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Click image to enlarge Shown is an unofficial Australian World War 1 identity disc fashioned from a 32mm silver 10 Quirsh issued by Ottoman Turkey. It is holed and the reverse has been skimmed off. Engraved into the skimmed suface …
Australian World War 1 Army Identity Disc – Sgt. W.A. Smith 81 Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Shown is an unofficial Australian World War 1 identity disc fashioned from a French 10 centime. It is holed twice and the reverse has been skimmed off. Neatly engraved into the skimmed surface is: Pte W.H. …
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Click image to enlarge Shown is an unofficial Australian World War 1 identity disc fashioned from an Australian penny dated 1916. It is bent and the obverse has been skimmed off. Inscribed into the skimmed surface is: JR ABBOTT 6200 …
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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 …
Australian World War 1 Army Identity Tag and British War Medal – T.E. Burrows 6777A Read More »
Souvenir Made from Japanese Aircraft – Back Souvenir Made from Japanese Aircraft – Front Souvenir made from aluminium, cut into the shape of a ribbon or banner. One side raw aluminium, the other dark grey / green. Measures 100mm x …
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Click image to enlarge Two part leather cigarette case measuring 80mm x 100mm. Front embossed with the logo and triangle of the YMCA with HOME above and 1919 below. When purchased the nature and origins of the object were uncertain. …
A Gift to the Australian Expeditionary Force Empty tin with plated with gold paint and possibly lacquer. Front decorated with Australian coat of arms and the legend: 1915 TO THE AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WAR CONTINGENT ASSOCATION, LONDON …
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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 British Army ID disc made from Egyptian 1917 (AH 1334) 10 piastres (KM#319). Obverse has been skimmed. Has broken mounts on each side, probably for threading of a leather strap to allow …
Great Britain World War 1 Army Identity Tag – H.E. WILLMOT 203147 Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Unofficial World War 1 AIF ID disc made from an Italian 1867 10 Centesimi (KM#11.5). Reverse has been crudely scraped off around the periphery which was then stamped with: SIMONS J.F.J. 43 A.I. 3125 John Francis …
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Click image to enlarge Ex Roxbury Auction 108, Lot 375. Made from Mexican “Cap and Rays” 8 reales with obverse neatly lathed out and stamped with: R.C. WYLLIE ERA PRESBY. 2284 H.M.A.S. PIONEER A couple of Chinese trader chopmarks present …
Australian World War 1 Navy Identity Tag – R.C. WYLLIE 2284 HMAS PIONEER Read More »