WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

79 1922. Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe memorial photograph and relics. Montage of a small photograph mounted on National Army uniform cloth with two Irish Volunteer cuff buttons, framed. The whole, excluding mount: 7 by 5in. (17.8 by 12.7cm) Provenance: Collection of Commandant Vinnie Byrne, Dublin Brigade, IRA; Thence by descent to the present owner. Condition: Fine, attractively framed and glazed Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe (National Army) He was a member of Michael Collins’s assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920 - ‘Bloody Sunday’. Kehoe died from severe wounds he received while attempting to remove a land mine during the civil war in Macroom in September 1922 Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £690-£1,030) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 79 80 1917-21War of Independence Service Medal with Comhrach clasp and 1971 Truce Anniversary ‘Survivor’Medal to a Longford IRA Volunteer. Issued to Peter McGrath accompanied by his service record 1917 to 1921 and a photograph of him. Scarce attributed medals. Condition: 1917-21 ribbon disressed, 1971 slight discoloratiom, otherwise fine. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£690) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 80 THE HISTORY SALE · 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023 History 55