Auction Catalogue

2 October 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 621

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£120

Miscellaneous, Engraved coin, an Edward VII Penny [1902-10], portrait engraved with a top hat, cigarette, collar and cloak, rev. planed flat and engraved with a horse galloping left, west yorks on banner below, 31mm, 8.20g. Trench art; very fine workmanship £40-50

The galloping horse is the badge of the West Yorkshire regiment and this is evidently the work of a soldier serving in that regiment in World War I, when the regiment distinguished themselves on the Somme, at Passchendaele, Cambrai and Gallipoli