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[li]Commeorative cartridge given to Private Thomas Alfred Jones (known as Todger). [/li]This remarcable fellow distinguished himself by [b]single-handedly/b taking 102 German POW on 25 September 1916 during the Battle of Morval.
In fact he said he captures more Germans on that occasion but about 40 or so got killed in the artillary barrage when he escorted them to the British possitions.
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[li]A bowl from Hiroshima. [/li]One guy had 2 ugly broken japanese ceramique bowls with him. The expert at first was very unimpressed as the bowls had no artistique value and even more were broken. But the story unfolded when the owner explained that his father was int he army and visited Hiroshima shortly after the end of the war.
The thing is that the glase on the bowls was melted during the blast, i.e. one could see the on the side. The expert explained that to do this the material should had been hitted to app. 1500 degrees Celcious.
This is a similar object from Hiroshima: http://www.ingenious.org.uk/See/?s=S2&target=ctx&DCID=10324755
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[li]Vimpel of a British admiral.[/li]One lady had a vimpel owned by a British admiral at the end of the 18th century (can not remember his hame). As I understood there was a tradiution in the British navy when an officer retired his sailors whould make such a vimpel for him. One year in service was equal one foot in the length. This one was one of longest seen. 
Estimated auction price is £50K - £120K!
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[li]The piece of “Endeavour”.[/li]Another guy cam with a big darkened chunk wood. He said it was a part of the HM Bark Endeavour - the ship commanded by James Cook on the first voyage to the South Pacific. In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain.
To support his clame the owner had an original letter which instructed someone to take this piece of history to England to preserve for the furutre generations.
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