WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

77 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 122 1914-1918. Last surviving English combatant, Claude S. Choules, signed photograph. Photocopied photograph signed in ballpoint. Condition: Very good. Claude Stanley Choules was an English-born naval recruit from Perth, Western Australia who at the time of his death was the oldest combat veteran of the First WorldWar from England, having served with the Royal Navy from 1915 until 1926. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 122 123 Picture postcards; mainly British military, and other WorldWar I types (95) Good variety including real photo, Zeppelins, uniforms etc. Condition: Mainly good to very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 123 124 1913 Irish Volunteers Constitution and related documents. (3) A mimeographed early copy of the 1913 constitution of the Irish Volunteers and the military service certificate of James J. Flynn, Dolphin Street, Loughrea, County Galway confirming his pension claim for service with the Irish Volunteers from prior to the Easter Rebellion until 1922. Also a reproduction of an Irish Volunteers recruiting notice. Whyte’s, 16 April 2011, lot 231; Private collection Condition: Generally very good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 124