Auction 80
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 876:
ROBERT CHIDLAW-ROBERTS
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Sold for: $90
Start price:
$
70
Estimated price:
$140 - $200
Auction house commission:
30%
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ROBERT CHIDLAW-ROBERTS
(1896 - 1989) British World War I ace credited with ten aerial victories. During his combat career, he engaged two famous German aces; he was one of the British pilots who downed Werner Voss, and on 9 January 1918, he shot down and killed Max Ritter von Muller. A.L.S., 2pp. 8vo., Shawford, Apr. 12, 1984, in part: "�The last fight I has was during the battle of the Somme 1916. I was piloting an FE2Band engaged a German biplane single motor�I fired our Lewis guns at the enemy as he circled round�The German disappeared in the end but I don't know if we shot him down�" Fine.
