Description
Australia, WWI German Concentration Camp (GCC), Holsworthy (near Liverpool), New South Wales, Aluminium Internment Camp Token (31mm), circa 1914-1916 AD. Obverse: Coat of Arms of Australia, escutcheon voided, “·GCC·” above, “LIVERPOOL N.S.W.” below. Reverse: Map of Australia bearing the dates “·1914· ·1915·1916·”, inner beaded border and German legend surrounds, “ZUM ANDENKEN AN UNSERE KRIEGSGEFANGENSCHAFT”. Carlisle-1916/4. Typical light contact marks, not so apparent when held in hand, a better then average example and quite scarce, of the utmost interest in the area of Australiana and military history, good Very Fine.