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

70 History 170 1921 (25 October) Belfast and British Boycott poster. Lists firms and traders in Ireland, England and Scotland to be boycotted. Issued by The Belfast Boycott Committee, Dublin. Rare. 20 by 15in. (50.8 by 38.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 170 171 1920 Ulster Special Services Force and Irish Guards badges. USSF brass and enamel, U.S.S.F. FOR GOD AND ULSTER legend and red hand centre, four pins reverse; Irish Guards white metal cap badge, pin back. Condition: Very fine. The Ulster Special Services Force comprised members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, most of them veterans of the 1914-1918 WorldWar I. The force was set up to protect against republican raids into Ulster. USSF took over abandoned RIC stations during the War of Independence. The force eventually morphed into The Royal Ulster Constabulary ‘B’ Specials. Estimate €300-€400 (approx £260-£340) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 171