WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

109 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 282 Circa 1982 Provisional IRA Phoenix badge. Diestamped silver. Rare. Believed to be awarded by Martin McGuinness to members of the Derry Brigade of the IRA. 0.75 by 0.50in. (1.9 by 1.3cm) Provenance: Gifted by Martin McGuinness to the father of the present owner. Condition: Extremely fine. Estimate €250-€350 (approx £210-£300) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 282 283 1980s Northern Ireland - scarce booklets by Fr. Denis Faul and others. (5) Includes Beating Women In Prison, The Stripping Naked Of The Women Prisoners In Armagh Prison 1982-1983, The Hooded Men, Hunger Strikes - The Search For Solutions, all by Fr Faul and Fr Raymond Murray, also H Block (Northern Aid, New York publication). Condition: Fine Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 283 284 1981 letter smuggled out of Long Kesh regarding hunger strike. Written in tiny handwriting on toilet tissue paper stamped GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, with a small note mentioning that steel grilles had been placed on windows of the blocks to stop passing packages. 17 by 4.50in. (43.2 by 11.4cm) Condition: Fine Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 284