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49 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 113 1913 (11 July) Letter from Roger Casement. Roger Casement, three pages, entirely in his own hand 8vo, Denham, Buckinghamshire, 11th July 1913, to A.G. Gardiner, editor of the Daily News. Casement asks his correspondent to read an enclosure (no longer present) and comments ‘It gives you an idea of why there are strikes on the Rand, & you may care to quote this case of how the Money bags tried to smash a Labour paper’. He further informs Gardiner that he will soon be moving to South Africa to live there permanently, but would like to see him before he goes and asks when he can be best found at his office. In conclusion Casement states ‘I am awfully rushed & busy trying to get packed & off by 26th if possible’. Rare. 7 by 4.50in. (17.8 by 11.4cm) Provenance: Bonhams, 19 March 2014, part of lot 155; International Autograph Auctions, 21 March 2015; Estate of the purchaser. Condition: Light age wear, otherwise very good. Casement had retired from the British Consular Service in the Summer of 1913, around the time of the present letter. He had served in Africa, although we can find no evidence of him living in South Africa after the date of the present letter. Having become increasingly committed to the cause of Irish independence, Casement helped form the Irish Volunteers in November 1913, and visited America and Germany during the last years of his life. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£600) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 113 114 1916: Execution of Roger Casement medal by Karl Goetz. A scarce cast iron German propaganda medal. Provenance: Whyte’s, 9 March 2014, lot 241; Estate of the purchaser. Condition: Fine. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 114 115 1916 (3 August) Roger Casement In Memoriam card and photograph. The card by Gill, Dublin, includes a portrait, 4 by 2 inches. The photograph by Keogh Brothers, mounted, is 5.5 by 4 inches. Provenance: George Mealy & Sons, 23 July 2013, lot 374; Estate of the purchaser. Condition: Very good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 115