Lot 1799
Sale 127 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
New Guinea, late 1940s, appears to be a cigarette case, perhaps made from the metal of a WWII crashed aircraft with inner compartments of aircraft perspex, one side engraved with Chinese text (translated as), 'South Souvenir' above a map of New Guinea with a sail boat at bottom left and a two-man canoe at top right and on the other side engraved with Chinese text (translated as), 'View of a Moonlight Night' above palm trees, mountains and sail boat. Good fine.
Perhaps a remembrance of a romantic night made from the metal of an aircraft shot down during WWII in southern New Guinea.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $90