Your Country Needs You’ recruitment poster
Colour First World War recruitment poster. Published by the
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee London (Poster No. 11) Printed by
Hill, Stiffken and Co. Grafton Works, London. Framed. 28 x 18.50in.
(71.12 x 46.99cm)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
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1914-18: South Irish Horse tunic of Lieutenant Colonel Fred MacCabe
An extremely desirable original late war officers tunic with South Irish
Horse buttons by Henecy & Son of Dublin, overseas service stripes to
cuff and attached medal ribbons of the Queen’s South Africa Medal,
1914-15 Star and The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint
John of Jerusalem. Also with original attributing documents, Edward VII
commission certificate promoting Frederick Faber MacCabe as a Surgeon
Lieutenant on 14 September 1903 in the South of Ireland Imperial
Yeomanry. Trinity College Latin vellum medical degree of MacCabe. 1937
South Irish Horse London reunion dinner menu with name of MacCabe
noted and a pair of brass spurs. (5 items)
Frederick Faber MacCabe was born in Waterford in 1868. He served as a
civilian surgeon during the Boer War and was commissioned as medical
officer to the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry in 1903. A man of
many talents he also worked as a horse trainer at Glencairn House,
Sandyford, Dublin and trained the famous horse Orby, owned by Richard
Croker, to become the first Irish trained winner of the Epsom Derby.
During the First World War he served as medical officer for the South
Irish Horse on the Western Front from June 1915, being promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1918. He died in 1954.
€600-€800 (£488-£650 approx)
325
1914-18: St. Andrew’s College Dublin OTC swagger stick
An extremely scarce First World War period swagger stick of the St.
Andrew’s College Officer Training Corps. With silver mount bearing the
crest of the OTC, very few items relating to this OTC ever appear for
auction. 27.50in. (69.85cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
326
1914-18: Collection of WW1 period cap badges with Irish examples
A large selection of mostly First World War period cap badges including
Connaught Rangers, London Irish, Tyneside Irish, Royal Field Artillery
bronze and other ranks, Australian Infantry, Royal Navy, Royal Army
Medical Corps, Lincolnshire Regiment and many other examples
including some from other periods. (31 items)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
327
1914-18: Imperial German pickelhaube helmet
An Imperial German Prussian Pickelhaube complete with brass helmet
plate, spike and fittings, leather liner, chinstrap and cockades. A good
example. 10 x 6in. (25.40 x 15.24cm)
€250-€350 (£203-£285 approx)
328
1914-1918: German M16 camouflage steel helmet
A nice example of a German First World War M16 steel helmet.
Retaining leather lining and with original painted camouflage finish. No
chinstrap.
€250-€350 (£203-£285 approx)
329
1919-20: Indian Infantry General Service Medals for Kurdistan and
Iraq
1918 GSM with clasp Kurdistan named to 2520 Hvldr. Chor-Khan 52-
Sikhs. Also another 1918 GSM with clasp Iraq named to 2823 Sepoy
Ahmed Ali 106 Pioneers. (2 items)
€80-€120 (£65-£98 approx)
330
1936-40: Palestine General Service Medal to Wiltshire Regiment Irish
casualty
General Service Medal (GVI 1st type) with clasp ‘Palestine’ officialy
named to 5569276 Pte. J. T. Fallon Wilts. R. Private John Fallon is
recorded as being born in Ireland. He was killed on 21 May 1940, aged
28, while his battalion were dug into the banks of the River Scarpe in
northern France during the retreat to Dunkirk.
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
331
1948-60: British Army General Service Medals for Malaya, Near East
and Arabian Peninsula
GSM GVI type 2 with clasp Malaya named to 884923 Cpl. J. Smith A.C.C.
(Army Catering Corps). GSM EIIR type 2 with clasp Near East named to
22792390 Pte. C. W. Sloan R.P.C. (Royal Pioneer Corps). GSM EIIR type 2
with unattached clasp Arabian Peninsula named to 23485685 Sigmn. R.
Saynor R. Sigs. (Royal Signals)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
332
1936-43: Royal Irish Fusiliers casualty and MID medal group of five
1939-45 Star, Africa Star (with 1st Army clasp), Italy Star, Defence
Medal, War Medal and General Service Medal (GVI 1st type) with clasp
‘Palestine’. The last officially named to 6979443 Fsr. D. P. O’Connell R. Ir.
Fus (rubbing to number). 6979443 Fusilier Daniel P. O’Connell was later
promoted to Sergeant and killed on 16 November 1943 with the 2nd
Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. He was the son of Daniel and Ellen
O’Connell, of Spangle Hill, Cork and is commemorated on the Athens
Memorial. He was also mentioned in despatches, London Gazette 13
September 1945.
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
333
1938: Watercolour of a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps
Watercolour showing the uniform of a Captain in the Royal Army
Medical Corps and dated 1938. In contemporary frame by William
Rodman of Belfast. Signed with monogram FEE lower right. 13 x 6.50in.
(33.02 x 16.51cm)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
334
1939-45: Collection of British Regimental, Divisional and unit cloth
badges
An excellent collection of original British Army cloth unit shoulder titles.
Including South Stafford Parachute Glider, Parachute Regiment, 1st
Armoured Division, 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats), 11th Armoured
Division, 21st Army Group H.Q., 1st Corps H.Q., Lancashire Fusiliers, RAPC,
KRRC, RAOC, RAMC, Royal Berkshire, etc. Mostly WW2 period and some
slightly later, also a number of British Army cap badges and buttons. (50
items approx.)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)