Lot 5025
Sale 130 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Bet Bet Friends, WWI tribute fob handcrafted in gold (9ct; 5.61g; 26x26mm), by Johnson & Simonsen (with their marking), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, CC', reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Sapper. C.Clover./By/Bet Bet Friends./On his Return from/The Front'. In an unmarked contemporary case, good very fine.
Clarence Robert Clover, miner, age 23, born at Carisbrook, Vic; NOK father Robert James Clover at Bet Bet, Vic; Enl.24Sep1915 at Melbourne, Vic; to Miners Corps 06Nov1915; Emb.20Feb1916; trf to 2nd Tunnelling Coy 29Dec1916; WIA gassed 16Mar1918 in France; rejoined unit 19Jul1918; RTA 20May1919; Disemb.02Jul1919; Disch.24Aug1919.
- Estimate
- $250
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $420