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Fremasonry collection of jewels, certificates etc.
Mainly from 1920s to 1950s, including 31 jewels or medals, some gold and silver, mostly English, a few American,
apron, cuffs and sash for Nent Valley Lodge, etc. Attractive and interesting lot, worth examination. Some are other
societies such as Buffalos. (50+)
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
Large Image & Place Bid 282283
1924 (11 June) Letter from Colonel Fritz Brase, head of the Irish Army School of Music and Nazi Party
organiser in Ireland to Chief Justice Kennedy.
The letter congratulates Hugh Kennedy on his appointment and mentions Brase’s conducting the Army band at his
inauguration. Brase was a distinguished Prussian Army musician who was appointed by General Richard Mulcahy to
establish the Irish Army School of Music. He was an active member of the Nazi Party and recruited for the party during
his long stay in Ireland, where he died in 1941. The other letters are from Senator Martin Fitzgerald, a wine merchant in
Abbey Street, who mentions John F Smyth (Monaghan County Registrar) and Judge Charles Doyle, and Agnes O’Far-
relly, Irish scholar, who hopes that under Kennedy the spirit of the Brehon Laws will infuse the life of Ireland again”. (4)”
Estimate €80-€100 £60-£70
Large Image & Place Bid 283