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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
SOLD $30
USA, Fleet Visit, 1925, assorted ephmera relating to the Visit to Australia, including invitations and some correspondence. Good - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
General Gordon photo, in antique picture frame, (approx 140x130mm), in design of British coat of arms, c1890s, in bronze, in the centre a period photo of General Gordon, marked below, 'Great Soldier and Philanthropist, Born Jan., 1833. Died heroically in Khartoum Jan., 1885'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Herbert, Harold, B., pencil drawing, 20.5x26mm, 'Building a Pontoon Bridge', WWII subject, framed, signed and inscribed centre left. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Not offered
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
SOLD $40
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
SOLD $50
Assorted titles, including, In Search of Breaker Morant by Margaret Carnegie and Frank Shields; The Forgotten War by L.M.Field; Scapegoats of the Empire by Lieut George Witton; The Anzacs by Patsy Adam-Smith; 1918 Year of Victory edited by Ashley Ekins; Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918 by Roger Chickering; The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger; The Australian Light Horse by Roland Perry; Anzac and Empire by John Robertson; Sir John Monash by A.J.Smithers; and others. Good condition. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Assorted titles, relating to WWI, including, Gallipoli by Les Carlyon; Australians on the Somme, Pozieres 1916 by Peter Charlton; Don't forget me, cobber The Battle of Fromelles by Robin S Corfield; The Battle of Hamel by John Laffin; The Somme Battlefields by Martin & Mary Middlebrook; Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead; Monash as Military Commander by P.A.Pedersen; VCs of the First World War Gallipoli by Stephen Snelling; Passchendaele the untold story by Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson; Haig's Command by Denis Winter; and others. Good condition. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Assorted titles, including, Jacka VC by Ian Grant; Singapore The Pregnable Fortress by Peter Elpjick; Bardia by Craig Stockings; They Dared Mightily by Lionel Wigmore; Battleship Bismarck A survivor's Story; Kokoda by Paul Ham; Tobruk by Chester Wilmot; Vietnam, The Australian War by Paul Ham; also books on Orders, Decorations & Medals (5) by Donald Hall, Forman's, Purves, Spink and Williams; booklets (9); and others. Mostly hardbound, good condition. (31)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Assorted titles, relating to WWII, including, The Desert Generals by Correlli Barnett; A Bastard of a Place - The Australians in Papua by Peter Brune; Rommel by Charles Douglas-Home; Bitter Victory The Death of HMAS Sydney by Wesley Olson; Donitz the Last Fuhrer by Peter Padfield; Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism by Donald Sassoon; Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer; The Right of the Line - The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-1945 by John Terraine; HMAS Sydney Loss & Controversy by Tom Frame; and others. Most books harbound, good condition. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Assorted titles, including, The Battles of the Somme by Martin Evans; At the Front Line Experiences of Australian Soldiers in WWII by Mark Johnston; Blood and Iron The Battle for Kokoda by Lex McAulay; France, The Dark Years 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson; Paris in the Third Reich by David Pryce-Jones; The Berlin Bunker by Theodore White; German Soldiers of WWII by Jean de Lagarde; The Loss of the Bismarck and Avoidable Disaster by Graham Rhyse-Jones; Out of the Smoke by Ray Parkin; Search for the Sydney by David L Mearns; also journals, magazines and booklets (8). Mostly hardbound, good condition. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Assorted titles, including, The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor; For the Soul of France by Frederick Brown; George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda Carter; JFK's Last Hundred Days by Thurston Clarke; Batavia by Peter Fitzsimons; The Peninsular War 1807-1814 by Michael Glover; Dreyfus the Man on Devil's Island by Ruth Harris; Berlin in the 20s by Rainer Metger; The Conquest of Mexico by Hugh Thomas; Petain by Charles Williams; and others. Good condition. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Soudan War commemorative glass whisky decanter, tag attached for Orrefors, Sweden, flat at two sides, one of these engraved with map of Australia and affixed in the centre the badge of the Royal N.S.W. Lancers, across the top is engraved, 'Commemorating the Centenary of the Departure' and at the bottom, 'of the New South Wales Contingent to the Soudan War, 3rd March, 1885', on the base is inscribed, 'Engraved by Kevin N. Foster 3 Mar. 1985'. Good extremely fine and a fine example of a master engraver's work.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
H.M.A.S. Sydney commemorative plate, in porcelain (approx 18cm), features the Sydney with words, The ship which destroyed the "Emden", and at the top left is image of Sydney's captain with caption 'Bravo Australia' and the words, Captain John C.T. Glossop of H.M.A.S. Sydney who destroyed the "Emden", back marked, 'Allied Navies Series, Paragon China, England'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $650
Buchanan's Whisky ceramic flask in the form of an artillery shell, design in blue, grey and white features HMAS Sydney, an aircraft and an Australian soldier, base marked James Green & Nephew, 8th Sept 1916. Without stopper, remnants of cork inside, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Grimwade's 'Old Bill' pottery tobacco jar, base marked 'A Souvenir of the Great War' and dates of war commencement, armistice and peace signing, design features comical war scenes, one with caption, 'Dear - At present we are staying at a farm' and shows a soldier sitting amidst a bombed out building in a battlefield, another shows two soldiers in a fox hole, shells bursting around and the caption, 'Well, if you knows of a better 'ole, go to it', with copper and brass fitting to lid so it will not open accidentally. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
WWII Spitfire porcelain wall plaque, by Crown Devon (approx 172x275mm), featuring Spitfire flying across cloud and below an RAF pilot's wing and extract from Winston Churchill's speech, 'Never was so much owed by so many to so few.' Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
The Battle of the Coral Sea 50th Anniversary tankard, 1992, limited edition glass bottom tankard crafted in fine lead-free pewter and bearing a sculptured plaque of the USS Lexington embellished with 22ct gold, around is impressed the details of United States and Australian participating ships and air force units, together with a certificate from the issuer, Franklin Mint. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Not offered
Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regiment Medal, in silver (44mm) with suspender bar. To Corporal, C, G, Rofs, No. 2 Gun Detachment V. V. A. Regt. 24th May 1858. Engraved. A few small edge nicks, uneven toning on one side due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $6,000
Victoria Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal, Type 1. J. Potter. 1880. Impressed. Uneven toning on reverse due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,600
Victoria Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal, Type 1, 1881-1893. D.F. Falconer - 1881; Victorian Engineers Proficiency Badge in silver with black felt background (Grebert p178). The medal naming impressed with official correction to the year 1881. Nicely toned but uneven on reverse due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600
Victoria Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal, Type 2. Charles Flynn, Sapper Permt. Vict. Engineers. Impressed. Uneven toning on reverse due to removal of double sided tape, hairlines, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,200
Brassey Field Firing & Marching Competition Medal, Type 2, 1898-1901. Won by 2nd Batt Inf. B'gde 24 May, 1899 on reverse, Pte. J. Nevin around edge. Engraved. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $900
Queensland Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, (Trophy of arms). Unnamed. Rough and crude surface on edge, probably an excellent cast copy, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $800
New South Wales Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, (EVIIR). 41 Sapper J.Perry N.S.W. Sub. Miners. Engraved but renamed. Scratches on obverse and uneven toning due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,500
Victoria Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, (EVIIR). Unnamed, edge impressed specimen in small letters. Incorrect ribbon, hairlines and uneven toning on obverse due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,600
Natal Rebellion Medal 1906, - clasp 1906. Tpr. W.E.Curgenven Natal M.R. Impressed. Some contact marks, very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Commonwealth Military Competitions, Senior Cadets District Competitions 1911-12, silver medal inscribed to Cadet.R.A.Stevens 49th Battn. Toned, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Commonwealth Military Competitions, Senior Cadets District Competitions 1911-12, silver medal inscribed to Cadet. A.H.Comgrave 80th Battn. Toned unevenly on obverse due to removal of double sided tape, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Commonwealth Military Competitions, Senior Cadets Brigade Competitions 1911-12, silver medal inscribed to Cadet. F.Pierce 14th Battn. Toned with bright area on reverse from double sided tape, pin in suspension needs repair, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280