Catalogue
Ordnance groups, tool check in copper (34mm), obverse, in centre is impressed no.205, at top, "R.S.A.F." (Royal Small Arms Factory), below, "Enfield", reverse, in top half, small letters, "WD" with arrow above pointing upwards (Yarwood MMT052); tokens in brass, halfpenny (22mm), penny (28mm), obverse, large letter, "S", reverse, denomination in centre, around top, "S.F.F.Georgetown" (Scottish Filling Factory) (Yarwood MMT019, 020); token in brass, halfpenny (26mm), obverse, "D.N.S.F. / Canteen" (Dundee Naval Shell Factory), reverse, denomination inside circle, wreath around (Yarwood MMT026); checkpiece in brass (25mm), pierced hole at side edge, obverse, at top, "N.S.F. LDS" (Naval Shell Factory Leeds), at left side, "DIA / DEP", at right, "N54 / L535 / N505 / L495", impressed "S over L" at right edge, at bottom, "S/16" and above this, "A.Leonard & Co / Croydon", reverse, in centre, "SX / 8 7 / DIA & DEP / BORE / FOR", around, "100 FUZE Mark II Greze Pellet", all details impressed; check in bronze (30mm), obverse, impressed "933" at top, "O.S.D." (Ordnance Shell Dump) at base, upward pointing arrow between, reverse, plain; tokens in plastic (25mm) (2, one brown, one light green). obverse and reverse identical, "North Road / Canteen" (WWII munitions factory ?). Very fine - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Chesterfield Kit Bag Club, token in black fibre (25mm), penny, obverse, "Kit / Bag" in the centre, around, "Chesterfield Club", reverse, denomination (Yarwood MMT034). Very good and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
National Aircraft Factory, Croydon (airport) Surrey, England, set of four uniface tokens in plastic, halfpenny (white), penny (red), twopence (pink), and threepence (blue), the first item not recorded in Yarwood and the last item struck on blank reverse of a previously struck twopence token (Yarwood MMT041, 042, 043). Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Aircraft Factories, tool check in bronze (32.5mm), hole pierced in top half, obverse legend, "Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co. Ltd", in centre, impressed no.7982, reverse, plain; canteen token in dark blue plastic (31mm), obverse, at top in white lettering, "B.A.Co." (Bristol Aircraft Company), in centre, "W.H.M.", at bottom, "Canteen", reverse, plain; tool check in brass (24mm), pierced hole at top, obverse, centre circle with "No." at top, below, impressed no.3, around, "Universal Aircraft Ltd", reverse, plain (Yarwood MMT051, first two not recorded). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Royal Navy Mess, Maidstone, tin (50mm), uniface, obverse, "Willet & Robinson Ltd / Royal Navy / No. / Mess / Maidstone" (not recorded); V.A. Ltd (Vickers Armstrong), brass (25mm), uniface, obverse, "V.A. Ltd / Naval / Yard", impressed in top half, "F / 1041" (Yarwood MMT044); B.B. Co, brass (32mm), uniface, centre hole, shilling, obverse, "B.B. Co. Canteen / Crockery / 1/-"; one penny, brass (20mm), uniface, obverse, "Canteen / 1d / Sale & PM"; halfpenny, tin (hexagonal 21mm), uniface, obverse, "C.F.S.M. / 1/2d / (impressed no.1444)". The last item has some surface rust, fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Royal Navy,tool check in brass (square, rounded corners, 21mm), obverse, Imperial crown,reverse, "R.N."; Navy Day pass or souvenir in aluminium (square 22mm) obverse, badge of Kent, below, "H.M.S.Kent", reverse, plain (Yarwood RNT09); William Miller, RN contractor, tokens in white plastic (33mm), penny and twopence, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "William Miller, Limited", at bottom, "Portsea", reverse, plain; uncertain origin, in brass (20mm), obverse, "N.A / S.C", reverse, plain; another, in cupro nickel (23mm), obverse, "6" in centre, above, "Canteen", below, resting anchor, reverse, plain (these last two, Yarwood Mystery # 14 and 17, the others not recorded except for item two). Fine - nearly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Assortment of tokens and tool checks, mostly unnamed and unidentified, checks, "R arrow L" impressed no.6243, two opposing crowns at base, in brass (32mm), uniface; another identical but no impressed number; deliberately holed crowned crest; canteen tokens, one penny in brass (21mm), another for one penny halfpenny (hexagonal 22mm), both uniface; penny token in brass (23mm), "BSAP" and denomination on obverse, reverse, plain; uniface check in brass (18mm), "C.A.C" on obverse; another in brass (17mm),"A.A.C." on obverse and reverse; another in brass (20mm), obverse "W.L.C.", reverse, "Good For 5c In Trade"; another in aluminium (20mm), obverse, "Good In / Canteen / Only", reverse, "Good For / 5c / In Trade"; token in aluminium (16mm), crown on obverse, "4" on reverse; French token in brass (octagonal 22mm), ten centimes, obverse, denomination in centre, around "Les Foyers / Du Soldat", reverse, denomination; token in brass (21mm square with scalloped corners), uniface, obverse, "Ville De Cambrai" above crest, at base, "1913"; another, five pence in brass (30mm), uniface, obverse, "G.I.F." above denomination; another in brass (23mm), "IF" on both sides; another in steel (17mm), uniface, impressed "1" on obverse; another in tin (24mm), uniface, "2/-" on obverse; another in fibre (24mm), uniface, obverse, "50 / Centimes"; another in brass (20mm), "1c" on both sides; another in bronze (23mm), obverse "RAC", reverse, "1d"; France, allied military currency, two francs, 1944 (KM.905). Fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Worker's Exemption check, in bronze (23.5mm), obverse, field artillery gun in centre, around top, "Coventry Ordnance Works Ltd", at bottom, "Special War Service", reverse, plain. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Identification checks, in brass, Infantry Hall (28.5mm), uniface, impressed no.206; Perham Military Camp (30mm, pierced hole at top, uniface, impressed no.905; Q.F.C.F.4, sixpence (29mm), uniface, impressed no.548; Home Office, disc (31mm), pierced hole at top, obverse, "HO / Bath / Ward / 2", reverse, "East". Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
British Expeditionary Forces, WWI, POW tokens in zinc plated iron, one franc (32mm), fifty centimes (octagonal 26mm), ten centimes (24mm), obverse, "P. of W. / Token / B.E.F.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood MMT071, 072, 073). The first and last items have most of the zinc plating still intact, the second item has some rusting, overall good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $110
SOLD $70
British Expeditionary Forces, WWI, POW tokens in zinc plated iron, one franc (32mm), fifty centimes (octagonal 26mm), ten centimes (24mm), obverse, "P. of W. / Token / B.E.F.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood MMY071, 072, 073). All the zinc plating worn off as usual, very good - fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
British Expeditionary Forces, WWI, pisoners of war token in zinc coated iron, ten centimes with centre hole, said to have been used as five centimes (24mm), ten centimes (24mm), one franc (32mm), obverse, "Token" across centre, above, "P. of W.", below, "B.E.F.", reverse, denomination inside a decorative scalloped border (Yarwood MMT071, 073). The last item has a small area of rust on reverse, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Prisoners of War, British Expeditionary Forces, WWI, iron (octagonal 26mm), fifty centimes, obverse, "P.of W. / Token / B.E.F.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood MMT072); West Yorkshire Yeomanry Band, brass (27mm), twopence, obverse, unit badge "Band" below, reverse, denomination inside wreath (Yarwood BMT070); London Recruiting Depot, brass (26mm), obverse, "London / Recruiting / Depot", reverse, impressed, "Dinners", below, "286" (Yarwood BMT097); 3 Coy / Dinner, brass (27mm), uniface (cf. Yarwood BMT077); white plastic token (34mm) for one penny, uniface (unknown origin). The third item with some verdigris and discolouration, very good - fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Burnham Norton Norfolk, POW camp, penny token in bronze (30mm), obverse, "Penny / Token" across centre in a frame, around, "Prisoners.Of.War.Camp.Bvrnham.Norton.Norfolk.&.Commandant. ", swastika at top, reverse, in centre, "Ten / Dozen Of These / Will Be Exchanged / For Two Florins / E.M.Beloe Capn", around, "Captivorvm Cvstos Captivvs"; another identical but in tin (Yarwood MMT074); medallic token in brass (24mm), obverse, inscription, "All Good / Luck To E.A.Beloe / Wife Of Capt E.M.Beloe / Of / King's Lynn", swastika at left, star at right, sixteen beads around top, fourteen circles around bottom, reverse, framed inscription, "Non Est Tales / Mvlier In As - / Pectv In Pvl / chritvdine Et In / Sensv Verbor. / Judith.XI.21", left "S" above upward pointing symbol, right "L" above downward pointing symbol. Very fine - extremely fine and very rare (3)
Estimate $450
SOLD $380
Holyport, prisoners of war camp, WWI, chits, uncut strip of three chits for one penny each, unsigned, undated, the bottom note bearing an oval handstamp in red; set of three POW tokens in iron, sixpence (20mm), one shilling (24mm), two shillings and sixpence (32mm), obverse, initials "P.W." above denomination, reverse, plain. The tokens and strip of chits neatly secured by thread to a display board, it appears that the sixpence and one shilling tokens have been impressed on the reverse with a camp number (not visible while secured to board), fine - very fine, chits are extremely fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
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 (Yarwood MMT067, 068, 069, 070), impressed numbers on the reverse are, item 1, "3", item 3, "6", item 4, "3", item 2 has faintest trace of what appears to be "6". Last item has a few rust spots, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $160
SOLD $0
Great Britain, POW tokens, WWII, one shilling (iron, 24mm), sixpence (iron, 20mm), halfpenny (white celluloid, 25.5mm) (2), design of first two, obverse, "P.W." above denomination, reverse, plain, design of second two, obverse, denomination, reverse, plain (Yarwood MMT067, 068, 075). Second item has a spot of rust on the reverse, fine - good very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $80
British Prisoner of War, WWII, uniface tokens in white celluloid, halfpenny (25mm), penny (3, 25mm, 29mm, 30mm), obverse, denomination (Yarwood MMT075, 076). Fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
British Prisoners of War Camps, WWII, white celluloid tokens, halfpenny (25.5mm), penny (30mm), uniface, denomination in black (Yarwood MMT075, 076); 1st Leicestershire, canteen token in zinc (scalloped edge 31mm), threepence, obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "1st Leicestershire", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT100); 1 Coy. / Tea, aluminium (25mm), uniface, pierced hole at top (cf. Yarwood BMY077); NAAFI / 10 / Lire, aluminium (29mm), uniface (Yarwood NSL2). The last item has an edge bend at four o'clock, the rest fine - very fine, some very scarce. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Isle of Man, WWI, POW camp remembrance token in aluminium (24mm), obverse, triskeles with legend around, "Quocunque Jeceris Stabit", reverse, in the centre, "Isle of Man 1914/15" around flower, legend, "Erinnerung. Aus. Meiner. Kriegsgefangenschaft" (In memory of my imprisonment as prisoner of war 1914/15). Good very fine - extremely fine, and extremely rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Isle of Man, Onchan Internment Camp, WWII, tokens in brass, halfpenny (20mm), penny (18mm) and sixpence (26mm), obverse, denomination, above, "Onchan Internment Camp", reverse, triskeles (Yarwood IOM01, 02, 03). First two items extremely fine, the last nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $320
Isle of Man, Onchan Internment Camp, one penny in brass (18mm) (2), obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "Onchan Internment Camp", reverse, triskeles (Yarwood IOM02). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Curragh Internment Camp, Ireland, WWII, tokens in brass (26mm), one penny and sixpence, in aluminium (26mm), one shilling and two shillings, uniface, obverse, raised central disc with denomination, around the top "Curragh", at the bottom, "1940" (Schwan & Boling # 211-214). Second item good extremely fine, the rest good very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $400
SOLD $620
Tags, WWI dog tag in bakelite (35mm), pierced hole at top, uniface, "208979 / Wilson E / CE"; I.D. tag in brass (25mm), pierced hole at top, uniface, "R.S.Barker / Lea / Mount / Darwen"; dog tag on an Indian silver rupee of 1917, obverse, in centre "Born / 17", around, "Mrs E.A.Boulton. June.", all impressed, reverse, rupee reverse; unit souvenir on Egyptian forty para, obverse, impressed "Egypt" at top, "1916" at bottom, reverse, same at top and bottom, "Glam Yeomanry", impressed; another, uncertain origin in bronze (31mm), obverse, "CWT / FOC / B", in diamond shape at left, right and bottom, the initials "JM", reverse, "1918 / 18 PR / II", in diamond shape at left, right and bottom, the initials "JM"; French Napoleon III ten centimes, 1862 with crest of RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) engraved on reverse; English George V penny, magnificently engraved on reverse with crest of Royal Engineers. Very good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $50
India, Madras, Royal Artillery, canteen token in bronze (31.7mm), eleven dubs, uniface, obverse, across centre, "11 Dubs", around, "Royal Artillery General Canteen" (Pridmore 344); similar token for ten dubs, struck on thinner planchet, cut in half (not recorded). Very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
India, 18th (Victoria Mary Princess of Wales' Own) Hussars, canteen tokens in brass, one rupee (30mm), eight annas (28mm), four annas (24.5mm), two annas (23.5mm), obverse, unit badge, reverse, denomination in centre, around at top, "Coffee Shop", decorative scrolls at bottom (Yarwood IT04, 05, 06, 07). Very fine - good very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
India, North Lancashire Regiment, token in brass (19mm), three pies, uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, "3 / Pies", at top, "Refreshment Room", at bottom, "North Lancashire Regt" (Yarwood IT030); Regimental Institutes, check in brass (24mm), two annas, obverse, in centre, "As.2", around top, "Regtl.Institutes", at bottom, "Credit Ticket", reverse, impressed in centre, "Army", around, "K.B.Abdul Gaffor.Contractor.", at top, "421" (Yarwood IT043); Ordnance Factory, food token in copper (32mm), pierced hole at top, obverse, in centre, Imperial crown above "Food Token", around, "Ordnance Factory Amritsar", reverse, plain except for impressed number, "5286" (Yarwood IT048). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
India, Assam, Retreat Club Canteen, tokens in brass, one (octagonal 19mm), two (octagonal 26mm), four (22mm), eight (25mm), obverse, around, "Retreat Club Canteen", at bottom, denomination, reverse, at top, "Silchar", at bottom, "Assam" (Yarwood IT035, 034, 036, 037). Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
East India Company, recruiting tokens in bronze (25mm), obverse, rampant lion in centre, around, "Wanted Fine Young Men", reverse, "No.35 / Soho / Square / London" inside wreath, around, "East India Recruiting Departt"; (20mm), obverse, mounted dragoon, above, "Horse Artillery", reverse, "Apply / At No.35/ Soho Square / London" in the centre, around, "Wanted For The East Indies" (Yarwood TT036, 037). First item with a 10mm split but rare and nearly fine, second item good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
India, Assam, Soldiers Club, tokens in brass, one shillong (octagonal 19mm), two shillong (octagonal 26mm), four shillong (22mm), obverse, around top, "Soldiers Club", at bottom, denomination, reverse, around bottom, "Shillong" (Yarwood IT039, 040, 041). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $380