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Wales, Hay, T.Stokoe Army Contractor, c1900, penny (brass 26mm), penny halfpenny (copper 26mm), threepence (cupro-nickel 26mm) (YMT.BMT190, 191, 193). The second cleaned, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
1 Company 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, token in brass (27mm), uniface, obverse, '1 Co./2nd V B/Welsh' (unlisted in Yarwood). A few small edge nicks, dark toned and some oxidation marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, penny halfpenny in brass (25mm), obverse, at top, '3 Vol Battn', at bottom, 'Royal Welch Fusiliers', reverse, denomination, below, 'Vaughton Birm(ingham)', wreath around; another but for threepence (octagonal 28mm), reverse without maker's name and wreath; another for 2nd Volunteer Battalion, uniface token in brass (23mm), obverse, '2nd VB/Welsh'; another identical (YMT.BMT194, 195, 199 [2]). The last cleaned of oxidation, otherwise fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
(3rd Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers), token in brass (26mm) with milled edge, penny halfpenny, obverse, 'around top, 'N.C.O. Mess.', around bottom, 'Abertillery', reverse, denomination in centre within a beaded circle and around this a tulip head circle (YMT.BMT202). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
5th Welch Regiment, token in brass (26mm), uniface, obverse, '1 PT.' in centre, above, '5th Welch', below, 'O.C.A.' (unlisted but cfYMT.BMT204). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
East Riding of York's Yeomanry, sixpence in brass (5-sides 31x30mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, around, 'East Riding of York's Yeomanry' (Y&J MT2019S.BMT265); another identical but halfpenny in zinc (round 24mm), uniface; Finsbury Rifle Volunteers, checkpiece in brass (31mm), uniface with pierced hole at top, obverse, badge in centre, shield featuring 3 scimitars, at top, 'Finsbury', at bottom, 'Rifle Volunteers', reverse, impressed, '482'; probably Royal Warwickshire Regiment, penny in brass (30mm), uniface with centre hole, obverse, impressed with denomination at bottom dividing impressed number, '09', impressed around token, '5th & 6th Battn R.W.R'; another for 2nd Volunteers, threepence in brass (square with cut corners 25mm), uniface, obverse, denomination and at top, '2nd V.B', around bottom, 'Royal Warwickshire Regt'; another identical but with two pierced holes at top (YMT.BMT068, 145, 146, 152 [2]). Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Volunteer Battalion South Staffordsshire Regiment, threepence in brass (32.5mm) with raised line below, uniface except for raised line as on obverse below denomination, obverse, denomination, above, 'V.B.S.S. Regt', at bottom impressed, 'Amb'; another identical but impressed, 'Bd' (Y&J MT2019S.BMT268). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Second Volunteer Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment, check in copper (20mm), uniface, pierced hole at top, obverse, unit crest '2nd V.B./Duke of Cambridge's Own Middx. Regt.'; The Scottish Army Navy and General Store, check in bronze (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, in centre, 'Half/Loaf', around, 'The Scottish Army, Navy & General Store Ltd (Y&J MT2018S.BMT270, 280) (2); Worcestershire Hussars Yeomanry, check in brass (24mm), uniface, obverse, 'W.H/Y'; Yorkshire Regiment, halfpenny in brass (22mm), obverse, 'D' impressed above denomination in centre, above, 'Depot', below, 'Yorks Regt', reverse, impressed, 'D' (Y&J MT2019S.BMT273, 291) (2). The third with oxidation marks, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
Passed in
One Reserve Military Training Depot, check in bone (26mm), uniface, obverse, in the centre, 'Tea', around, 'No. 1 Reserve M.T. Training Depot'; another identical but for 'Dinner'; His Majesty's Ordnance, check in bronze (32mm), uniface, King's Crown above a horse on training ropes and crest below with date 1803, around, 'Riding House Department Of His Majestys Ordnance'; Yorkshire Regiment, penny in brass (30mm), obverse, 'D' impressed above denomination in centre, above, 'Depot', below, 'Yorks Regt', reverse, impressed, 'D' (Y&J MT2019S.BMT286, 287, p90, cf291). Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Regimental Club, voucher of membership in brass (28mm), with ring top suspension, obverse, in centre, '3rd/V. B./Hants Regt', around top, 'Regimental Club', around bottom, 'Voucher of Membership', reverse, 'Regtl/No. (impressed 283)/The holder as above/indicated is held/strictly responsible/for the proper use of/this voucher under/existing regulations'; Mess token in brass (32mm), with pierced suspension hole at top, obverse, impressed across centre, '2200', around below, 'Metro. Mess', reverse, impressed, 'W A R/R G A' (last A very weak - perhaps Royal Garrison Artillery); R.G.A.B, penny in brass (square 25mm with rounded corners), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, above, 'R.G.A.B', below, 'Canteen'; The Rifle Lodge, Masonic mark check in bronze (25mm), obverse, arms, around top, 'The Rifle Lodge', at bottom, '405', reverse, in centre is Masonic symbol, at top, 'In' and at bottom, 'Defence' (Y&J MT2019S.p88, p96, NR, NR). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Royal Marines Artillery, Eastney, canteen tokens, late 1800s, penny (brass 25mm), twopence (appears to be blackened bronze 25mm), threepence (German silver 25mm) with reverse upset 180 degrees, sixpence (bronze 30mm), twelve pence (German silver 32mm) obverse with impressed BAG, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, 'R.M.A. Canteen', at bottom, 'Eastney', reverse, Queen Victoria crown above crossed cannons with unit motto in scroll below (YMT.RNT03, 05, 06, 07, 08). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Royal Marines Artillery, Eastney, canteen token, late 1800s, twelve pence (German silver 32mm) obverse with impressed BAG, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, 'R.M.A. Canteen', at bottom, 'Eastney', reverse, Queen Victoria crown above crossed cannons with unit motto in scroll below (YMT.RNT08). Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Royal Marines Artillery, Eastney, canteen token, late 1800s, forty eight pence, in bronze 32mm), reverse with impressed SHT, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, 'R.M.A. Canteen', at bottom, 'Eastney', reverse, Queen Victoria crown above crossed cannons with unit motto in scroll below (YMT.RNT [p90, unlisted]). Obverse with enamel in centre, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
H.M.S. Kent, possibly a Navy Day pass or a souvenir token, in aluminium (2), one square (22mm), the other circular (27mm), uniface, obverse, ship's crest, below 'H.M.S. Kent' (YMT.RNT09, 10). The first with tin pest, otherwise fine, the second very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Royal Navy, Royal Naval Armaments Depot, twopence in brass (25mm), another for eight pence in aluminium (26mm), obverse, at top, 'N.A.D. Canteen', at bottom, 'New Gun Wharf P.H.', reverse, denomination (Y&J MT.RNT17c, e) (2); Royal Navy Barracks, penny in brass (oval 32x23mm), sixpence in brass (32x22.5mm), uniface, both identical obverse, denomination in centre, at top, 'Coffee Canteen', at bottom, 'R.N.Barracks'; H.M.S. Ajax, penny in bronze (23.5mm), another for sixpence in brass (23.5mm), both identical, obverse, at top, 'H.M.S. Ajax', at bottom, 'Canteen', reverse, denomination (the last four unrecorded in Yarwood). Very fine. (6)
Estimate $140
SOLD $100
William Miller, Limited, Portsea, tokens in bone (33mm), late 1800s, uniface, penny (2), penny halfpenny, twopence, twopence halfpenny, fourpence (2), fivepence (Y&J MT2019S.RNT23 [2], 25, 24, 26, 28 [2], 29). Very fine. (8)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Royal Navy Mess, tinplate (50mm), uniface, obverse, 'Willet & Robinson/Royal Navy/No./Mess/Maidstone'; Ship, tokens in brass (3), fourpence (29mm), sixpence (20mm), shilling (24mm), obverse, impressed across centre, 'Ship', reverse, denomination; Canteen sixpence in cupro-nickel (23mm), uniface, obverse, '6' in centre above an anchor, around top, 'Canteen' (Y&J MT2019S.NR, p95 [3], NR). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Great Britain, WWI, troopship canteen token in fibre compound (octagonal 32.5mm), uniface, obverse, in the centre a rampant lion advancing left, around top, 'Troopship Canteen', at bottom, 'Token' (see Y&J MT2018S.Mystery #35). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Royal Flying Corps, token in brass (24mm), uniface with centre hole, obverse impressed at top, '13/Sqdn', at bottom, '173'; Royal Air Force, halfpenny in blue/green plastic (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, 'R.A.F.', at bottom, 'Canteens'; token in brass (31mm), with suspension hole at top, obverse, at top, 'Main Str', across centre, 'Officers', reverse, across centre, 'W (War Office arrow) D', below, 'R.A.F.' and below this is a line above another War Office arrow (YMT.RAFT01, 02, 03). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Royal Air Force, sixpence in brass (26mm), obverse, 'U.George/Hairdresser/R.A.F.Station/St.Athan', reverse, denomination within wreath; another identical but for eight pence (YMT.RAFT04, 05); (RAF Kirkbridge), twelve MU token in iron bracteate (29mm), in centre, '12/M.U', at top, 'Civilian', at bottom, 'Canteen' (Y&J MT2018S.RAFT11); sixpence in brass (24mm), obverse, 'R.A.F/Cinema/Padgate', reverse, denomination; uniface tag in brass (16x21mm), with suspension hole, obverse, 'CEO/4.ED/R.A.F/Ruislip' (the last two unlisted in Yarwood). The third with oxidation marks and the fourth with heavy oxidation, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Miscellaneous unidentified tokens, includes H.E.Mess penny in brass (25mm), with pierced hole at top; another identical but twopence and no hole; 10th Canteen Batt. penny halfpenny in brass (26mm) (YMT. Mystery 8, 9, 16) (3); Aircraft Wages Token 1 in brass (25mm), with pierced hole at top; Canteen penny halfpenny in brass (hexagonal 23x25mm) (2), uniface; R.H/H.A penny halfpenny in brass (26mm) (Y&J MT2018S.Mystery 30, 31 [2], 38) (4). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
The Regiment Weekly, penny in silver (11mm), obverse, crown above crossed sabres, around bottom, '2 Southampton Street W.C.', reverse, denomination in centre, around top, 'The Regiment', at bottom, 'Weekly'; Scottish Filling Factory, halfpenny in brass (22mm), WWI, obverse, denomination at bottom, around the top, 'S.F.F. Georgetown', reverse, 'S' in centre; another for threepence in white metal (19mm); Ex-Service Men's Club, check in brass (25mm), uniface, obverse, around top, 'Ex-Service Men's', at bottom, 'Club', above this, 'Tredegar'; Chesterfield Club, check in black fibre (25mm), uniface, around top, 'Chesterfield', at bottom, 'Club', across centre, 'Kit/Bag'; Royal Army Clothing Factory, halfpenny in brass (25mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at the top, 'Tea Fund', around bottom, 'Royal Army Clothing Factory' (YMT.MMT001, 019, 021, 028, 034, 039). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Fison Industries, halfpenny in off-white plastic (25mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, above, 'F.I.', below, 'Canteen'; another for penny (rectangular 22x34mm); Munition Makers, penny in brass (29mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, around top, 'Munition Makers', at bottom, 'Canteen'; National Filling Factory, check in iron (29mm), obverse, struck incuse around top, 'National Filling Factory/Morecambe', reverse, impressed, '1522' (YMT.MMT002, 003, 007, 011). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Nottingham National Shell Factory,?WWII, uniface tokens, in plastic/or bone (29mm), halfpenny (pinkish early type, 3), penny and twopence (YMT.MMT004 (3), 005, 006).?Very fine and scarce.?(5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Y.W.C.A., tokens in plastic, WWI, penny (21.5mm), penny (red), twopence (blue), sixpence (white), obverse, across centre, 'Lister's', at top, 'Y.W.C.A.', at bottom, 'Canteen', reverse, denomination; National Aircraft Factory, twopence in pink plastic (25mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, 'N.A.F.', at bottom, 'Croydon'; Church of England Hut, tokens in plastic (22mm), halfpenny (black), penny (blue-grey), obverse, around, 'Church Of England Hut 1', reverse, denomination (YMT.MMT014, 015, 016, 042, NL, 077) (6); Air Raid Patrol, penny in orange plastic (22.5mm), obverse, across centre, 'Nottingham', around top, 'Corporation', at bottom, 'Transport', reverse, denomination in centre, below, 'A.R.P' (Y&J MT2018S.MMT121); Council of Voluntary War Work, half franc in red plastic (24mm), with centre hole, obverse and reverse identical, around top, 'C.V.W.W.', around bottom, '1/2 Franc'; Aberdeen Corporation Tramways, penny in pink plastic (22mm), obverse, Aberdeen coat-of-arms, around top, 'Aberdeen Corporation', at bottom, 'Tramways', reverse, denomination in centre, around top, 'On Military Duty'; Air Raid Patrol, penny in red plastic (rectangular 35x24mm), obverse, 'A.R.P.'"Bristol" ', reverse, denomination (Y&J MT2019S.MMT115, 123, NL [cfMMT150) (3). Very fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Scottish Filling Factory, penny in brass (28mm), WWI, obverse, denomination at bottom, around the top, 'S.F.F. Georgetown', reverse, 'S' in centre; Prince of Wales (battleship), tool check in brass (square 29mm with 3 rounded corners), uniface with pierced hole at one corner, obverse, centre impressed, '848', at bottom, 'P of W'; The Queen's Own Hussars, check in plastic (38mm), obverse, unit badge in centre, around the bottom, 'The Queen's Own Hussars', reverse, in the centre '1' (YMT.MMT020, 053, 074, NR). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Vickers Armstrong Ltd, check in brass (26mm), uniface except for circle, obverse, at top, 'V.A. Ltd', at bottom, 'Naval/Yard', impressed above this, 'PP/711'; Whitehead Torpedo Works, penny in copper (25mm), uniface except for circle, obverse, denomination impressed in centre, around, 'Whitehead Torpedo Works'; another identical but for twopence; Universal Aircraft Ltd, check in brass (24mm), uniface with pierced hole at top, obverse, 'around the top, 'Universal Aircraft', at bottom, 'Ltd', in the centre, 'No/(impressed) 16' (YMT.MMT044, 046, 047, 051); Aircraft factory tool check in brass (35mm), uniface with pierced hole near top, obverse, around top, 'Tool Check', below, 'No. (impressed) 931', at bottom, logo of winged shield with initials 'SR' (not recorded in Yarwood). The first with some oxidation marks, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Miscellaneous tokens, No 3 NAF Aintree Canteen penny in zinc (28mm) (heavy oxidation and piece missing at edge) (cf Y&J MT2019S.MMT055); other unidentified or unrecorded issues, includes 4 Coy B'Fast in brass (26mm), uniface; A.S.& S.C. Canteen penny in brass (21mm); R.A.Liquor Bar, Woolwich sixpence in brass (22mm); 2nd V.B. Royal Warwickshire Regt twopence in brass (octagonal 26mm) (heavy oxidation); Defence check piece, stamped '618/O (War Office arrow) D', uniface; untitled with field gun left on obverse and '10' on reverse, in dark brass (23mm); counterstamped Indian quarter anna with smoothed obverse stamped '2802/1 KRR/28(?)10'; untitled discs (3) in steel for penny (20.5mm), shilling (11mm), two shillings (19mm), with denomination in impressed figures on one side and in impressed text on the opposite side (similar in style to the New Zealand Featherston Camp tokens but stamped on both sides instead of one side only). Poor - very fine. (11)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
British Prisoner of War,?uniface, tokens in iron, sixpence (20mm), shilling (24mm), two shillings and sixpence (32mm), ten shillings (octagonal 26mm x 26mm), obverse, denomination with the initials, "P.W." above (YMT.MMT067-070), the third with impressed number 3 on the reverse and the last with what appears to be a partial X. The second item has some oxidation on the reverse, otherwise, fine - good fine.?(4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
British Expeditionary Forces, WWI, POW tokens in zinc plated iron, ten centimes (24mm) (2), fifty centimes (octagonal 26mm), one franc (32mm), obverse, 'P. of W./Token/B.E.F.', reverse, denomination (YMT.MMT071 (2), 072, 073). Fine - extremely fine. (4)?
Estimate $100
SOLD $70