British Armed Forces Token

I have just come across this token. I guess it is a form of payment
Can anyone let me know what it was for please?
Kind regards
Chris

 

I found only this

http://img.coins2.com/big/?whr=2750f18b282bf6035f115829da590b47&prt=4843

Name: British Armed Forces, 1646 ND Token Issue - 1 Penny

Description: Reign George VI, 1936-1952 Denomination 1 Penny Date Struck ND (1946) Obverse BRITISH ARMED FORCES 1 d. Reverse Identical to obverse Weight 1,48 g Diameter 29,4 mm Reference World Paper Money No. M8 Grade VF+ Comments Text printed on paper, then laminated for issue. Black on dark-brown. Round printed disk of laminated paper. Printer: TDLR = Thomas De La Rue in England

 

thanks once again...interesting item.

 

Presumably contemporaneous with these: the inscription on the reverse seems to suggest they could only be spent in approved locations (and presumably not - officially at least - including the local knocking shops )



Somewhere I have some of these 3d notes - and also I think other denominations - which my father brought back from India in 1946: IIRC they are overprinted "Allied Military Government Burma" or something similar.

 

Its a Naafi token - at least that's what I thought mine was.

(Hey, only been on this forum a few minutes and enjoying it so far!)
Peter

 

Back to my Army Album, Page 84, to look at some of the strange cash that passed through my hands

Ron