Catalogue
AMP Industrial Department, handcrafted presentation fob in gold (15ct; 8.05g; 29x33mm), by W.Kerr, reverse inscribed, 'No.137/Issued in 1937/To/C.K.Job/Appointed Agent/15th May 1922.' In case of maker, William Kerr, uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Commonwealth Accredited Press Pass, for Royal Visit 1952, a bronze trial by Amors that has a King's crown above the arms, no Australia on the arms scroll, has the words Royal Visit and year 1952 beneath the arms and also has Commonwealth Accredited around the base rather than below PRESS, also other variations with floral display and lack of ribbon bow under arms. Traces of original red, uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Commonwealth Accredited Press Pass, for Royal Visit 1952, a trial strike in bronze by Amor, with excess metal around edge. Toned, uncirculated and a rare example of a never issued badge.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Commonwealth of Australia, parliamentary pass (32x43mm), Amor test strikes in bronze (2), one of the obverse design and another of the reverse design, both with excess metal around edges. Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Club and association badges, all test strikes by Amor, all unfinished and many with metal selvedge, includes H.M.A.S. Australia Veterans Assn; Amputee N.S.W. Association; N.S.W. Parents and Citizens Association; Tamarama SLSC Inc; Delungra Bowling Club; C.T.D.W.B.A. Pennant; St Mary's Women's Bowling Club; Bayview Harbour Clipper Club Inc (3); Waratah Golf Club Association; Broken Hill Football Club; others unidentified (2). Mostly uncirculated. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Various badges and tinnies, includes Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938, gilt pin back badge still on official Souvenir card of issue; Masonite Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd, Eildon - Victoria, Official Opening Visitor badge in gilt and enamel (46mm), by Stokes, missing pin from pin back fitting; other badges for Footscray Jubilee 1909; Wellington Week 1924; Hume & Hovell Centenary Race Meeting 1924 with Ladies brooch bar; BHP Jubilee 1935; Souvenir badge of the Coronation of George VI in the historic year of 1936 when England had three kings; Back to Canowindra, 1937; City of Greater Wollongong Eisteddfod, silvered prize medal, reverse inscribed, 'Duet/Any Instrument/16 Years & Under/Awarded to/(unnamed)/2nd Prize/1956'; various others and metal tag for F.L.Lasseter & Co Ltd, Sydney, 1820. Good - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Territory of Papua, Village Councillor badge in aluminium (34x43mm), 1920's issue, by Millers Ltd. Sydney. (Mira p201/2). A few areas of light oxidation, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Village Councillor badge in aluminium (35x45mm), post 1949 issue (Mira p203/4). Scuffing and hairlines on reverse, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Territory of New Guinea, Luluai badge (KC), 1945-52, in brass with 2x2mm officially pierced holes for attachment, no maker's name and unnumbered (Mira p194, L1b). Small tone spot, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Territory of New Guinea, Tul-Tul badge, in bronze with 3x3mm officially pierced holes for attachment, no maker's name and unnumbered, type 1 with tip of leaf pointing to N of Guinea (Mira p195). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
New Guinea Police Force, Native Constabulary Valour Badge, 1930-44, in brass, a test strike (30mm on a large planchet 37mm), by Amor. Toned uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Royal Papua & New Guinea Constabulary, Police Valour Medal, (instituted 1965), (Mira p234), trial strike by Amor, Sydney, before suspension added. Traces of mint red, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Papua & New Guinea Fire Brigade, Fire Service Valour Medal, (instituted 1974), (Mira p244), trial strike by Amor, Sydney, on a thick planchet before suspension added. Traces of mint red, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Third South Pacific Games, 1969, Commemorative Medallion, in oxidised bronze and enamel (44mm), by Luke, Australia. In case, uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australian historic coins, a facsimile collection, 1970 issue for Australia's bicentennial of discovery by Captain Cook. Cased with copy of booklet notes prepared by G.C.Heyde, uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Edward VIII, medallic crowns, 1936 (2, one gilt and one silvered); mint set, 1981 in United Permanent Building Society case with medal for opening of their No.2 Martin Place Office; USA, Columbian Exposition half dollars, 1893 (3); another being a cameo medallic proof copy (30mm) to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of America; West Germany, fifty pfennig, 1950G (KM.109.1); also Chinese cash coin and amulet copies (2). Mostly uncirculated. (9+1 set)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Royal Artillery Canteen, token in bronze (23mm), Queen Victoria unofficial farthing, by Pinches (Yarwood BMT001). Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
South Africa, ZAR, Kruger silver shilling, 1894, obverse finely engraved to add a pipe to President Kruger's mouth and a patterned hat to his head. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Great Britain, George III, silver crown, 1819LX, brooch mounted on obverse, reverse enamelled. Good/fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Great Britain, Queen Victoria, Gothic head, silver florin, mdccclxxib (die 56) (1871), fitted into a decorative brooch frame, reverse enamelled. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Queen Victoria, Jubilee head, silver shilling, 1887, scroll mount fitted at top, reverse enamelled. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
English short sabre, c1775-1785, 25 1/2 inch curved blade, leather wrapped handle with copper wire twist and leather scabbard with brass fittings. Very good.
Estimate $800
Passed in
British Bowie knife, by R.Bunting & Son, Boston Works, Sheffield, England, 16.50cm long Bowie blade with wooden grips locked in with German silver pins, German silver hand guard and an unmarked German silver escutcheon, the hilt just below the guard and pommel have very ornate detailing, impressed on the blade on both sides near the hilt is ' R.Bunting & Son Boston Works Sheffield', leather scabbard imprinted with symbols, scabbard capped with German silver on both ends. Some pitting on the blade, otherwise a very nice knife.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
British Bowie blade, by James Rodgers, Royal Cutlery, Sheffield, England, 1941, 18.8cm Bowie blade, blade has been stabilised, leather scabbard with ornate design around the edges and in the middle, made of steel, blued metal, newspaper clipping from the auction where the knife was bought,treatment photo slides before and after, negative photo slides. In good condition.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Pair of English flintlock pistols, Queen Anne, box lock tap action pocket pistols, by William Archer London, 1770-90, with iron frame engraved "LONDON" on one side and "ARCHER" on the other, with a sterling silver grotesque faced butt plate. In good condition. (2)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $4,000
French flintlock pistol (made for the Eastern Market), octagonal base to smooth 20 bore (15.60mm) barrel, bone or ivory ram rod under barrel, engraving on firing mechanism, lock plate, silver trigger guard with 'Stand of Arms' and ram rod sleeves, engraving on the lock plate 'Marseille', beautiful silver wire detailing all over the grip and barrel guard, 'Stand of Arms' opposite lock plate, 'Stand of Arms' on the silver butt plate of the pistol, flower barrel pins made of silver. A few pieces of silver wiring out of place, cracked piece of wood before the end of the muzzle on (right hand side), in good condition.
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $3,000
Miquelet flintlock pistol, fruitwood stock, brass decoration around the pistol and trigger guard, with gold and black detailing on octagonal half of barrel, horn tip at the end of fore-wood, with original ram rod, smooth bore. In excellent condition.
Estimate $4,100
Passed in
Flintlock Queen Anne box lock pistol, by Ketland & Co, 50 bore screw off barrel, circa 1790, silver wire in both sides of the grip and top side, engraving on the trigger guard and lock plate on both sides, view and proof hallmarks on the underside of the trigger guard near the base of the barrel. Few blemishes, piece of silver wire missing from left hand side of grip, otherwise in good condition.
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,400
Flintlock box lock pocket pistol, Birmingham proof hallmarks in front of folding trigger and under barrel, .50cal screw off barrel, smooth bore, brass round body, top sliding safety under hammer, fine checkered grip with unused silver escutcheon to the back of the grip, engraved sun burst on butt plate, concealable folding trigger, waterproof pan, stand of arms engraved on both sides of the firing mechanism. In excellent condition.
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $2,800
Rare Pepper Box four barrelled percussion revolver, by Samuel Nock, Gun Maker to Her Majesty, 43 Regent Street, London, original label inside the case with ram rod, cap jar, bullet mould, extra lever spring to repair hammer and trigger action, 3 way powder flask, 25 bore barrels, sliding safety under hammer, checkered grip, cap receptacle at the base of the grip, ornately engraved on firing mechanism, hammer, trigger guard, engraved at base of the barrel and the muzzle. In good condition.
Estimate $4,500
SOLD $3,200