Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

GERMANY, S.M.S. Emden, Kantine, brass 50 Pfennigs and 10 Pfennigs (2), all cantine emden type, 25 and 19mm; together with Proud, E.B., Triple Odyssey: the story of S.M.S. Emden and its crew, London, 2003, 252pp, illustrations in text, dj [Lot]. Tokens fine to very fine, book a very fine copy £150-200

Provenance: Gift of George H.K. La Nauze, telegraphist on the Cocos Islands, who sent the telegram early in the morning of 8 November 1914 that brought HMAS Sydney to sink the SMS Emden and take the crew prisoner, to his cousin, Robert Swan