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

38 History 85 1915 O’Donovan Rossa funeral - Cumann na mBan badge. ‘Cumann na mBan (Central Branch) Publication Committee’ in green on white cotton. Scarce. 5.50 by 2.50in. (14 by 6.4cm) Condition: Very fine. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 85 86 1916 (26 April) Proclamation by King George V in Rising week, suspending the right of Irish citizens to be tried by Civil Court. This important suspension of citizen’s rights, leads to Martial Law and the courts martial used to prosecute the 1916 revolutionaries, several of whom were executed. Issued by the King. An important and rare poster. 22.50 by 17.50in. (57.2 by 44.5cm) Condition: Fine. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £680-£1,030) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 86 87 1916-1922. Collection of newspapers with accounts of the Rising etc. (4) Includes Daily Sketch 6 May, Sunday Herald 7 May, Dublin Evening Mail 4 May with stories of the Rising, and Irish Independent 9 December 1922 ‘Rory O’Connor and Liam Mellowes Executed’ Condition: Fair, overall toning, folded, splitting, tears, a few missing pieces but 90% of text and pictures intact. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 87