WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR Saturday 6 May 2017 at 10am

THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 MAY 2017 AT 10AM

1916 Rising

Lee Enfield rifle and bayonet

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No. 1, Mk. III bolt

action rifle. Complete with wooden stock and

magazine. With 1916 date mark and maker’s mark

of the Birmingham Small Arms Company. Also with

matching P1907 bayonet by Wilkinsons.

Estimate €800-€1200 (approx £680-£1020)

1916 Defence of Trinity College Dublin, Sinn Fein Rebellion, Easter 1916 presentation cup.

A silver cup awarded to Joseph Rankin, hallmarked for Dublin, 1916, by West & Son; together with

another silver cup to his son, engraved ‘South Irish Horse - 1914 - Recruits, Best Shot - Private J Rankin -

Presented by Col. Lord Decies DSO.’ Dublin, 1913, by West & Son. (2) Total weight 10oz troy, 301g. The Best

Shot trophy

6in. (15.2cm)

Joseph Rankin and his son Joseph are recorded in the 1901 census as living at Clonageera, Durrow,

Queen’s Co.

Estimate €2500-€3000 (approx £2125-£2550)