Catalogue
5th L.V.A., (London Volunteer Artillery), canteen tokens in brass (25mm), one and half pence, twopence, sixpence, all counterstamped with twelve dots, the first flattened (not recorded). The first poor, the rest very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, tokens in brass (25mm) (3), obverse, "9th" in centre, around, "Lancs. Artillery Volunteers", reverse, field gun right, type 1, at top, "Brigade", type 2, at top, "1st", at bottom, "Battery", type 3, at top, "3rd", at bottom, "Battery" (Yarwood BMT032, 033, 035). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Manchester Artillery, canteen token in brass (27mm), twopence, obverse, field gun left, above, "Jeffs VII Mant", below, "Lancashire", in a garter around edge, "Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt", reverse, denomination, at top, "The Manchester Artillery", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT036); Royal Marine Light Artillery, token in cupro nickel (23mm), obverse, initials, "R A / M L" in relief on textured surface, impressed number "1" roughly in centre, reverse, plain impressed with number "1" (not recorded). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot, canteen tokens, halfpenny (zinc, octagonal 29mm), penny (brass, 26mm) (2, one with thicker lettering), another (cupro nickel 24mm), another (cupro nickel 26mm), one penny halfpenny (zinc, oval 19mm x 28mm), sixpence (brass 31mm), another (German silver 31mm) (2, different dies) both struck slightly off-centre, obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "Cavalry Brigade Canteen", at bottom, "Aldershot" (Yarwood BMT039, 041, 041B, 042, 043, 043B). Very good - good very fine, some rare. (9)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Cavalry Canteen, tokens, one pint (brass 25mm), half dram (brass, hexagonal 29mm), obverse, "Cavalry / Canteen", reverse, value in two-lines (Yarwood BMT044, 045); Cavalry Canteen (or Club), token (German silver 31mm), sixpence, obverse, entwined Cs over crossed sword and sceptre, crown above, at base, "F&B", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT059). Very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Fourth Hussars, canteen token in bronze (25mm), penny, overstamped on previous token, obverse, "Canteen" between two lines across centre, above, "Fourth", below, "Hussars", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT047); Tenth Royal Hussars, token in brass (25mm), halfpenny, obverse, crowned symbol of unit above denomination, reverse, impressed, "SM / 16 / CC". Very fine, extremely rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
Royal North Devon Hussars, tokens in zinc, late 19th century, penny (19.5mm), sixpence (23mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "Royal North Devon Hussars" (Yarwood BMT048, 052). Second item corroded and pitted, very good, first item very fine, very rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $340
Corps of Dragoons, token in bronze (25mm), halfpenny, another in brass, penny, obverse, "CD" in centre crown above, below, "1895", reverse, denomination, the penny with pierced holes at sides of the crown (Yarwood BMT060, 061). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Corps of Dragoons, token in bronze (25mm), halfpenny, obverse, entwined initials, "CD" in centre, crown above, "1895" below, reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT060); King's Dragoon Guards, tokens in brass, farthing (26mm), halfpenny (31mm), obverse, unit crest, reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT064, 065). Very fine - good very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
East Riding of York's Yeomanry, uniface token in zinc (24mm), halfpenny, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "East Riding of York's Yeomanry", reverse, plain (Yarwood BMT068). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
XXXII Cornwall Light Infantry, canteen token (brass 25mm), one penny, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "XXXII", around, "Cornwall Light Infantry", reverse, arms of Duke of Cornwall, at top, "Regimental", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT085); 1st Leicestershire Regiment, canteen tokens, halfpenny (bronze heart shaped 23mm x 23mm), threepence (zinc scalloped 31mm), sixpence (zinc oval 18mm x 23mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, above, "1st Leicestershire", below, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT098, 100, 101). Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Duke of Cambridge's Hussars, token in zinc (32mm), penny, obverse, unit badge, below, ".Duke of Cambridges Hussars.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT071); 4th Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regt, token in brass (24mm), one penny (2), pierced hole near top, obverse, denomination in centre, around top, "Fourth V.B.Hants.Regt", at bottom, "Canteen", reverse, plain (Yarwood BMT088). Fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
British Army Recruits, meal tokens, Dinner, 1 Coy (brass 25mm) (Yarwood BMT077), A Coy (brass 25mm), pierced hole at top (Yarwood BMT076A), C countermarked over L Coy (brass 25mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT076A), Breakfast, 837 counterstamped over TD over ? Coy (zinc 25mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT075), C countermarked over L Coy (zinc 25mm), 1 Coy (zinc 25mm) pierced hole at top, A Coy (zinc 24mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT075 but no quotation marks), Tea, C countermark over L Coy (not recorded). Fine - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $160
SOLD $200
The King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment), canteen tokens in brass, penny (24mm), threepence (33mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, hole pierced above, around top, "1st Battn King's Own", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT095, second item not recorded). Fine - very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Recruiting Depot, tokens in brass, twopence (91mm), obverse, "Victoria / R.D", reverse, "Dinners", impressed below, "365" (Yarwood, first unrecorded, BMT097). First item extremely fine and rare, second is very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Finsburg Volunteer Rifles, checkpiece in brass (30mm) pierced hole above arms, obverse, coat-of-arms in centre, at top, "Finsburg", at bottom, "Rifle Volunteers", reverse, plain except for impressed no.482 (Yarwood BUT145); 2nd London Rifles, token in brass (23mm), twopence, obverse, "2nd London Rifles / 57A / Farringdon Rd /E.C.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT109 but no maker's name on reverse". Good very fine and very rare.(2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
1st Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regt, canteen tokens (copper 28mm), twopence (brass 28mm), obverse, "Canteen" across centre, at top, "1st Vol. Batt." at bottom, "Hampshire Regt", reverse, denomination, above, "Neal", below, "Maker / 19 Percival St", penny has two leaves and dot below D, twopence has three crosses; regimental club voucher of membership in brass (28mm) with suspension loop, obverse, in centre, "3rd / V.B. / Hants Regt", at top, "Regimental Club", at bottom, "Voucher of Membership", reverse, at top, "Regtl / No." impressed no. 283, below, "The Holder As Above / Indicated Is Held / Strictly Responsible / For The Proper Use Of / This Voucher Under / Existing Regulations". Very fine - nearly extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
37th Middlesex Volunteer Regt Camp, tokens in brass (28mm), one penny, twopence, fourpence, obverse, initials "CGB" (Giles George & Bloomberg) in centre, at top, "37th Middlesex V.R.", at bottom, "Camp", reverse, denomination in centre, value above, below, "W.J.Taylor Medallist / London", on the fourpence this is curved (Yarwood BMT110, 111, fourpence not recorded). Fine - very fine, the last very rare. (3)
Estimate $140
SOLD $70
14th Battalion Oxford Light Infantry, tokens in brass, twopence (27mm), threepence (29mm), sixpence (31mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, around top, "Oxford Light Infantry", at bottom, "14 Bat" (Yarwood BMT115, 116, 117); West Yorkshire Yeomanry Band, token in brass (27mm), twopence (2, one with pierced hole at top), obverse, unit crest, at bottom, "Band", reverse, denomination, wreath around (Yarwood BMT070). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
The King's Royal Rifle Corps, tokens in bronze, halfpenny (23mm), penny (30mm), obverse, unit badge, reverse, value (Yarwood BMT119, 120); O.C.B.S (Officer Commanding Base Stores?), token in copper (21mm), pierced hole at top, obverse, large Queen Victoria crown, reverse, across centre, "O.C.B.S", below, "T". First item uncirculated with much mint red, the second item has two rim bumps, fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
34th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers, Wednesbury, token in brass (30mm), uniface, Queen Victoria crown over Staffordshire knot, at top, "34th S.R.V.", at bottom, "Wednesbury" (Yarwood BMT127). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
1st Battalion Shropshire Regiment Volunteers, canteen tokens in brass, twopence (27mm), threepence (octagonal 27mm), obverse, "1st / Bat.S.R.V. / Canteen / (denomination)", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT130, 131); 1st Volunteer Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, canteen check in brass (32mm), uniface, obverse, across centre, "Canteen / Check", at top, "1st Volr Battn", around bottom, "Shropshire Light Infantry" (Yarwood BMT142). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, token in zinc (30mm) (2), threepence, obverse, unit badge, one with a small circle cut into date, reverse, denomination inside a small inner circle (possibly privately cut) and with a decorative edge border; another identical but without the small inner circle. Fine and very rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
2nd Volunteer Battalion (P.O.W.), North Staffordshire Regt, tokens in brass (26mm), penny, one penny halfpenny, twopence, threepence, obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, around the top, "2nd VB Prince of Wales", at bottom, "North Staffe Regt" (Yarwood BMT133, 134, 135, threepence not recorded). Some verdigris in lettering of third item, last item with some mint bloom, extremely fine, the rest fine - very fine, the last item rare. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
5th & 6th Battalion RWR, (Royal Warwickshire Regiment), c1914-18 vintage, brass (30mm) holed and uniface, obverse, "5th & 6th BATTn R.W.R" around, at bottom "09" and "1d"; another identical but without "09" (the first Yarwood BMT146, second item not recorded). The first item has some verdigris on obverse and reverse, nearly very fine, the last item is very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
1st Royal Warwickshire Regt Volunteers, tokens in brass, penny (24mm), twopence (square 28mm), threepence (hexagonal 32.5mm), Gymnasium (32mm); penny, obverse, "W.R.V." across centre, "1" at top, "Canteen" at bottom, reverse, denomination inside a decorative border; twopence, obverse and reverse identical, "2" in centre, "Canteen" at top, "1st W.R.V." at bottom; threepence, same as twopence but "3" in centre (Yarwood BMT147, 149, 150); Gymnasium, obverse, "1st / W.R.V." in top half, impressed no.46 on line in lower half, reverse, "Gymnasium" across centre with decorative device above and below. Some evidence of corrosion on second item, third item nearly extremely fine, other two fine - very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
2nd V.B. Royal Warwickshire Regt, late 19th century, uniface tokens, one and halfpenny in brass (oval 22m x 28mm), twopence in bronze (octagonal 26mm), hole pierced at top, threepence in brass (square 25mm, corners removed), two holes pierced at top, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "2nd V.B. / Royal Warwickshire Regt" (Yarwood, first two not recorded, last is BMT152). Second item has verdigris and pitting, other items very fine - good very fine, very rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
2nd Battalion (Prince of Wales Own) Yorkshire Regiment, token in copper (25mm), obverse, unit badge, around, "2nd Bn (P.W.O.) Yorkshire Regiment", reverse plain (Yarrow BMT153); Prince of Wales Regiment Rifle Club, canteen token, twopence (25mm), obverse, "Canteen" across centre, at top, "P.W.L.Regt R.C.", decorative ornament below, reverse, "2" (not recorded in Yarrow). Last item has a few rim bumps, very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Caterham Canteen, token in zinc, halfpenny (28mm), penny (square 25mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "Caterham", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT157, 158); Milton Barracks Canteen, token in zinc (29.5mm), one penny, obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "Canteen", at bottom, "Milton Barracks" (Yarwood BMT160); M&F Canteen, tea token in brass (32mm), one penny farthing, uniface, obverse, "M&F / Canteen / Tea Token / (denomination)", evidence of some brockage on plain reverse; SNSS check in brass (23mm), obverse, young Queen Victoria left, around, "H.M.G.M.Queen Victoria", reverse, plain, impressed initials, "SNSS". Second item very poor, the rest very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Recruits Bed, token in bronze (30mm) pierced hole above head, obverse, young Queen Victoria's head left, above, "Victoria", below, "Inn", reverse, "Recruits / Bed" (Yarwood BMT161). Small amount of pitting, fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80