From the Henry De Silva Collection  A Miscellaneous collec...

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From the Henry De Silva Collection 

A Miscellaneous collection of photos, programmes, badge and pendants etc 

1898: Photo of Ulster Gymnastic Association’s Ulster Challenge Shield (approx. 120 x 106 mm) with a central cartouche showing two fencers with various gymnasts in background. Caption written on back says: Mountpottinger YMCA Gymnastics Team, winners of the Ulster Senior Challenge Shield in 1898. 

1910: Photo of a fencer with medals and cup, back inscribed in pencil N C Officers Royal School of Cavalry S… B… Toronto, Jan 1910, mount embossed Merten’s Studio, Toronto. 

1912: Stockholm Olympics – 20pp brochure with colour cover & 13 photos showing individual finalists and national teams, 6-18/7/12 (25 x 15 cm). 

1935: Ceramic plaque (120 x 90 mm) showing two fencers and a shield embossed Y F K 1935. 

1936: Programme – Royal Tournament, Olympia, 7-23/5/36. 

1950: Green felt blazer pocket attachment (145 x 140 mm) embroidered with the Australian coat of arms and the word AUSTRALIA in the banner above the words British Empire Games Auckland 1950. 

1950: Fechtclub Moers 1950 pennant. 

1960s: Logo of Portland Fencing Club, Birmingham. 

1970s: Matchbox label, The Swords Silo Safety Matches, made in Austria. 

1977: Dish (200 x 120 mm) painted Guernsey Sabre 2nd

1987: plaque – 60 Jahre Fechten, 1927-1987, Krefeld. 

1991: GB v Danmark Veterans May 1991 NVA pennant. 

1994: Veteran Fencers International Games, Leicester, England, November 1994 (Australia, USA, Great Britain, Wales, RAF), metal badge. 

1995: St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, Henry De Silva, November 5-9, metal badge. 

Undated: South African Amateur Fencing Association (40 mm dia.). 

Undated: British Academy of Fencing metal badge. 

Undated: Amateur Fencing Association gold & bronze proficiency badges. 

Undated: Brass lighter with a dagger in relief on front. 

Undated: Bronze figure (80 mm high) wearing a loin cloth and holding a foil (blade missing) in his right hand, standing on a cup-shaped wooden plinth (4 cm high x 3 cm dia.). 

Undated: Nine assorted pins from around the world.