Keys from The G.P.O.A bundle of four old Keys, including one...

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€550 - €750

Keys from The G.P.O.

A bundle of four old Keys, including one large approx. 3 1/4" long, on a large key ring, with small chain. The large key, is stamped "Chubb Patent," and with further markings on verse, possibly "Queen Victoria's/342/London," all are fire damaged. There is a contemporary m/ss note on the ring stating "Keys found in the Ruins of G.P.O., after Rising 1916." A very interesting item. (1)

* From the Collection of the well-known estate of Fred Dixon, who was given the keys by Comdt. Brennan-Whitmore, a Volunteer who commanded the N. King Street area during the Rising. Comdt. Brennan-Whitemore, by repute got the keys from a comrade who picked them from the ruins of the G.P.O.