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British Prisoners of War Camp, penny in tin (31mm), obverse, across centre, 'Penny/Token', around impressed, '(image of swastika) &. Commandant. Prisoners. Of. War. Camp. Bvrnham. Norton. Norfolk.', reverse, in centre, 'Ten/Dozen Of These/Will Be Exchanged/For Five Florins/E.M.Beloe Capn', note that some of the letters are larger than others to spell the Roman numeral 'ILLXCDIVLIMLC', around impressed, 'Captivorvm Cvstos Captivvs' (YMT.MMT074). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
British Armed Forces, tokens in brass with centre hole, 1952, half unit (20mm), one unit (25mm), obverse, around, 'British Armed Forces', reverse, around top, 'Half or One Unit' (YMT.BAF3, 4); Malta, 1940s, token in aluminium with centre hole (25mm), obverse, at top, 'NAAFI', at bottom, 'Token', reverse, at top, 'Valletta', at bottom, '22' (Y&J MT2018S.NM06); NAAFI, tokens in brass, c2003, includes 2 (US dollars) (26.5mm) (2), 5 (US dollars) (29mm), obverse and reverse identical, '2 or 5 NAAFI/Token' (for use by allied forces in Afghanistan and Iraq on gaming machines and pool tables) (not recorded in Yarwood). Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
British Restaurant, WWII, tokens in plastic (round 30mm) (2) and (dished oval 27x30mm) (3), obverse, 'British Restaurant' around centre hole, reverses, (blue), 'Soup' at top and 'ABC' at bottom, (red), 'B.W' (Borough of Watford) at bottom, the remaining three (red, yellow and green), with 'ABC' at bottom. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Australia, Victorian Artillery, canteen tokens, c1890, one penny (silvered bronze 23.5mm), penny halfpenny (brass 23.5mm), obverse, young head Queen Victoria left, around, 'Vic. Arty. Canteen', on truncation, 'S&M' (Stokes & Martin) (YMT.AUT01, 02). The second with oxidation spot on obverse, otherwise very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Australia, Victorian Artillery, canteen tokens, c1890, one penny (silvered bronze 23.5mm), penny halfpenny (brass 23.5mm), threepence (bronze 23.5mm), obverse, young head Queen Victoria left, around, 'Vic. Arty. Canteen', on truncation, 'S&M' (Stokes & Martin) (YMT.AOT01-03). Fine - very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, Victorian Naval & Military Club,?tokens, type 1, sixpence in copper (24mm), obverse, 'V.N./&/M.C.', reverse, denomination, type 2, two shillings in cupro-nickel (24mm), obverse, crossed lances bearing British and Australian flags with crown above and flowers below and scroll with motto 'Uniter Acamus', above another scroll with name, 'Victorian Naval & Military' and below, 'Club', reverse, denomination; Garden Island Naval Dockyard, proof of attendance check in brass (35mm), uniface and centre hole, obverse impressed, 'G I/809' (Yarwood AUT004, 010, 016).?Very fine - extremely fine.?(3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, WWI, Internment Camp (Liverpool, NSW), square threepence in aluminium (18mm), obverse, German eagle (YMT.AUT013). Plugged hole at top, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Australia, H.M.A.S.?Tingira, tram pass in cupro-nickel (31mm) by G.A. Miller, Sydney, reverse stamped 222 (YMT.AUT015).?Toned good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $280
2nd Australian General Hospital, Officer's mess tokens in plastic (24mm), c1942, penny (dark red), threepence (white), sixpence (light blue), shilling (2, one yellow, one cream), two shillings (red), obverse, Rising Sun badge in centre, at top, 'Officers Mess', below, '2nd Australian/General Hospital', reverse, denomination (YMT.AUT020-022, 023 [2], 024). The first repaired of a break, otherwise very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Australia, WWII, Internment Camps (Hay, NSW), penny in brass (20.5mm) (YMT.AUT025). Small oxidation spot on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Australia, WWII, Internment Camps (Hay, NSW), threepence in bronze (16mm) (YMT.AUT026). Much mint red, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Australia, Commonwealth Government Explosives Factory, checks in brass (33mm), uniface and all with pierced hole at top, the first impressed '304', and by Stokes, Melb, the second impressed 'Detonator', the third impressed 'Fuze/341' (YMT.AUT030) (3); also commemorative medal for Commonwealth Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, 50th Anniversary, 1962, in gilt bronze (31mm) (Y&J MT2018S.AUT53; C.1962/3). Fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Australia, Garden Island Naval Dockyard, proof of attendance check in brass (35mm), uniface and centre hole, obverse impressed, 'G I/955'; Naval Establishments, gate pass in iron (31mm), uniface with square hole in centre and with anchor above, around, 'Naval Establishments. Sydney.'; Australian Defence Force Canteens, penny tokens (2), one in brass and one in aluminium (both oval 27x22mm), obverse, 'A.D.F.C/N.S.W.', reverse, denomination at two sides, above, 'Bottle', below, 'Token'; Australian Canteen Service BCOF, one unit token in aluminium (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, 'ACS/BCOF/One Unit' (3); Australian Artillery, five cents tokens in brass (21mm) (2), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, above, 'Australian', below, 'Artillery' (YMT.AUT016, 017, 019, 019A, 031 [3], 032 [2]) (8); Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, uniface tokens (2) in aluminium, twenty two cents (26mm), twenty five cents (27mm), obverse, denomination in centre, above, 'R.G.H. Concord', below, 'Token' ( unlisted but cf Y&J MT2018S.AUT050). The second with oxidation marks, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Isle of Man, Onchan Internment Camp, WWII, tokens in brass, halfpenny (20mm), penny (18mm), sixpence (26mm), obverse, denomination, above, 'Onchan Internment Camp', reverse, triskeles (YMT.IOM01-03). Very fine - extremely fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $440
Canada, B.B. Canteen ('B' Battery, Quebec City), pre 1990, token in brass (24mm), five cents, obverse, 'B.B./Canteen', reverse, denomination in centre, around, 'Good For/In Trade'; Governor General's Foot Guard, (Ottawa),WWI, token in aluminium (22mm), obverse, in centre, 'G.G.F.G.', around top, 'Sergeants Mess', reverse, denomination; unofficial issue of coin club of No.4 Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force (stationed in Germany), token in aluminium (14mm), obverse, '4/Wing', reverse, maple leaf above 'RCAF'; The Royal Canadian Artillery, commemorative token in bronze (30mm) (2), (Yarwood states, 'probably used as a gambling token) uniface with centre hole, obverse, unit badge, around top is unit name, at bottom, '1871-1921' (YMT.CT002, 009, 018, 058 [2]). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Canada, Royal Canadian Engineers, tokens in white metal, WWII, twenty five cents (26mm), ten cents (20mm), five cents (23mm), obverse, '9/Field/Co./R.C.E', reverse, denomination above 'Souvenir', around, 'Ye Merry Sappers Tavern', the first token upset 180 degrees (YMT.CT020-022); Canadian Expeditionary Force,?5th Canadian Battalion, canteen token, WWI, one franc in white metal (26mm) (2), obverse, denomination in centre, around, '5th Can.?Battn/Canteen', reverse, plain (YMT.CT024) (2). The first three very good - fine, one of the last two with two digs on reverse and fine, the last poor. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Canadian Expeditionary Force,?5th Canadian Battalion, canteen token, WWI, half franc in bronze (22mm), one franc in white metal (26mm), obverse, denomination in centre, around, '5th Can.?Battn/Canteen', reverse, plain (YMT.CT023, 024). Good very fine.?(2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Esquimalt Royal Naval Base,?c1950, token in aluminium (25mm), five cents, obverse, denomination in centre and around, 'Royal Naval Canteen', reverse, in centre, 'Esquimalt/B.C.' (YMT.CT028).?Fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Canada, Regimental Institute, 47 B.C. Canada, tokens in brass, 1915, five cents (19mm), ten cents (22mm), twenty five cents (25mm), obverse, badge of 47 Regiment (Vancouver) Canadian Expeditionary Forces in centre, at the top, 'Regimental Institute', at the bottom, '1915', reverse, denomination in centre, at the top, 'Good For', at the bottom, 'In/Trade' on the first and last tokens and 'In Trade' on second token (YMT.CT030-032). Toned, the last with a few oxidation marks, otherwise fine - very fine and very rare. (3)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Royal Canadian Air Force Association,?tokens in plastic (28mm), ten cents (white), twenty five cents Happy Hour (blue), one dollar (100) Happy Hour (red), obverse, type 1, R.C.A.F.A./# 767 Wing', type 2, 'R.C.A.F.A./767 Wing/Happy Hour', reverse for both types, denomination (YMT first item not recorded, CT051, 052, 053); Royal Canadian Legion, uniface, tokens in plastic (42mm), (red) Col. Moore ALTA #26 Banff (Banff Branch), (blue) Boyle ALTA No. 169 (Boyle Branch), (red) Morinville ALTA No. 176 (Morinville Branch); Newfoundland Club, uniface, Liquor token in plastic (red 38mm); also Canada Meat Ration token, 9.9.1945-26.3.1947, in blue coated wood pulp fibre (22mm), with centre hole, obverse and reverse identical, 'Canada/Meat/Viande (French word for meat)/Ration'.?Very fine - extremely fine.?(8)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Newfoundland,?Sergeants Club, Newfoundland Base Command, WWII, token in brass (21mm), obverse, centre star, at top, Sergeants Club/Newfoundland', below, 'Base/Command', reverse, 'Good For/5c/In Trade' (YMT.CT066).?Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Canada, Canadian Forces International Deployment Operations, Afghanistan, twenty five cents token in brass (25mm), obverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Op Depl Intel Des FC', below, 'Aucune Valeur En Especes', reverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Op Intl Depl Ops', below, No Cash Value' (YMT.CT067). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
1st Canadian Brigade,?canteen token in zinc (25mm), WWII, obverse, '10' in centre, around, '1st Can Bde/Canteen", reverse, denomination.?Punched suspension hole at left edge, some oxidation , otherwise fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Canada, souvenir dollars (3), all in cupro-nickel, includes The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Diamond Jubilee 1961, The Royal Canadian Regiment Reunion/100 Years of Service 1983, 408 Squadron Reunion/40 Years of Operations 1984; France, Town of Mons, medal in aluminium (22mm), with holed suspension, obverse, arms of the town and below, 'Ville De Mons', reverse, 'La/Ville De Mons/A Ses Vaillants/Liberateurs/Du/Corps Canadien/11 Novembre/1918' (The town of Mons has its valiant Liberators from the Canadian Corps); British Army & Navy Leave Club, Paris in brass (34x35mm), uniface, around the outside features symbols representing the various British forces (Rising Sun, Rose, Maple Leaf, Shamrock, Eland, Thistle and NZ in a wreath); Sheffield, halfpenny in copper (29mm), holed at top, obverse, bust of Lord Nelson left with legend, 'England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty', reverse, ship sailing right with legend, 'British Naval Half (f looks like p) penny' (YMT.TT039; Davis 150). The last very good, the rest very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
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India, 18th (Victoria Mary Princess of Wales' Own) Hussars, canteen tokens in brass, two annas (23mm), four annas (25mm), eight annas (28mm), obverse, unit badge, reverse, denomination in centre, around at top, 'Coffee Shop', decorative scrolls at bottom (YMT.IT005-007). Second token with a dig on obverse near bottom edge, otherwise very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
India, Durham Light Infantry, six pies in bronze (28mm), uniface, obverse, '6' in centre, above, 'D.L.I', below, 'Pies'; Lancashire Regiment, three pies in brass (19mm), uniface, obverse, in centre, '3/Pies', above, 'Refreshment Room,' below, 'North Lancashire Regt.'; Retreat Club Canteen, one anna in brass (octagonal 19mm), obverse, around, 'Retreat Club Canteen 1', reverse, 'at top, 'Silchar' at bottom, 'Assam'; identical token for four annas in brass (circular 22mm); another identical worn token for one rupee in brass (octagonal 25mm), ink stamped '1R' on obverse; (Assam), Shillong, Soldiers Club, four (annas) in brass (octagonal 19mm), obverse, at top, 'Soldiers Club', at bottom, '4', reverse, at bottom, 'Shillong' (YMT.IT (unlisted but cf 022), 030, 035, 036, 038, 041). One poor, the rest very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
India, army contractors' tokens, half anna in brass (21mm), obverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Regtl Institutes', at bottom, 'Credit Ticket', reverse, in middle, '(NSD.)/[impressed] 1052', around, 'K.B.A.G. & Co./Army Contractors'; another but no value in copper (20mm), with central hole, obverse, around, 'Ammunition Factory Canteen', reverse, around top, 'Each For All All For Each', at bottom, 'Kirkee'; another identical but no central hole and in brass; another but no value in copper (21mm), obverse, around, 'H.M.I. Dockyard Co-Operative Canteen', reverse, in the centre are two hands clasped; another for four annas in brown plastic (32mm), obverse, 'As:4' in recessed circle, above, 'Supper/Ticket', around top, 'Shamshuddin & Sons', at bottom, 'Army Contractors', reverse, across centre, 'Ashak mr' (YMT.IT044, 045, 045A, 049, 093). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
India, (Madras), Royal Artillery, canteen token in bronze (31mm), eleven dubs, uniface, obverse, across centre, '11 Dubs', around, 'Royal Artillery General Canteen' (Pridmore 344); another identical but for 10 Dubs (assumed value as 10 worn away but struck on thinner planchet than 11 Dubs) (Y&J MT2018S.IT085); Royal Artillery Institute, Kirkee, token in bronze (29mm), obverse, field gun left, above, 'R.A.I', below, 'Kirkee', reverse, impressed '1A' (Y&J MT2018S.IT086). The second item poor, the others fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $400
India, Army Temperance Association medal, in silver (35mm), no suspender (Y&J MT2019S. p88); USA 5th Army, Commemorative of Allied Armies Entrance in Naples, 1943, in silver (30.5mm), ring top suspension. Hairlines and handling marks, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $60
Passed in
6 A.E.T.C.,?Basra, (Iraq), uniface, check piece in brass (33mm).?Some worn details, otherwise very good and very rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80