£30
WWI First World War Interest - a brass trench art style cigarette lighter with inset penny coins to either side - a George V example and a young Victoria example. The Queen Victoria 1d engraved 'HMS London - 1st Mine Laying Squad '. Measures 5cm tall.
HMS London served in the Dardanelles Campaign, supporting ANZAC forces as they landed at Gaba Tepe and Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. She remained in the Mediterranean, supporting the Italian Royal Navy in the Adriatic Sea until October 1916. In early 1918 she was converted into a minelayer, where she served with the Grand Fleet's 1st Minelaying Squadron until the end of the war.
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