Lot 5121

Description

HMAS Sydney hat tin, a black enamel hat tin (diameter 268mm, high 152mm), hinged lid with lockable latch, on top of lid is hand painted in white enamel, '(image of an anchor) HMAS SYDNEY/1914.', underside of lid is an oval impression with name, 'COLTON PALMER & PRESTON Ltd ADELAIDE, this around MAKERS'; inside the tin is a sailor's hat with maker's label, 'Keepshape/R.A.N./Herman & Jospe/Sydney, Australia', on the underside of the top and on the inside head band is written, 'HAES/W125562', with chin band, the tally band on the hat is for H.M.A.S. Harman. The white hat is age toned and with a lighter spot (20mm) in one place, the tin with some oxidation on lid, otherwise fine. (2)

HAMS Sydney (1) was a Town Class light cruiser commissioned into the RAN on 26 June 1913. She was involved in the RAN's first naval battle of WWI when she defeated the German cruiser, SMS Emden, on 9 November 1914 in the Indian Ocean off Cocos Islands. The Sydney was decommissioned on 8 May 1926 and sent to be broken up on 10 January 1929.



HMAS Harman is a RAN communications and logistics facility in Canberra, ACT. It was established in the 1930s and commissioned into the RAN as a stone frigate in 1943.