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Australia, WWI, tribute fob in gold (9ct; 4.8g; 38x33mm), obverse, boomerang above shield featuring soldier and with kangaroo and emu at sides, inscribed on boomerang, 'Dvr C.H.Chick', inscribed on reverse, 'For/service/rendered/1916-19'.Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Australia, WWI, tribute fob in gold (15ct, 6.4g; 30x25mm), pin fitted on reverse for wear as brooch, inscribed on reverse, 'Cpl. R.R.Miller/Sailed 23/11/16./Returned 27/9/19./token of esteem/From/his Murchison Friends'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $290
AIF Commonwealth Signal School badge, in enamel and bronze (27mm), with suspension loop and pin back (this missing) by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse inscribed, 'Oliver Prince/98%. 5.8.15'; AIF sweetheart badge, small, enamel and gilt AIF General Service badge fitted to a circular nacre disc (28mm), pin back. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Australian Commonwealth Horse, 1902, second pattern hat badge (45mm) in brass. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,200
Royal Australian Regiment,1948-1952, hat badge, in gilt (45mm x 38mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
RAAF officer's hat badge, in bullion (KC), backing paper mostly intact with maker's name Gwendyr; USS Co (Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand), officer's bullion and enamel hat badge; Digger's Association (Queensland) enamel badge (KC) by Handford; Better Die Fighting Than Live Dishonoured, Our Empires Motto, gilt and enamel badge featuring images representing Australia, New Zealand, Canada and India. Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Tasmania Police, other rank's hat badge (KC), c1954. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
New Zealand, WWII pilot's wings in white metal, reverse marked 44/M&K/W (1944, Mayer & Kean Ltd, Wellington). Uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Ireland, World War I - c1970, hat and collar badges, including North Irish Horse, the Royal Irish Regiment, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Some with lugs missing, otherwise good - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
World militaria, World War II - c1970, assorted cloth and metal badges, shoulder titles, miniature medals; plastic cigarette case with Royal Austrlaian Regiment cap badge attached; USA, zippo cigarette lighter with USA Airborne badge; Zenith lighter Vietnam 68-69. Good - very fine. (75)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
11th Regt of Foot, cross belt plate (100x77mm) three part construction in white metal, copper and brass. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $580
Poland, 1st Cadet School badge, 1930s, screwback marked for A.Panasiuk, Crawer, Warszawa. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Poland, Academy in France badge in oxidised silvered, '1939.BRETANIA.1940' (49.5mm), screwback marked 'F.M.LORIOLI/MILANO BRONZETTI25'. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Poland, Pogrom 1 III/1945 bronze screw back badge; also 'Ersuli Bene Merito de Ecclesia' Medal of Ladislaus Rubin. Pin on back of badge repaired, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
French Empire sword, Second Empire (?), handle with nacre front and back, decorative hand guard, and cross guard with large Empire eagle all in gilt, thin triangular blade decorated with gilding on dark blue background, in sheath. The top of sheath worn and metal end with bend, nacre loose on one side, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
Brass bugle with Rising Sun insignia in bronze soldered on, light weight possibly for a cadet. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
WWI end of war flags, first design is a map of the European theatre of war decorated around the edge with flags of Great Britain, France and Belgium and naval motifs (49x62.5cm), second design, Welcome Home on red, white and blue stripes with a centrepiece of a Victoria Cross medal inside a wreath (110x84.5cm). The first good very fine, the second with foxing and a few edge tears, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
Japanese midget submarines in Sydney Harbour, souvenirs from the sub sunk during the raid, includes a midget sub cast from the sunken sub's ballast, model is 112mm long and in high relief on the sides, 'Made From Ballast Jap Midget Sub/Sunk In Sydney Harbour May 31 1942', together with a 'Guarantee Souvenir' tag (70x133mm); also a souvenir card folder (122x69mm) and on the inside is a piece of Glass Wool used as insulation between the plates of the batteries supplying power to drive the motors of the midget sub. The last with some light ageing, otherwise virtually uncirculated and as such very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $520
War diary WWII, Collins Service Diary with fly page marked 'Gunner Mascord. R.E./R.H.Q./2/1 Field Regiment. A.I.F.', calendars for years 1941-1943, first entries are poems, 1-6-1942 'Somewhere in New Guinea'; 4.6.1942 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels' by Sgt:Beros 2/16 Battalion. A.I.F. with full page colour sketch beside; 7.6.1942 A.I.F. Abroad 'A Soldiers Dream' by Allan Miller; 1.9.1942 Gnr. E.Gray. 'Salute To The Choice' New Guinea; these are followed by entries beginning on 5 September 1942 at the Army camp in West Maitland, New South Wales, outlining Gunner Mascord's pre embarkation training, his trip from Brisbane, Queensland via Townsville to Port Moresby in New Guinea and thereafter his daily routine, his views of the local life and flora and fauna in New Guinea, one example written on 29 September 'Flies, mosquitoes, ants, spiders etc bad' and the next day 'Flies unbearable.', then again on 3 November 'Bloody mosquitoes make life really miserable!'; in a number of entries he makes mention of severe pain he is suffering caused by varicose veins and his refusal to return to Australia for treatment rather preferring to stay with his unit in the field; he relates of the air raids, the war's progress, casualties and a continual reference to how much he misses his girlfriend and on 13 October 1942 he mentions his proposal by letter and his beloved Ivy's acceptance on 27 October 1942 when he writes 'Ivy is very happy re prospects to marry me'; on 5 December 1942 he records 'Picked out as a commando today, start training tomorrow'; the entry on 6 January 1943 states 'Designed cover, illustrated 3 jokes for Regimental Book, the unit are going to publish it for me / title:- 2/1 Field Regt. Abroad'; on 20 January he writes that he has transferred by plane to Dobadura air strip and the last diary entry is dated 26 January 1943; throughout the diary is illustrated with colour and black and white sketches including various graves of AIF men killed in action and examples of some postage stamps of Papua and also New Guinea; a unique illustrated document beautifully penned in a calligraphy style in ink, not surprisingly when one considers the writer's pre war occupation. Good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
WWII Burma, trench art POW prison camp scene oil paintings (4) on scrap plywood from tea chests, two with sketches on the back, one of these of the ship 'Stella-polare', two with old paper labels on back signed 'Ricefato No 46', (sizes 182x252mm, approx 128x198mm (2), 123x183mm). Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $200
Passed in
WWII, Air Cadet Corps (RAAF) magazines (1943, 1944 [2]) (3); RAF Parade; USA warplanes; Japanese warplanes, 1940-45; Junkers aircraft album no.3; Bombers 1939-45; photos of WWI aircraft (9); British Battles and Medals by Major Lawrence L.Gordon, 1947 First Edition; Medal Yearbook 2010; USA sales catalogues includes Medals of America and others (8); The Biography of General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur by S.L.Mayer, 1981; also General Douglas MacArthur Memorial Medal, 1964, in bronze oxidised with a silver satin finish (38mm) by Capitol Medals. Mostly fine - uncirculated. (29)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70