Lot 4214
Sale 93 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Canada, Officers Mess, H.M.C.S. Peregrine, five and ten cents; Naval Officers Club, 105 Yping Ave, Halifax, ten cents; R.C.A.F., Topclifte, Officers’ Mess, one shilling (John Bell, Printer). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
H.M.C.S. Peregrine is a shore establishment at Halifax and referred to by the naval cadets as ’Pretty Grim’. Topclifte is a RAF station in North Yorkshire. During WWII it was a bomber station in RAF Bomber Command. RCAF No 419 and 424 Sqns operated from there and on 1 January 1943 it was transferred to No 6 Group RCAF and became a training station.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $100