Catalogue
World military commemoratives, Australia, Children's Peace medal, 1919, in silvered bronze; 75th Anniversary-Anzac Day lapel badge in copper, 1990; Great Britain, The Navy League medal in bronze, undated, with suspension loop; New Zealand, "Our Day" 1917 lapel pin badge in brass (Unc), sweetheart (?) pendant, circular NZ greenstone disc (23mm), inside a shield in 9ct gold, inscribed 'W.Z.' on one side and 'W.W' on the other, pierced on top edge for fitting suspension pin for wearing; USA, Victory medal 'To Memory of Landing in Japan', in silvered brass with suspension loop, undated type with no pagoda on reverse. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, colour patches, WWII Artillery, HQ's 1st Division (pair), 24th LH Regt later 24th Aust Motor Regt, also 3rd Infy Div (1954) formation patch; Rising Sun collar badge (KC), Sydney University Regt (QC) lapel badge; Warrant Officer oxidised metal rank badge; Glenreagh Sub-Committee Repatriation lapel badge; various other lapel badges and buttons; Imperial Japanese Navy and Army insignia and ID disc, all mounted on card and identified; silk square featuring marching soldiers and above the music and words to the song, 'It's a long, long way to Tipperary', edge bordered with allied flags (foxing and some holes); WWI photos, mostly Middle Eastern battle sites (19, mostly large), and a number of Middle East postcards (12) and some other military related papers; New Zealand, YMCA token in brass (27mm), WWII, five milliemes, uniface (Yarwood NZT08); also an ashtray with an Asian palace design. Poor - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
SOLD $550
Australian Commonwealth Horse, 1st Pattern, oxidised collar badge pair. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $850
Australia army badges, Australian Field Artillery (Militia), 1900-1912, hat (65mm) and one collar (38mm) badge; Royal Australian Artillery, 1912-18, hat badge (49mm); Australian Engineers (GV), 1930-42, collar pair. The first hat badge missing top lug, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australian Naval Contingent, Otranto, March.April.1910, in silver (25mm), hallmarked for Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1910, reverse inscribed, 'J.Mullen/Str'; also includes English shilling, 1849 in silver frame, obverse shaved and engraved monogram initials 'JHM'; English halfcrown, 1883 with reverse shaved and engraved monogram initials, 'SB', brooch pin fitting on obverse, pin missing; voided Australian shilling to create a pendant of the Australian arms; WWII General Service badge (Home Service). Very fine - extremely fine and rare. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Australia, 30th Infantry Battalion (The N.S.W.Scottish) 1930-42, collar pair (29mm) in white metal. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Lapel badges, mostly in enamel, noted colur patch types for 1 Bn, 2 Bn with A (Anzac), 36 Aust Heavy Arty, also badges for RMC Duntroon, 2/1 Aust Machine Gun Bn, 101 Field Battery Assn, Gallipoli Memorial Club (KC), Territorial Army (GB) (KC), Palestine Police (KC), an artillery collar badge, Merchant Navy and also Royal Navy HMS Leando lapel brooch. Good very fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
Australia army badges, 1930-42, 15th Infy Bn (Oxley Regt) collar badge (no lugs); 33rd Infy Bn (New England Regt) collar badge pair; 42nd Infy Bn (Capricornia Regt) hat badge (no lugs); also 48th Infy Bn (Torrens Regt) a modern non-voided striking; 1948-53, 10th Western Australian Mounted Infy hat badge and collar badge pair; 12/16 Hunter River Lancers hat badge (no lugs); Victorian Scottish Regt 5th Infy Bn hat badge and collar badge pair; Royal Melbourne Regt 6th Infy Bn collar badge pair; Adelaide Rifles 10th Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs); Byron Scottish Regt 41st Infy Bn collar badge pair; 1960-85, 1/15th New South Wales Lancers hat badge. Some missing lugs as indicated, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $200
SOLD $350
Australia army badges, 1930-42, Australian Army Chaplain's Dept (Christian) collar badge pair (oxidised); Australian Army Medical Corps hat badge (oxidised); 1948-53, Australian Army Catering Corps hat badge and one collar badge; Australian Army Chaplain's Dept (Christian) and (Jewish) hat badges (both missing lugs); Australian Army Service Corps hat badge (no lugs), collar badge pair; Royal Australian Infantry Corps hat badge; Women's Royal Australian Army Corps hat badges (3); 1953-60, Australian Army Catering Corps hat badge and collar badge pair; Royal Australian Army Service Corps hat badge (2, one gilt, one in gilt/silver/enamel); Women's Royal Australian Army Corps hat badges (3); 1960-85, Australian Army Chaplain's Dept (Christian) hat badge and collar badge pair; Royal Australian Army Service Corps hat badge, collar badge pair, also post 1985 badge and collar pair and shoulder title badge pair. Some missing lugs as indicated, otherwise mostly extremely fine. (33)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Australia, Rising Sun badges, WWII blackened hat (44mm) and collar (28mm) badge, the first by Stokes; WWII hat badges, one nickel plated (44mm) by K.G.Luke, one bronze (43mm) by K.G.Luke, another in silvered (44mm) by K.G.Luke and one in bronze (45mm) by Amor; 1953-60 hat badge (45mm) in blackened bronze by K.G.Luke (missing one lug); another in gilt (45mm) and collar pair (28mm), the last pair by Swann & Hudson. One with missing lug as indicated, otherwise good very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $420
Australia army badges, 1948-53, Melbourne University Regt hat badge; Sydney University Regt hat badge in bronze, cap badge (blackened), collar badge pair in bronze, hat badge in gilt (no lugs), silvered hat badge (no lugs) for band; 1953-60, Adelaide University Regt hat badge; Melbourne University Regt hat badge; Queensland University Regt hat badge and collar badge pair; Sydney University Regt hat badge (blackened); University of NSW Regt hat badge (no lugs) and single collar badge; Western Australian University Regt hat badge and single collar badge. Some missing lugs as indicated, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Australia army badges, 1953-60, 1st Armoured Regt hat badge and collar badge pair; 1st New South Wales Lancers hat badge (no lugs); 2/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry hat badge and collar badge pair; 3/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles hat badge (one lug missing) and one collar badge; 4/9th Prince of Wales Light Horse hat badge; 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles hat badge and one collar badge; 10th Light Horse hat badge (no lugs) and one collar badge; Commando Companies hat badge and collar badge pair; 1960-85, 2nd Cavalry Regt hat badge and one collar badge. Some with lugs missing as indicated, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Australia army badges, 1953-60, Pacific Islands Regt hat badge; City of Newcastle Regt 2nd Infy Bn hat badge and collar badge pair; Werriwa Regt 3rd Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs); North Western Victorian Regt 8/7th Infy Bn hat badge and collar badge pair (one with no lugs); City of Perth Regt 11/44th Infy Bn hat badge and collar badge pair; Cameron Highlanders of WA 16th Infy Bn hat badge (missing one lug) and collar badge pair (one without lugs); Swan Regt 28th Infy Bn hat badge and one collar badge; Illawarra Regt 34th Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs) and one collar badge (no lugs); St George Regt 45th Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs) and collar badge pair; Wide Bay Regt 47th Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs); Far North Queensland Regt 51st Infy Bn hat badge (no lugs); post 1980, Pilbara Regt hat badge (missing one pin); also Royal Australian Regt, 1948-53 hat badge and collar badge pair (no lugs) and 1953-60 hat badge. Some missing lugs as indicated, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $180
SOLD $340
Australia army badges, 1953-60, Australian Army - Apprentice School hat badge and one collar badge, Educational Corps hat badge and one collar badge; Australian Intelligence Corps hat badge and collar badge pair; Royal Australian - Dental Corps hat badge and collar badge pair, Armoured Corps hat badge and collar badge pair, Survey Corps hat badge and collar badge pair, Infantry Corps hat badge and collar badge pair, Army Nursing Corps hat badge, collar badge pair and brooch badge, Electrical & Mechanical Engineers hat badge and collar badge pair; Royal Military College badge on a black and red triangular patch; 1960-85, Australian Army Legal Corps hat badge and collar badge pair; Australian Corps of Transport hat badge; Royal Australian Army Educational Corps hat badge and collar badge pair. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $170
SOLD $360
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps badge, (QC) (80mm) chrome plated; various metal buttons (10, four large, six small); navy epaulette for coxswain, also officer badge (new) in bullion on black felt square; various others including world; also commemorative Australian military related medalets, Visit of Commonwealth Fleet to Sydney, 1913; Children's Peace Medal, 1919; Australia Welcomes British Naval Squadron, 1924; Manly Children's Victory Commemorative, 1945; cased medals for 75th Anniversary of Gallipoli, 1990 (2) and 50th Anniversary of AIF Departure for WWII, undated (1990). Fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Australia, Infantry Combat Badge; Army Reserve lapel badge; INTERFET (International Force East Timor) brassard; Australian flag uniform arm patch; SAS bullion woven cap badge; RAAF (KC) metal and enamel tie bar or sweetheart brooch; Irvin parachute badge (awarded for para wing qualifying using Irvin parachute); Australia Remembers 1945-1995 lapel badge. Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Australia and world badges, includes hat, collar and qualification badges, noted Australia 11 Infy Bn hat badge 1930-42, 10th Light Horse hat badge 1960-85; various Rising Sun badges (one a replica); officer's pips in various styles; RAN Petty Officer badges, bullion type (KC) and red embroidered (KC), also issues of Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand and USA and an Australian Our Boys boomerang brooch by Stokes & Sons. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Australian Naval Dockyard Police, hat badge in white metal (46x52mm) c1940; also a Dockyard Police uniform button in white metal (KC). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
RAN metal badges, (all QC), Submariner (full size and miniature), Pilot (full size), Observer (miniature), Aircrew (full size and miniature), Petty Officer (Mess Dress); Merchant Navy badge (WWII) by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane; assorted metal Naval buttons (22). The first seven uncirculated, the rest mostly very fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Australia, WWII, metal shoulder titles, Australia, non voided (138) and voided (24). Very fine - extremely fine. (162)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia army shoulder titles, embroidered, all different, pairs (57), singles (25). With collector's itemised list, mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (139)
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Australia, WWII, AWAS metal shoulder titles, voided. Very fine - extremely fine. (120)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australia army, metal shoulder titles (WWI), AAMC (2), AWAS (3), ASC, Australia (2), RE; (WWII), RAE, SUR; post 1960 plastic, QUR (2), RTR (2), RAR (2), AACC, ASCO, CDO, PR; also, 1900-12 Corps of Engineers metal collar badges (5, one enamelled); Officer's enamelled pips, pre 1948 (3), 1953 onwards, large (7), small (3), standard pips, pre 1948 (2). Very fine - extremely fine. (42)
Estimate $60
SOLD $140
New Zealand Regular Forces Artillery, helmet plate (QVC) pre 1901, in brass. Missing one lug, some oxidation, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
New Zealand army badges, 1914-18, 3rd Auckland Regt; 4th Otago Regt; 12th Nelson Infantry (cap and two collar badges); 15th North Auckland Regt (hat and one collar badge); 22nd Reinforcements 1st Expeditionary Force; Maori Pioneer Battalion; Ordnance Corps; also NZ fern leaf hat and collar badge used by Staff Corps and NZ Squadron of King Edward's Horse; single collar badges, 3rd Auckland Regt (cast); NZ Expeditionary Forces; shoulder titles, NZMR; NZE; NZR; NZFA; NZRB (2); also New Zealand Volunteers (QVC) helmet plate, a modern striking. Some missing lugs, otherwise fine - very fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
New Zealand army badges, 1st (Canterbury) Regt (KC) cast in brass, with slider fitting; 1st Armoured Car Regt (NZ Scottish) WWII, cast in white metal; 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force (KC) (2, one with lugs and one with slider), also a sweetheart badge featuring an enamelled badge on a circular nacre disc set into a silver pin back brooch; New Zealand Regt (2, one in brass [KC] with one lug missing, one in white metal [QC] with pins missing); NZ Signal Corps (WWI); NZ Corps of Signals (KC); Royal NZ Signals (KC); Royal NZ Infantry (QC) in enamel, gilt and white metal (pins missing); NZ Women's Land Service. Some with missing lugs or pins as indicated, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
British army hat badges, in brass and white metal, Army Service Corps (KC); British Africa Imperial Yeomanry; Cheshire Regt; East Yorkshire Regt (missing lugs); North Stafford Regt; Royal Inniskilling Regt; Royal Scots; Royal Tank Corps (KC); Royal West African Frontier Force (collar badge) (missing lugs); The King's Own Malta Regt (KC) (missing lugs); The King's Own Royal Regt (Lancaster); The King's Regt (Liverpool); The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KC); Women's Royal Army Corps (2, both KC, one with lugs, one with slider). A few missing lugs as indicated, otherwise fine - good very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Great Britain, Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry (B Sqn) cast hat badge, WWI; On War Service 1915 badge type 2 by J.R.Gaunt & Son; On War Service 1916 Women's badge by J.R.Gaunt & Son (brooch pin fitting damaged); Lovat's Scouts shooting fob medal (KC), unnamed; uniform buttons, 74th Highlanders Regt of Foot, Mysore Lancers (QVC), Royal Artillery (QVC) small button; Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, enamelled cap badge (KC) pre 1932; also, France, SAS, 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regt hat badge. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Buttons, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) in brass by Jennens & Co, London, large (50), small (68, four with screw lug); 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) in brass by Pitt & Co, 31 Maddox St, London, large (4), small (15); 93rd Sutherland Highlanders in brass, no maker, small (2); various others, large and small, many in brass (21, nine large by H.J.Nicoll & Co, London, featuring a falcon with bell in beak and Mercury beside). A few with verdigris or white marking but mostly very fine - extremely fine. (160)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World uniform buttons, a collection of buttons, large and small, from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand and USA, includes military, naval, government services and private issues such as shipping lines. Stored in numbered packets with collector's detailed listing, fine - extremely fine. (66)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80