Catalogue
Australian Army Nursing Service, AIF, 1916, in enamel and gilt (27mm), reverse marked, 'Australia's Appreciation' and numbered '1989', by P.J.King; Better Die Fighting Than Live Dishonored, Our Empires Motto, WWI, in enamel and gilt (31mm), obverse Australian arms at top and English rose, Scottish thistles, Irish shamrocks, ostrich (South Africa), elephant (India) and beaver (Canada) at bottom, pin back. Good very fine - extremely fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,300
King's Silver War badge, WWI, reverse numbered A53030; Wounded Stripe, WWI, in gilt brass with original backing plate. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Nearest Female Relatives' badge, WWI, RAN, no bar, reverse numbered 548. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Nearest Female Relatives' badges, WWI, AIF (4) one with no bar (185198), one with one bar (160101/bar 49426), one with two bars (180544/bars 45545-6) and scarce four bars (82900/bars 56706-9) this also has privately engraved below the number, 'A. Makeham'. The first with pin missing and all but the third with some enamel loss, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $370
Australia, Mercantile Marine War Zone badge, in gilt bronze, reverse numbered 127. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Australia, WWI, Munitions Worker badge in bronze (42mm), professionally mounted on red felt backing in timber frame. Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Australia, War Worker badge, in bronze, reverse with Navvies & Labourers, by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, numbered 620. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $450
War Service Australia badge, WWI, type 1 in silver and enamel, hallmarked for Birmingham 1917, by W.J.D. (William James Dingley), pin back. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $370
Volunteered for Active Service badges, WWI, one for Required for Home Service, numbered 939 and one for Medically Unfit, numbered 63085; Demobilised Recruit badge, numbered 1129 (silver wash missing on obverse); Australian Mercantile Marine War Zone badge in silvered bronze, numbered 863; Returned from Active Service badges (2, one AIF and one RAN), also two miniature AIF types; RSA New South Wales badge and RS&S Imperial League badges (2, one large, one small); brass letter R. All but the first four badges mostly with lugs missing, overall very good - good very fine, some scarce. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $600
Australia, WWI, Rejected Volunteers Association (RVA), NSW badge, impressed number 15 on reverse. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Demobilised Recruit badge, WWI, in silvered bronze, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, numbered 7087. Some toning, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Demobilised Soldiers' Association WWI, (KC) two sizes (32mm and 41mm) both in gilt and enamel, the smaller issue with number 2219 impressed on reverse, by Schlank, Adelaide, the large issue with number 2976 impressed on reverse, by Stokes & Sons, Melb. Very fine; good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, Australian Militia Forces Efficient Service badge (26x20mm), reverse marked 'Issued By The Department Of Defence' and numbered 4374; Volunteer Air Observers Corps, Observer badge (29mm), by Stokes, numbered 13630. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Voluntary Aid Detachment, Australia, VAD Third Military District in wreath large gilt silver and enamel brooch badge (48x51mm) scroll below engraved, '1936', reverse marked Stg Sil and maker, Stokes & Sons, Melbourne; VAD Commonwealth of Australia breast badge in gilt and enamel, reverse marked, Millers Ltd, Sydney; VAD Australia silvered title; also Great Britain, Voluntary Medical Service Medal 1932 with bar for extra five years service, edge impressed to 'Matron McC. Wildridge. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Australia, lapel badges, mostly WWI and WWII issues, some include Nearest Female Relatives badges (WWI) (2, one with one star, one with four stars); Mothers and Widows badge WWII with two stars; Reserved Occupation badge; Volunteered badge type 1 WWII; W.A.T.C. wings badge; Voluntary Aid Detachment badge; Thirty Niners Assoc badge; Rats of Tobruk Assoc badge; Australian Army Reserve badge; R.A.A.F. Reserve badge; Royal Australian Navy Reserves badge; Air Training Corps badge; Civil Construction Corps badge; A.I.F. Women's Assoc badge; WANS badge (2, one with Land Army bar at base); War Widows' Guild badge; various others and WWII Victory medalets (2 different). Display mounted on board, mostly fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Australia, BVA (B [?] Volunteer Artillery), Squad Drill First Team 1897-98, silver Maltese cross (22mm) with central gold disc, reverse with field gun in centre and inscribed at top, 'No.1 Sub Divn/No.1' and at bottom, 'Co./Gunner/D.C.Gillespie'; Recreational Training 1921 medal in enamel and silver (24mm) with scroll suspension, reverse number, '320'; Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs Union Club Champion medal in enamel and gilt (38x30mm), reverse inscribed, 'A.E.Tuckwell/4th.Battalion/1939-40', attached to ribbon is an enamel and gilt lapel badge (KC) for The 4 Aust. Inf. Bn. A.I.F. 1939-45 Association. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Australia, WWII, Caterpillar Club badge, in 9ct gold with red eyes (19x4mm), pin-backed with catch, this needs adjusting, inscribed on underside 'F/S. C.Woolf'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Australian Army rubber mould for plaque, (circular, approx 29.5cm diameter), features badges at opposing sides for Royal N.S.W. Regiment and Australian Psychology Corps, and in individual scrolls anti-clockwise, 1st Battalion; 39 Air Equip. Pl; Sergeants Mess; 100 Jump Club; Airborne. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
WWII vintage military railway lantern, Pratt signal lamp in Army khaki coloured metal and glass, fuel operated (approx 33cm high), top handle. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
WWII vintage military torch, in Army khaki coloured metal and glass, battery operated (approx 23cm high), light body rotates, clip for belt attachment. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
German regimental beer stein, with metal lid surmounted by artillery field gun, colour transfer design around featuring soldiers of Imperial German 11 Artillery unit in action, made by BMF W-Germany. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Japan, Imperial Navy Artillery Academy graduation badge, Imperial year 2601 (1941). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Cases for orders and medals, British and foreign, Masonic medals and historical medals and also a few other small medal boxes or holders. A few damaged but mostly fine - very fine. (34)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Gallipoli bugle, carried by a bugler of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division at the Gallipoli Landing on 25 April 1915, wounded on that day and later died; the bugle bears a silver shield affixed to the outside of the horn section and it is inscribed, 'To/F.H.SCHAFER. Esq/from/Captn. J.McCarthy. 6th Batt A.I.F./25.3.29/This Bugle/was Carried by a Bugler/of the 2nd Bgde. 1st Divn./at the Gallipoli Landing/When he Became a Casualty/and later/Died of Wounds' and at the base is marked 'SILVER'. With many bumps and bruises from combat, otherwise a very good historic piece from one of Australia's most historic and defining events, the Gallipoli Landing.
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $55,000
Gallipoli map on poster with title 'Autographs of Gallipoli Soldiers', features the Gallipoli Peninsula drawn on a large parchment/cloth (see footnote) in coloured Indian inks, and included are a series of signature boxes, each with a signature, some with more than one but totalling about 125, many with name, rank and unit and some with serial number, also shown on the map are landmarks which came into use after the landing, namely Walker's Ridge, Shrapnel Valley, Quins (sic) Post and Anzac, the poster measuring about 55x86cm is professionally mapped and framed under museum quality anti ultraviolet light perspex, the timber frame measuring approx 71x103cm, the map is hand marked, 'Copied from H.E.Robinson's Map'. Some foxing, otherwise mostly very fine and historic.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $26,000
Gallipoli newspaper, Peninsula Press, No.90, Monday, November 29th, 1915, official news, a page featuring Wireless Messages from the various battle fronts, printed by P.E.Printing Section, G.H.Q., M.E.F., professionally matted and framed under anti ultraviolet light perspex, in a gold anodised aluminium frame (approx 31.5x45mm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Turkish bayonet from Gallipoli, a rare quillback bladed M1903 WWI German contract made Turkish mauser 1890/1903 rifle pattern sword, hooked quillon guard doveshead hilt with solid wooden two rivet grip, a note on the blade reads, 'A Turkish bayonet with hooked quillion souveniered (sic) by Private Brophy, No.333'; also carved on wooden grip is 'ANZAC 18-11-15', as the note states, on one side of the handle is carved, 'No 333/Brophy' and on the other side, 'ANZAC/18/11/15'. Considerable rusting, blade broken and crudely repaired, otherwise very good and a relic from an historic battle site.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,600
Portable Army combination sundial and compass, in brass, mounted on a circular base with three adjustable legs, maker J.H.Steward Ltd, Strand, London, impressed on under box '1919', in original circular leather case. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
Not offered
Instrument of Surrender, between Japanese Armed Forces and the Australian Military Forces, signed at Morotai on 9 September 1945, representing Japan are the signatures of Lt General Teshima, Commander of Japanese 2nd Army, and Japanese naval officers, Captain Toru Oyama and Captain Minoru Toyama, and accepting for Australia the signature of General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces, a facsimile of an historic document that ended the war in the Pacific, the document (approx 45x27.5cm) is professionally framed under perspex in a timber frame (approx 56x40cm). A few areas of paint loss on frame, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
Not offered
Australia, Q(ueensland) R(ifle) A(ssociation), International Match 1894, handcrafted medal in white metal, oval shape with shield in centre (57mm x 43mm); Australian Commonwealth of NSW, cloth bullion badge, 1901 (77mm x 48mm); United Service Challenge Shield (2), 1902 and 1903, in silver (85mm x 55mm) engraved on reverse '1902/W.H.Gargett/St Arnaud R.C.', second engraved '1903 W.H.Gargett/St Arnaud R.C.'; silver fob chain with handcrafted medal in silver (19mm x 19mm iron cross shape) engraved on obverse 'N.Q.R.A./International/1895' and on reverse 'English/W.H.Gargett/Team'; another, handcrafted similar design more elaborate (30mm x 30mm), engraved on reverse 'Avoca/Rifle Club/1902/Teams Match/won by/W.H.Gargett. Second medal missing brooch pins, good very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $1,100
Not offered