WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History 86 1914-1918 Royal Air Force Pair and three other medals. A 1914-1918 Great War Medal and Victory Medal to 693016 3.A.M. A. Gillett. R.A.F.; together with two 1914-1918 Great War Medals to 23477 Pte C.E. Grute. Devon R. and 23181 Pte. J. Doyle. A.S.C. a 1914-15 Star to O15089 Pte. C. Gilchrest. A.S.C.; and two memorial plaques to Thomas Christie and James Tees Scott. (7) Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 86 87 1914-1918 Bronze memorial plaques for Irish soldiers, with research. Bernard McAlister, 9704 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles; and Laurence Mallone, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, with research including Mallone’s will. Estimate €100-€150 approx (£90-£130 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 87 88 Battleship Gun Turret inkwell. A brass inkwell in the form of a naval gun turret, stamped ‘Cast from metal ex-surrendered German battleship, ‘Helgoland’, Thos. W. Ward Ltd., Sheffield, 1922.’ 2.25 by 7.50 by 4.25in. (5.7 by 19.1 by 10.8cm) Helgoland was the first of a class of three German battleships and one battle-cruiser built during the infamous Arms Race of the early 20th century. With a main armament of twelve 12 inch guns, she could cruise at 20 knots. When the High Sea’s fleet surrendered after the 1918 Armistice, she was interned at Scapa Flow and scuttled in 1919. A salvage operation began almost immediately and lasted well into the 1920s. Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 88