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The Eclectic Collector · 17 September 2016
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1914-1918 Army Veterinary Corps officer’s blue cloth helmet.
An 1878 pattern officer’s home service Army Veterinary Corps helmet with fitted case made by Holt and Son,
20 Sackville Street, London. Mounted with a crowned star pattern helmet plate, the centre with silver “AVC”
monogram on a green enamel background. From the uniform of Captain Frederick J. Sheedy MBE HM, Fair Hill,
Cork.
Provenance: By descent to the present owner.
Estimate €300-€500 £260-£430
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 305306
1914-1941 Rear Admiral, Royal Navy, Order of the Bath
and medal group.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB), military,
with presentation certificate; 1914-15 Star; Great
War Medal; Victory Medal; George V and George VI
Coronation medals to Rear Admiral Henry Albert
Sheridan, Royal Navy; together with a silver napkin ring
engraved with the names and dates of Sheridan’s ships;
a portrait photograph, framed of rear Admiral Sheridan
in uniform; a Royal Navy commission signed by George
VI; a pair of ceremonial scissors and three photographs of
the launch, at Canadian Vickers Ltd. of patrol vessels. The
order of the Bath in Garrard case.
Estimate €1500-€2000 £1,280-£1,710
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 306