Gents, recently picked up a BEF POW coin, with 1 Fr on the opposite. Anyone know anything about these ? Are they genuine ?
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viking_raid
, Jun 07 2012 04:22 PM
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 04:22 PM
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 04:30 PM
Yes they are genuine. I have one that beleonged to a man who served in the KOYLI's.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 05:49 PM
I wonder why the nominal value is French, not German or British?
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 05:54 PM
A previous suggestion was that they were issued to german prisoners post war.
