Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 649

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Suffragette interest: W.S.P.U. Illuminated Testimonial signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, ‘To Grace Williams, on behalf of all women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake, and dignity by the humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex, We, the Members of the Women’s Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for your courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the ‘Votes for Women’ Cause, also our thanks to you for the great service that you have thereby rendered to the Woman’s Movement. Inspired by your passion for freedom and right may we and the women who come after us be ever ready to follow your example of self-forgetfulness and self-conquest, ever ready to obey the call of duty and to answer to the appeal of the oppressed. Signed on behalf of the Women’s Social and Political Union. E. Pankhurst’, 455 x 340 mm, in 520 x 397mm. glazed wooden frame, document folded over at the extreme margins, otherwise good condition and a rare item £800-1000