The Munster & Leinster Bank Limited, a cheque written to and signed by General Owen O’Duffy for £42, dated 13 September 1922, serial number 37881, handstamps on obverse, O’Duffy signature on the reverse, pinholes, about extremely fine, incredibly interesting and unusual £100-£150

Owen O'Duffy was an Irish revolutionary, soldier, police commissioner and politician. O'Duffy was the leader of the Monaghan Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a prominent figure in the Ulster IRA during the Irish War of Independence. He was later a controversial figure due to his support for the Italian military campaigns in Africa in the 1930s.