Catalogue
Australia, the Australian Army medal, undated, in enamelled bronze (37x4mm diamond), obverse, Rising Sun hat badge and below 'Lieutenant Colonel/Brian Hawke', reverse, hopping kangaroo as on Australian rural road signs; also WWI Victory Medal 1914-19 named to 6487 Pte B.Warman 12-Lond.R., no ribbon and pitting; Germany, Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm I Memorial Medal, 1897, no suspension and pitting; also commemorative medals including, Australia, Fifty Years of Commonwealth of Australia, 1951 in bronze (31mm); Canada, Confederation, 1927, in bronze (25mm); Great Britain, Prince Charles & Lady Diana, 1981, in bronze (27.5mm); New Zealand, Children's Souvenir for Royal Visit, 1901, in bronze (27mm); South Africa, Paul Kruger Centenary/Kruger House, 1825-1904, (undated modern issue), in white metal (31mm); USA, Andrew Jackson 'Old Hickory', undated, in bronze (25mm), Souvenir of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, in bronze (34mm). The first uncirculated, the second two poor, the rest very good - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
AIF, War Chest Club, medal with suspender engraved 1917-9, in silver, by G.A.Miller Manufacturer Sydney. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
VRA (Victorian Rifle Association), 1900, bullion sleeve badge, Queen's Thirty (92x63mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Australia, Ravenswood Rifle Club, handcrafted medal in gold (15ct, 9.9g, 34x43mm) voided design, shield shaped with smaller shield overlay in centre, crossed rifles above, with loop mount, obverse inscribed 'Won by/A.W.Farmer' on centre shield, inscribed on reverse 'Ravenswood/Rifle Club/Aggregate Medal/30.6.06 to 30.6.07'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $360
SOLD $350
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 $80
Passed in
Australia, Victorian Rifle Association, David Syme Grand Aggregate bronze medal (48mm) by Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd Melbourne, uninscribed; Royal Australian Navy, bronze medal (52mm) obverse engraved 'R.A.N. Regatta/1937'. Both medals with original cases of issue, second case with toning on inside lid cover, very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Total Abstinence Society India, 1862, in silver with brooch pin fitting on reverse; Army Temperance Association IN Memory of Queen Victoria, 1901, in silver, with suspension loop; Australia, Defence Force Service Medal miniature; The Kings Royal Rifle Corps hat badge (KC); QVS strap buckle; sweetheart brooch for Somerset Light Infantry, with collar badge mounted on a nacre disc with silver surround, with brooch bar fitting; H.M.S.Hood pin brooch; 9th Bn HLI (Glasgow Highlanders) button; NSW Military Forces (QVC) button; ERVII Australian Commonwealth small button; Light Horse regiment collar badges (crowned elephant) (2). The first medal with hairlines, the second with scratches, otherwise very good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Australia, Nearest Female Relatives' badge (RAN), reverse numbered 1296. Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badge (RAN), by Stokes Sons Melbourne, reverse numbered 4031. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australia, WWII, Mothers and Widows badge with three stars, No A30765. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Australia, WWII Volunteer Medically Unfit Exemption badge, reverse numbered 11852; Female Relative badge WWII, with one star, reverse numbered A119208; Returned from Active Service (QC), reverse numbered A457499; Great Britain, WWII The King's Badge for Loyal Service (GRI), issued by Ministry of Pensions to those invalided due to war service. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, World War I, tribute fob in gold (15ct, 6.1g, 26mm), obverse, soldier with rifle within circular frame, reverse inscribed 'Presented/to/Pte K.Yates/from the residents of/Keilor/1914-1918'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Australia, World War I, tribute fob in gold (9ct, 4.6g, 33x38mm), obverse, boomerang with shield below, inside, soldier with rifle, emu and kangaroo at sides, crossed laurel sprays below, reverse inscribed 'To/L/Cpl W.J.Phillips/from/Shepparton/Cheero Girls/1922'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Tribute Certificate from Field Hospital Liverpool, named to Captain Herbert Henry Schlink, dated June 24, 1915, beautifully adorned certificate with images of Field Hospital and staff, the tribute starts, 'We the undersigned, on behalf of the Staff of the Field Hospital, Liverpool, cannot allow the occasion of your resigning the Command to pass without some acknowledgement of the love and respect in which you are held by us', and continues with glorious tributes to the doctor, at the end is signed by F.Lyons Staff Sgt (President), W.H.Ford Staff Sgt (Vice President), C.J.Scott Sgt (Secretary), M.Marlow (Treasurer), and P.N.Whitelaw Sgt, A.C.Wilkinson, size (approx 39x59cm), mat framed under perspex with timber frame (approx 60x79cm). Top image faded and torn but easily replaced without damaging certificate, also a tear in certificate at lower left edge of second image, needs expert repair, some foxing, otherwise very fine and very scarce piece of military history.
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
WWI Certificate of Appreciation, (approx 41x52cm), from Blackburn, Victoria named to Sapper G.A.Parker, Enlisted 1916, at top is an oval image of Anzac Cove with wattle flowers below and flanked by a kangaroo and emu, at the base Australian flag (red) and allied flags. In timber frame (approx 49x59cm), no glass, photo from oval section on certificate has been removed leaving tape marks, foxing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, Roll of Honor, 'Lest we Forget', For King and Country in Appreciation of the Self Sacrificing War Services of the Medical Profession of N.S.W. Fine with minor foxing, wood frame with glass covering.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Rising Sun sweetheart badge, pin backed, in gold and enamel (9ct, 3.3g, 27x12mm) by E.A.P & Co. With case, badge with 'XX14' scratched on reverse, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force), miniature sweetheart brooch, diamond encrusted in white, pink gold and enamels (9ct, total weight 9.8g, 37x27mm) with safety chain, hallmarked Birmingham 1972. With case, extremely fine.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Presentation salver, an EPNS ornately decorated salver with cast floral designs about the rim, all of Sheffield plate, diameter 25cm, presented to Lieut. & Mrs W. Dumbleton from the Officers of the 7th Divisional Calvary Regiment A.I.F., 7.12.1940. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
WVCC (Waverley Volunteer Cadet Corps), shoulder title in silvered bronze; prize fob in silver (2), monogram initials 'GCG' on shield on obverse of first and on the reverse is inscribed, 'G.C.Gorbould (sic)/2nd 50 Yds H'cap/W.V.Cadets/8.2.02', on the other fob is scratched the initials, 'GCC' on shield on front and reverse is blank; medalet for First Visit of the Commonwealth Fleet to Sydney, 1913, in bronze (29mm) (C.1913/5), holed for suspension; Jack's Day pin in blue enamel and silvered bronze (stick pin missing); another type of Jack's Day stick pin with KC in silvered bronze and blue enamel. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, handcrafted shoulder title in brass, 5 VMR Australia (5th Victorian Mounted Rifles). Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $450
Australia, 7 Light Horse metal title; King's Silver War badge, reverse numbered A3131, pin missing from pin back fitting. Fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
1st A.L.H. N.S.W. Lancers, shoulder title in nickel silver (52x26mm), by J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd, Birm. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
Hat badges, artillery (5), noted Royal Australian Artillery (EVIIR) and Royal N.Z. Artillery (KC); RNZA collar badge pair; Artillery Master Gunner qualification badge with backing plate; Royal Australian Regiment (QC); Royal Military College (KC); Great Britain, 57th Regiment of Foot cross belt plate in brass (QC); Irish Guards tie bar in silvered and gilt. Very fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australia, Rising Sun hat badges (KC) (5, one sand cast without lugs); Rising Sun collar badges (KC) (6); Australia titles (3); Female Relative's badge WWII with one star, reverse numbered A124722; General Service badge WWII type 2 (2), numbered on reverse, A22449 and AF25073; fund raising badge, Win The War Fete Hawthorn 1917, in gilt (missing pin); also British Army Service Corps hat badges (2, both KC, one bright bronze and the other oxidised). Very good - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Royal Australian Survey Corps, hat badge and collar badge 1915-48; hat badge (QC), collar badges (2, one KC, one QC); embroidered cloth titles (4); Survey Corps metal titles (2); purple lanyard; Field Survey Unit RAE colour patch; Australian Survey Corps WWII colour patch; shoulder boards with RASVY titles (2); RA Survey Corps metal buttons (all QC), large (11), small (2); timber wall plaque with RA Survey Corps badge (QC). Very good - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
British/Australian Army Officer rank badges, as worn on epaulettes, all in gilt and mostly singles except for General (pair with KC), Lieutenant General (KC), Major General, Brigadier (KC), Colonel (KC), Major (KC), Captain, Lieutenant. Good very fine - extremely fine. (7 + pair)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Australian Army colour patches, includes a photo album style book, with handwritten details in Indian ink and hand painted colour patches as well as privately made-up material colour patches, includes a section for Light Horse Regts & their descendants, as well as patches of the AIF, includes date of issue as well as GRO for several, also included is a small paint brush used to paint the illustrations of patches; various printed colour charts of unit colour patches; a box of colour patches, a few appear to be original 2nd AIF but mostly privately made. Poor - extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
Australia, Army WWII unit colour patches, all different except one, all original except one and includes three miniature patches. Mostly very fine or better. (30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $480
South Australian Police, nickel plated helmet plate, King's crown, voided number 713 (H82x64mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250