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Britain's toy soldiers, set No.2092, Parachute at slope arms with officer, postwar; set No.110 Devonshire Regiment at the trail, Wolseley helmet, prewar. Both sets unboxed, one soldier with bayonet missing in first set, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Heroes of the Victoria Cross, performed by British Soldiers, 1854-1884, facsimile folder with twelve coloured embossed cards; postcards (62), WWI, includes Plane of Attack Zeebrugge, Sites of the WWI damage to Ypres, Military equipment used during the war. Very fine - extremely fine. (74)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Britain's toy soldiers, set No.69, Pipers of the Scots Guards (7); set No.75 (9126), Scots Guards slope arms officer and piper (7), this set prior 1933. Both sets unboxed, one figure in each set damaged, good - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $170
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Admission ticket, 'Visit of Special Service Squadron to New South Wales, April 1924. Admit one/to Special Inspection, H.M.S. "Hood,"/Saturday, 19th April, 1924. Steamer leaves No.8 Wharf (Lane Cove Jetty), Circular Quay, at 9.45 a.m. sharp.' Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Signed Naval portrait, framed (33x26cm) b&w portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes RN in full naval uniform and with his signature. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Australian War Memorial (AWM), Canberra, coloured metal photo (approx 95x130mm) for wall hanging, hanging pin missing; postcard size coloured photo of AWM, newly constructed in early 1940s with gravel road and dirt areas opposite instead of grass; wide shot B&W photo of a proposed AWM (approx 125x370mm) with a feature similar to the Menin Gate at the entrance instead of the finished building with two pylons, written on reverse of photo, 'The proposed War Museum at Canberra', c1930s; Wills's cigarettes (1) and McNiven's sweets (4) cards featuring RAN ships. One corner torn off last AWM photo and a diagonal crease not affecting building, otherwise fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
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Australian Awards Vietnam, 1962 to 1991, compiled by Ross Sutton, 1992, 127pp; By Skill & Valour, Honours and Awards to the Royal Australian Navy for the First and Second World Wars, by James J. Atkinson,1986, 243pp; RAAF Gallantry Awards 1939-1945 War by Leonard Barton, 1992, pp85; Medals to Australia with valuations, by R.D. Williams, 1983 (64pp), 1990 (96pp), 2000 (174pp & XVI plate pages), the last signed by the author to Michael Maton; Australians Awarded by Clive Johnson, 2008 First Edition,359pp; Order of Australia 1975-1993, edited by Frederick Kirkland OAM, JP and Warwick G. Cary JP, 1993 First Edition, 781pp; Orders, Decorations and Medals Awarded to New Zealanders, an illustrated guide for collectors, by Geoffrey P. Oldham and Brett Delahunt, 1991, 116pp. The second and third with pen markings inside, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Companions of Honour, by Peter Galloway, 2002, 575pp; Royal Service, Volume I, by Peter Galloway, David Stanley and Stanley Martin, 1996, 363pp; Royal Orders, The Honours and the Honoured, by Hugo Vickers, 1994, 192pp. The first two as new, good very fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Dragons Can Be Defeated, a Complete Record of the George Medal's Progress from 1940 to 1983 by Major (ret'd) D.V. Henderson GM, 1982, 120pp; The Register of the George Cross by This England Books, 1981, 151pp; For Valour The Air VCs by Chaz Bowyer, 1985, 548pp; Victoria Cross Bibliography by John Mulholland & Alan Jordan, 1999, 217pp. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Honour Those Mentioned, during WWII, The Navies (328pp), The Armies Volume I (A-K) (628pp), Volume II (L-Z) (644pp), The Air Forces (472pp), all by Michael Maton, published 2010-2012, four volumes listing Mentions in Despatches to the British and Dominion armed forces, current RRP £75 each. All as new, nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $160
SOLD $320
Military medal books, Campaign Stars and Commemorative Medals Instituted For The 1939-45 War by Command of the Army Council, 1948, reprinted Australia, 70pp; Pamphlet on Military Honours and Awards 1953, reprinted and modified for Australia 1958, 26pp; Medals to Australians by M.Downey, 1971, 39pp; Mottoes and Inscriptions on Orders and Decorations by New South Wales Military Historical Society, 12pp; A Guide to Wearing Insignia, Canberra 1986, 9pp; Campaign and Operational Medals Awarded to the Australian Defence Force, 1999, 32pp; Long Service and Other Non-Operational Medals Awarded to the Australian Defence Force, 2002, 32pp; Statutes of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,1970, 29pp & 7pl; The National Honours & Awards of Australia by Michael Maton, 1995, 168pp. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Police Gallantry, 1909-1978, by J. Peter Farmery, 1995, 252pp; British Gallantry Awards by P.E. Abbott and J.M.A. Tamplin, 1981, 316pp, inside cover marked Michael Maton, from his library. The last with foxing on outer edge and dust jacket with tears, the first as new, very fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $160
Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1855-1909 by P.E.Abbott, 1975, 88pp, another for 1914-1920 by R.W. Walker, 1981, 219pp; The Distinguished Service Medal 1914-1920, by W.H.Fevyer, 1982, 121pp; British Battles & Medals by Major L.L. Gordon edited by E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland, B.T. Simpkin, 6th edition, 1988, 299pp. The second and last with usual usage, very fine, the other two extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $130
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Seedie's Roll of Naval Honours & Awards, 1939-1959 revised edition, 1959, by Ripley Registers, 838pp; British Polar Exploration and Research, a Historical and Medallic Record with Biographies 1818-1999, by Lt-Col Neville W. Poulsom and Rear Adml J.A.L. Myres CB, 729pp. Both as new, the second with small tear at back top edge of dust jacket, nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $170
SOLD $290
South African War Honours and Awards, 1899-1902, the Officers and Men of the British Army and Navy Mentioned in Despatches compiled from official sources, 1971, 132pp + 8, inside front page signed, 'D.B.Rendell, Colonel, Rheindahlen, 10/8/71' and with sticker of Brigadier D.B. Rendell CBE, MC; The Medals Decorations & Orders of the Great War 1914-1918, second revised edition by Alec A. Purves, 1989, 191pp; Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe by Paul Hieronymussen, 1975, 256pp; Ribbons & Medals by Captain H. Taprell Dorling DSO, RN, 1960, 296; Collecting Medals and Decorations by Alec Purves, 1983, 237pp; European Orders and Decorations to 1945 by Peter Duckers, 2008, 112pp; Honours and Awards Indian Army 1914-1921 by J.B. Hayward & Son, from original 1931 roll of honour, 302pp. The last with foxing, the first with pencil notations in margin, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $190
The Distinguished Service Cross, 1901-1938 by W.H.Fevyer, 1991, 92pp, softcover; The Distinguished Service Medal 1939-1946 by W.H. Fevyer, 1981, 163pp; The Medals Decorations & Orders of World War II 1939-1945 by Alec A. Purves, 1986, 162pp; Spink's Catalogue of British and associated Orders, Decorations and Medals with valuations by E.C. Joslin, 1983, 191pp; Ribbons and Medals by H. Taprell Dorling edited and revised by Alec A. Purves, 1983, 320pp, inside cover marked Michael Maton, from his library. The second last with some foxing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, 650 Years, by Peter J. Begent & Hubert Chessshyre, 1999,469pp; The Order of St Michael and St George by Peter Galloway, 2000, 424pp; The Order of the British Empire by Peter Galloway,1996, 188pp; Spink's Standard Catalogue of British Orders and associated Decorations & Medals with valuations by A.R. Litherland and B.T. Simpkin, 1990, 222pp. The first three as new, very fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70