WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 5 MAY 2018 AT 11AM 55 1893World Colombian Exposition medal. Gilt bronze medal, 75mm, to Read & Campbell, inventors of the fire extinguisher, also a silver medal from an aviation meet in Italy, 1925, possibly to the same recipient. Estimate €100-€150 approx (£90-£130 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 55 56 Late 19th and early 20th century, patriotic flags and badges. Two printed fabric rectangular flags, the larger 10 x 15”, each portraying a flag within a border and with the motto “Erin Go Bragh”; together with two gilt metal and enamel shamrock-shaped brooches. (4) Estimate €70-€100 approx (£60-£90 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 56 57 Victorian Governmental dispatch box, for the Executive Council of a British Dominion nation. A dispatch box bound in dark maroon leather, the bevelled, hinged lid with recessed brass handle, blind embossed with scrolls and gilt embossed with ‘VR’ royal cypher and ‘Executive Council’. 5 by 15 by 5in. (12.7 by 38.1 by 12.7cm) An Executive Council in a Dominion constitutional practice is a constitutional organ which exercises executive power and advises the governor or governor-general. These Councils have almost the same functions as the privy council in the United Kingdom and Canada, and accordingly, decisions of the cabinet gain legal effect by being formally adopted by the Executive Council. Estimate €200-€300 approx (£170-£260 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 57