Lot Archive

Lot

№ 731

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4 April 2001

Hammer Price:
£100

Bombardment of Hartlepool Commemorative Pieces (3), comprising, a piece of shrapnel, 120mm by 50mm, inscribed ‘Bombardment of Hartlepool, Dec. 16 1914’; a smaller piece of shrapnel fashioned into a shield, with brooch fitting to reverse, the obverse inscribed ‘Hartlepool Dec. 16th 1914’; a small piece of a copper driving band fashioned into the shape of an iron cross, inscribed ‘Dec. 16 1914, Hartlepools Bombardment’, with double loop suspension, good condition (3) £80-100