File:Half rupee from Christmas pudding, siege of Kut-al-Amara (obverse).png

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Lucky coin from a Christmas pudding during the First World War, inscribed obverse

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English: A silver Indian half rupee coin from a Christmas pudding at the siege of Kut-al-Amara on Christmas Day 1915 and made into a commemorative pendant. The obverse of the coin has been ground smooth and engraved:

R.F.A.
Xmas Dinner
SIEGE OF
KUT-AL-AMARA
25 XII 1915
From Ted.

The reverse carries the original marking:

HALF
RUPEE
INDIA
1914

Now in the Imperial War Museum ([https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30089788 EPH 10024]).
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Imperial War Museum, EPH 10024

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30089788
Author Imperial War Museum photograph

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