Not Exactly A Love Token, But A WW1 Experience Token On A Mexico 8 Reales 1836.

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5248 Posts	Posted Today 5H 31M ago This was the most interesting item from the batch of love tokens I got. Inscriptions of the coin as follows: On the eagle side of the coin: Chic. Smith Harry Deslauriers Ottawa Can 19 8 14 Lichtenhorst-16 Konigsmoor 16-17 On the other side: Soltau-16 Giessen Germany 1915 The four places in Germany are locations of POW camps from WW1 My limited searching has not located anyone in Ottawa with the names mentioned, although Chic. Smith is obviously a nickname of some sort. One plausible scenario is that the two people mentioned enlisted in Ottawa on August 19, 1914, and that they spent time in the POW camps mentioned. Report this Post to the Staff

MintedNotPrinted Pillar of the Community United States 1202 Posts	Posted Today 5H 26M ago Very interesting piece, oriole! Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5248 Posts	Posted Today 3H 50M ago It's especially interested as I live in Ottawa. Ottawa was a major enlistment centre just after the outbreak of the war. People could have come here from hundreds of kilometers away. Report this Post to the Staff
RPT Pillar of the Community United States 926 Posts	Posted Today 23M ago Very interesting piece. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25502 Posts	Posted Today 6M ago That is a really cool coin with many stories to tell, oriole! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
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