John Malcolm Coll. - British Commonwealth Military To
Lot 3557 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday 2nd April) John Malcolm Coll. - British Commonwealth Military Toke
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE CANTERBURY, in bronze (32mm), obverse, Royal crest, around, "Soldiers' Institute" at top, at bottom, "Canterbury", reverse, "Novr. 5th" across centre, above, "Opened", below, "1858", pierced hole at top left of centre; two white plastic tokens, penny (34mm), threepence (29mm), uniface with denomination impressed and blackened. Very fine. (3)
The plastic tokens possibly used in British prisoners of war camps during WWII.
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