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Nepalese kukri knife, blade twelve inches in length, with decorated handle and brass lion head pommel, in traditional leather scabbard which includes two small knives, the karda and the chakmak. No dents, chips or rust on blade, good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Antarctic journals, Aurora, ANARE Club journal for Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, 1995-2005 (37 issues) featuring lists of all winterers at ANARE stations, includes The P.G.Law 90th Birthday Celebration issue; The National Geographic magazine, May 1936, January 1937, July 1937. Cover loose on May 1936 issue, spines on last three torn, otherwise very fine, the rest extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Kapyong Kronicle, annual journal of 3RAR (Para) Bn, 1991-1994, 1996 (5); Airborne Quarterly, magazine of American Airborne Assn, 2007-2008 (5); Fourays, journal of Australian Army Aviation Assn, 1996; Reveille, magazine of RSL (NSW), 1999-2005 (40); Army Magazine, 1997-1999 (20). Mostly extremely fine. (71)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Military Marksman, journal of the Australian Army Rifle Association (AARA) from the first issue published in 1983 up until the last issue number 43 published in 1999, a complete run of this scarce journal which includes photos, competiton results and articles for AARA and its affiliated associations, the first 14 issues published two issues per book. Very fine - extremely fine. (35)
Estimate $100
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Wings, magazine 1999-2009 (40 issues), other publications (4); also book, Australian Airborne, 440pp, A4 size, hard cover, Sydney 2005. (45)
Estimate $60
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Australia, ACS, BCOF, one unit, in aluminum (22mm), obverse and reverse identical (Yarwood AUT031); Australian Artillery, five cents in brass (21mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre 'Australian Artillery' around (Yarwood AUT032), both chits with reverse upset 180 degrees. Uncirculated; very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Military chits, Royal Artillery Canteen Woolwich (QVC), bronze twopence countermarked 'BAR' across centre (26mm) (Yarwood BMT014A); NAAFI, Egypt and Sudan, plastic quarter piastre, 1953/54 (22mm) (Yarwood NE2); also, J.W.Cox, Berkley Arms, Purton, bronze threepence token (26.5mm). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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WWII military chits, Great Britain, NAAFI, 1/2 franc token in brown laminated plastic, octagonal 24mm (Yarwood NF4); New Zealand, YMCA, 5 M/M token in brass (27mm) (Yarwood NZMT08a). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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New Zealand, 161st Battery RNZA (Royal New Zealand Artillery), military canteen token in brass (21mm), five cents (assigned value, not shown on token), 1965-72, 'Kiwi' across centre, obverse and reverse identical with reverse upset 180 degrees (Yarwood NZMT09). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Algeria, Oran, WWII, American Officer's Club, Maison Du Colon, Food Chit No.9425 for ten francs. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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Algeria, Oran, WWII, American Officer's Club, Maison Du Colon, Liquor Chit no.080779 for five francs. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Algeria, Oran, WWII, Maison Du Colon, Enlisted Mens Snack Bar, operated by Welfare & Recreation Section, U.S.Naval Operating Base, Oran, cardboard chit for One Sandwich, For U.S.Army and Navy Personnel Only. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Algeria, Oran, WWII, Maison Du Colon, chit for Coca Cola. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Australia, HMAS Kuttabul, (Fleet Support Base at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour), Wardroom Mess, chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue) and ten cents (yellow), all with black print. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Australia, HMAS Penguin, (Balmoral, naval base in Sydney Harbour), Wardroom Mess, chits for one cent (deep yellow), two cents (white) and five cents (pale yellow), all with black print, 'valid for two months from ....' (date to be added). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, Ned. Officieren Club in Australie, chit for ninepence; H.M.A.S.Manoora, Wardroom Mess, chit for one penny. Small paper loss at right edge of last, otherwise very fine, the first extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, R.A.A.F.H.Q., (RAAF Headquarters), Officers' Mess, chit for 1/6, one page block of four. Staining along margin pin holes, otherwise extremely fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Australia, Townsville, WWII, Catheringa Park Officers' Club, chits for sixpence and for threepence. The first torn, both with small amount of paper loss, good - very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, U.S.Naval Officers' Club, Brisbane, WWII, chit book no.8456 for One Pound, void (written 30-7-44), includes two unused chits for one shilling, and for sixpence. Book very fine, chits uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Brunei, Panaga Club, Seria-Brunei, chit 3/B No.000291 for 10 cts; Royal Brunei Yacht Club, chits for 10 cents (2), 25 cents. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
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Burma, W.O.s' and Sergeants' Club, Rangoon, WWII, one anna and eight annas. Uncirculated and scarce. (2)
Estimate $750
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Canada, WWII, H.M.C.S.Levis, chit for one cent, canteen. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
France, Marseilles, WWII, Army Exchange Bar, Calas Staging Area, chit no.002,549 for two francs. Edge chips and a small tear, fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Germany, WWII, Dachau Concentration Camp, prisoner number (handwritten 74249), half reichsmark, issued on 30 Sep 1944 good for 14 days after issue date, punch hole cancelled. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Germany, Allied Occupation, Empire Club, (Bad) Salzuflen, c1945, one-sixth mark nightclub chit bearing floral emblems of England and Canada. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Great Britain, R.A.F., Egypt, Cairo, R.A.F. Station, Officers' Mess, Helwan, B.B.Q. chit for ten piastres; R.A.F. Station, Seletar, chit for five cents. The first with small paper loss and tear at left edge, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, Bombay, Royal Connaught Boat Club, chit no. 468 for two annas; Mumbai, Willingdon Sports Club, Member's Coupon No.20, value one anna, Book No.A6775, signed on back. Virtually uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
India, WWII, Officers' Club, Chakulia, chit for eight annas; Golmuri Club, Golmuri, chit for one anna, punch cancelled. The first with some edge chips, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
India, WWII, Residency Club, Lucknow, chit Book No.3422, value one rupee, cover only, also chits for one anna and two annas, both printed from Book No.8517. The cover very fine, the chits, one with a small paper chip at left edge, otherwise both uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
India, Madras Gymkhana Club, chit number G (stamped 773) for half anna, together with photocopy of cover for Book No. G (stamped 773), for Rupee Two & Annas Eight Only. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20