WWII Commando Raid Interest, an historic ship’s pennant flown during the raid known as ‘Operation Archery’ approximately 8.5 feet in length and 3 feet deep at the fly, in fine linen near ‘quartered’ white over red and black over yellow; it bears black Indian ink inscriptions ‘Maaloy Island 27.12.41’, a swastika, and the following signatures, ‘J.Edwards Eng. Lt RNR’ ‘D.Gordon Stewart’ ‘AH Laight (SLC)’ ‘Glen Northgrave’ ‘J.Law Lt. Cmdr (E) RNR’ ‘B.Hampton Sub Lt (E)’ ‘Nicholas Hastings’; other signatures probably added at a slightly later date, include, ‘WJS McClean Lieut (E)’ ‘TN Reeve Lt (E) RNR’ ‘GP Clarke Sub Lt (E) RNVR’ ‘GL Lawrence’ ‘JC Angell’ ‘RK Castle Sub Lt (E)’ ‘PO Humphrey’ ‘DB Cardwell’ ‘W.Amry Sub Lieut RNR’ ‘EJ Gilling Gar. RN (1ME 109)’ ‘WH Osborne Surg Lt RNVR’; accompanied by a modern print-out giving full details of the raid, good overall condition £200-300