Lockdales - The December Sale, Auction 161 5th December 2018

95 881 A large WW1 Trenchart Tank Moneybox standard tank lozenge shape with turret. Length 13" long x 6.5" wide x 4" high. Side marked 'Cambrai' and 'Julian' 'Tank Bank' on top 'Tank Corps 1914-1916 wood and brass construction. Cartridge cases for guns. Appears to be made in 1916/17. Well made and in good condition. £175 - £200 882 A pair of inert 1pdr canon shells, casing engraved 'Camtagne 1914-15", 'Souvenir Du Bois Franco-Allemand', Casing engraved 'The Welsh + Badge' 'Ypres' and 'T.H. Jones 60502' shell base 'PDPs 37-85". £30 - £50 883 A well made soldiers gambling game comprising a spinner with a dial marked 1 to 6 made from a 1915 shellcase marked V.S.M.. Heavy brass construction. Diameter 3.5". Nice item. £30 - £50 884 A WWI/WWII No 36 MK1 hand grenade money box. Slot cut for coins. Internal parts removed. Brass plug & Elmbank fuse plug. £50 - £70 885 An interesting desk piece comprising three shell pieces (pen holder, inkwell, sundries pot) on a marble base with a brass plaque with 'Aerschot 1914' This commemorates the German atrocity on Aug 19/20th 1914 when they shot 150 civilians in retaliation for a German Officer beig shot. Sold with some details. Eyewitness accounts on the Internet. £60 - £80 886 An interesting French .75 Inert shell head with a brass clock inset. Engraved 'OBUS .75' Bataille De Verdun Juillet 1916' On the back engraved: 'Huntingdonshire War Relief Auction Sale 1917. Presented by Howard Coote Esquire H.M. Lieutenant For The County'. Clock works intermittently. £150 - £200