Lot 1630
Sale 127 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
MCA Welcome Home, tribute fob, unusual in bronze (29x28.5mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'To/Sgt.H.W.Dransfield./from the M.C.A./as a token of esteem/for Duty done during/The Great War/1914-1918'. Toned, good very fine.
Presumably this has been issued by an association in Maitland where Henry Dransfield was a resident.
Henry Walter Dransfield, bank clerk, age 20, born at Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW; Enl.17Nov1915 at West Maitland, with service in 14 Infy Signallers militia; Emb.14Mar1916; WIA 26Sep1917, GSW left arm, with 31Bn in France; RTA 12Mar1918; Disch.28Jun1918.
- Estimate
- $80
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $120