Catalogue
Medals and medalets, many cased, period 1987-1995, a few cased coins, all in small carton, with owner's list, includes Tilt Train, 1995 (2). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (75)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Federated Millers & Mill Employees Assoc of A'sia, gilt and enamel pin back badge by Millers Ltd, Sydney; Transport Worker's Union of Australia N.S.W.Branch, 1961, badge no.2899 by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane (pin broken); Transport Workers Union of N.S.W.Branch/The Trolley and Draymens Union, 1888-1988, badge no.15279 in silvered; New South Wales Police Bowling Club badge in gilt and enamel by Denham Neal & Treloar; New South Wales Police small button (KC); Australasian Order of Old Bastards member badge; metal dog tag with leather suspender, impressed with Australian arms and 'Regd/Dog', around the edges, '1 July 1940/30 June 1941', reverse impressed, Regd No. '619'/Dist No '82'. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Queensland Railway Ambulance Corps, awards to S.L.Warrell, includes Long Service Medal with five clasps for 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1941, all in 9ct gold (approx 16g); Service Medal with eighteen clasps for 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, all medals and clasps named; also Queensland Railways buttons (KC) two large and two small; silver Queensland Band Association fob inscribed, '7-4-55/Presented to/S.Warrell/For/Sers Rendered'; A(ustralian) R(ailway) U(nion) Life Member badge; NSW Railways & Tramways Ex-Services Assoc badge; other small buttons for GPO (KC) and NSW Police (QC). Mounted on a display board, very fine - extremely fine. (34 including clasps)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
N.S.W.Railway Ambulance Corps, Efficiency Medal in silver, reverse impressed, '1931/Efficient/H.Apoloney'; also Second Bar in silver, reverse inscribed, 'R.A.Willard/Efficient/1946'; The St John Ambulance Association badge in enamel; Red Cross Emergency Service badge in gilt and enamel, by Hannaford, reverse numbered I/1129; Alfred Hospital Nurses League badge in gilt and enamel, pin back with safety chain, by Stokes, Melb. Small enamel chip on last badge, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Dept. of Aircraft Production Beaufort, Ambulance badge in white metal and enamel (36mm) pin back, by Schlank & Co Ltd, Adelaide. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australian Commonwealth Police, lapel ID badge (KC), 1919-45, in silvered, pin back by Amor, Sydney, impressed number 290. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Commonwealth of Australia, Peace Officer (KC), cap badge in gilt and enamel, c1928-58, by Stokes & Sons, impressed no.1334. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $210
New South Wales Police, ER (Edward VIII) style cypher helmet plate with Queen Victoria crown incorrectly used, probably made locally for one year in 1936. Damaged at left edge and no lugs, otherwise very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Police insignia, Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory issues, mainly Queen crown types, includes mostly arm patches and rank insignia, also noted Victoria Police Detective Training School 50th Anniversary lapel badge 1988, Sherriff's Office Victoria bronze and enamel badge maker's trial stamped on disc but not cut-out and no gilt finish, and SA Police (KC) Observer badge by Schlank (36x20mm) maker's trial requires pin fitting and gilt and enamel finish, also noted some UNCIVPOL issues. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (98)
Estimate $200
SOLD $270
NSW Light Car Club, Officials Night Trial 1st Class Award, December 1934, in bronze (51mm) with small inset of enamelled club badge, by Amor, named on obverse to, 'R.Gill/Austin 6'. In case of issue, this with some damage, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Enamel badges, The Camera Club of Sydney Inc M.C.C. by Denham Neal & Treloar; British Empire Films Club by Amor, Sydney; Aust Tape Recordists Assoc by Millers Ltd, Sydney; C.D.C.U.A. (Camden District Cricket Umpire's Assn), Official Umpire badge in gilt by Amor, Sydney; B.H.S. (Bathurst High School) by Angus & Coote Ltd, Sydney (pin catch lug missing); H.S. (Homebush Boys' High School) by Angus & Coote; S.U.S.U. (Sydney University Students' Union) 1926 - 1927, by Simes, Sydney, reverse impressed, no.89; Q.B.C.H.S. Appeal, 10/-, in silvered by Wallace Bishop. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Brisbane Tramways, membership fob badge in enamel, by Handford, Brisbane, reverse numbered '453'; Ballarat (?) Tramways monogram BT badges (2, one gilt by Stokes, one silvered by K.G.Luke, Melbourne); Municipal Tramways Trust Adelaide hat badges (2, one voided number 1758, the other impressed and blackened number 716), both by Stokes; N.S.W.R. Ambulance Efficiency award First Bar in silver, reverse named to 'W.A.Dickin/Efficient 1944'. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $90
Passed in
N.S.W. Tramways, cap badges, Conductor, blue; Dept of Road Transport and Tramways, Starter, large red, voided; another smaller size blue , voided; another Dept of Road Transport Omnibus Services, oval, blue silver finish in centre; another with bronze centre finish; Dept of Government Transport, large oval, blue, P.T.C., (Public Transport Commission) of N.S.W., oval blue cap badge, includes a number of early types. Mostly fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $200
Passed in
N.S.W.Tramways, Conductor badge, voided no.5154, in white metal; N.S.W.Tramways, Driver badge no.452 in gilt and enamel. The last with a few spots of enamel loss, otherwise good very fine and both scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
NSWBA, (New South Wales Bowling Association), collection of enamel badges, includes Sydney Harbour Bridge Bowls Carnival 1932, Country Week issues for 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, Victory Country Week 1946 and Centenary issue 1980. Mounted on a display board, very fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Sydney 2000 Olympics collection, includes pins for 1-11 and 14-16 Days to Games and various other pins such as Opening and Closing Ceremony issues, all on original cards and all different except two, plus Olympic Closing Ceremony collector's limited edition spoon 289/2500; Cook Islands, proof silver two dollars, 1997 Queen Mother Lady of the Century (KM.376). The last with certificate but no case, uncirculated - FDC. (32)
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Sydney 2000 Olympics collection, includes Official Australian Gold Medalist collection of medals in folder (2 sets); 2000 Olympic Torch Relay pin album complete; Memorabilia Exhibition medal with ribbon, made from rolled-out 1964 penny; Opening Ceremony spoon; Olympic medallion and pin booklet; Countdown pin and medallion set (3 sets); Mascots medallion; Torch Relay pins on original cards (9); Olympic pins mostly on original cards and mostly different (64); Olympic pins and sets in hard cases (3); Paralympic pins on original cards (15) all different; also Centenary of Federation pins on original cards (4) and others (4) including ANZAC 1915, Perth Mint replica of Gallipoli veteran's (1967) lapel badge. Mostly uncirculated. (109)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Newington College A(mateur) A(thletic) C(ompetition), prize beer tankard, 1885, in silvered (126mm high) by Hardy Bros, Sydney, inscribed on side, 'Newington College AAC/1885/Mile Walking Handicap/2nd Prize/Won by'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Nyngan Competition Cup, 1922, in silver (unmarked but testing indicates silver; 575g; 23cm high), hand decorated, inscribed 'Nyngan Competition Cup/ Won by Railway 1922', its timber stand has affixed to its top the maker's tag, 'W.Kerr,/Jewlller/542-544 George St./Sydney.' Very fine.
Estimate $290
SOLD $200
S.C.E.G.S. Headmaster's Cup, Champion Athlete 1925, C.S.Stuart, in sterling silver (95g), hallmarked for Birmingham 1922. Cup needs regluing to turned timber base, nick to inside edge of cup, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Manly Rifle Club, five teaspooons in sterling silver (total wt 42.9g), the end of each spoon features a shield with crossed rifles and club name; also medalets for Relief of Mafeking, 1900, First Visit of Commonwealth Fleet, 1913, and In Memory of K of K A Nation's Hero, Maryborough, 1916 (C.1900/9, 1913/5, 1916/6) (3); Canberra florin, 1927 and shilling, 1960. Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
W.Naylor & Co., Caledonian Works Birmingham / Australian silver (43mm, 47.4g); three sterling silver ingots, stamped with weight in ounces and DWTs, 2.6, 2.7, 2.14. Very good. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $110
Masonic jewel, c1870, in gold (18ct, 37g, 37.5mm x 64mm) by H.Newman (Melbourne jeweller), a central six pointed star enclosed in a circle backed with blue enamel, circle inscribed 'Deo Regi Fratribus Honor Fidelitas Benevolentia', star inscribed 'Beauty / Wisdom / Strength / Truth / Peace / Concord', the outer border is set with six rose cut diamonds between engraved star points, the whole enclosed within a decorated cast frame with voided brackets above and below, the jewel is suspended from an ornate clasp with another pin backed clasp with smaller bar on a ribbon, uninscribed. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $900
Lodge of Australia Jubilee, 1878, uniface medal in silver (41 x 55mm) by Weisner. Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $350
Passed in
Masonic badge, 1878, in silver (53mm), modified Maltese cross with overlaid clasped hands inside a decorative ring, arms of cross engraved with overall ornament, suspender bar attached on reverse side, inscribed on reverse 'O.F.L.A. / Presented to / P.D.G.M. W.H.Coombes / as a mark of respect for / past services / Janry 26th 1878'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Masonic Past Master's jewel, in 15ct gold (approx 40g), reverse inscribed, 'Lodge/Kilwinning Orient/No.14 U.G.L. N.S.W./Presented/To/Wor.Brother/Frederick Trescott./As a mark of Esteem/From/The Officers & Bretheren/9th Feby.1899.' Extremely fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $850
Masonic Past Master's jewel, for Lodge Cowper, in 9ct gold (approx 18g), gold monogram initials 'ELR' on ribbon, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Wor Bro E L Rowling/by the Bretheren of/Lodge Cowper No.295/U.G.L.N.S.W./3rd February 1917.'; part of Royal Arch Companions neck jewel in gilt; sterling silver plaque (26x64mm), uniface, inscribed, 'Presented to E.L.Rowling Esq./by the Citizens of Wingham & District/upon his Retirement from/the Management of the/Wingham Branch of the/Commercial Banking Coy. of Sydney Ltd./31.5.33.'; certificate from Prince of Wales Lodge No 102, Musellbrook, certifying that Bro. E.L.Rowling who attained the rank of M.Mason has paid up all dues and 'Called Off', dated 23 June 1914. The first in original case by H.C.Haines, centrepiece of jewel is loose at one corner, certificate with edge tears, overall fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Masonic Past Master's jewel, in 9ct gold (approx 15g), no lodge name, gold clasp on ribbon inscribed with initials, 'G.E.T.', jewel reverse inscribed, 'Presented to Wor.Bro./Geo.E.Thomas/W.M. 1921-22/By The Bretheren'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Masonic Royal Arch Mason jewel, in 9ct gold (approx 25g), Rosehill R.A.M. & K.R.C., No 222 S.C., attachment of monogram initials 'RM' in gold on ribbon, jewel reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/Wor.C.N. and M.Ex.Chief/R.Morgan/by the/Sir Knights/As a Mark of Esteem/21-4-25'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
Masonic Past Master's jewel, in 9ct gold (approx 31g), suspender dated, '1927 - 1928', attachment on ribbon of gold monogram initials 'PJB', jewel inscribed, 'Lodge Gladstone No.157', reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/Wor.Bro P.J.Bulluss/By The Bretheren/of/Lodge Gladstone/No 57 U.G.L. N.S.W./As a/Token of Esteem/18.8.28.'; another, a Grand Treasurer's jewel, in 9ct gold (approx 27g), obverse of pin back suspender inscribed, 'Lodge Gladstone. 157/Pres to/Wor Bro. J.Bulluss/From/the/Bretheren'. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $800
SOLD $800