2nd May, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia')
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[M] A MANUSCRIPT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF JUTLAND,...
A MANUSCRIPT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF JUTLAND, MAY 31ST 1915
unsigned, but inscribed The following is an account of the battle as witnessed from the foretop of H.M.S. Monarch Grand Fleet, written in blue pencil in a clear hand over 10 sides of naval paper and commencing at 9:30pm on May 30th, the account including the destruction of the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Invincible; torpedo attacks etc., and concluding with their arrival back at base at 1:30pm on (presumably) June 2nd; together with eight Daily Review of the Foreign Press stamped for H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth from immediately prior to Jutland; a large quantity naval, mainly manuscript, ephemera including a translated log from a German prisoner of war; a 1914 log; a quantity of Hurts and Wounds certificates from various dates, a manuscript broadcast by M.V. Didio relaying a message from the US President to the Merchant Marine, 26th December 1943 kept over three pages of official telegraph paper and other telegraphs from M.V. Didio; assorted 18th & 19th century commissions, including one signed by Admiral Rodney; and a large packet of ephemera relating to the career of a marine engineer circa 1880; together with two base metal commemorative Jutland medallions
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unsigned, but inscribed The following is an account of the battle as witnessed from the foretop of H.M.S. Monarch Grand Fleet, written in blue pencil in a clear hand over 10 sides of naval paper and commencing at 9:30pm on May 30th, the account including the destruction of the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Invincible; torpedo attacks etc., and concluding with their arrival back at base at 1:30pm on (presumably) June 2nd; together with eight Daily Review of the Foreign Press stamped for H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth from immediately prior to Jutland; a large quantity naval, mainly manuscript, ephemera including a translated log from a German prisoner of war; a 1914 log; a quantity of Hurts and Wounds certificates from various dates, a manuscript broadcast by M.V. Didio relaying a message from the US President to the Merchant Marine, 26th December 1943 kept over three pages of official telegraph paper and other telegraphs from M.V. Didio; assorted 18th & 19th century commissions, including one signed by Admiral Rodney; and a large packet of ephemera relating to the career of a marine engineer circa 1880; together with two base metal commemorative Jutland medallions
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Sold for £558
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A MANUSCRIPT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF JUTLAND, MAY 31ST 1915
unsigned, but inscribed The following is an account of the battle as witnessed from the foretop of H.M.S. Monarch Grand Fleet, written in blue pencil in a clear hand over 10 sides of naval paper and commencing at 9:30pm on May 30th, the account including the destruction of the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Invincible; torpedo attacks etc., and concluding with their arrival back at base at 1:30pm on (presumably) June 2nd; together with eight Daily Review of the Foreign Press stamped for H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth from immediately prior to Jutland; a large quantity naval, mainly manuscript, ephemera including a translated log from a German prisoner of war; a 1914 log; a quantity of Hurts and Wounds certificates from various dates, a manuscript broadcast by M.V. Didio relaying a message from the US President to the Merchant Marine, 26th December 1943 kept over three pages of official telegraph paper and other telegraphs from M.V. Didio; assorted 18th & 19th century commissions, including one signed by Admiral Rodney; and a large packet of ephemera relating to the career of a marine engineer circa 1880; together with two base metal commemorative Jutland medallions
(A lot)
unsigned, but inscribed The following is an account of the battle as witnessed from the foretop of H.M.S. Monarch Grand Fleet, written in blue pencil in a clear hand over 10 sides of naval paper and commencing at 9:30pm on May 30th, the account including the destruction of the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Invincible; torpedo attacks etc., and concluding with their arrival back at base at 1:30pm on (presumably) June 2nd; together with eight Daily Review of the Foreign Press stamped for H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth from immediately prior to Jutland; a large quantity naval, mainly manuscript, ephemera including a translated log from a German prisoner of war; a 1914 log; a quantity of Hurts and Wounds certificates from various dates, a manuscript broadcast by M.V. Didio relaying a message from the US President to the Merchant Marine, 26th December 1943 kept over three pages of official telegraph paper and other telegraphs from M.V. Didio; assorted 18th & 19th century commissions, including one signed by Admiral Rodney; and a large packet of ephemera relating to the career of a marine engineer circa 1880; together with two base metal commemorative Jutland medallions
(A lot)
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia'), 2nd May, 2017
