AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHED SILVER CIGAR BOX, PRESENTED TO LT.CMDR. F.E.H. FEILMANN OF THE 4TH SUBMARINE FLOTILLA, SEPTEMBER 21ST 1915
engraved with twenty-one autographs around inscription reading PRESENTED TO / LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F.E.H. FEILMANN R.N. / BY THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF H.M.S. "ARROGANT" / AND / 4th SUBMARINE FLOTILLA / SEPTEMBER 21st 1915, cedar lined, London hallmarks for 1907-8 -- 2¾ x 8 x 5in. (7 x 20.3 x 12.7cm.); together with an autographed cabinet photograph of Feilmann in mess kit; Feilmann's Great War Medal and 1914 Star medal; and a quantity of items connected to Feilmann's pre-War success in amateur fencing and comprising three silver and four plated trophies circa 1905-08, Olympic pass cards for Stockholm, 1912; and a quantity of service and personal documents including commissions, promotions etc.
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Lt Cmdr "Bertie" Feilmann (1883-1965) was a highly experienced submariner. Commander of E7 in August 1914, he was appointed to E31 a year later and enjoyed a fully active wartime career in which he duelled with a German submarine and, perhaps most famously, fought and destroyed the wounded Zeppelin L7, collecting seven survivors from it - the only submarine-Zeppelin action of the War. She was nearly sunk in a so-called friendly fire incident in May 1916 when a shell from H.M.S. Rostock lodged in her superstructure but failed to explode. Latterly he commanded one of the notorious steam-electric K-Class (K14) submarines, but was moved on to organising convoys soon after. He represented GB in Fencing at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games and married a fellow submariner's sister, commemorated by this box.

Condition Report
Box: good condition with strong engraved signatures, hallmark a little rubbed.

Trophies:
1. Royal Naval & Military Tournament for 1906, Officers Competition, Sabre v Sabre, 2nd Prize won by Feilman (hallmarked silver)
2. Ditto for 1908, Officers Combats, Epee v Epee, 3rd Prize won by Feilman (supplied by Carrington & Co, Regent St, might be silver)
3. Ditto for 1910, Sabre v Sabre, 2nd Prize won by Feilman (this is a pair of small monteiths in hallmarked silver)
4. Ditto for 1911, Foil v Foil, 2nd Prize won by Feilman (hallmarked silver for 1911)
5. Ditto for 1911, Officers Competition, Epee v Epee, 3rd Prize (this in small hallmarked silver cup with bent stem)
6. Royal Naval, Military & Air Force Tournament for 1919, Championship Foil v Foil, 3rd Prize won by Feilman (hallmarked silver)

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