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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 704

The Extensive Collection of Sporting Trophies and Memorabilia relating to Wing Commander A.W. Sweeney, Royal Air Force, an A.A.A. Champion who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in numerous International Competitions during the 1930s including the 1936 Berlin Olympics a) 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals, these mounted with a France and Germany Star; Coronation 1937; Dunkirk Medal b) Amateur Athletic Association Gold Medals (2), 1938, 1939, both for 100 yards (9ct. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1937 and 1938) c) French Athletic Association (F.F.A.) ´gold´ and enamel medals (4), 1934 100 and 200 meters, 1935 100 meters and relay d) Various athletics prize medals in silver (9) and bronze (14), and plaquettes in silver (2) and bronze (10) e) Köln 1939, prize plaques (3) in silver and enamel (1) and bronze and enamel (2), in cases of issue f) R.A.F. Athletic and Cross Country Association silver trophies (9), 1934 (2), 1935, 1936 (2), 1937 (2) and 1939 (2), all damaged g) A quantity of silver-plate and silverware, including trophies, cups and mugs, bowls, a table cigarette-lighter, two napkin rings, cutlery, etc., some being souvenirs of a tour in the U.S.A. including a spoon from the Lusitania, two other spoons from Chicago and Battle Creek, Michigan, and a pair of sugar tongs from Canada h) British Empire Games 1934, Team Blazer and running shirt i) A quantity of photographs, mostly of sporting events but including some pictures of the recipient in uniform and in aircraft; also press cuttings and a few other documents etc. including Appointments as Pilot Officer 22.11.1932 and Flight Lieutenant 6.9.1937 j) Memorabilia of the 1936 Berlin Olympics - British Team Blazer and Cap - Participant´s Badge, numbered 524, with ´Leicht-athletik´ on orange riband - Embroidered cloth pennant ´Berlin 1936´ and embroidered handkerchief ´XI Olympiade Berlin 1936´ - Invoice from G.T. Law & Son, High-Class Athletic and Bespoke Hand-Sewn Boot and Shoe Makers, for one pair of Patent Jarsal Binder Track Shoes @ £1.1/- and Respike @ 7/6d, made out to W.A. Sweeney and dated July 23 1936 - Two typed pages of Team Travel, Clothing and other Arrangements from the International Board of the AAA dated 23 July 1936 - Three printed envelopes ´Berlin 1936 Olympischesdorf´ - A book of official photographs of the Olympic Village ´XI Olympiade 1936 Der Jugend der Welt´ - A small quantity of other official photographs of the games Sporting Medals and Trophies to Michael Arthur Sweeney, father of Arthur Wellington Sweeney a) Gaelic Athletic Association All Round Championship of the World Gold Medal (15 ct. Hallmarks for Dublin 1887), reverse engraved ´Won by M. A. Sweeney Sept. 1889.´ b) Gaelic Athletic Association , Dr Croke Parnell Davitt bronze medal, engraved ´440 yards second won by M. A. Sweeney´ c) Limerick Amateur Athletic & Bicycle Club, large silver-plated cup, last won by M.A.Sweeney 1887 d) Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club, McDonnell Prize, silver-plated rose bowl, shield on base inscribed ´won by M.A.Sweeney, "Fulmar", 25th August 1906´ e) A silver-plated gong engraved ´1886 Shankill October 17th Won by´, on stand (lot) Estimate £ 800-1,000 Wing Commander Arthur Wellington Sweeney, Royal Air Force, from Wimbledon, Surrey, was commissioned Pilot Officer 28.12.1931; attended Flying Training School, Digby, from 9.1.1932; joined 40 Squadron, Abingdon, 19.12.1932; Flying Officer 28.7.1933; joined 600 Auxiliary Air Force Squadron, Hendon, 20.4.1934; on Staff, Cranwell from 30.3.1936 until the outbreak of war; Flight Lieutenant 28.7.1936; Squadron Leader 1.2.1939; died 27.12.1940, aged 31, while on service on the west coast of Africa, and is buried at Takoradi European Public Cemetery, Ghana. The Takoradi Cemetery contains two First World War and 62 Second World War burials.

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