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Australia, WWI, 1914-15 Star (name erased); WWII, trench art metal ashtrays (4) two with aeroplanes, one 25 pdr shell casing base, another with kangaroo centre and rising sun collar badges; model spitfire in brass; together with assorted buttons, mostly Australian Army c1990 (220); St John Ambulance Society, shoulder rank badges; Freemasons jewels; Royal Life Saving Society medallion; WWII Returned from Active Service badge; medalets, Jubilee 1887 (C.1887/26); Fifty Years Commonwealth of Australia (C.1951/6)(4). Poor - extremely fine. (274)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Anzac Leave Rosette, c1918, red, white and blue rosette worn home to Australia by soldiers on furlough who had embarked from Australia in 1914/early 1915 (Cossum 57a). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
ANZAC Gallipoli commemorative wall plaque, in cast iron (38.5x26.5cm; 2.2kg), Rising Sun badge with scroll 'Australia New Zealand Army Corps', at top, '1915-2015' and at bottom, 'Gallipoli'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, WWI, Disabled and Discharge Scroll, issued to Thomas W.Rowe,honourable discharged on 1.3.18, mounted on card (475x450mm), No.V7782. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, Australian Red Cross Society, Long Service Medal with clasp for extra service, Miss A.N.S. Scott D4046; Queensland Government General Services, c.1890s, belt buckle in white metal, stamped Q.G. on back; medals, 50 Years of Military Flying, 1964, in bronze (38mm) (C.1964/7); Soudan Centenary, 1985 (2), in bronze and silver (32mm) (C.1985/104); Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, pinbacked badge, silver plated (44x36mm); programmes, Visit of the American Fleet to Australia (2), Sydney, August 1908, Western Australia, September 1908 (photocopy); USA, Uncle Sam's Great Fleet on the Pacific, coloured photos in folder, 1908. Last item with folds, creases and tears, very fine. (9)
Estimate $170
SOLD $100
NRA Medal of Honour for King's Trophy Competition, undated, in bronze (51mm) (J.O'C.328), obverse, naked archer, kneeling and firing right, reverse, an ornate shield with Imperial coat-of-arms and inscription, unnamed as issued. In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
National Rifle Association of New South Wales, Newcastle Tramway Institute Rifle Club medal to R.Staples/P.Staples 1929 (30mm); Falkland Islands, Elizabeth II, 'With the Compliments of 365' Islands Company 365, aluminium (32mm); Japan, U.S. Naval Base Yokosuka, Yokohama juke box token; Vietnam, military canteen token, U.S. Naval Support, Danang, ten cents in trade; another, United Seamans Service; another, 101st A.B.N. Division, 25 cents; Australian Defence Canteens (A.D.F.C.) bottle token, one penny. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $130
Passed in
Australia, WWI, Volunteer for Active Service Medically Unfit badge, number 22000 on reverse; Returned from Active Service (AIF) badge, number 219183 on reverse; Rising sun collar badges in oxidised bronze (3, two by A.Flavell, Melb and one by Stokes & Sons, Melb); Australia title in oxidised bronze; AMF button (KC) bronze; AAOC bronze ID equipment tags (2); 1919 Peace medalet; 56 Infantry brooch bar in enamel; Old Comrades Association badge (KC) in gilt and enamel; GL (Gallipoli Legion) Anzacs badge (KC) (55 attached) in enamel and gilt; Air Force Association badge (KC) (58 attached); Air Force earrings, in enamel and gilt (KC). Fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
WWI, handcrafted fob and vest chain, in gold (9ct, 14.8g, 35x28mm) inscribed on obverse '2nd Austn/Inf Bgde/Sports/France/11.6.17', on reverse 'F.S./1 mile/Championship/4 1/2 mins'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Australia, WWI, tribute fob, in gold and enamel (9ct, 6.7g, 39x24mm), obverse, standing soldier at top in front of rising sun, below 'The Great War', above a shield with engraved initials 'L.B.', a wreath around, at the base a boomerang 'Returned With Honor', reverse inscribed 'W.C.A./to/L.Brayley'. With brooch mount, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Australia, WWI, tribute fob in gold (9ct, 5.12g, 33x38mm), obverse, boomerang with shield below and inside a soldier with rifle, at sides of shield is a kangaroo and emu and below crossed laurel sprays, reverse inscribed, To/Pvt. C.Godwin/By/Residents of/Veteran Rd./& District./29-7-19' below is hallmark and under this is inscribed, 'W.D.' Toned, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australia, WWI, tribute fob, in gold (15ct, 3.7g, 37x28mm), obverse King's crown above central dome, around 'He Answered His Country's Call', reverse inscribed 'Presented/to/Crp J.Griffin/49th Batt/by/the Residents of/Upper Copmanhurst/15.8.19'. Centre piece missing from obverse, very good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
Australia, Patriotic Certificates, WWI, To Welcome Arthur Bishop on his safe return, signed H.Stubbings, Reader of the Parish of Bealiba, March 1918, framed and glazed (400x330mm); WWII, City of Melbourne, to H.A.W.T.G.Sinclair, by the Lord Mayor, Councillors and Citizens, 24th June 1940, signed by Lord Mayor and Town Clerk; Shire of Buln Buln, to Pte A.J.McGillivray, 7th Sept 1904, signed by President, Councillor and Shire Secretary, framed and glazed (360x260mm); Shire of Bulla, an unissued certificate, signed by President and Councillor. Good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
WWII, sweetheart brooches, pin back in gold and enamel, Rising Sun on a thin bar (9ct, 3.2g, 48mm); 2/6th Battalion (9ct, 2.3g, 33mm) Boomerang with Rising Sun and enamel colour patch; non military ten year long service brooch with private company logo, in gold (9ct, 3.8g, 51x 11mm). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Australia, WWII, sweetheart badges, pin backed, RAAF wings in gold and enamel (9ct, 1.7g, 32x8mm). Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Sweetheart badges, made as trench art, including engraved coins, World War I & II, includes mother of pearl. Fine - very fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Great Britain, Royal Flying Corps, sweetheart brooch, pin back, in gold and enamel (15ct, 6g, 49x17mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Great Britain, WWI, Tank Corps sweetheart badge, in gold and enamel (15ct, 1.0g, 23x18mm) crown with tank at centre with part wreath surround. Missing pin mount, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, WWI, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Australia, WWI, 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI, 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Australia, WWI, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron, pair of original opposing woven cloth colour patches. Condition as issued, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI, scarce original 4th Battalion colour patch pair with original 'A' badge in gold wire embroidery in place of the official brass 'A' (AIF Order 937 Nov 1917), together with embroidered pair of crowns (Platoon Sgt Major), two small pair of pips (2nd Lieutenant) and two large pair of pips (Lieutenant). Some moth holes in colour patches, otherwise fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $700
Australia, Rising Sun hat badge (KC) (5), and collar badge (KC); various other Army, RAAF and VAD badges, buttons and rank pips; also King's Silver War badge (pin missing), number A81167; also some world, mainly British, badges and a length of overseas service chevrons; other odds. In a small timber box with inlaid design, poor - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Assorted militaria, includes Rising Sun collar badges (2); a variety of buttons with many Australia naval issues; miniature medals and ribands; WWI Victory Medal 1914-19 named to 32640 Pte. E.Wallis. R.Lanc.R. (heavily toned and no ribbon); various British Army hat and collar badges. Good - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
29th Infantry Regiment, 1930-1942, hat badge in brass and enamel (71x45mm). Missing one lug, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australia, 30th Battalion (New South Wales Scottish Regiment), hat badge, collar badges, sporran badge and belt buckle, all in white metal, the back of the buckle stamped '13/Stokes&Sons.Melb', also a pair of WWII colour patches, a pair of New South Wales Scottish Regiment shoulder titles and a unit colours' silk pin-on ribbon. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $350
SOLD $350
Australia, shoulder titles (14, twelve oxidised bronze, two gilt missing lugs); officer's pips (24, thirteen oxidised bronze, eleven gilt); rank crowns (14, twelve officers, two WO); AMF buttons (30, large 10, small 20); modern issues, title (1), hat and collar badges (14); brass belt fittings; Anzac 1915 commemorative plaque (replica). Fine - uncirculated. (approx 100)
Estimate $90
SOLD $120