Lot 2310
Sale 129 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Australian Rising Sun serviette rings, WWI set of six trench art creations cast in silvered material with silvered Rising Sun collar badge fitted to one side, in fitted vintage case. Extremely fine.
Ex Warwick G.Cary Collection.
The Australian War Memorial holds a similar set made from copper metal using badges taken from uniforms of soldiers killed at Gallipoli and copper from Turkish shells. Soldiers recovering in Wandsworth Military Hospital in London created that set and it was raffled on behalf of the hospital inmates.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $300