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Great Britain, Army hat badges (20) all KC, also RAF metal cap badge (KC), Australian Rising Sun blackened bronze collar badge, Bandsman badge (KC), various other items including uniform buttons (6 large, 3 small), Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee commemorative medal in shape of cross with her photo in centre, Triumph (motorbike) lapel pin, unidentified fire brigade badge, Boy Scouts lapel badge and cloth badge, other unidentified large button with damaged reverse, small encased circular mirror (40mm). Mostly fine - very fine. (39)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
British Army metal hat badges, includes South Lancashire Prince of Wales Volunteers; Royal Highland Fusiliers (EIIR) (no slider); The Blues and Royals (EIIR); West Somerset Yeomanry; The Green Howards; Prince of Wales Volunteers cap badge; RE (Royal Engineers) metal title; Durham metal shoulder title; Hampshire metal shoulder title; King's Silver War badge (WWI) (no lugs), impressed on reverse, N.Z.4096. Very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Great Britain, Kenya Regiment T.F. hat badge in cast brass, 1937-63; West African Regt hat badge, WWI, in cast brass with slider; West African Frontier Force collar badge in brass, by Wm Dowler & Sons, Birmingham; Royal West African Frontier Force collar badge pair in oxidized bronze. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
Royal Naval Police, Singapore badge (KC) in silver (28x36mm), pin back. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $270
South Africa, stable belt plate collection, includes 116th Infantry Bn; 2nd SA Cape Corps Bn; 1st Maintenance Unit; West Province Command Maintenance Unit; SA Artillery; Potchefstroom University Regt; 6th SA Infantry Bn; 2nd Field Engineer Regt; 7th SA Infantry Bn; Battle School; 5th SA Infantry Bn; SA Signals; School of Armour. The second last missing white metal crown, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $280
SOLD $190
South Africa, WWI Home Comforts badge in gilt and enamel (26mm), pin back. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
RAN blue uniform jacket, double breasted with eight Australia RAN buttons, with fitted bullion embroidered cuff rank badges for Chief Petty Officer and bullion embroidered, 'Australia' titles on shoulders, with maker's name, 'V&F tailoring La Moda di Oggi'. A superior, quality jacket, uncirculated.
Estimate $70
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RAN blue uniform jacket, double breasted with eight Australia RAN buttons, with three matching buttons fitted to each cuff and bullion embroidered, 'Australia' titles on shoulders, with maker's name, ADA 2001 (made in Australia by ADF contractors). A few dirt spots and needs pressing, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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Australian Army Summer Mess Jacket, with rank badges for Lt-Colonel and R (Retired), lapel badges for RAADC (Royal Australian Army Dental Corps), inside is maker's name, 'Segraves, Sydney' and on inside neck tag, 'Bulless'. A few small dirt or foxing spots, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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The Wiltshire Regiment, c1910, Officer's blue cloth helmet with brass spike and attachments, scale chin straps, helmet plate in brass, maker's name Hamburger, Rogers & Co, 30 King Street, Covent Garden, London, Military Accoutrement Makers, stamped inside. Some mothing inside rear, otherwise original condition, extremely fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $700
Germany, WWI S98/05 'Butcher' knife bayonet, crown over ERFURT on ricasso, various other markings including crown over W over 14 and other marks on spine, in leather scabbard. Some damage to scabbard and rusting to blade and handle, otherwise fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Germany, Saxony, WWI belt buckle 'Providentiae Memor', two piece construction in brass with nickel silver front plate, back impressed with maker's name, 'G.H.Osang/Dresden/1914'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Germany, WWI belt buckle 'Gott Mit Uns', two piece construction in brass with nickel silver front plate, back flat. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $150
Germany, WWI belt buckle 'Gott Mit Uns', two piece construction in brass with nickel silver front plate, back with recess. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Germany, Third Reich, Afrika Korps belt buckle, reverse impressed, IKA43. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Germany, WWII, Luftwaffe parade helmet, M35 model with a blue paint finish, double decal, one with national colours the other Luftwaffe eagle, both decals with some crazing and abrasions, shell size Q66 impressed in rim, complete leather liner and chin strap. Slight dent at back of helmet, good fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $800
Germany, DR Reichbahn 'Zugfuhrer' platoon leader armband, blue linen and ink stamped. Some staining, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Germany, Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht (German People Storm Armed Forces), German National Militia armband in cotton and ink stamped. A few marks and some fading, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Germany, WWII, SA (Stormtrooper) Sports armband, red cotton with white cotton circle sewn to centre and this embroidered with SA Sports emblem. A few small holes in armband and a few spots, the circular section unmarked except for small spots of foxing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Germany, Third Reich, NSDAP membership badge, no markings on reverse; 1933 Trier 'Iron Shirt' badge, Ges.Gesch. impressed twice on reverse. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Italy, WWII, cloth and metal regimental badges. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $420
Japanese katana, WWII navy officer's sword, 262 impressed on thin brass plate between tsuba and blade, black enamel scabbard with brass fittings. Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $850
Japanese katana, WWII issue with moko gata shaped tsuba, wrapped handle over sharkskin, black scabbard with plastic fitting. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $650
Turkey, WWI Model 1903 bayonet, short blade with short, plain guard, Arabic inscription on ricasso with Arabic numerals for 1321, also number 27181 in Arabic on guard, various other markings including toughra near end of handle and crescent and star on spine, in leather and metal scabbard. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Turkey, WWI belt buckle, star above crescent with Arabic script that reads, 'Sultan's Army - Ottoman Empire', two piece construction in brass with nickel silver front plate, lightly scratched on one side, 'Pte F W Howell 132'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
USA, a variety of Army and Marine Corps shoulder patches, 5th Army, 9th Army, 29th Div, 101st Airborne Div and Airborne woven titles (2), 1st Cavalry Div, 11th Corps, 2nd Marine Air Wings, other badges and lapel badges, some in metal, also Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribands (3). Very fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $50
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USA, Veterans of Foreign Wars military garrison cap (VFW6786) Montana; Army other ranks metal collar badge; Marine Corps enlisted men's metal collar badge; also Germany, Cross of Honour for Combattants 1914-1918. The first as new, very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
British military service prismatic compass, 1941 Mk III by T.G. Coy Ltd, London, in black painted brass. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Cigarette case, E.P.N.S., J.G.Ltd (84mm x 70mm) inlaid with tortoise shell, initials 'H.H.' engraved top left front; compass, Magnetic Marching Mark 1, manufactured by T.G.Co Ltd. Hinge broken on compass, very good - very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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WWI souvenir, timber framed under perspex (43x53cm) crimson silk cloth with embroidered design, features the words, 'God save The King/1915/Souvenir of Egypt', above flags of allied nations, Italy, Australia, France and Russia, between palm trees, one with pyramids at base and the other with a sphinx at the base. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
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