Lot 3518

Description

XXXII Cornwall Light Infantry, canteen token (brass 25mm), one penny, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "XXXII", around, "Cornwall Light Infantry", reverse, arms of Duke of Cornwall, at top, "Regimental", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT085); 1st Leicestershire Regiment, canteen tokens, halfpenny (bronze heart shaped 23mm x 23mm), threepence (zinc scalloped 31mm), sixpence (zinc oval 18mm x 23mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, above, "1st Leicestershire", below, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT098, 100, 101). Very fine and scarce. (4)

Thought to be used in South Africa during Boer War.