Lot 3507

Description

Royal Marines Artillery, Eastney, canteen tokens, late 1800s, halfpenny (zinc 24mm), penny (brass 25mm), twopence (copper 25mm), threepence (German silver 25mm), another identical but reverse upset 180 degrees, twelve pence (German silver 32mm) (2, one impressed "SHT" on obverse, the other with a machined circular section in middle of obverse and impressed "PAL"), obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "R.M.A. Canteen", at bottom, "Eastney", reverse, Queen Victoria crown above crossed cannons with unit motto in scroll below. First token is pierced at the top and badly corroded, the rest very fine, some rare. (7)