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322 AcollectionofSilkflags, etc.
Including: TheRoyal IrishRegiment, 18thFoot; BlueHarp;GreenHarp; FenianMartyrs
Commemorative silk flag;ArmyCorps 1914-1918; Cigarette cards, etc.
€120 - 150
323 Tobacco silksandflags,
A collection comprisingof four felts/flannels invariations of theHarpon Irelandon coloured
backgrounds,with andwithout shamrocks.One is 14x9 cm, two are 21x14.5 cm, andone is
27.5x19.5 cm.Given away in cigaretteor cigar boxes (or via coupons),womenwere encouraged
tomakequilts from collections of various flags.
Togetherwith:
Three silks, one a facsimileof stamp issuedby the IrishRepublicduring theRebellion, Easter
1916, commemorating theManchesterMartyrs, issuedbyGodfreyPhillips, Ltd; another entitled
‘’Ireland’’, depictinggreen flagwithgoldharpof Ireland andBritishUnion flag in corner;
another depticting the Irish tricolour, titled “BritishEmpire - IrishFree State”, issuedbyKensitas
Cigarettes.
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€100 - 200
324 [GAELICPRESS]AuniquecollectionofRepublicanprintedlapel
badges,
circa 1915-19, comprising twelve complete oblongbadges each circa 72 x20mm, somewith traces
of gum at rear, with three part-badges. They are mostly printed in colour, many in green, with
separatedesigns to left and rightof acentral fold.Theyareattractivelyandwittily
designed,many
of themcarryingananti-conscriptionmessage.Twoof thebadgescarry theGaelicPresscopyright;
theothershavenoprinters’marksbut it seemsvery likely that all are from the same source.All the
badges are clean, though some show signs of havingbeen folded andworn.
Four of the badges carry anti-conscription messages, e.g. ‘Conscription comes from England /
Freedom comes fromGod’; ‘We won’t have conscription’ (repeated, with a Fenian sunrise); ‘No
Conscription! / Up Griffith’ (with a photo); etc. Another says starkly, ‘Take England’s advice! /
Don’t argue, shoot!’; another, ‘14thDecember 1918/ Sinn Féin asks you to vote for Freedom’; an-
other, ‘PluinceadAbu! / Fáilte romhat’ [possibly relating to the Roscommon by-election of 1917,
whenGeorgeNoblePlunkettwas theRepublican candidate]; anotherhas adesignof a sailing ship
on right, with thewords ‘IrishVolunteersGun-Running atHowth July26th1914’ to left (possibly
issuedon an anniversary); another, a drawing of JamesConnollywithin a frame of shamrocks to
right, and thewords ‘Born5th June 1871.
Executed 12thMay 1916’ to left (again, perhaps an anniversary item). Another shows the words
‘RAINBOWCHASERS
/
ROSCOMMON. LONGFORD. CLARE. KILKENNY’ over a tricolour
rainbow pattern. One of the part-badges shows a Sinn Féin pike puncturing an Irish Party bal-
loon. Theother twopart-badges, bothprinted in red, probably form a single completebadge. The
left hand section shows aworkman standing in Irelandwhile adevil inEngland says ‘ComeOver
Here’. The right hand section says ‘NOTDAMNLIKELY!’
TheGaelic Press, was runby Joe Stanley, printedmany important Republicandocuments during
and after the 1916 Rising. Joe Stanley himself was a committedRepublican, andwas interned in
Frongoch after theRising.
€350-450
Lot 324
