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Auction archive: Lot number 134

The Medals, Books and Ephemera of the Lowy/Salaman Families, comprising: The …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$13,473 - US$16,841
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 134

The Medals, Books and Ephemera of the Lowy/Salaman Families, comprising: The …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£8,000 - £10,000
ca. US$13,473 - US$16,841
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

The Medals, Books and Ephemera of the Lowy/Salaman Families, comprising: The Extremely Rare and Superb Suffragette WSPU ‘Hunger Strike’ Medal and WWI Campaign Group of 4 awarded to Gertrude Lowy (later Salaman). The eldest daughter of an influential Jewish family in North London which fervently supported the fight for equality and the WSPU cause; Gertrude Lowy was arrested for militancy and window-smashing in London’s West End on the 4th of March 1912, being sentenced to 2-months of hard-labour as punishment. During WWI she later enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in 1917, and served as a radiographic assistant in Italy until 1919, being also awarded the Italian War Merit Cross, comprising: Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) Medal for Valour, obverse inscribed ‘Hunger Strike’, the reverse, ‘Gertrude Lowy’, silver, 22mm, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, the suspension bar inscribed, ‘March 4th 1912’ and brooch bar, ‘For Valour’, original ribbon in the Suffragette colours, in original case of issue, silk interior lining of lid with clear gold blocked inscription, ‘Presented to Gertrude Lowy by the Women’s Social & Political Union in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship a great principle of political justice was vindicated’; British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (G. Lowy. V.A.D.), Italy, War Merit Cross, 1918; the first officially engraved, BWM and VM officially impressed, the latter unnamed as issued, medals loose. Lightly toned, extremely fine, the first extremely rare. (4) ex Glendining, 13 December 1989, lot 372 Gertrude Lowy Salaman (1887-1982) was the eldest of four daughters born to Ernest and Henrietta Lowy. As a stockbroker and influential figure in the London Jewish community, her father Ernest contributed substantial support and funds to the WSPU, and her mother Henrietta was a ‘tax-refuser’ and early WSPU member. Henrietta was sentenced to 10-months in jail for stone throwing on ‘Black Friday’ in 1910 (see Deputation badge below), when a WSPU Deputation was refused entry to the House of Commons to petition the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith not to drop the Conciliation Bill. Upon their refusal, a riot ensued, in which 100 women were arrested on various charges, with many claiming to have been subject to needless police brutality. Henrietta subsequently ran a WSPU fund-raising tea room from her home, in which all four daughters would assist and serve. Given this activist environment, Gertrude and her sisters continued to actively support the WSPU from a young age, and in March 1912 she was one of a number of WSPU members who took to the streets of London in support of Women’s Suffrage, and gaining ‘Votes for Women’. In consequence of window-smashing in Knightsbridge, Gertrude was one of over 200 WSPU members arrested by police, and she was subsequently sentenced to 2 months of hard labour, a significant punishment. During this time she also began the hunger-strike for which she was awarded her WSPU medal. Returning to work with the WSPU, she ran the Photography stall at the WSPU Summer Fair in June 1913, she came to meet important figures such as Alvin Landon Coburn, and pursued a passion for photography, leading to her exhibiting several photographic works at the Royal Photographic Society in 1915. In 1917 Gertrude Lowy enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as a Radiographic Assistant, serving with a Red Cross unit in Italy until early 1919. Mobile Unit No. 4 suffered heavily during the retreat from Caparetto, and would be sent out to stations as far as 50 miles from headquarters. For her service she was awarded a Great War Pair, as well as the Italian War Merit Cross. After the war, in 1926 she married the prominent Jewish Geneticist Dr Redcliffe Nathan Salaman (1874-1955), who had lost his first wife a few years prior. - WSPU ‘Deputation 1910’ enamelled brooch by Toye & Co, with ribbon and reverse pin for wear, marke

Auction archive: Lot number 134
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

The Medals, Books and Ephemera of the Lowy/Salaman Families, comprising: The Extremely Rare and Superb Suffragette WSPU ‘Hunger Strike’ Medal and WWI Campaign Group of 4 awarded to Gertrude Lowy (later Salaman). The eldest daughter of an influential Jewish family in North London which fervently supported the fight for equality and the WSPU cause; Gertrude Lowy was arrested for militancy and window-smashing in London’s West End on the 4th of March 1912, being sentenced to 2-months of hard-labour as punishment. During WWI she later enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) in 1917, and served as a radiographic assistant in Italy until 1919, being also awarded the Italian War Merit Cross, comprising: Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) Medal for Valour, obverse inscribed ‘Hunger Strike’, the reverse, ‘Gertrude Lowy’, silver, 22mm, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, the suspension bar inscribed, ‘March 4th 1912’ and brooch bar, ‘For Valour’, original ribbon in the Suffragette colours, in original case of issue, silk interior lining of lid with clear gold blocked inscription, ‘Presented to Gertrude Lowy by the Women’s Social & Political Union in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship a great principle of political justice was vindicated’; British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (G. Lowy. V.A.D.), Italy, War Merit Cross, 1918; the first officially engraved, BWM and VM officially impressed, the latter unnamed as issued, medals loose. Lightly toned, extremely fine, the first extremely rare. (4) ex Glendining, 13 December 1989, lot 372 Gertrude Lowy Salaman (1887-1982) was the eldest of four daughters born to Ernest and Henrietta Lowy. As a stockbroker and influential figure in the London Jewish community, her father Ernest contributed substantial support and funds to the WSPU, and her mother Henrietta was a ‘tax-refuser’ and early WSPU member. Henrietta was sentenced to 10-months in jail for stone throwing on ‘Black Friday’ in 1910 (see Deputation badge below), when a WSPU Deputation was refused entry to the House of Commons to petition the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith not to drop the Conciliation Bill. Upon their refusal, a riot ensued, in which 100 women were arrested on various charges, with many claiming to have been subject to needless police brutality. Henrietta subsequently ran a WSPU fund-raising tea room from her home, in which all four daughters would assist and serve. Given this activist environment, Gertrude and her sisters continued to actively support the WSPU from a young age, and in March 1912 she was one of a number of WSPU members who took to the streets of London in support of Women’s Suffrage, and gaining ‘Votes for Women’. In consequence of window-smashing in Knightsbridge, Gertrude was one of over 200 WSPU members arrested by police, and she was subsequently sentenced to 2 months of hard labour, a significant punishment. During this time she also began the hunger-strike for which she was awarded her WSPU medal. Returning to work with the WSPU, she ran the Photography stall at the WSPU Summer Fair in June 1913, she came to meet important figures such as Alvin Landon Coburn, and pursued a passion for photography, leading to her exhibiting several photographic works at the Royal Photographic Society in 1915. In 1917 Gertrude Lowy enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as a Radiographic Assistant, serving with a Red Cross unit in Italy until early 1919. Mobile Unit No. 4 suffered heavily during the retreat from Caparetto, and would be sent out to stations as far as 50 miles from headquarters. For her service she was awarded a Great War Pair, as well as the Italian War Merit Cross. After the war, in 1926 she married the prominent Jewish Geneticist Dr Redcliffe Nathan Salaman (1874-1955), who had lost his first wife a few years prior. - WSPU ‘Deputation 1910’ enamelled brooch by Toye & Co, with ribbon and reverse pin for wear, marke

Auction archive: Lot number 134
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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