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Lot 395 eSALE (ONLINE ONLY:CLOSE FROM 9.30AM MONDAY 27TH MARCH) Militaria
Estimate $70
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $50
AUSTRALIA, WWI trench art match box holder in brass, engraved flower on one side and on the opposite side is inscribed, 'A.Dent/3rd Battery/A.I.F.'; also another WWII metal match box holder with acrylic covered, comedy sketches on both sides, one war related; another metal match box holder with acrylic covered military related photo on one side and flags on opposite side. The acrylic on the last is damaged, the first is heavily toned, otherwise good - very fine. (3)
31939 Alexander Dent, blacksmith and farrier, age 20, born at Rockhampton, Qld; Enl.22Apr1916 in Field Artillery at Mackay, Qld; appt'd Driver 27May1916; Emb.10Feb1917; to France 17Oct1917; appt'd Shoeing Smith 11Nov1918; RTA 16Jun1919; Disch.12Sep1919.
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