A lucky penny which deflected an enemy bullet during World War I – saving a soldier’s life – is set to be sold at auction.
Private John Trickett would have been shot in the heart if the bullet – which still left him deaf – had not struck the coin in the breast pocket of his uniform.
Instead, the round ricocheted through his ear, leading to his honourable discharge from the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1918.
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