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Great Britain, army hat badges, noted several Scottish units including King's Own Borderers (QVC) and (KC), Royal Highlanders, Cameron Highlanders, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Royal Scots, Royal Scots Greys, Seaforth Highlanders, Argyle & Sutherland, Highland Light Infantry (short scroll type), others including Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, The King's Own, Hampshire Regt, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Royal Sussex Regt, City of London Yeomanry, 8 Bn City of London Regt, Queen's Royal Lancers, Cambridge University O.T.C., 3rd Dragoon Guards, Norfolk Regt hat and collars (2), Royal Irish Regt, Royal Engineers, various Artillery badges (4), Tank Corps; also a NZ Rifle Brigade cap badge; rank and qualification badges, noted Signaller with backing plate, 3rd Class Gunnery badge, Warrant Officer and RSM badges (2, different sizes). Mostly very fine or better. (36)
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Great Britain, Army hat badges in metal, Army Physical Training Corps (KC), The Buffs, Devonshire Regt (KC), Connaught Rangers (KC), Cornwall (KC), Dorsetshire, Durham Light Infantry, Gloucestershire, East Surrey, The King's Own, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Leicestershire, The Leinster, Manchester, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, The Royal Highlanders (KC), Royal Irish Rangers (KC), Royal Ulster Rifles (KC) (2), Royal West Kent, South Lancashire Prince of Wales Vols, South Staffordshire (KC), Suffolk Regt (KC), West Yorkshire, Wiltshire Regt, York and Lancaster. Cleaned, very fine - good very fine. (28)
Estimate $220
SOLD $160
Great Britain, Army hat badges in metal, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Scots Fusiliers helmet badges (KC) (2, one gilt and one nickel plated), Royal Artillery (KC) (2), Artillery Proficiency Master Gunner badge; Tank Corps (KC), Army Ordnance Corps (pre 1918), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (KC), Army Service Corps (KC), Royal Engineers (KC), Royal Army Medical Corps (KC). All cleaned, good fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, WWI metal shoulder titles, curved type, includes Buffs, Connaught, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Durham, E.Surrey, Gloster, Kings.Own, Leicester, Leinster.R.C., Manchester, Middlesex, North.Hampton, Oxf&Bucks, S.Lancashire, S.Stafford, Suffolk, W.Yorkshire, R.W.Kent, Wilts, T/RFA/Monmouthshire with backing plate. All except last cleaned, very fine. (22)
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Great Britain, WWI metal shoulder titles, straight type, includes RA, RE, RDF, RSF (no lugs), RIR, RMF, RFA, RTC, RGA, RHA, Y & L, AOC, RAMC, RAOC, RASC, K.O.Y.L.I, T/Y/RGH. Cleaned, very fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
British Warrant Officer Class I, rank badges (4, two in metal (KC) with backing plates and two embroidered (QC)); Warrant Officer Class II rank badges in metal (2, one with wreath and one without, both KC); The Royal Highlanders Black Watch hat badge (KC); Australian Rising Sun hat badges (4, Commonwealth Forces (KC), Military Forces (KC) [2], proposed new issue with star in centre [Cossum RS148]); Rising Sun collar badges (3, Commonwealth Military Forces (KC), Military Forces (KC) [2]); Australia metal title; Australian Military Forces buttons (all KC), large (4, three gilt, one blackened bronze), medium (gilt KC) (3), small (3, two gilt, one blackened bronze); R.A.N.R. enamel lapel badge by Denham Neal & Treloar, Sydney; colour patches (3) and Australia cloth shoulder slider; various Command patches, noted Australian Army HQ (2), Northern Command, Southern Command (2), Eastern Command (2), Central Command (S.A.), Western Australia Command; Tasmania Command; also USA, 106th 'Golden Lion Division' patch. The Highlander badge with a few bumps, otherwise fine, the rest mostly very fine - extremely fine. (44)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Canada, army and air force hat badges, all in metal, WWI Army cap badges (3), Tank Corps (KC), Medical Corps (KC), Army Service Corps (2, one KC and one QC), Artillery (2, one KC and one QC), the remaing badges all QC issues, Army Infantry, Army Cadets (no lugs), Cadet Instructor badge, Corps of Signals (2), Provost Corps (2), Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, Army Medical Corps (no lugs), Lord Strathcona's Horse, Princess Louise's Canadian Hussars, RCEME, Ordnance Corps, Artillery, Dragoons, Engineers, Pay Corps, Canadian Guards, Dental Corps, also Canada title (missing one lug); Royal Canadian Air Force hat badge and cap badge (both QC). A few fine but mostly very fine - uncirculated. (32)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Germany, Third Reich, a large assortment of reproduction badges in metal and cloth, noted Army elite Edelweiss hat badge (2); Army eagle badges (6, one metal and five cloth [2 green, 3 gold]); Bundeswehr military cavalry hat badge; Waffen SS 'skull' cloth badges (6, two of each in green, silver and gold); same 'skull' badge but metal (3); embroidered Army hat badge (wreath and roundel) (2); shoulder boards (6, green and grey); modern medical badges (10); modern propellor in wreath badges (4); lanyards (2, one grey, one silver); Third Reich Army helmet decal set; hat roundels (20, one missing pins); aluminium buttons for shoulder boards (approx 20); also Meine Ehre Heiht Treue with skull badge, reverse marked RZM 05/10 and screw plate backings marked RZM 215/41; other pips and buttons (14); also US belt buckles (2); CSA (Confederate States of America) belt buckles (3); other plain buckles (4); saddle carbine hooks (4). Virtually all are reproductions or modern issues. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Spain, army, small crown, 1960-1977, in gold gilt and enamel, metal cap badge and tie clip (6); military unit patches (10); military caps (4), four different types. Fine - very fine. (20)
Estimate $100
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USA, 1st Cavalry Division lapel badge, in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote, Sydney; 7th Cavalry Regiment hat badge in brass by Pasquale; USAAF Pilot's wings in silver; 1st Lieutenant bar in silver; Officer's (U.S.) collar badge in brass (2); Perched Eagle badge for indicating Petty Officer, pin back, in brass; also ribands for Silver Star, and Purple Heart. Fine - very fine, the first 'Made in Australia' and scarce. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Great Britain, 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot cross belt plate in brass (QVC). Good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Great Britain, 28th Regiment of Foot cross belt plate in brass (QVC). A few paint stains that are removable, good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $470
World badges, Great Britain, Battle of Trafalgar commemorative (65x45mm), features gilt metal stamped anchor behind lifebuoy and in centre under plastic cover is a circular white board on which is printed, 'TRAFALGAR/OCTOBER 21/1805', stick pin missing; Italy, WWII Army hat badges in metal, 116 Infantry Regiment (no lugs), Pioneers, 20 Engineers, unidentified with flame above horn with crossed swords behind (end of one sword missing), all except first with red, white and green rosette; USSR, Red Star for forage cap (one securing bar missing); also another but smaller lapel badge with pin back. Very good - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australian trench art cigarette case, made of brass (75x53mm), lift up top lid, with polished Rising Sun hat badge (KC) fitted to one side and on the other side is inscribed, 'Lt.Colonel William Grant/1912/A.L.H'. Polished, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $350
World War I, Princess Mary's Christmas gift tin 1914, empty; brass scimitar shaped letter opener with a German bullet and casing as the handle, inscribed on one side of the blade are leaf sprays and the word 'Flo.' and the other side also with an identical leaf pattern but with the word, 'Somme', the bullet casing is marked S67 16 DM (model S case by Spandau in 67 percent copper and Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken (German Weapons & Munitions), Karlsruhe & Berlin 1916). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Camel Corps commemorative bugle, an M1855 British Duty bugle made of copper and brass with small safety chain from mouthpiece to body of bugle, and soldered at the side above the bell is a Rising Sun badge and affixed on the crown is a brass cut-out camel facing left, above the badge is inscribed, 'CAMEL CORPS/MAGDHABA BATTLE/23rd DECEMBER/1916'. One time cleaned with traces of cleaning compound in grooves, now retoned, with various oxidation spots, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,800
WWI trench art, bronze statue of Christ being crucified, a .303 bullet used as the cross upright and this seated on an ornate, raised base; also WWII RAAF airman's hat badges (KC) (2). Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $600
WWI, a matching pair of 50 calibre shells mounted on circular 3-tier stepped brass base (2); 20 calibre shell fitted with a circular, domed base decorated with a helmeted, armoured bust design, affixed at one side of the casing is an image of a cathedral (Notre-Dame de Reims) and below this reads, 'Reims', fitted into the tip of the bullet is a bronze piece (tip broken) probably for use as a letter opener (probably could be repaired); also Australia oxidised bronze titles (7), Major and Warrant Officer metal crowns (KC) (8); Officer's metal pips of various styles (28); Army metal buttons (all KC), large (7), medium (5), small (8). Mostly fine - extremely fine. (66)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
WWI German 18 pounder shell casing, markings on base, ST (Stark or strengthened case), G/161 (identifier marks), JULI 1917 (date of manufacture), 67% Cu (67% copper), HL (Haniel Leuge of Dusseldorf [maker]), 25 (inspection mark), probably used on the standard German field gun of WWI, the 77x230R Feld Kanone 96; also a trench art vase (14cm high) cast from the brass of shell casings, thin stem with a bulbous base. Fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Japanese internment camp in Singapore ID tag, nickel plated tag (64x22mm), Japanese text at left and 39 at right, affixed to torn part of jacket; Singapore Identity Card No. 134939, for Dr Mackay. A.F. (M), Sea View Hotel, S'pore, British age 42 with stamp of Defence Security Registrar, reverse with stamp of Headquarters Malaya Command around 'Curfew Pass', signed by A.F.Mackay and authorising signature, written below, 'Next of Kin, Mrs H.Mackay (mother), 33 Duthie St, Karori, Wellington W3, New Zealand; The Automobile Association of Malaya Membership Card no.917 valid until 19-4-50 and on reverse named to Dr A.F.Mackay, Tampin, and stamped Automobile Association of Malaya, Negri Sembilan - Malacca Branch; Singapore Identity Disc (S.I.D.S.), in enamel and nickel plate (28mm), named to Dr. A.F.Mackay, Male, British, C. of E., 20124, Dunlop Malayan Estates, reverse with recipient's mother's details scratched on, holed at top for suspension ring; also a first edition book titled Singapore: The Japanese Version, by Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, Chief of Operations and Planning Staff, 25th Japanese Army, Malay, edited by H.V.Howe, Military Secretary to the Australian Minister for the Army 1940-6, published 1960, 358pp. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
WWII surrender and propaganda leaflets, includes 'The Bearer Has Ceased Resistance' surrender leaflet (25.5x16.2cm), dropped by air to Japanese soldiers, features a scene of Japanese POWs working in a field and Japanese and English text, on one side is a pair of stickers stuck to the leaflet, these stickers contain illustrated instructions to the Air Dispatcher on dropping the leaflets; leaflet (21.5x16.2cm), in Japanese text with a Red Cross in the centre; another leaflet (21.1x13.6cm), with Japanese text on both sides. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Instrument of Surrender, between Japanese Armed Forces and the Australian Military Forces, signed at Morotai on 9 September 1945, representing Japan are the signatures of Lt General Teshima, Commander of Japanese 2nd Army, and Japanese naval officers, Captain Toru Oyama and Captain Minoru Toyama, and accepting for Australia the signature of General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces, a facsimile of an historic document that ended the war in the Pacific, the document (approx 31x19cm) is framed under glass in a timber frame; another a silk handkerchief with a representation of the Nippon Times and indicating the 'Unconditional Surrender' headlines at Selma ALA, Sept. 2, 1945, this behind glass. Fine and both very scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
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World War II maps, as used by the RAAF for South East Pacific region, on this detailed grid are all these different maps (about 30-40 maps) all fitting into the RAAF grid, produced by the Dept. of the Interior, this is an extraordinary collection of great historical importance, together with additional maps and cruising chart for 24,400 pounds, etc. Very good - fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
WWII, Leave Ration Cards No. A 49922-9 (8 consecutive numbers), stamped Headquarters 2nd Field Coy, N.Z. Engineers, 25Mar1943; Vietnam War, Safe Conduct Pass to be honoured by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied forces; slow motion colour photos (6) of what appear to be rockets and other items; Poems of the Diggers including 'The Landing at Gaba Tepe' by Returned Soldiers, soft cover, 15pp. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $100
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NSW Govt Railways, 'Defence Personnel in Uniform Only' fortnightly ticket, second class, fare 3/- No.22341 expires 22.4.1943, between Otford, Campbelltown, Kenny Hill, Penrith, Richmond and Cowan; Williambong Shire Patriotic and War Fund ticket No. 3560, authorised at Leeton, NSW. Fine - very fine, the first rare. (2)
Estimate $50
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Australian military postcards, set of 75 different cards from the series, 'Soldier-Uniforms of the Australian Army and the soldiers who wore them' by Major Phillip Rutherford Ph.D. Uncirculated. (75)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII greeting cards (2), one features a marching goose in army uniform with rifle on shoulder with caption, 'Birthdays are just a lot of "Proper-Gander", the other from a wife and son to an airman, on the front shows two bombers with crossed Australian and British flags above and with Cupid at the top wearing an air force cap and flying on a bee with roundel markings on wings with a heart between each image and across the card is written, 'To my Air Man Good Luck With Love', inside is a small map of Australia and at the side a koala in dress suit and top hat 'Dr Koala Prescribes Greetings And All Good Wishes'; also unused small envelopes from WWII, one for Commonwealth of Australia Department of the Army, the other with symbols at left bottom of Salvation Army, ACF, YMCA. The first card with small loss of paper at bottom right corner, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
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Survey Corps books, includes Australia's Military Map-Makers, The Royal Australian Survey Corps 1915-96, by C.D.Coulthard-Clark, 1st edition 2000, hard cover with dust jacket (16x23.5cm), 246pp, with photos and illustrations; Military Map Makers in Northern Australia 1943-1945, No. 1 Section 6 Aust. Army Topographical Survey Coy. How, Why, Where and When They Operated, compiled and edited by J.F.Hunt, 1st edition 1998, hard cover (21.5x30.5cm), 125pp, with photos and illustrations; Soldier Surveyors, A History of the 3 Australian Field Survey Company (A.I.F.) 1940-1945, by Heather McRae & 3 Australian Field Survey Company (A.I.F.) Association, 1st edition 1996, soft cover (20.5x29.2cm), 154pp, with photos and illustrations; Mapmakers of Fortuna, A History of the Army Survey Regiment, by Valerie Lovejoy, 1st edition 2003, hard cover with dust jacket (22x31cm), 232pp, with photos and illustrations; The Royal Australian Survey Corps Handbook, An Introduction to Topographic Mapping, author unknown and date of issue unknown but modern, soft cover (29.5x21.5cm), 13pp; The Australian Surveyor, Vol 39 No 4, December 1994, soft cover (21x29.5cm), 237-325pp + 7 pp ads. The third with pencil notes, otherwise extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
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Australia's historic forts, barracks and defence buildings selected from original artwork, includes 18 individual prints (approx 49x34cm), several in colour, issued in 1992, suitable for framing; various other research material and copies of regulations, some items include New South Wales Contingents to South Africa Oct 1899 to March 1900; First Victorian Contingent for South Africa; Kings SA Medal Army Order 232 of 1902 (UK); Victorian Military Forces General Orders 1901 extract from Army Orders:- South African Medal First Tasmanian Contingent's Medals & Clasps; Some Peninsular Names in Australia Felix by Major T C Sargent RASC; Sabretache journal April 1964; 48th Regiment of Foot in Van Diemen's Land 1818-24; various other research material and historical articles; Medals to Australians by M.Downey, 1971. Good - virtually uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $50
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Marshalls and Fleet Admirals of the USSR, by A.Kutssenko, 2001, hard cover, 375pp, copy no.603/6, print run of only 1,000, includes information on awards of all Soviet Marshalls and Admirals with many photos, text in Russian. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30