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AIF Covered with Glory pennant, in red with yellow text and trim, features a yellow Rising Sun and the words, 'The/A.I.F./Covered/With/Glory' (approx 50cm long and 17cm at widest end. A few tears and loss of material, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, WWII, felt pennants for Army, all with Rising Sun badge with King's crown, includes A.I.F. and A.W.A.S. (2 different). One of the last two faded, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Australia, WWII, felt pennants for R.A.A.F. (all with King's Crown RAAF badge), Royal Australian Air Force "Flying Fortress", W.A.A.A.F. (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force) (3 different); WWII W.A.A.A.F. coloured recruitment posters (60x52cm) (3) includes 'I'm 18 today I'm joining the Air Force' and 'Keep Them Flying!' (2). The posters rough around edges, otherwise overall fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Australia, WWII, felt pennants for R.A.N., includes H.M.A.S. Barcoo and H.M.A.S. Castlemaine; Staffordshire china tea cup saucer with seal of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain on front edge. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
RAN hat tin, in metal (approx 38x30x24cm), marked on lid, 'H.G.K.Melville,/R.A.N.'. Rusty and some dents, very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Bosun's whistle, Victorian era hand decorated in silver, with long silver double strand chain (1.8m; tot wt 165g). Fine - very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Royal Flying Corps, swagger stick (approx 33.5 inches; 84cm), carved RFC badge near pommel, made of mallaca cane, tapered with brass protector at end. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
RAF, Group Captain's No.1 Dress cap (KC), by Bates, Hatter, St James, London, inside marked R Morant; also Plumpton School Rugby Football Club 1st XV cap in black felt and decorated with silver braid and tassel, inside with the name, 'R.A.L.Morant 1937'; embroidered blazer patch Australia under coat-of-arms and below, 'Athletics 1935/Rugby Union 1937-38'. The last with one moth hole, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Royal Air Forces Escaping Society, maroon silk scarf (68cm square) with printed colour badge of the RAFES diagonally opposite on two corners; RAAF Airman's hat badges (2) one oxidized bronze and one in gilt (both KC); RAAF Air Training Corps enamel lapel badge (QC). The first with folds and near new, the rest very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Boer War souvenir spoon, in silver, hallmarked for London, 1899, handle is in form of a sword with chain and at end is a framed photo of Field Marshall Earl Roberts, on the ladle is inscribed, 'Souvenir/of the/Anglo-Boer/War/1899-1900'. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Boomerang, returning type in light timber (approx 44mm tip-to-tip and approx 53mm total outer length), one side with metal plate affixed which reads, 'H.M.A.S. Sydney/Destroyed Emden.1914.' Some slight timber loss at tips, small edge nick and slight scuffing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Queen Victoria gift tin, South Africa 1900, with wishes for a Happy New Year, inside some fossilized biscuits; Princess Mary gift tin 1914. The first with some loss of paint, the second with all gold colouring missing, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $170
World War I, Princess Mary's Christmas tin 1914, empty. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Trench art beer tankards, WWII, nickel plated brass, featuring elaborately engraved scenes of various campaigns in Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean, one is engraved to the effect that brass used in the manufacture of the tankard was salvaged from the battle fields of North Africa and the other from the battle fields of World War II. One with edge bump on tankard lip, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
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 $30
Passed in
Herbert, Harold, B., pencil drawing, 20.5x26mm, 'Building a Pontoon Bridge', WWII subject, framed, signed and inscribed centre left. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Australia, 3RAR original paperwork and discharge, for service in WWII and Korea at Kapyong and WIA at Maryang, includes WWII original certificate of discharge to Tasmanian TX 15436 Sgt William Leslie De Jersey and Korea discharge form ex 3 RAR as WIA and medically unfit, original copy of birth certificate dated 1919 and a number of Tasmania Education Department certificates, also two A4 size War Memorial images of William and with a full file of service and about 200 pages (photocopy) from the original 3 Bn RAR detail day-by-day of Operation Commando (Maryang San). Mostly fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
WWII Japanese/Australia documents and others, includes handwritten letter by K. Kadama acting as interpreter and handwritten Reprimand by Lt Col Tonegawa, CO No.2 Labour Camp with report to Aust Commander H.Q. No.2 Labour Camp 26/4/1946 with list of Japanese soldiers and officers, their reprimand and reason for same; typed reports for same camp dated 10/4/46 and 13/4/46; 6-page typed report on conditions of POWs in Thailand, May to Dec 1943 together with photocopy of same; 17 various photos relating to WWII Japanese surrender at New Ireland and Rabaul, New Guinea and other photos; Japanese text WWII leaflet; Japanese WWII postcard and picture note book page; large ruled page with two printed Japanese characters; various images of Selarang Barracks, the site of a POW incident in 1942 with details; various (16) Japanese rank insignia and other badges; photocopies of propaganda leaflet to Aussies dropped over Alamein in WWII. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Japanese midget submarine, souvenir in form of a small section of copper pipe from the sub sunk in Sydney Harbour, Sunday, May 31st, 1942, attached to an official certificate of guarantee declaring proceeds to R.A.N. Relief Fund & King George's Fund for Sailors. The ticket with some toning and some creases, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Japanese midget submarine, cast model (length 117mm) with edge wording 'Made from ballast Jap Midget Sub./Sunk in Sydney Harbour May 31st 1942'; together with another Navy ship. Good. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $260
WWI telescope, 2 ¬ inch brass military issue with three draws, signed on the first draw below two asterisks, 'TEL. SIG. (MkIV) Also G.S./NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA,/ LONDON/1917/No. 24219', at the right an impressed military arrow, overall length including the open collapsing leather lens' shade is 36 inches, closed length is 11 inches, missing main body leather cover and front leather cover loose and not original, eyepiece marked 'High'. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
WWI souvenirs, a cased set that includes a brass scimitar shaped letter opener with the blade inscribed 'Naples' and carved timber handle with goddess head, also other plaster pieces decorated with antique design heads, and a pen nib, inside the case are newspaper clippings relating to Mr George Edwards, the personal attendant to Capt. J.C.T. Glossop RN, commander of the HMAS Sydney when she sank the Emden. Poor - very fine. (set)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Allied Airmen's survival kit items, WWII, includes Allied Forces services rendered slips, with watermarks of Australian, British and American arms and English, Dutch, Malayan and Portuguese language text, for use by Allied Forces personnel in Dutch East Indies for issue to local inhabitants so they may receive payment for providing assistance to them, three unused consecutive slips; two large fold-out sheets for English translation, one titled Malay Glossary for Airmen and the other titled Tetum Glossary for Airmen; printed letter on Dutch East Indies watermarked paper and with Dutch East Indies coat-of-arms at top, for use by Allied Force personnel seeking help from local Javanese village chief (2). All with folds but unused and in remarkable condition for their age. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
WWII map case, Australian canvas military issue with holders for pens, metal backing frame and handle, inside printed, 'C.G. Hartley & Co./1942'. Apart from being dirty it is virtually unused.
Estimate $50
Passed in
France, Jumelle Marine binoculars, in case. Case damaged, fine - very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $30
Passed in
German Zeppelin raider, piece of metal removed by Mr Carre-Riddell from wreckage of the first raider to be shot down over England during WWI, matted with descriptive note and above an original b&w photo of the wreckage also matted, all framed under UV protective glass (approx 32x42cm). Photo with tears and creases, overall fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Germany, Third Reich, Submarine Combat Clasp (silvered), no maker's name so probably a copy; patriotic brooch with central Iron Cross 'Treu Deutschland 1916' between two Russian silver ten kopek coins, 1909 and 1913; another brooch made of two conjoined German East African silver quarter rupees, 1901 and 1913. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Germany, Third Reich, SS wool armband, red with black swastika on white circle and with black edge bands, with RZM cloth tag Nr.275628. Several small moth holes, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Germany, Third Reich fork (19cm) with impressed formal symbol of the Nazi Party, the eagle atop the swastika, on the back, also impressed with maker's mark and date, 'GK&F/41' (Gebruder Kugel u. Fink 1941). Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70