2nd Nov, 2021 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr)
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[M] A UNION FLAG PROBABLY FROM THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ADMIRALTY TRAWLER H.M.S. AFTERGLOW (EX-S.T. PORT RICHARD), CIRCA 1944
A UNION FLAG PROBABLY FROM THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ADMIRALTY TRAWLER H.M.T. AFTERGLOW (EX-S.T. PORT RICHARD), CIRCA 1944
constructed in stitched bunting panels, canvas sleeve with rope lanyard and wooden toggle -- 48 x 102in..
Provenance :Joseph P. Lanning (1898-1989), Harbour Master and Captain of H.M.T. Afterglow (1941-1944) and thence by descent.
Although not specifically mentioned in Lanning's memoirs, the two flags have always been associated and it seems highly likely that Lanning kept this flag as a souvenir of his only wartime command, after the loss of Afterglow in a storm in 1944. Her wreck was still relatively intact in the early 1980s but has now largely disappeared.
Sold for £620
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A UNION FLAG PROBABLY FROM THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ADMIRALTY TRAWLER H.M.T. AFTERGLOW (EX-S.T. PORT RICHARD), CIRCA 1944
constructed in stitched bunting panels, canvas sleeve with rope lanyard and wooden toggle -- 48 x 102in..
Provenance :Joseph P. Lanning (1898-1989), Harbour Master and Captain of H.M.T. Afterglow (1941-1944) and thence by descent.
Although not specifically mentioned in Lanning's memoirs, the two flags have always been associated and it seems highly likely that Lanning kept this flag as a souvenir of his only wartime command, after the loss of Afterglow in a storm in 1944. Her wreck was still relatively intact in the early 1980s but has now largely disappeared.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr), 2nd Nov, 2021
Mercantile (Sail) – 1-92A
Mercantile (Steam) – 93-151
Naval (Sail) – 155-236
Naval (Steam) – 240-340
Navigation & Scientific Instruments – 341-392
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