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Memorial Plaque WWI, named to Robert Young Wright. Polished, reverse lightly scratched with some details of Pte Wright, hole pierced at top for hanging, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $240
Anzac Commemorative Medallion 1915, issued in 1967, in bronze (50x75mm) (C.1915/3), named to R.Kidd. In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
Anzac Commemorative Medallion 1915, issued in 1967, in bronze (50x75mm) (C.1915/3), named to G.H.Proudman. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Trio to Gallipoli KIA: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 10999 L.Cpl A.H. Turtle. Worc:R on first medal, 10999 Pte. A.H. Turtle. Worc. R. on last two medals. All medals impressed.
Estimate $400
SOLD $350
Trio to only NZ Anzac at Gallipoli sentenced to death: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 10/594 Pte. J.R.Dunn. N.Z.E.F. All medals impressed. Display court mounted, hairlines, very fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $5,500
Gallipoli bugle and diary to Australian, Pte J. Darby, 19 Bn, copper and brass bugle with silver mouthpiece and green cord lanyard, on the side of the bugle's main body is a trench art inscription, 'J.Darby 1173/D. Coy 19 Batt' and also scratched further below, 'J.Darby/1173', stored in a calico bag marked, 'J.Darby/1302 D Coy 19th Batt', also a Wood's Australian Diary for 1915, inside marked, 'Bugler Darby/13 PLT D Coy 19th Bat/5 Brigade/Australia'. Battered from action and the edge wrap on the horn has come loose and needs re-fitting, the diary has one page missing and instead the period covered by the page has been hand entered, otherwise good and an extremely rare and historic record of an Australian bugler at Gallipoli.
Estimate $15,000
Passed in
WWI Gallipoli diary, of Lt John Stone of Worcester Regt, a British prisoner of war in Turkey, captured during the bloody battle at Krithia Vineyard at Gallipoli, as well as a large quantity of various letters to Lt Stone as POW, and from Lt Stone as a POW with Turkish postal rubber stamps and censor stamps, many other letters and envelopes with some pre 1900, noted one envelope from Shanghai via Siberia with Chinese postage stamps and cancelled postal stamps of Foochow and Shanghai and others, also Croissant-Rouge Ottoman (Turkish Red Cross) postcards and an unused pre-addressed British POW envelope to Afion-Kara-Hissar POW camp in Turkey-in-Asia, also extracts from letters written by Captain McDonald POW at the Afion-Kara-Hissar camp, an outstanding collection of information and personal correspondence for Lt Stone, a WWI POW with a diary containing 135 pages in graphic detail for the period through to 31 March 1917 written in a very professional and legible style and includes a full account of the attack on Krithia Vineyard where he was captured. Good - very fine and an historically significant collection of a Gallipoli veteran. (lot)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $4,000
Gallipoli glass stereoscopic slides, totalling 31 and all taken at Gallipoli in May 1915 by Australian Surgeon General Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan KBE, CMG, CB, and importantly, these extraordinary slides include photos of Australian and Turkish dead and of burial parties on Armistice Day at Gallipoli, 24 May 1915, when no photography was permitted. Extremely fine and very rare. (31)
Estimate $6,000
SOLD $9,500
Australia, Anzac Remembrance Day, 1919, Gallipoli landing 25th April 1915, pin backed badge in gilt and enamel (33mm) by Stokes & Sons Melb. Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $450
Germany, WWI, The Sleepwalkers on the Gallipoli Peninsula, cast medal in bronze (57mm) by Karl Goetz, recording the disastrous British naval and land campaigns in Turkey, 1915-16, obverse, depicts the English and French 'sleepwalkers' standing inside of the Turkish crescent, 'Die Mondsuchtigen auf Gallipoli', reverse shows them reduced to skeletons (Kinast 169). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $800
Group of Five: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899 (type 2 ghost dates), - three clasps - Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King's South Africa Medal 1902, - two clasps - South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 6254 Pte A Hollingworth. Cheshire Regt on first medal, 17526 Gnr: G.Hollingworth. R.F.A. on second medal, 1435 Pte A.Hollingworth 13/Bn. A.I.F. on last three medals. All medals impressed, the second medal renamed. Many contact marks on first two medals, fine - very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Trio: China War Medal 1900-01; British War Medal 1914-18; Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). J.H.White Dom.1 Cl.Victoria Nav.Contgt on first medal; 1040 J.H.White Off.Ch.Stwd.R.A.N. on second, John White Steward on third medal. First two medals impressed, last medal engraved. Very fine.
Estimate $7,000
Passed in
Family Group: Trio: Natal Medal 1906, - clasp - 1906; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. Pte: D.Mc.Laren, Natal Rangers on first medal, 4158 Pte. D.C.McLaren. 24 Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals.; Brother: Pair: British War Medal 1914-18; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-19. R.McLaren. Australia.1139. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $950
Group of Eight: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member (MBE) (Military) type 2 breast badge (1946); 1914 Star, - clasp - 5th Aug.-22nd Nov.1914 (Mons star); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; General Service Medal 1918-62, - clasp - Iraq; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; British Red Cross Society Balkan War Medal 1912-13, - clasp - Turkey. First, sixth and seventh medals unnamed as issued, Lieut: B.H. Buckmaster. Aus:Vol:Hosp: on second medal, B.H. Buckmaster. Aus. Vol. Hos. on third and fourth medals, Lieut. B.H.F. Buckmaster on fifth medal, Bernard. H. Buckmaster on last medal. The last medal engraved, all other named medals impressed. Display court mounted, very fine - good very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,800
Group of Twelve: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937; also Order of St John awards, Knight of Grace breast badge and neck badge; Commander neck badge; Officer breast badge; Member breast badge; Serving Brother breast badge; Service Medal with six bars. 777 Pte A.S.Wilkinson. 2/G.Hosp. A.I.F. on first two medals, 777 Pte A.S.Wilkinson 2 A.G.H. A.I.F. on third medal, A.S.Wilkinson on fourth and fifth medals, Dist.Sec. A.S.Wilkinson (N.S.Wales) Dst.Com.Wlth of Australia. S.J.A.B.O. 1923 on last medal, all other medals unnamed. First three medals impressed, other named medals engraved. Display mounted on board, fine - good very fine.
Estimate $1,750
SOLD $1,200
Group of Nine: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. 137 Gnr. H.W.Maxwell 1/F.A.Bde. A.I.F. on first three medals, NX11909 Sgt Maxwell. H.W. 2/1 M.G.Bn on fourth to seventh medals, NX11909 H.M.Maxwell on eighth medal and NX11909 H.W.Maxwell on last medal. The first three and last two impressed, the rest engraved. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Group of Four to WWI escaper: Military Cross (GRI); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. Lieut. H.Johnson 21st M.G. Coy. A.I.F. on first medal, 2340 Pte H.Johnson 9/Bn. A.I.F. on second medal, Lieut. H.Johnson. A.I.F. on third and fourth medals. The first medal engraved, the second and third medals impressed, the last medal cleaned and polished with name erased and re-engraved. Swing mounted, fine - very fine.
Estimate $12,000
SOLD $10,000
Group of Four: Military Cross (GRI); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. T/Capt. H.H. Morris 1st Divl. Fld. Arty. A.I.F. on first medal, 3506 Gnr. H.H.Morris. 1/Div. Arty. A.I.F. on second medal, T/Captain H.H.Morris. A.I.F. on last two medals. First medal engraved, other medals impressed. Swing mounted, good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $4,000
DCM Group of Four for St Quentin: Distinguished Conduct Medal (GVR Type 1); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2435 C.Q.M.Sjt: W.F.P. Ryan. 14/Aust:Inf: on first medal, Pte W.F.P. Ryan 6/Bn A.I.F. on second medal, WO2. W.F.P. Ryan 6 Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Court mounted for wear, good very fine.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $8,000
Group of Four: Military Medal (GVR type 1); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1524 L Cpl G.M.Broadbent. 21/Aust:Inf:Bn: on first medal, 1524 Pte G.M.Broadbent 21/Bn. A.I.F. on second medal, 1524 Cpl. G.M.Broadbent. 21Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Display court mounted, good very fine.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $3,200
Group of Four: Military Medal (GVR); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 106 Tpr L.McD Crowe 9 L.H.R. A.I.F. on first two medals, 106 Pte L.McD Crowe Cml Cps A.I.F. on third and fourth. All medals with original naming erased and then renamed and privately engraved. Good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Group of Five: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Imperial Service Medal (GVIR Indiae Imp); Coronation Medal 1937. 163 Pte T.Elliot. 2/Bn. A.I.F. on first medal, 2/Lieut. T.Elliot. A.I.F. on second and third medals, Thomas Elliot on fourth medal, last medal unnamed as issued. All named medals impressed. Very fine - good very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $2,000
Group of Five: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937. 210 Cpl. R.F.H.Green. 6/L.H.Rgt. A.I.F. on first medal, Lieut. R.F.H.Green. A.I.F. on second medal, 1974 Pte J.E.Chapman 33 Bn. A.I.F. on third medal, last two medals unnamed as issued. All named medals impressed, the third medal used as a replacement for lost medal. Good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,100
Group of Four to distinguished public health official: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation Medal 1937. 135 Pte F.McCallum. 6/F.A. Amb. A.I.F. on first medal, Captain F.C.McCallum: A.I.F. on second and third medals, last medal unnamed as issued. All named medals impressed. Display mounted on red backing, very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,000
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 483 Pte A.W.Brierly 1/L.H.Regt A.I.F. on first medal, 483 ER/W.O./2 A.W.Brierly 1/L.H.Regt A.I.F. on second and third medals. All medals impressed, official correction to 1 of 1/LHR on first medal. First and second medals with partial dark tone, very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $670
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 465 Pte B.R.Dugdale 8/Bn A.I.F. on first medal, 465 Cpl B.R.Dugdale 8Bn A.I.F. on second and third medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 290 Pte M.A.Ellis 3/L.H.Rgt A.I.F. on first medal, 290 T/Cpl M.A.Ellis 3/L.H.Rgt A.I.F. on second and third medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $950
SOLD $820
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal. 1322 Pte W.Hackett 9/L.H.Regt A.I.F. on first medal, 1322 Dvr W.Hackett 9 L.H.R. A.I.F. on second and third medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 701 Pte E.A.Harrison. 31/Bn. A.I.F. on first medal, 701 L/Sjt E A Harrison. 31 Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 926 Pte D.R.Johnson 5/Bn A.I.F. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $740