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The Empire Day Challenge Cup Medal, undated (1908-1914), in silver and another in bronze (both 47mm), by Elkington, unnamed. The bronze medal with edge bump at 2 o'clock on reverse, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
4th Regiment NSW Volunteer Infantry, hat badge in bronze (1890s-1903); pair of voided, oval, brass titles with 4 in centre and Australian Infantry around; pair of voided, brass titles of 4 over AIR; Inf title in bronze; Australian Commonwealth EVIIR buttons in brass (4, 2 large and 2 small); pin back shield cut from sterling silver sheet and inscribed 'M.H.S/En/Avant' (Maitland High School). Very fine. (11)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
NSW Military Forces, c1890s, horse martingale harness badge in white metal (90mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Victorian Volunteer Cadet Corps, hat/cap badge in brass (pre 1900); Australian Commonwealth Cadet Corps hat badge in bronze (1903-06); Marksman badge in bullion, 1873 (2, one on maroon backing, the other on scarlet); small bullion Queen's crown. Material loss on marksman badges, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
Second Light Horse, Moreton Regt (1930-42) hat badge; Fourteenth Light Horse, West Moreton Regt (1930-42) collar badge. The first missing some lugs, otherwise extremely fine; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, Rising Sun collar badges (8); Australia metal titles (6); Australian Military Forces buttons (9, four large, four medium, one small); cloth stripes includes three singles, one double; WWII colour patches, 2/6th Cavalry (Commando) Regt (3 full size and 4 miniatures), also an enamelled metal lapel badge of the patch; 1st Army Tank Battalion full size (2); WWII Artillery enamelled metal lapel badges (2) one missing pin; metal pin back tank badge with AIF fitted in centre; another metal pin back tank badge with colour patch in centre. Mostly very fine, the original colour patches scarce. (40)
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Australia, Rising Sun hat badges (22), mostly WWI and WWII, one a replica and one missing lugs; also matching collar badges (12), all WWI and WWII issues, also two sandcast copies and two silvered issues with pinbacks. A few poor but mostly very fine or better. (38)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Australia, New Zealand and others, includes RAN silver sweetheart's brooch (pin missing), NZ Army hat badges (WWII) for 4th Otago Rifles, Home Guard, Corps of Signals, Otago & Southland Regt, Australian hat badges (WWII) Rising Sun, Corps of Signals, RA Arty, British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Asscn medal in bronze (32mm), Anzac Day and other fundraising pins on original issue cards (18), various other items. Fine - good extremely fine. (43)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australia, and others, includes badges for Marksman, AIRN (Army Individual Readiness Notification), Submariners, hat badges for RAAF airman (KC), 19th P.W.O Hussars, Royal Artillery (KC), also Australian 58th Inf Bn (Essendon Rifles) 1930-42 collar badge pair, various other badges and pins including a small collection of USA insignia and a Purple Heart medal. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Australia, and others, collection of embroidered rank badges, shoulder titles and patches, includes British 7th Armoured Divn 1940-45 'Desert Rats' unit shoulder patch, also noted pair of shoulder titles for Australia (RAAF [2] and RAN [2]) (4), other Australian unit shoulder patches for RAR, RA Infy, RAAMC, RNSWR, RAAC, and British issues for Royal Marines Commando (2), Royal Norfolk, Commando, Who Dares Wins, SAS parachute wings; Royal Corps of Signals Captain's mess dress shoulder knot 1926-39 and Royal Engineers colonel's mess dress epaulette; others, mainly rank badges. Mostly very fine or better. (27)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
RAAF Airman's hat badge, (KC), nickel plated, pin back; RAAF officer's arm eagle (KC), nickel plated, pin back, by Miller & Sons, Sydney; C(itizen's) A(ir) F(orce) A(ssociation) of NSW lapel badge (KC) in enamel and gilt, number 39 on reverse; sweetheart brooches, both RAAF wings with KC, the first in enamel and silver, the second in silver with gold letters in centre, both pin back, the last with safety chain. Very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Tasmania Police badge, in chocolate bronze (KC), trooper's cap and helmet issue, c1939. Some light buckling, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Royal Flying Corps, bullion and embroidered pocket patch of RFC wings (KC) on background colours of RFC ensign; RFC wings (KC) with gold wreath and another modern issue RFC wings (KC) with brown wreath; RFC buttons (KC) small (2); RFC intials on bar as sweetheart brooch in nickel; WWI flying goggles (one lens cracked and leather breaking down); Army officer's pips for second lieutenant (2). Very good - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Great Britain hat badges, a good variety, some items include, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, King's Own Scottish Borderers, London Scottish, Tyneside Scottish, 5th (Sutherland & Caithness Highlanders) Bn, 15th County of London Bn, Essex Regt, The King's Own, Royal Engineers, Hampshire Regt, Queen's Royal Regt, Yorkshire Regt (QVC) silver bullion but with much thread missing, various other badges; also white feather cap plume. A few of the unlisted badges damaged but mostly very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Various items, Southern Rhodesia Artillery hat badge in bronze; British Army Artillery badge in brass with backing plate; Fireman's uniform metal button featuring Waterbury fireman helmet and crossed axes; Police Force Victoria (QVC) small button; lapel badge (28mm) of Vittoro Emanuele III portrait as on Italian Colony of Eritrea tallero coin of 1918; British lapel badge featuring crossed flags of Union Jack and the Royal Standard with King's crown suspended below; two silver crosses, the first (38x38mm) with horizontal line pattern on obverse and reverse plain, the other a small Maltese cross (22x21mm) with black enamel outline on obverse and with a central red cross over the silver central cross, reverse plain, both these crosses of unknown origin, possibly fraternal organisation issues as the first is similar in style to Masonic K.T. Knights Cross but without red enamel. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
ANZAC gold (9ct) sweethearts brooch, boomerang shape, pin back with safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm pilot's wings (QC), sweetheart brooch in silver and enamel. In case by Gieves, London, extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Germany, Imperial colonial uniform buttons in brass, Officer Colonial troops model 1895; Colonial Administration troops/officials; colonial enlisted ranks model 1910; Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) NCOs and ratings (3, 2 large, 1 small). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Germany, Bavaria, WWI pilot's badge in silver, reverse impressed, 'Karl Pollath/Schrobenhausen/800'. Missing loop to secure pin-fitting, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $900
SOLD $700
Germany, Prussia, WWI pilot's badge in pressed metal, silvered tombac. Good very fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Poland, Academy in France badge in oxidised silvered, '1939.BRETANIA.1940' (49.5mm), screwback marked 'F.M.LORIOLI/MILANO BRONZETTI25'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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 $50
Passed in
Madras European Regiment, pre 1857 Indian Mutiny, belt plate in gilt and nickel plated bronze. Nickel plating loss around edges, some gilt loss due to polishing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Queen Victoria, chocolate gift tin to troops with wishes for a Happy New Year, marked South Africa 1900; South Africa Republic, President Kruger shilling and sixpences (2); Trooper of the New South Wales Lancers postcard of 'Imperial Army' series; 1st Australian Light Horse card for Capstan cigarettes; NSW Military Forces (QVC) buttons (2) by C.Anderson, Sydney. Poor - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
Boer War vesta holder, in stoneware for wax matches, marked for Usher's "O.V.C", 'Special Reserve', whiskey, Edinburgh, features image of wounded soldier from Richard Caton Woodville's painting, 'A gentleman in Kharki (sic)' and Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'The Absent minded Beggar', made by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Boer War commemorative plates, c1900, set of two in porcelain, the first with a battle scene featuring the Infantry and the Boers, at the top 'Our Boys at the Front' and below 'For Queen and Country', reverse with maker's mark, 'Britannia Porcelain Works/Karlsbad/Austria'; the second similar but featuring Light Horse men and the Boers, reverse unmarked except for an X. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
Passed in
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, souvenir Boer War period porcelain beaker (10cm high; diameter 78mm tapered to bottom), features regimental badge Boar's head with battle honours around and separately the cat's erect body also with battle honours around, below is a scroll for the Boer War campaign and under this another scroll with the regiment name but with 'Southerland' not 'Sutherland'; Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders hat badge in white metal with voided centre. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
WWI comic war scene bowl, (240x222mm), 'Bairnsfather Ware' by Grimwade's Store on Trent, reverse marked, 'Made By The Girls Of Staffordshire/During The Winter of, 1917/18/When The "Boys" Were In The Trenches/Fighting For Liberty/& Civilization' and with Grimwade's logo below. Age toning, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
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
SOLD $60
HMAS Sydney, cedar timber stationery stand (approx 38cm wide and 20cm high) divided into compartments, the front with inset blue tile plaque marked, Wood From/ (naval crown)/H.M.A.S./'Sydney'; H.M.A.S. Sydney sailor's cap tally band; Captain J.C.T.Glossop (of HMAS Sydney) post card. The last item with two tears otherwise unused and very fine, the band very fine, the stand extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320