Auction Catalogue

18 & 19 September 2014

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

№ 597

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18 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£130

An original watercolour - “Duel in the Sun” - by Ivan Berryman, signed and dated ‘89’, approx. 13ins. by 17ins., framed and glazed, in good condition £60-80

An explanatory note attached to the reverse of the picture states:

‘A Spitfire Mk. 1A closes on a Messerschmitt Bf. 109E-7 of 3/LG2 during one of the big daylight raids on London of 15th September 1940 - the climax of the Battle of Britain. The similar aircraft of Unteroffizier Klick (Red 2, Werk No. 2058) is in its death throes in this picture, a victim of the intense fighter cover that the R.A.F. put up to combat there massive raids.’