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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 AIF ID disc made from Egyptian 1917 (AH 1334) 5 piastres (KM#318.1). Obverse has been neatly skimmed inside the radius of the rim beads. The following inscription has been applied with skillful …
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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 AIF ID tag made from white metal Cairo souvenir medallion. One side shows the Egyptian Sphinx with two pyramids behind and crossed flags above. The word “CAIRO” is visible at the top …
Australian World War 1 Army Identity Tag – R.G. Pigou 1141 Read More »
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ID Disc and British War Medal of T.E. Burrows 6777 – Front ID Disc and British War Medal of T.E. Burrows 6777 – Back Unofficial World War 1 AIF ID disc made from an Australian 1915H penny. Reverse has been …
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Click image to enlarge Interesting World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from a 120 Grana from Naples (Italian States). Very unusual to see an ID disc on a crown sized silver coin, and especially so on an obscure coin …
Australian World War 1 Identity Disc 4444 T.B. Armfield Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Interesting World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from Great Britain 1914 Penny. Obverse is stamped with letter punches and reads: TODD AC 6569 6AI CE Arthur Christenson Todd, a 29 year old engine driver enlisted …
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Click image to enlarge World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from a bun head Queen Victoria British penny. Attached to a chain with a white metal Canterbury Cathedral medallion. Both sides of the coin are worn almost flat, and …
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Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 1907 pattern aluminium identity disc made out to World War 1 AIF soldier, Leiutenant Gordon Massey. Disc is threaded with a leather cord and also attached is a …
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Click image to enlarge World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from a French 25 Centimes along with a matching red compressed fibre ID disc. The 25 centimes is holded and looped for suspension, the reverse has been skimmed smooth …
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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 identity disk made from a French Empire 10 centimes. Obverse has been skimmed off and stamped with a chisel or flat bladed tool to read: 457 C.R.E. WOODS 2ND ANZAC CYCLISTS A.I.F …
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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 identity disk made from an old head British Queen Victoria penny. Reverse has been skimmed off and engraved with ‘wiggle work’ to read: 2973 E.J. Stanley 7th. 57th. A.I.F. R.C. Edmund John …
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