Catalogue
Shipping line hat badges, in bullion, Cunard Line, pre 1920s officer's hat badge, also small Cunard uniform button and a large uniform button for RPH & Co (R.P.Houston & Co - Houston Lines); Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co hat badge with maker's sticker on back, Geo.Kenning & Son. The first badge with some moth eaten areas, gold thread faded on both, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Safe Conduct passes, European Theatre 1939-45 in German and English by Dwight D.Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (2); another but for Mediterranean Theatre in German, Italian, Polish and English, by Field Marshall H.R.Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations; another in English by Germans to Aussies in Tobruch (sic) and Syria urging surrender; WWII Pacific to Japanese forces, in Japanese and English by Commanding Officer of the United States Forces; Korea, banknote style certificate in Korean and English by James A.Van Fleet, Commanding General, UN forces in Korea; Korea to Chinese and Korean soldiers, in Chinese, Korean and English by Matthew B.Ridgway, Commander in Chief, United Nations Forces; Vietnam in Vietnamese and English, no authority (2, common front with different backs); Iraq, Desert Storm in Arabic and English in the form of a banknote. A few WWII issues with paper splits, overall fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
Cigarette lighter collection, six mostly Zippo style, 1940s-1970s, some marked with unit names such as USS Sides FFG-14, 377 Airmens Open Mess Viet Nam 67, UNIFCYP, another with oriental pressed metal case; also WWII SMLE/Bren oil bottle in brass. Mostly very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
New Zealand Police helmet plate, (KC) in chromed brass, reverse impressed with maker's name, J.R.Gaunt & Son, London. Virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
New Zealand Police helmet, in dark blue (1986-95) with NZP helmet plate (QC) in chromed brass, inside helmet is green and with leather chin strap and plastic liner for sizing to head, large size, with affixed tag of maker, Mountcastle Pty Ltd of South Brisbane and Tweed Heads. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Lifeguards, K.G. crown, parade helmet with chinstrap. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,100
WWI Patriotic sweetheart badge, in gold (9ct, 4.2g, 39x15mm) soldiers cap on rifle with red, white and blue 'stones' on rifle sling, bayonet missing. With case, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, King's Silver War badge, impressed on reverse A84806; Nearest Female Relative badge, no bar (WWI) impressed on reverse 131123; Voluntary Aid Detachment badge (KC) (one lug missing); Australian Red Cross Society badge (KC); Red Cross metal shoulder titles in brass (2); various Red Cross pins (4, one missing suspension pin); St John Ambulance small button; National Emergency Service New South Wales badge (KC); Police buttons, NSW (3), Queensland. Fine - very fine. (16)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
King's Silver War Badge, WWI, impressed number A63333 on reverse; Wounded Stripe, WWI, in brass with backing plate. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Australia, WWI Volunteer for Active Service, Medically Unfit badge (no lugs); General Service Badge (WWII) type 1, another type 2; WWI Returned from Active Service badge (AIF) (2); RSL enamel badges, two figure type (2, one large, one small), three figure type (KC) (2); club membership badges, Orange RSL (2), Paddington Woollahra (2), Mariners, all different types. Fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $70
SOLD $140
AIF Demobilised Soldier's badge, WWI, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, 1566 impressed on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Australia, Nearest Female Relative's badge (WWII) with one star, reverse numbered A291071; Voluntary Aid Detachment badge (KC); Returned from Active Service badge (KC) (WWII), reverse numbered AF105640; WWII enamelled colour patch, blue over white on grey background, lapel badge; RAAF Air Training Corps enamelled badge (QC). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Australia, silvered Australia Artillery brooch, nacre Rising Sun collar-size badge marked 'Mother' with brooch fitting, both of these with damaged pin fitting; Army Service Corps (KC) enamel and gilt brooch or tie pin; AIF Memorial Public Schools Effort 1918 tinnie; Tin Hat Day pin 50 cents; Canada, Comrades of the Great War (France) 1914-18 badge; France, National Relief Day 1915 medalet; Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary badge in copper, reverse blackened (no lugs); also Australian medalets, 1897 Queen Victoria Jubilee (2), Children's Peace medal 1919 (2), Australia's 150th Anniversary 1938 (2). Fine - very fine. (14)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Great Britain, 22 London V.A.D. (Volunteer Aid Detachment) pin backed brooch in gold and enamel (9ct, 6.6gm, 26x24mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
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