<p>A bloodied, bullet-holed scarf that '1984' author George Orwell was wearing when he was shot in the throat during the Spanish Civil War is going up for auction in the UK.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The collection going under the hammer at Bloomsbury auction house, on October 3, includes four scarves and neckerchiefs owned by Orwell and is expected to fetch up to 1,200 pounds.<br /><br />Orwell was wearing one of the scarves, with anti-fascist images and colours, when he was shot in the neck by a sniper during a battle near Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War in May 1937.<br /><br />Although Orwell survived the neck wound, it ultimately contributed to his early death, 13 years later, 'BBC News' reported.<br /><br />He described the experience of being shot as "very interesting...roughly speaking it was the sensation of being at the centre of an explosion".<br /><br />Writing in his Homage to Catalonia, Orwell's personal account of the war, he said he had been "about 10 days at the front when it happened".<br /><br />He continued: "Webb, our stretcher-bearer, had brought a bandage and one of the little bottles of alcohol they gave us for field-dressings. The doctor re-bandaged the wound, gave me a shot of morphine, and sent me off."<br /><br />The scarves were saved by Hugh Patrick O'Hare, who treated Orwell in the aftermath of the shooting and was a fellow member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP).<br />He passed them on to another member of the ILP.<br /><br />Max Hasler, of auctioneers Bloomsbury, said that Orwellian memorabilia was rare but "to have something that relates to such a significant part of his life is especially unusual".<br /><br />"I think it is a really interesting item. George Orwell was such a private person, very few examples of his signatures and photographs exist," Hasler said.</p>
<p>A bloodied, bullet-holed scarf that '1984' author George Orwell was wearing when he was shot in the throat during the Spanish Civil War is going up for auction in the UK.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The collection going under the hammer at Bloomsbury auction house, on October 3, includes four scarves and neckerchiefs owned by Orwell and is expected to fetch up to 1,200 pounds.<br /><br />Orwell was wearing one of the scarves, with anti-fascist images and colours, when he was shot in the neck by a sniper during a battle near Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War in May 1937.<br /><br />Although Orwell survived the neck wound, it ultimately contributed to his early death, 13 years later, 'BBC News' reported.<br /><br />He described the experience of being shot as "very interesting...roughly speaking it was the sensation of being at the centre of an explosion".<br /><br />Writing in his Homage to Catalonia, Orwell's personal account of the war, he said he had been "about 10 days at the front when it happened".<br /><br />He continued: "Webb, our stretcher-bearer, had brought a bandage and one of the little bottles of alcohol they gave us for field-dressings. The doctor re-bandaged the wound, gave me a shot of morphine, and sent me off."<br /><br />The scarves were saved by Hugh Patrick O'Hare, who treated Orwell in the aftermath of the shooting and was a fellow member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP).<br />He passed them on to another member of the ILP.<br /><br />Max Hasler, of auctioneers Bloomsbury, said that Orwellian memorabilia was rare but "to have something that relates to such a significant part of his life is especially unusual".<br /><br />"I think it is a really interesting item. George Orwell was such a private person, very few examples of his signatures and photographs exist," Hasler said.</p>