Catalogue
2nd Australian General Hospital, Officer's Mess tokens in plastic (25mm), c.1942, sixpence (blue), one shilling (yellow) (2) (Yarwood AUT11, 023). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, tokens in brass, Australian Artillery, five cents (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, "Royal Artillery" around (Yarwood AUT032); A.I.F. Club, Tasmania (23mm), obverse, "A.I.F." inside stylised device, reverse, plain (not recorded). Some rust spotting on first item, good very fine, second item very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
New Zealand, souvenir check in copper (20mm), uniface, obverse, "Souvenir / Troopship / No.5 / N.Z. / 1914" (Yarwood NZT01, Morel 1914/2); N.Z. YMCA, token in brass (27mm), WWII, five milliemes, uniface, obverse, "N.Z / 5 M/M / Y.M.C.A." (Yarwood NZT08); N.Z. YMCA, token in brass (28mm), WWII, five milliemes, uniface, obverse, "N.Z / Y.M.C.A / 5 M/M". Very fine - extremely fine and scarce, the first very rare. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
161st Battery RNZA, (Royal New Zealand Artillery), military canteen token in brass (21mm), five cents (assigned value, not shown on token), 1965-72, obverse and reverse identical, "Kiwi" across centre, with reverse upset 180 degrees (Yarwood NZMT09). Toned, very fine and very rare with only a few known.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
161st Battery RNZA, (Royal New Zealand Artillery), military canteen token in brass (21mm), five cents (assigned value, not shown on token), 1965-72 with reverse upset 180 degrees, obverse and reverse with the word "Kiwi" (Yarwood NZMT09). Very fine and very rare with only a few known.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Canada, Royal Artillery, Nova Scotia, token in white metal (octagonal 22mm), late 19th century, one cent, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "R.A Canteen N.S.Halifax", reverse, denomination (Yarwood CT012); Grand Army United Veterans, check in brass (octagonal 26mm), obverse, "Kamloops / G.A.U.V.", reverse, "Service", 180 degrees upset (not recorded); Naval Club of Toronto, token in green plastic (38mm), obverse, in centre, "Good For / One Drink / On Or After / Feb.5.1985", around, "Naval Club of Toronto Golden Anniversary", reverse, number "50", all lettering in gold (not recorded). Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $140
Canada, patriotic medal, WWI, uniface shield in brass (45mm x 38mm), impressed blackened details, "Allies / England France / Russia Japan / War / Valcartier Camp / 1914", with red, white and blue ribbon. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Canada, B.B.Canteen ("B" Battery, Quebec City) token in white metal (24mm), six cents, obverse, "B.B. / Canteen", reverse, denomination in centre, around "Good For / In Trade" (Yarwood CT001); Governor General's Foot Guard, Ottawa, token in aluminium (22mm) (2, varieties of same design), obverse, in centre "G.G.F.G.", around top "Sergeants Mess", reverse, denomination (Yarwood CT009); 4 Wing, RCAF in Germany, tokens in aluminium (15mm), two types, first, obverse, "4 / Wing", reverse, Maple Leaf above initials "RCAF" (2), second, obverse, as previous, reverse, "Coin / 1965 / Club" (Yarwood CT018, 019); Canadian Voluntary Women Workers, token for one franc in blue plastic (23mm), centre hole, obverse and reverse identical, at top "C.V.W.W.", below "1 Franc". Very fine - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Canadian Engineers, WWI, token in bronze (20mm), ten cents, obverse, Canadian Engineers crest, reverse, denomination (Yarwood CT006). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Canadian Engineers, tokens in bronze, WWI, ten cents (20mm), twenty five cents (30mm) (2), obverse, Canadian Engineers badge, reverse, denomination. Fine - good very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Canadian Engineers, token in bronze (18mm), obverse, unit badge, reverse, "5c" inside beaded circle (Yarwood CT007); 9 Field Coy, token in white metal (26mm), twenty five cents, obverse, "9 / Field / Co. / R.C.E.", reverse, in centre, "25 / Souvenir", around, "Ye Merry Sappers Tavern" (Yarwood CT020); card tokens in bronze (32mm) (2), common reverse, a hand of five cards in centre, below, "W.W.Reg D'S'N", around, "Thumbs Up Aces High", obverse type 1, Toronto Scottish badge in centre, around, "Carry On Toronto Scottish", type 2, RCAF pilot's wings, above, "Wings Aloft", below, "W.W.", around, "Royal Canadian Air Force" (Yarwood CT064, 065); "Garrison Officers' Mess", around, in centre, "and / Alberta / United / Services / Institute", token in wood (38mm), reverse, "$5.00" (not recorded); souvenir dollars in cupro nickel (32mm), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1901-1961, Royal Canadian Legion 1978 (2), The Navy League of Canada 1895-1985, The Canadian Legion Dominion Convention 1986; Meat Ration token, blue fibre (23mm), centre hole, obverse and reverse identical, "Canada / Meat / Viande / Ration". The first item fine, the rest very fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Royal Canadian Engineers, tokens in white metal, WWII, twenty five cents (26mm), ten cents (20mm), five cents (23mm) (2), obverse, twenty five cents (plain), five and ten cents, "9 / Field / Co. / R.C.E", reverse, value in centre, "Souvenir" below, around, "Ye Merry Sappers Tavern" (Yarwood CT020, 021, 022). The first item holed, otherwise very fine, the rest very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
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 (Yarwood CT023, 024) Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th Canadian Battalion, canteen token, WWI, half franc in bronze (22mm) (2), one franc in white metal (26mm), obverse, denomination in centre, around, "5th Can. Battn Canteen", reverse, (half franc) one plain the other a variety with centre circle, (franc) plain (Yarwood CT023, (variety not recorded), CT024). First item holed at top otherwise nearly very fine, the other items good fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Esquimalt Royal Naval Base, c.1950, token in aluminium (25mm), five cents, obverse, denomination in centre and around, "Royal Naval Canteen", reverse, in centre, "Esquimalt / B.C." (Yarwood CT028). Fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Canada, Regimental Institute, 47 B.C. Canada, tokens in brass, 1915, five cents (19.5mm), ten cents (22mm), twenty five cents (25.5mm), obverse, badge of 47 Regiment (Vancouver) Canadian Expeditionary Forces in the centre, around the top, "Regimental Institute", at the bottom, "1915", reverse, denomination in centre, around the top, "Good For", at the bottom, "In / Trade" (Yarwood CT030, 031, 032). Very fine - good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $450
SOLD $250
Royal Canadian Air Force Association, tokens in plastic (28mm), five cents (green), ten cents (white) (2), twenty five cents (blue) (2), twenty five cents Happy Hour (blue), one dollar (100) Happy Hour (red) (2), obverse, type 1, "R.C.A.F.A. / # 767 Wing", type 2, "R.C.A.F.A. / 767 Wing", type 3, "R.C.A.F.A. / 767 Wing / Happy Hour", reverse for all types, denomination (Yarwood first item not recorded, CT051, 052, 053, 054). Extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
British or Canadian Armed Forces, token in tin (32mm x 76mm), WWI, one meal, obverse, across the centre in relief, "One Meal", at lower left, impressed Imperial crown, reverse, plain (Yarwood CT061). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
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" (Yarwood CT066). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
1st Canadian Brigade, canteen token in zinc (25mm), WWII, obverse, "10" in centre, around, "1st Can Bde / Canteen", reverse, denomination. A few spots of corrosion, good fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $350
Canada, WWII, meat ration tokens (33), in blue coated wood (22.5mm), holed, obverse and reverse identical, "Meat" above centre hole, "Viande" below, around, at top "Canada", at bottom "Ration", divided by a Maple Leaf at each side. Fine - very fine. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
U.S.A. Civil War, copper tokens, patriotic type, Army and Navy / The Federal Union It Must And Shall Be Preserved; Liberty 1863 / flags and arms within wreath; store type, Hussey's Special Message Post (CWT 630AK-1a); C.Nobel / Steam Mills / Sauk City, Wis, 1863 (CWT 770A-1a). Second item very good, the rest very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
U.S. Air Force, bases in U.K., post WWII, RAF Alconbury, twenty five cents in brass (28mm), obverse, around "N.C.O. Open Mess / R.A.F. Alconbury", reverse, denominaton, in centre, "In Trade" (Yarwood UST02A); another similar but in aluminium (32mm) for fifty cents, additionally obverse features "50c" in centre (not recorded); RAF Bentwood, fifty cents in brass (28mm), obverse, "Bentwood / NCO / Complex", reverse, "Good For / 50c / In Trade" (Yarwood UST06); RAF Upper Heyford, fifty cents in brass (32mm), obverse, around top, "Upper Heyford", in centre, "NCO / Club", reverse, denomination, in centre, "In Trade" (Yarwood UST18). Very fine - good extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
U.S. Air Force, bases in U.K., post WWII, RAF Lakenheath, twenty five cents in brass (octagonal 28mm), obverse, around, "NCO Club / Lakenheath", reverse, denomination in centre, above, "Good For", below, "In Trade" (Yarwood UST15); RAF High Wycombe, twenty five cents in brass (28mm), obverse, "High / Wycombe" in centre, at top, "NCO Open Mess", below, "England", reverse, denomination in centre with "In Trade" through; another identical but for five cents (22mm) (Yarwood UST12A, 13); other pieces, USAF in Japan, ten cents in brass (17mm) with centre hole, obverse, around, "Camp Gifu Officers' Mess", reverse, denomination; US Military in Thailand, five cents in brass (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "NCO / SPO Club", at bottom, "Bangkok"; USS Alabama, five cents in aluminium (21mm), obverse, in centre "Alabama", at top, "U.S. Battleship", at bottom, "Canteen", reverse, denomination, these last three not recorded. The High Wycombe tokens have a few spots of verdigris, fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
U.S.A., military clubs, Club Castle, one drink, Frankfurt, brass (27mm), uniface; Pauline's Club, US Naval Base, Subic Bay, Philippines, brass (24mm), twenty cents; Allied Officer's Club, Naples, Italy, brass (23mm), five cents, twenty five cents; Flamingo Club, Naples, Italy, brass (21mm), five cents, twenty five cents; other tokens, Army & Air Force Exchange Service, brass (25mm) (3, Okinawa, Ft.Eustis, Langley AFB. VA); Fort Leonard Wood Post Exchange, aluminium (25mm), five cents bottle return; NCO Open Mess (RAF High Wycombe), twenty five cents (2, one in aluminium, one in brass) (Yarwood UST12, 12A); U.S.A.F., March Field, N.C.O. Club California, brass (19mm); Neubrucke NCO & EM Open Mess ECN1646, aluminium (28mm), twenty five cents; NCO Open Mess Osan Korea, aluminium (30mm), twenty five cents; Fred.Smith, brass (scalloped edge, 28mm), good for five cents drink at bar; disc in brass (28.5mm), uniface, beaded border, five cents, impressed "CC" above. Very fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Bluejacket Club, token for one beer in red-brown fibre (44mm), obverse, "Good For / One Beer / Bluejacket / Club", reverse, plain (Yarwood Mystery # 13); Schoofield Barracks, Hawaii, tokens in brass, pre 1959, five cents (21mm), twenty five cents (24mm), obverse, "N.C.O. Club / First / Three / Grades / Scho. Bks., T.H.", reverse, denomination in centre, around, "Good For In Trade"; ONG, token in brass (20mm), five cents, obverse, across centre, "O.N.G.", reverse, denomination in centre, around, "Good For In Trade"; U.S. Department of Justice internee token in fibre (22mm), five cents, obverse,"Internee / Canteen" across centre, above, "Dept of Justice", below, "I. & N. Service", reverse, "Five / 5c / Cents". The ONG token has several scratches otherwise all tokens very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
U.S.A., 3rd Surgical Hospital, in brass (24mm), obverse and reverse identical, unit badge; 3rd Engr Bn NCO Open Mess, in white metal (21mm), five cents; HQ & HQ Co 24th Inf Div APO 24, Officer's Open Mess, in white metal (20mm); Sub-Post K-6 NCO Open Mess, in white metal (21mm); K-8 APO 64 NCO Open Mess, in white metal (20mm), five cents; 177th ASA Co NCO Open Mess, in white metal (21mm), five cents (2); Camp Sasebo Officers O.M., in white metal (21mm), five cents; Eighth Army Exchange Service, one P.X. token, white metal (21mm); ASCOM NCO Open Mess, ANCOOM (Army Nurses Corp Officers Open Mess), white metal (20mm) (Korea); Camp Drake Officers Open Mess, brass (21mm), five cents (Japan), NCO Open Mess Long Binh, white metal (24mm), twenty five cents (Vietnam); Qui Nhon Mess Association, white metal (21mm), five cents (Vietnam); Naval Support Group Saigon, obverse "777", reverse, "SEMO" / 5c, brass (20mm) (Vietnam); 1st MAW / S (Marine Aircraft Wing), brass (20mm), five cents (Japan); Kuk Dong Hotel Pusan, brass (21mm), ten hwan (Korea) (2); unknown tokens, 49.F.L. rock and play coupon (20mm) (2, one brass, one in white metal). Very fine - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $80
SOLD $170
Germany, emergency money in iron, WWI, Town of Bergedorf, 1917, five pfennig; Alb. & E. Henkels, Bad Barmen, undated, ten pfennig; Town of Stettin, 1917, five pfennig; two others, illegible, one for twenty five pfennig, the other for fifty pfennig; uniface disc, impressed "25"; Third Reich, occupied territories coinage, ten pfennig, 1940A (KM.99). The last coin good very fine, the rest poor - fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Germany, prisoners of war camp, tokens in iron, WWI, Bad Colberg, five pfennig; Munster, five pfennig; Munster II, two pfennig; Stralsund, ten pfennig; Schneidemuhl, ten pfennig. Very good - fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Germany, emergency money, Town of Duren, ten pfennig in iron, 1918, Offizier / Casino, brass (21mm), reverse, beer stein in centre, around, "Gut Fur Ein Glas Bier"; France, WWI, token in white metal (hexagonal 21mm), 45th Regt / d'Artillerie / Mess / Des Sous Officiers (of Under Officers), reverse, "25c"; Belgium Allied Occupation, two francs, 1944 (KM.133); France Allied Occupation, two francs, 1944 (KM.905); two other worn coins. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0