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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 3369461, member: 22729"]I came across this token mixed in with several Irish political counterstamped coins. I know "Coy" is a military abbreviation for company, at least in the UK., so this would read "3(rd) Company". I've often see "B'fast" used as a shortened form of Belfast, so naturally thought it would identify somehow with a military unit in Northern Ireland. Perhaps even a paramilitary, whose command structures often parallel those of regular army units. In the case of the major paramilitaries...IRA, UDA, UVF, etc....though, their companies are designated with letters, not numbers. This then would be "C Company", not "3rd Company" In any case, it turns out that the piece is a mess hall token used by the British Army, "B'fast" actually standing for "breakfast". There are others known for other companies and other occasions, such as "dinner" and "tea". During my research I became acquainted with a man who collects and researches these pieces. Unfortunately, he didn't know what units to assign these to, or when they were actually used. Nevertheless, an interesting token. Bruce[ATTACH=full]893734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]