British Tokens

Miscellaneous, Railway pay and work tallies (45), L.M. & S.R., L.N.E.R., G.E.R., L. & Y., L. & N.W., N.E.R., D.C. & S.E., etc, from Saltley, Hull (2), Crewe, Huskisson (2), Burton (2), Bletchley (2), Neville Hill [Leeds], Edge Hill [Liverpool], Stratford (2), New Street [Birmingham] (2), Broad Street [London], Leeds, Boston, etc; together with Castle Bromwich, The Austin Motor Co Ltd, brass (3), all stamped 2152, one with air frames, all 26-28mm, and an Oakland, California, Rail Road check, bronze [49]. Many fine, a good group of this material £150-250

Provenance: Mostly bt B.H. Grover 1987-8.

The Austin Motor Co checks were used in the workshops at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, where Spitfire aircraft were assembled between 1940 and 1945