Lot 276

Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of November 2026

From the Sunken SS Shirala - a Government of India Cawnpore 2nd February 1915 unsigned 5 Rupee bank note serial DC6 29693. Pencil note to verso "Recovered from SS Shirala Torpedoed 8 Miles Littlehampton May 1918" The SS Shirala was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on July 2 1918 carrying various cargoes including a large consignment of British-Indian unsigned currency