Militaria

Sale 132    27–31 Mar 2023   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 321    eSALE (ONLINE ONLY:CLOSE FROM 9.30AM MONDAY 27TH MARCH)    Militaria

Estimate $140
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280

AUSTRALIA, WWI tribute fob in gold (9ct; 4.16g; 29x34mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'To/M.Jacobsen,/in memory of/Pte V.Jacobsen,/from Maclagan, &/Quinalow, Friends./1919.' Dents on obverse and reverse, otherwise very fine.

2623 Victor Jacob Jacobsen, labourer, age 18, born at Clifton, Qld; Enl.03Aug1915 at Toowoomba, Qld; Emb.21Oct1915; TOS 12Bn 01Mar1916 at Zeitoun; to France 05Apr1916; MIA 23-26Jul1916, France; revised to KIA 23-26Jul1916, France; Buried at Sunken Road Cemetery near Pozieres, France - recorded as son of Martin and Kate Jacobsen of Maclagan, Queensland; as actual grave site unknown, a 'Special' Collective Memorial Cross was erected at the Pozieres British Cemetery.

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