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WWII correspondence, letter card with Censor stamp written on board a ship, the Duntroon, in the Java Sea carrying medical staff to collect POWs from the Japanese camps, gives a brief account of stop over in Darwin and the air raid damage sighted, included are other 'On Active Service' envelopes (2); printed pamphlet for 7th Australian Division 'A Service of Thanksgiving' to Commemorate The Allied Victory in Europe; booklet titled 'German Raiders of the Pacific' by S.D.Waters, War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand, 1949, 32pp, with maps , drawings and b&w photos; WWII German compass in brass (25mm). Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Documents for RN service, small ID cover for Harold E. Hignett, HMS D of Y (Duke of York); photos of Duke of York (8) includes five approx 28x20cm in Sydney Harbour and at Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay; Commonwealth of Australia, 1949 Tea and Butter Ration Card N B 767177, named to S.F.Hignett at Darlinghurst, Sydney; various newspaper clippings relating to the service of Harry Hignett, a RN man and post war resident of Bexley, NSW, and included are copies of his entitlement to and issue of the Russian Convoy Medal. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
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 $100
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Italy, satirical postcard of Benito Mussolini, Allied Military Payment Certificates for one and five lire; Palestine, WWII real photo postcard of a soldier and his family, styled on a Palestine pound banknote; also Queensland ration ticket for two gallons. Fair - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, unused Identity Cards (2) and unused Soldier's Pay Book as used during Vietnam War; embroidered Red Cross arm patch (unused); Middle East conflict photos, 2001-2003 and one from 1995, gamma presse colour war photos (25x17.5cm laminated) mostly featuring Northern Alliance soldiers, includes images from Afghanistan (52) and Iraq (2), a few confronting, some feature US soldiers, all taken by professional photographers such as Damien Degueldre, Noel Quido, Patrick Aventurier, Georges Merillon, Warren Zinn (Army Times) and Frederic Lafargue. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (58)
Estimate $120
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History of the Bathurst Contingents 1868-1987, by Denis J. Chamberlain, 192pp, hard cover with dust jacket, with b&w photos throughout. As new.
Estimate $70
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Australia's Heroic Deeds of the Field of Battle, Biographical Sketches of North Sydney Heroes, by Young, Wilfred, Epworth Printing and Publishing House, Sydney, 1917, paperback, quarto, pp130 printed in double column and with folding plate. Writing on inside of front cover, some foxing and edge damage to fold out page, otherwise fine and very scarce.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
The Australian Military Journal, Volume 6, Number 3, July, 1915, edited by the General Staff (Training Branch), Headquarters, Australian Military Forces, Melbourne, printed by Government Printer, 1915, quarto size, pp374-557 + ads, with Roll of Honour for casualties sustained in operations at the Dardanelles, the number and composition of AIF with quotes furnished by each Military District dispatched from Australia up to 30 June 1915, also numerous lengthy articles and several illustrations. With some writing on cover, front and back, some paper loss at back cover and rough around edge, otherwise normal wear for age, very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
From the Australian Front Shrapnel and Smiles, First Edition by Cassell and Company, 1917, quarto size paperback, 128pp, a pictorial record of Australians in the battlefields of WWI, with photographs by official photographers, also drawings, cartoons. Pictorial heavy paper cover, detached, with tears at the spine head and foot, soiled in places, tape residue on back cover, fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $60
Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs, Anzac Dinner 24 April 1947 menu (2); Australians in Action : The Story of Gallipoli by Department of Public Instruction, 1915, soft cover, 32pp; Anzac Day to the Fallen, 1914-1918 and 1939-1940, a poem by 6027 sapper H. Groth ex 4th Div. Signal Coy., AIF; Government Gazette British Administration - German New Guinea Vol 1 No 1, 15 October 1914 with details of the AN&MEF Garrison Standing Orders and other relevant information detailed over 12pp. Some foxing, otherwise fine. (5)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Musketry Small Book for the Australian Imperial Force, 1916, soft cover, 40pp; Aiming, Firing, Fire Discipline Training as taught at the School of Musketry, Randwick, by Staff Sgt.-Major Instr. F.E. Hart, 1916, card cover, 190pp; Australian Light Horse Orders and Duties, 1917, soft cover (missing), 109pp; The New Company Drill Simplified with Squad, Section and Platoon Drill, c1914, card cover, 142pp; Notes for Infantry Officers on Trench Warfare compiled by the General Staff, May 1917, soft cover, 73pp. Mostly with foxing, the third with burn hole on back cover, some with names written on, overall good - fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Saints and Soldiers, by Matthews, Harley, published by W.F. Floessell, Sydney, 1918, 'With the MEN over there' being the subtitle on the half-title page, octavo, 150pp plus 3 plates and the front cover illustration showing Simpson's donkey by Percy Leason. Some paper loss to cover spine, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Sir John French's Despatches, Official Story of Mons The Marne & The Aisne, illustrated by specially drawn War Maps, The Graphic Special No.1, publisher, The Graphic, 1914, London, paperback, 47pp; also Overseas War Graves Remembrance, 14pp booklet by The Hayden Company, Sydney, for Anzac Day Remembrance 1930. The first with some foxing and front and rear covers have edge wear, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
With the Anzacs in Egypt, by Doull, Lieutenant David Farquhar, J.A. Packer, Printer and Publisher, Sydney, 1916, octavo, 143pp, one colophon plus 16 pages of plates, features Life and Scenes in the Land of the Pharaohs, as seen through Australian Spectacles, by Lieut. David Doull, one of the Gallipoli Heroes who was with the 17th Battalion, a rare soldier's detailed personal account written for the Australians at home. Front cover loose and with small paper loss, water stain on back cover edge, otherwise fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $170
"We of the AIF", Souvenir, 1941, a programme for the unique, uncensored film of the same name from the National Archives, narrated in person by Captain George Deane Mitchell MC DCM, quarto with pictorial wrappers; also Silver Linings from Diggers of the Old Brigade, Remember Anzac Day, 32pp of funny stories and jokes by returned soldiers. Foxing , postage stamp and address on front of first, some paper loss, good. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
The Rising Sun, YMCA 4-page newspaper, Vol.1 No.4, London, England, November 19, 1918; Address delivered 4th Nov. 1918 by Monseigneur the bishop of Amiens in the church of Long (Amiens) in memory of Australian officers, n.c.os & men fallen in field of battle, single A4 size page, printed by H.Servais, Morialme; Memoriam for the Fallen, poem by Pte W. Harris, The Soldier Poet, contemporary printing A4 size page; The Gate of Eternal Memories, Menin Gate at Midnight, the Story of Captain Will Longstaff's Great Allegorical Painting, 15pp; Kitchener's Last Message, photo with message below; Souvenir of the First expeditionary Force from New South Wales to go to Seat of War, 1914, 32pp, with illustrations and Roll of Honour; Government Gazette British Administration - German New Guinea Vol 1 No 1, 15 October 1914 with details of the AN&MEF Garrison Standing Orders and other relevant information detailed over 12pp; Exhibition of Paintings of the Battle of the Dardanelles, 50th Anniversary 1965, 16pp catalogue of paintings with some illustrations; Australian postal cover issued for Villers-Bretonneux/Robinvale commemorative with postal cancellations from Villers-Bretonneux, Somme (2 different) and Robinvale, Vic. Some with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (9)
Estimate $50
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Fighter Squadron Doctor, 75 Squadron RAAF, New Guinea 1942, by W. Deane-Butcher, 1989, soft cover, 200pp + 22 photo pages, signed by author; Units of the Royal Australian Air Force, a Concise History, Vol 2 Fighter Units, 1995, compiled by RAAF Historical Section, soft cover, 147pp; Going Solo, The Royal Australian Air Force 1946-1971 by Alan Stephens, 1995, hard cover, 523pp; British, American, German & Italian Aircraft, published by Hutchinson, London, c1943, soft cover, 80pp, a complete collection of 380 photographs and drawings with explanatory notes. The last with some paper loss to cover and foxing, otherwise good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Forgotten Fleet 2, by Bill Lunney and Ruth Lunney, 367pp, hard cover, b&w photos throughout, a comprehensive history of the Australian men and ships in the US Army Small Ships in New Guinea during WWII. Nearly as new.
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Singles: South Africa Medal 1877-79; Egypt Medal 1882-89, dated 1882 reverse, - three clasps - Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea; Khedive's Star 1882-91 (3, 1882, 1884 and 1884-86); Queen's Sudan Medal 1896-97; Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908, - three clasps - Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum; Khedive's Sudan Medal 1910. Eight single miniatures, many contact marks on second, apart from the Khedive's Stars, all other medals in silver, very good - extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Singles and trio: Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse; Khedive's Star 1882-91, 1884-6; Queen's South Africa Medal 1899 (4, five clasps, four clasps, three clasps [2]); King's South Africa Medal 1902, - two clasps - South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation Medal 1902 in bronze; Natal Rebellion Medal 1906, - clasp - 1906; Union of South Africa Commemorative Medal 1910; South African Medal for Korea 1950-53; Africa Star; Cape of Good Hope LS&GC Medal (EVIIR); King's African Rifles LS&GC Medal (EIIR); Trio: Africa Star, Defence Medal 1939-45, War Medal 1939-45. Fourteen single miniatures and one trio, many contemporary issues in silver, good very fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Singles and group: Military Medal, (GVR type 1); Victory Medal 1914-19; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal (EIIR) with Australia suspender; Group of Four: General Service Medal 1962, - clasp - Borneo; Jubilee Medal 1977; Malaysia General Service Medal 1967 in bronze; Pingat Peringatan Malaysia (PPM) Commemorative Medal 18th September 1963 in bronze. Five single miniatures and one group, the group court mounted, some ribbons dirty, original contemporary issues, fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Groups and single: Group of Six: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Group of Four: Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR); Group of Four: 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal (GVIR) with Australia suspender; Pair: Korea Medal 1950-53; UN Korea Medal 1950-53; Single: General Service Medal 1962; riband bar for 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star. Four groups of miniatures, a single and riband, includes several original contemporary issues, the second group swing mounted, very fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Singles and clasps: Atlantic Star; Aircrew Europe Star; Africa Star (2); Pacific Star; Burma Star (3); Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Naval general Service Medal 1915-62 (EIIR), - clasp - Malaya; General Service Medal 1962 (2), both without ribbon; South Atlantic Medal 1982; also clasps, older style, 1935, other types, Australia (4), Malaya (2), Borneo, Atlantic, Burma, France & Germany, 1st Army; full size clasps, 8th Army (2); miniature medal bars (2) one for four medals and one for three medals. Very fine - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Groups and single: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (Civil) (Member) with bow ribbon; Trio: Officer of the Order of St John, Defence Medal 1939-45, Coronation Medal 1953; Korea Medal 1950-53, UN Korea Medal 1950-53, - clasp - Korea. A single and two groups of miniatures, the trio swing mounted, mostly original contemporary issues, very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Egypt, Order of the Nile, in silver, gilt and enamel, pre 1953. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
German Elephant Order, c1921, miniature pendant, reverse with embossed details, 'Ges. Geschutzt Nr.33992. Some silver coating rubbed off, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Italy, Order of the Crown (Knight) in gold. Ribbon marked, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $60
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Rhodesia, collection of orders, decorations and medals for the Defence Force and Civilians including Police, Prisons and Fire Brigade. Forty two single miniatures, mostly uncirculated, all different, some scarce.
Estimate $750
SOLD $500
South African singles: South African Medal for War Services 1939-46; Van Riebeeck Medal (Royal cypher erased variety); Louw Wepener Medal; Southern Cross Medal 1952 (SA Arms variety); Pro Merito Medal 1975; Chief of the SA Defence Commendation Medal; Danie Theron Medal; Jack Hindon Medal; Commandant General's Medal (for Champion Shot); Union Medal; Cadet Corps Medal; Pro Patria Medal (fixed suspender). Twelve single miniatures, good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $290
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South African singles: Commando Force 30 Years Good Service Medal; another for 10 Years Good Service; Permanent Force 20 Years Good Service Medal; another for 10 Years Good Service; Citizen Force 20 Years Good Service Medal; John Chard Decoration; John Chard Medal; De Wet Decoration; Pro Patria Medal; Commandant General's Medal (for Champion Shot); also Venda Independence Medal. Eleven single miniatures, extremely fine - uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50