Catalogue
Rising Sun sweetheart badge, WWI, in sterling silver and enamel (41x29mm). Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in gold and enamel (9ct, 3.4g, 52x16mm) Australian Flying Corps wings. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in gold and enamel (9ct, 2g, 35x18mm) 15th Battalion colour patch over crossed swords, inscribed 275. Some chipping to enamel, very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in gold and enamel (9ct, 2.8g, 35x20mm) 51st Battalion colour patch within a wishbone. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in gold and enamel (9ct, 2.2g, 23mm) 8th Australian Light Horse colour patch within a circle. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in gold and enamel (9ct, 2.5g, 32x29mm) 25th Battalion colour patch within a wishbone. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Sweetheart brooch, WWI, in silver (52x18mm) Australian Field Ambulance, crossed rifle with slouch hat. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
World War II memorial sweethearts badge, in gold and enamel (15ct, 3.7g; 27x24.5mm) pin backed with colours of the 25th and 41st Battalions, front engraved 'Gallipoli, Pozieres, France'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Australian Artillery, sweetheart brooch (KC), in silver and enamel (31x46mm), pin back with safety chain. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Observer wing, sweetheart badge in silver and enamel (21x33mm), pin back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
British, SMLE 1907 pattern Sanderson bayonet, guard with arrow and D3, blackened leather scabbard, end metal cap missing. Some rusting to blade, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
German SA dagger, Third Reich issue, blade in excellent condition and etched with SA motto, 'Alles fur Deutschland' (Everything for Germany) and marked with two fish back-to-back and the words, 'Paul Ebel/Solingen', lower reverse guard is Gruppe marked 'WF', all nickel fittings and attachments intact. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
German Army dagger, Third Reich issue, blade in excellent condition and marked with a tiger and the words 'Tiger/Solingen', fits tightly into pebbled pattern white metal scabbard with oakleaf and acorn bands, toned artifical ivory handle with oakleaf and acorn decoration at guard and pommel, crossguard eagle details sharp. Age oxidation to scabbard and some light rusting to suspension rings, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $520
Japanese, WWII NCO's katana, brown timber scabbard, basic plain tsuba, handle rebound, blade in excellent condition. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
USA, WWII pilot's survival knife, handle wrapped with netting and tape, sheath with sharpening stone included, steel nut buttcap. Most metal rusty, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Australia, WWI Brodie Pattern steel helmet MK1, chin strap and liner intact. Heavy oxidation, very good unrestored condition.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Australia, WWII helmet painted yellow for use by Navy gun crew, liner and chin strap intact. Undersurface oxidation, fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $30
Canada, WWII Mk 1 helmet, inside stamped, 'GSW AD/Mk1 1941' (General Steel Wares), liner intact, no chin strap. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
France, WWI Adrian M15 helmet, chin strap snapped, no inner lining. Surface oxidation over most of exterior, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
France, WWII Adrian M26 helmet, no liner or chin strap. A few dents, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Medieval helmet, cervelliere close fitting skull cap helmet missing chain mail from around edge. Surface oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
British, WWI Brodie Mk1 helmet with rim, liner intact, chin strap broken. Heavy oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Great Britain, WWII paratroopers M1942 steel helmet with one inch fibre rim, liner and chin strap intact. A few oxidation spots, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Great Britain, paratrooper's steel helmet 1943-54, with narrow stainless steel band around rim, liner and chin strap intact, liner marked BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) size (7 1/2) 44, also written 'Tink'. Oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Great Britain, WWII pith helmet with Coldstream Guards metal badge affixed, liner by Wards 1942, size 6 3/4, no chin strap. Foxing on outside, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $100
Great Britain, British pattern pith helmet as worn by troops in India and the Boer War, c1960s manufacture. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Germany, Prussia, original WWI picklehaube with extra chin strap, small size possibly for drummer boy. Denting to leather and some surface oxidation to metal, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Germany, Wurttemberg, model 1895 Enlisted Man's picklehaube, helmet plate features arms of Wurttemberg with motto, 'Furchtlos Und Trew' (Fearless and True), no chin strap. Some light deterioration to leather in places and tear to one inner leather 'tongue', otherwise very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $560
Germany, WWI M17 steel helmet, liner present but damaged, chin strap present but broken. Oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $280
Germany, Third Reich, Afrika Korps DAK pith helmet with metal badges affixed, liner and chin strap intact. Some moth holes and a 70mm strip of edge leather missing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $420