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Lot 179 SESSION 1 eSALE ONLINE ONLY (MON 25TH NOV CLOSE FROM 9..30AM
Estimate $70
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $50
TRENCH ART, shell casing marked on base, Japanese character, S 7/18, another Japanese character, anchor, the case crafted into a vase and engraved on the side is a coconut tree beside a hut and above is Balikpapan and below is 1st July 1945. Small split in rolled top, otherwise good fine.
Balikpapan in Borneo was the site of a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
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