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Lot 117: A Collection of Military Personal Effects and Ephemera Attributed to Pte P J Donnelly 1st Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
A collection of military personal effects and ephemera belonging to Private P. J. Donnelly, service number 19010499, of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (D.C.L.I.). The group includes:
A canvas kit bag of drawstring construction with a central horizontal blue stripe. The bag is stencilled with the service number 326971 and hand-lettered in purple ink with the locations EGYPT and FRANCE. A hand-written name near the bottom seam reads DONNELLY with an underlined T below it. A blue square property mark is also present.
A brown card snapshot album inscribed to the cover 19010499 PTE. DONNELLY, 1st BATTALION D.C.L.I., CYPRUS, M.E.L.F. 3. The album contains numerous black and white photographs depicting Kyrenia Harbour, military camp life including Nissen huts and tents, and local Cypriot scenes.
A Soldier’s Release Book Class A (Army Book X 801) named to DONNELLY P. J., service number 19010499, bearing a purple stamped date 26 APR 1948 DISEMBARKATION IN U.K. alongside a Briefed stamp.
Military insignia comprising three Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry cap badges featuring the bugle horn, Cornwall scroll, and King’s crown; a circular embroidered National Cyclists Union patch; and a black felt shoulder title with MESSENGER embroidered in yellow.
Personal and instructional items including a pair of Hanimex 10 x 50 binoculars in a textured black finish; a fixed-blade utility knife with a chequered black grip in a brown leather sheath; a brown leather waist belt with brass buckle and matching pouch; a khaki webbed belt; a small yellow and red Dunlop Midget Repair Outfit tin; and two instructional booklets titled Aircraft Identification and British Tanks.
A selection of mid-20th-century currency including a Chinese banknote featuring Sun Yat-sen, a French 2 Francs coin dated 1946, and a holed Palestine coin.
A canvas kit bag of drawstring construction with a central horizontal blue stripe. The bag is stencilled with the service number 326971 and hand-lettered in purple ink with the locations EGYPT and FRANCE. A hand-written name near the bottom seam reads DONNELLY with an underlined T below it. A blue square property mark is also present.
A brown card snapshot album inscribed to the cover 19010499 PTE. DONNELLY, 1st BATTALION D.C.L.I., CYPRUS, M.E.L.F. 3. The album contains numerous black and white photographs depicting Kyrenia Harbour, military camp life including Nissen huts and tents, and local Cypriot scenes.
A Soldier’s Release Book Class A (Army Book X 801) named to DONNELLY P. J., service number 19010499, bearing a purple stamped date 26 APR 1948 DISEMBARKATION IN U.K. alongside a Briefed stamp.
Military insignia comprising three Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry cap badges featuring the bugle horn, Cornwall scroll, and King’s crown; a circular embroidered National Cyclists Union patch; and a black felt shoulder title with MESSENGER embroidered in yellow.
Personal and instructional items including a pair of Hanimex 10 x 50 binoculars in a textured black finish; a fixed-blade utility knife with a chequered black grip in a brown leather sheath; a brown leather waist belt with brass buckle and matching pouch; a khaki webbed belt; a small yellow and red Dunlop Midget Repair Outfit tin; and two instructional booklets titled Aircraft Identification and British Tanks.
A selection of mid-20th-century currency including a Chinese banknote featuring Sun Yat-sen, a French 2 Francs coin dated 1946, and a holed Palestine coin.
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