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Germany, Third Reich, M42 DAK helmet with Army decals, liner and strap intact. Light oxidation, good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
USA, WWII Army M1 front seam combat helmet with netting, chin strap and liner intact. Surface oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
New Zealand Police, hats (5) includes blue wide brim trooper's hat, blue cap, blue helmets (2) and white helmet, all with badges (QC) except one blue and one white helmet; NZP helmet badges (2, one KC and one QC), cap badge; N.Z.Police embroidered shoulder titles (2); New Zealand Police plaque of metal badge on timber and with plate below inscribed, 'Constable A.R.Henderson/C591/8.9.88 - 4.5.96'; also New Zealand Fire Service badge (QC) and area badges for Auckland, Dunedin Met., and Stokes Valley. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Naval boat plates, HMAS Arunta (1) with older and bearded aboriginal kneeling to left and pointing the bone, rope pattern border and ensigned by naval crown (approx 175x130mm), made of bronze, c1945 - 1952; another unidentified features clipper ship head on with circular rope pattern border (165mm), made of leaden bronze, 1918-63. With all or most paint missing, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
War Office wall plaque, in timber and enamel paint; book, The War Office by Hampden Gordon, 1935 first edition, 358pp, inside front cover with signature, 'W.J.V.Windeyer'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Corps and unit wall plaques, in timber and enamel paint for Royal Engineers, London Scottish, Seaforth Highlanders; also sterling silver cigarette case, machine turned with Royal Engineers crest engraved on front, hallmarked for Birmingham, 1939, inside lid scratched at top with Nov 1939 and below engraved '318 Coy R.E./Sandy/From' and below this seven engraved signatures; badge for The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Foot); Royal Highland Fusiliers lapel pin. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Royal Engineers, (KC) sweetheart brooch (22x19mm) in 15ct gold (4g), with enamel and decorated with fifteen small diamonds. In a case by Sibyl Dunlop Ltd, jewellers and silversmiths, London, case with foxing, brooch extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
VII Rajput Regiment, (KC), sweetheart brooch in enamel and 9ct gold (7.4g). Pin needs minor repair to opening clasp, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Germany, WWI, pin backed brooch, silver gilt and enamel (26mm) with Naval flag. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Trench art, WWI brass 75mm shell casings (approx 350mm high), set of two made into vases, one with design, '1914 Roulers, the other with '1918 Dixmude'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Germany, WWI, trench art bracelet, in copper with gold (15ct, 5g) and miniature silver blackened Iron Cross 1914. Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $420
Gurkha small kukri, with two smaller kukri all in a special commemorative scabbard with fitments for 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Centenary 22 May 1958; another small kukri in scabbard; three Gurka unit badges, one for Army Medical Corps and the other two unidentified. Fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Dagger, with hand made guard and carved timber handle with flat metal butt, 30cm with 20cm blade, in suede and leather scabbard. Blade lacquered to prevent rusting, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
Obsidian blade dagger, 33cm with 11cm blade, carved timber handle features standing native with long, horse-like face. Damage to one leg and the butt end, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
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 $100
Passed in
Third Reich, Close Combat Clasp with steel centre square plate insert intact, reverse markings, at left 'FEC.W,E./PEEKHAUS/BERLIN' and at right 'AUSF./A.G.M.O.K./GABLONZ' (approx 15mm end of suspension pin missing); Army EM belt buckle (1940) with some light rust but 90% of combat green paint intact; sports vest eagle patch, unused. Fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Germany, Third Reich, Wound badge, pressed in brass; U-Boat badge (copy); Geheime Staatspolizei (German Secret Police - Gestapo) M/10/88, inspection tag Nr 24327 Auschwitz Zentral Inspektion, in brass. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Germany, Third Reich, SA Sports badge, 3rd Class in bronzed iron, number stamped 667898, maker's name, Berg & Nolte A.G. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Germany, Third Reich, Hitler Youth small flag (19x30cm); woven cloth badges for SS Panzer EM/NCO, Army breast eagle (3, gold on black, silver on black, white on green); embroidered badge for Luftwaffe pilot. Some possibly reproductions, otherwise extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Germany, Nazi Party buttonhole membership badge, back marked MM/42; Red Cross badge, back marked Ges.Gesich, red enamel missing from cross; RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst 'Reich Labour Service') cap badge, back marked for maker AdB (Ad. Baumeister) with LDO number 37; also British WWII Telegraphist metal qualification badge with metal backing plate. The RAD badge missing pins, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $110
SOLD $80
Germany, VFV Patriotic Women's Association (for care of war wounded), Red Cross war service badge 1914 by A.Stubbe, Berlin; Red Cross bar badge, by H.Jurgens, Brschwg, reverse impressed 47 and inscribed 'V.Fr.V./V.Braunschweig'; German Empire Red Cross brooch of Imperial eagle decorated bar with red cross suspended below. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Germany, Waffen SS ring type 1, in silvered bronze and enamel, central design of Runic SS on black background and at side on the shank is the SS motto, 'Meine Ehre' at left and 'Heist Treue' at right (My Honour is Loyalty); U-boat Kriegsmarine ring in cupro nickel, cast around shank is 'Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland' (We Drive (or in this case Sail) Against England), both appear to be reproductions. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Germany, Third Reich reproductions, DRK enlisted man's sawtooth dagger; Hitler Youth dagger (2, one with enamelled symbol on handle and the other without enamel); SS pocket knives (2). Very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
The Camp Illustrated Weekly, German newspapers for POWs, isssue nos 68, 113, 153, 158, 164, 170 for the period 26 October 1941 - 31 October 1943. The last issue torn at sides and with edge loss otherwise fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Japan, WWII, Imperial Navy, Petty Officer's metal hat badge, another, a Petty Officer's rank badge patch; Imperial Navy Landing Forces (Marines) metal and embroidered shoulder patch; Imperial Navy enlisted cap band; 3/9 with four characters below (translates as Qing Shui Rong Song), unidentified patch. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Japan, Imperial Navy Flying Academy graduation badge, Imperial Year 2603 (1943). Graffiti marks on reverse, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Poland, Academy in France badge in oxidised silvered, '1939.BRETANIA.1940' (49.5mm), screwback marked 'F.M.LORIOLI/MILANO BRONZETTI25'. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
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
SOLD $30
USA, pilot's wings badge in silver, reverse marked for maker, 'Wallace Bishop, Brisbane'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
USA, metal dog tag impressed 'Olie E Cooper/20400806 T42 A/Lucy R Cooper/Holtland Tenn P'; two vials of Claustro-Thermal Catgut Sutures, U.S.P., medium chronic - Type C, in excess of 54 inches, by Davis & Geck, Brooklyn, New York, sutures with attached needle in liquid inside glass tube. The tag very fine, the vials extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30