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

69 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 169 1920 (21 November) BritishWar medals to Captain G.T. Baggallay, assasinated by Michael Collins ‘Squad’ on ‘Bloody Sunday’. 1914 Star with 6TH AUG.-22ND. NOV1914 clasp to 1041 Private G.T. Baggallay, 8th London Regiment, War Medal and Victory Medal to Lieutenant G.T. Baggallay - no number or regiment. Accompanied by an album of details of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ assassinations by Michael Collins’ IRA ‘Squad’. Condition: Very fine. Captain Geoffrey Thomas Baggallay, was assasinated in Dublin on November 21st by a three man team on the orders of Michael Collins. Thomas Whelan was convicted of the murder of Captain Baggallay and was executed on March 14th 1921 at Mountjoy Jail, Dublin. There is considerable speculation that in fact the gunman responsible for the killing was in fact Seán Lemass, a future leading politician and Taoiseach. Whelan went to his death strongly protesting his innocence. Estimate €6,000-€8,000 (approx £5,130-£6,840) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 169