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Keystone Auction 7  6 Jul 2022
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Lot 77

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 70 USD
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Centennial of the Battle of Trafalgar. CU Pin (30mm, 7.78 g, 27h). By Toyt & Co. For the British & Foreign Sailors Society. Dated 21 October 1805 and 1905. CENTENARY MEMENTO/ OF THE/ DEATH OF NELSON/ 1805 OCT 21ST 1905/ CONTAINING COPPER FROM THE/ H.M.S. VICTORY/ THE GIFT OF THE/ LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY/ TO BRITISH * FOREIGN/ SAILOR'S SOCIETY/ E R VII. Hardy 122. EF. Rare. In original box.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.

Hardy notes that this pin was designed as a brooch for the "girls of the Empire."
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