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Portugal, Model 1915 helmet, produced in Birmingham, England, no liner or chin strap. Oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Russia, WWII era M36 helmet, pre 1941 issue, no markings, chin strap and liner intact. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Russia, WWII late pattern steel helmet, liner and chin strap present but some damage to liner. Light oxidation, very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Spain, M26 steel helmet, liner and chin strap intact. Extensive oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
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Spain, WWII M42 DAK helmet with decals, liner and chin strap intact. Oxidation, decals worn, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Spain, WWII forage cap with red trim and tassle. Moth holes, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
USA, WWII Army M1 front seam combat helmet with netting, chin strap and liner intact. Surface oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
USA, WWII M4A2 Armoured Tank helmet, inside label of manufacturer, Industrial Canvas Prod.Corp, unissued. Some light marking on inside, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
USA, WWII Flying Fortress aircrew leather cap with extra leather neck attachment. Cap dirty otherwise very fine but fur lining on cap and attachment completely deteriorated, overall fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
USA, Vietnam era M1 helmet with Mitchell camouflage cover, liner and both chin straps intact. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Poland, Academy in France badge in oxidised silvered, '1939.BRETANIA.1940' (49.5mm), screwback marked 'F.M.LORIOLI/MILANO BRONZETTI25'. Good very fine.
Estimate $120
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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 $70
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French military certificates, To Defenders of Territory, War of 1870-1871, Franco Prussian War for the Battle of Etrepagney, named to Leon Saint-Pe, born at Montgaillard 19 February 1849, Mobile Guard 2nd Class, 7th Company, issued c1910; To Soldiers in the Battle for Victory 1915-1916, named to Roger Lestage; another similar but new design for 1914-1917, named to Roger Lestage; Died for France, 1914-1919 issued by the Union of Great French Associations, named to Capitaine Francois Albert Lestage. The last torn and repaired on back, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
French tricolour flag, which flew above the Vichy French barracks in Beirut and was souvenired by an Australian soldier when the city fell to the allies, printed at the top, 'Taken from Vichy French July 1941/Beirouth', and on the white centre panel 36 signatures being members of the Australian's platoon. Colour faded but all signatures clear, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
HMS Iron Duke, small barrel with lid (approx 110mm high) and with affixed gilt metal plaque bearing the inscription, 'From the Teak of H.M.S.Iron Duke/Admiral Jellicoe's Flag Ship/Jutland 1916.' A few nicks on back and some scuffing, very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
The Battle of Waterloo Tankard, from the Waterloo Museum, by Gerry Embleton and made in fine English bone china by Royal Doulton, (approx 18cm high), decorated in colour with battle scene and opposing generals, cast metal lid with eagles and lions pattern and topped with a metal field gun. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $240
German regimental beer stein, 1908-10, 2 Company of Life Guards Infantry Regiment (1st Grand Duchy of Hesse) No.115, Darmstadt, colurful patterned stein with pewter top ornately patterned and marked 'Reserve Hat Ruh', figure of soldier on top and lid-pull features the lion symbol of Hesse-Darmstadt (approx height 30.5cm). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $440
British officers, commemorative tiles and a plate, includes wall tiles for Admiral Sir David Beatty, reverse marked 'Modelled by Geo.Cartlidge after photograph by Speaight Ltd' (228x152mm), three others, all 151mm square featuring, General Sir Redvers Buller V.C., General Sir W.F.Gatacre, and General Hector Macdonald C.B.; also, commemorative plate (160mm) featuring General Sir George White V.C. The first tile crazed and with two chips at right edge, the second with chipped top right corner, otherwise very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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USA, WWII USN pilot emergency Life Raft Fishing Kit No.M552 bag, no contents; RAF tropical dress Leading Aircraftman badges (4, two embroidered, two colour dyed), all as new; France, WWI military khaki money belt. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
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Australian war dog, timber framed b&w print of a painting of 'Bushie', the celebrated Boer War dog, (190x135mm and with border in frame 315x255mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Military hospital ships, two artworks in timber frames, one a colour print of SS Kanowna in the English Channel by JC, 1915, London (255x460mm and with border in frame 360x575mm), the other on original watercolour of SS Maheno by Tom Morison, undated (400x550mm, no border). The last with water damage, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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HMAS Sydney, sinking the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, 19 July 1940, timber framed colour print of a watercolour painting of the action by renowned ship artist John Allcot in 1940, (245x320mm and with border in frame 430x450mm). Very fine.
Estimate $50
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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 $150
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Military aviation prints, from artwork by John Batchelor, individually framed for hanging (approx 29x36cm each), features colour prints for wartime English Spitfire, USA Mustang and Vought F4U Corsair, and Japanese Zero. Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
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Military related NSW Legislature reports, tabled in Parliament; 1. 1885-6, Officers of the Permanent Artillery (Return). 2. 1870, Volunteer Artillery. 3. 1887, Coast and Harbour Derfence. 4. 1887-8, Gunpowder and Explosives Rates Act of 1884. 5. 1887-8, Report from the Select Committee on Torpedo Defence of the Colony, pp88. 6. 1888, Schwartzkopf Torpedoes. 7. 1889, Captain Lee (coreespondence relating to appointment to Permanent Submarine Miners of). 8. 1889, Cable for Torpedo Purposes (correspondence respecting tenders for), pp13. 9. 1889, Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry and General Courts-Martial together with action taken in the Supreme Court in the case of No.95 Brigade Quartermaster-Sergeant (now Gunner) William Webster N.S.W.Artillery, pp158. 10. 1889, Guns at Steel Point Battery, pp28. 11. 1891, Guns at Steel Point Battery. 12. 1891-2, Majors in Permanent Artillery, pp54. Some tattered around edges, otherwise very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
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Australia WWII cloth map, Milne Bay (Provisional) Edition SVY/Misc/07, various positions marked with blue pencil code numbers and one artillery unit, one reverse is written, 7 Bde/August 1942', approx size 108x60cm. Toning, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
RAAF POW letter, WOFF J.D.Garland, sent from Stalagluft III to Mrs W.H.Garland (his mother) at Gymea Bay, some parts censored amd marked 'Opened By Censor', postmarked 23.9.44; Annual Ball invitation from R.A.A.D.C. (Royal Australian Army Dental Corps) to Major Gen G.Maitland OBE, for 27 Septmeber 1957; ticket card for Royal Aust. Army Dental Corps 21st Anniversary Ball 19 August 1964; WWII colour patch for 2/5 Commando Squadron. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Assorted military publications, military history, regiments and equipment, including The Story of The Twenty First; The History, Customs and Traditions of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; Australian Awards of the King's South Africa Medal; Glimpses of Colonel Tom; London Gazette (Falklands Awards); Humorosities; Australian Army Badges; Purple With a Green Strip; The Coo-ee March; Australia and the Commonwealth in the Malay Emergency 1948-60; Australian Military Equipment vols 1, 2, 3; 50 Years of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps; Royal Australian Army Pay Corps; and other titles. Fair - very good. (41)
Estimate $250
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World miscellaneous items, U.S.Camera 1946 hardcovered coffee table style book of WWII photos, by J.T.Maloney, copyright 1945, First Edition, pp342; tea towel with wartime map of Europe by Manchester Guardian; souvenir Japanese purse in leather and featuring a design similar to a WWII period Japanese banknote; Italian medal for Meeting of National Gunners (Artillery) (Piave C92). The second with a stain and small hole, the last pitted and cleaned and no ribbon, the third faded design on one side, overall good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30