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[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke - Archive / Collection]. 33,5 cm x 21,5 cm. Size of the Original Photograph Portrait of Sir Rosslyn Wemyss: Image: 14.5 cm wide x 19.5 cm high, signed in ink and mounted on board which measures 17.5 cm wide x 22.7 cm high. / The Volume with official documents counts c. 100 pages. Original Hardcover. The extremely rare photograph of Sir Rosslyn Wemyss in very good condition and beautifully signed and only with some minor signs of wear / The Mudros - Volume of official orders by Wemyss, de Robeck and Lukach with some minor staining to boards, very occasional only some foxing to pages. Otherwise in excellent condition. Item No.5: [Moudros] Mudros Papers: 1915-1918 / Spectacular compilation with official orders by Rear Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss and Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck to Harry Charles Lukach (then Government Secretary on Mudros) and bound in the rear also four (4) original editions of the Humorous Dardanelles-Campaign-Newspaper "Europan" with satirical content on the Gallipoli - campaign. / [With original printed Government Notices by Command of Government Secretary H.C.Lukach [that is later Sir Harry Luke] in which Luke is asked by Admiral R. E. Wemyss and Admiral de Robeck in three notices to alert the citizens of Mudrous / Mudros on the greek island of Lemnos of important developments and orders to be followed: for example Cyprus-content: "Famagusta, 1st October 1918: The Public is hereby warned to abstain carefully from causing any interference with or injury of the telephone lines connecting Famagusta and Cape Andreas and Famagusta and Cape Greco. Any Person convicted of an infringement of the above order will be severely dealt with under Martial Law - By Order H.C.Lukach, Provost-Marshal"] / The initial order by Admiral Wemyss is the first order published in the Mudros Gazette and dated Friday, 23rd April, 1915 in which Wemyss sends his order from the H.M.S. Hussar to Luke: "H.C.Lukach, Esq. - Government Secretary - I shall be obliged if you will inform the Local Authorities that it is my intention that in future no person, not a native or a resident in the Island, shall be allowed to establish him or herself in Mudros and its vicinity without my special authority in writing." [Several other printed orders follow, publish autonomously by Lukach]. Includes "The Mudros Gazette", various Mudros Government Notices, illustrated "Europan", and a Famagusta Government Notice dated October 1st, 1918. Detailed List of Contents: The Mudros Gazette No.1 (23rd April, 1915) - with the initial notice to Harry Charles Lukach by Rear Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss about the Allied Powers in Lemnos and the necessity of getting authority in writing for establishing oneself in Mudros The Mudros Gazette No. 2 (9th July, 1915) - Notice that no boats or vessels other than Allied and Greek Ships of War, Allied Transports and Allied Auxiiaries will be permitted to remain in the Port of Mudros and Notice 9 issues the necessity of restrictions as to free circulation in Lemnos as well that ALL persons NOT being natives of or domiciled in Lemnos are warned to apply for a permit ! The Mudros Gazette No. 3 (10th September, 1915) - with Notice by Admiral J.M.de Robeck about prohibited areas inside the lines Cape Suvla to Kusu Bay, Cape Niger (Imbros) to the southernmost of the Rabbit Islands, thence to Palaeo Kastro (North of Bashika Bay) / With a special Notice to the Mukhtars of Romanos, Lykhna, Sarpi, Pisperago, Portianos, Simandria and Kontea about the prohibition to sell alcohol ! The Mudros Gazette No.4 (8th October, 1915) - with notice that no person, military or civilian, has permission to slaughter animals in around town but must do so in the slaughterhouse constructed for that purpose at the southern end of Mudros Bay. The Mudros Gazette No. 5 (11th February, 1916) - with Notice 26: ALL owners of land occupied or damaged by the British Military Authorities in Lemnos, who have not a. Seller Inventory # 30142AB
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