Mitchell and I both enjoy some of the museum blogs, and this one is great with bits of history!
Ben Alsop, Curator, British Museum
Silver George V shilling re-engraved as a love token, 1916 (J.3283)
In February I wrote a post about a First World War love token which we have in the collection of the Department of Coins and Medals. The token, a silver shilling of King George V, had been engraved to carry the simple message ‘FROM FRED TO NELLIE FRANCE 1916’. In the post I wondered who Fred and Nellie were. Had Fred fought at the Somme and if so, did he return home?
These questions I raised far more in hope than in the expectation of anyone suggesting possible answers. The rather limited information that we had about the object, that it had been donated to the Museum in 1966 by Miss Carvell from Hampstead in London, was not a particularly promising place from which to start any investigation.
Fred and Nellie Sharp, 5 August…
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