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Circa 1916 Sir Roger Casement memorial plaque
A bronze circular plaque with low relief head and
shoulders portrait of Sir Roger Casement, sham-
rock foundry mark lower right.
Estimate €500-€700 £390-£546
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 169170
1965 Roger Casement’s Funeral by Gertrude
Eustace (1904-1978) Irish
A painting by Gertrude Eustace (c.1904-1978) of
Casement’s funeral procession making its way up
O’Connell Street, passing the GPO. Oil on board,
framed.
Gertrude Eustace was a member of the Dublin
Sketching Club and exhibited in their annual exhi-
bitions frequently between 1955 and 1977. She also
exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1965
and 1966.
18 x 12½in. (45.72 x 31¾cm)
Estimate €300-€500 £234-£390
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 170171
1916 (8-22 April). Three rare unpublished photographs of Roger Casement on board German subma-
rines bound for Ireland.
(1) Casement and companions stepping from the submarine U-20 on the morning of 15 April 1916, at Heli-
goland naval base, directed by Kapitän Walther Schweiger (the commander who sank the RMS Lusitania) to
a tender to bring them to the submarine U-19, which would carry them to Banna Strand, Co. Kerry.
(2) This picture was taken the afternoon before landing on Banna Strand in Co. Kerry, Ireland. Left to right
are: Böhler, Monteith, Bailey, Walter, Casement (beard shaven off to avoid recognition),Weisbach and Kukat.
(3) This picture was also taken the afternoon before landing on Banna Strand in Co. Kerry, Ireland. Pictured
left to right are: Carl, Monteith, Bailey, Walter, Casement (beardless, wearing a cap), Weisbach. Oberleutnant
Otto Walter’s handwriting is on the card.
3¼ x 3¾in. (8.26 x 9.53cm)
Provenance: From an album of photographs owned by Kapitan Raimund Weisbach, commander of U-19;
Thence to his wife Annelotte Weisbech; From whom acquired by the present owner.
Offered with copyright.
Estimate €1500-€2000 £1170-£1560
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 171