WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

1920s to 1970s 230 1939 Orzel incident, prisoner of war model of the Polish submarine Orzel leaving Tallinn. A diorama in a bottle, depicting a submarine, naively carved from bone, flying the Polish ensign, sailing out of Tallinn harbour. The Polish submarine ORP Orzel was damaged by German minesweepers off Danzig in the early days of Germany’s invasion of Poland. She sailed to neutral Estonia, arriving in Tallinn on 14 September. She was arrested by Estonian military authorities at the behest of Germany but daringly escaped, damaging her radio in the process. The crew sailed her through the Baltic and around Denmark without charts or any navigational aid, other than a list of lighthouses. In the North Sea she was attacked by both German and British naval vessels. Forty days after she had originally sailed from Poland, Orzel made landfall, off the east coast of Scotland. She lay on the bottom until emergency repairs were made to the radio, then surfaced to transmit a message in English. A Royal Navy destroyer was despatched to escorted her into port. Estimate €150-€250 (approx £130-£220) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 230 229 Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, caricature by Oscar Berger, signed by artist and sitter. Oscar Berger (1901-1997) Czech. Caricature portrait of Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, a pencil sketch, signed in pencil by both the artist and by Molotov, framed with certificate of authenticity verso. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 229