Miscellaneous

Lot 1501    Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday 21st November)    Miscellaneous

Estimate $70
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $50

KOOKABURRA BROOCH, in 9ct plated silver (oval 26x34mm), features inscribed facing kookaburras sitting on a branch; Scottish thistle emblem in enamel on a brass tie bar; T.S.S.Athenia lapel brooch, gold plated (22x23mm), leaf shaped and inscribed with leaf design and in the centre, 'T.S.S.Athenia'; shield shaped slide emblem in gold plate (22x23.5mm), with inscribed fern at each top side and the initials, 'GUC'; Peru half sol, 1969, with pierced hole at top and fitted to a brooch suspender; cufflink in oxidised bronze (26mm), featuring ancient Greek god Zeus sitting with goddess standing beside him; vintage leather ladies' purse (12x6cm), features four inside compartments and two outside, with gold blocked initials 'I.C.' on opening flap; stainless steel belt clip (31x52mm) with swing out small blade on one side and on the other a nail file, on the face of the clip is affixed the seal of the Vice President Of The United States. Very good - fine. (8)

The T.S.S.Athenia shipping liner was torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat on 3 September 1939, the first day that Great Britain declared war on Germany. This sinking was not within the international laws governing the conduct of war at sea as laid down by the Hague Convention at that time. The U-boat commander Lieutenant Fritz-Julius Lemp broke all rules of warfare and disobeyed his orders. He left without offering any assistance to the survivors and the whole incident was denied by German authorities.