LONDON IRISH RFC 1929 SIGNED MENU

SIGNED

Menu card, with embossed decoration, for the 30th Annual Dinner held at the Holborn Restaurant, London, 5 March 1929, signed in pencil to the front by 25 players and guests. There are 2 further signatures on the back cover. The signatures include CW Packford (journalist), F Ruthven (London Scottish), SJ Cagney (Ireland), GV Stephenson (Ireland), Rev. JR James (Club Chairman), JB Manning, J Melville, MP Slattery, JC Russell-Cargill and G Bernard Shaw (a likely hoax). The menu belonged to WC 'Wick' Powell of Wales and the Barbarians.

20 x 12.5cm. Single folded card. Single horizontal fold mark across the middle. Light staining to back cover. The signatures are generally in good condition, although a few are hard to decipher.

Date

1928

£220.00 (Code: 7819)

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