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1939-1946 Emergency Service Medals - Maritime Inscription and Merchant Marine issues.
Starting Bid: €600
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Ended
Timed Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Description
Description: Sluag Muirí with one bar. With a programme of songs for a Maritime Inscription Dinner in 1940, A group photograph of Irish naval personnel by H.W. Harrington, Glenageary, a photograph of a couple inscribed 'To Babs with love from "K"'. Thought to relate to Robert Geldof (1914-2010), father of Bob Geldof.
Note: The Maritime Inscription which was a volunteer Naval Reserve Force to be based in the main Sea and Fishing Ports with responsibility for Port Control and Ship Examination. Prior to the arrival of the MTB,s Ireland had to make do with a Steam Trawler built in 1936
Note: The Maritime Inscription which was a volunteer Naval Reserve Force to be based in the main Sea and Fishing Ports with responsibility for Port Control and Ship Examination. Prior to the arrival of the MTB,s Ireland had to make do with a Steam Trawler built in 1936
Condition
Medals fine, Merchant Marine lacking ribbon, programme soiled and folds, photographs fine.
Provenance
From a house clearance in Dun Laoghaire;Private collection.
