Lot 397

Description

Australia, serviette rings in brass (2), each with small Rising Sun badge affixed; teaspoon with ladle made from 1942 halfpenny and handle end in shape of a slouch hat made from an EIIR halfpenny, the handle stem in form of an overlapping coiled rope, all silvered; another slouch hat made from a 1952 halfpenny; a large, heavy brass ashtray (approx 15.5cm wide), with patterned base and three legs, with highly polished top and this inscribed, 'H. M. A. S. AUSTRALIA 1928 - 1954.' Fine - very fine. (5)

HMAS Australia entered service in the Royal Australian Navy in 1928 and was decommissioned in 1954.