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Imperial Germany, pre WWI and WWI, brass buttons and war time metal tunic and NCO collar badges, included Officer (2) and other ranks shoulder straps. Framed on display board (W39x29cm), very good - extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Germany, cWWI, collection of Imperial German army badges, including Reserve and Guards centre wappen for helmet plates (2); Imperial wound badges (2); Prussian 1915 pattern enlisted ranks belt buckle with leather tab; 1915 pattern enlisted mens grey metal Prussian shako plate; enlisted ranks Bavarian pickelhaube plate; Hussar cloth cockade (damaged); small silk Imperial war flag (18x26cm approx). Very fine. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Germany, WWII, Kriegsmarine 2nd pattern E-Boat Combat Badge, mid war production in zinc, by Adolf Scholz, reverse with maker's mark 'AS' within a triangle and thin horizontal needle pin and top retaining hook. Retains much of the gilt, silver and oxidised finish to obverse and blackened finish to reverse, very fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
Germany, WWII, Luftwaffe Bomber Flight Clasp, mid-late war issue, in zinc by Funke & Bruninghaus, Ludenscheid, maker's mark 'F&B.L' on reverse in raised letters and with wide flat pin assembly. This clasp has lost virtually all its original silver finish, it exhibits very nice detail to the winged bomb, oak leaves and wreath, winged bomb with traces of its black anodized finish, very fine/extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
Germany, WWII, collection of reproduction badges, including 1939 Iron Cross spanges, Narvik, Demjansk, Kuban arm shields; 1939 wound badges; Panzer and artillery combat badges; close combat clasps; Kreigsmarine combat badges; Luftwaffe combat badges; cWWI Imperial Guards gorget; metal Luftwaffe breast eagle and party helmet shield. Very fine. (35)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Germany, reproductions of assorted WWII Army, Navy and Luftwaffe combat badges and shields. Good - very fine. (23)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Germany, WWII, breast eagles, cloth and metal insignia, includes some reproductions. Framed and mounted on cloth board (W30x36cm). Very good - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Germany, assorted modern reproduction belt buckles, representing WWI-WWII issues, including Army, Luftwaffe, also Turkish Army (3). Fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Turkey, WWI, Army tunic buttons in brass; cap badge in brass, as worn at Gallipoli and in Palestine. Good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World military, 1890 - c1970, assorted metal and cloth badges, shoulder titles and qualification badges, including Australia, metal shoulder titles, Victorian Garrison Artillery; Anzac 'A'; wound stripe; 39th Infantry (Hawthorn - Kew Regiment) hat badge, 1930-42, in enamel and brass; Australian Instructional Corps, collar badge in gilt and enamel; Demobilized soldiers badge, 1918; WWII, Armoured Corps, cloth shoulder titles; Staff Corps, collar badges, 1930-1942, in gilt and enamel; Great Britain, hat badges, Royal Corps of Signals; The King's Own; The Royal Sussex Regiment; Free French, cloth arm band and land badge; Germany, Italy, USA. Framed and mounted on a cloth board (W90x75cm), very good - extremely fine. (129)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
World military badges, shoulder titles, rank insignia, and buttons, c1920-1980, including Australia, Staff Corps, 1921, hat badge in gilt and enamel (H52xW34mm), collar badges (H32xW24mm); Victorian Scottish Regiment Glengarry badge, in nickel plated brass (57mm); Great Britain, Royal Marine Corps, Falkland Islands, 1980; Germany; Japanese Marine Corps, 1941-1945, cap badge; Italian Army Western Desert, 1940-1941, cap badge; USA. Framed and glazed on a cloth board (42x37cm), all annotated on back of board, very good - extremely fine. (105)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
World metal and cloth badges, Regimental and Qualification, including Australia, Rising Sun badges, RAAF Qualification Wings (5); Canada, Great Britain, RFC replica cloth wings; cap badges, City of London Volunteer Corps, Army Catering Corps, Royal Engineers, The Wiltshire Regiment; Germany, Italy; King's Own Malta Regiment, cap badge; New Zealand, Taranaki XI Rifles Regiment; USA. Framed and mounted on a cloth board (76x60cm), very good - extremely fine. (77)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Australia, c1920s, cribbage board in cast brass (23x23x23cm triangular shape) the centre with bust of General Sir John Monash in relief. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Germany, WWII, Allied POW identity disc for a prisoner interned at Stalag VIIIB, in zinc, tag stamped with prisoner number '30797' and 'Stalag VIIIB'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Japan, WWI, Hinomaru Yosegaki (Good Luck flag) printed silk national flag with signed messages and well wishes (approx 90x70mm) a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan, most notably during WWII, usually given to a soldier, signed by friends and family, often with short messages wishing the soldier victory, safety and good luck; small Imperial battle flag, printed on cotton, with a handwritten message in Japanese. First very delicate with tears and overall damage, second showing wear and soiling, fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander (CBE type 2) (Civil) ladies shoulder badge in silver gilt and enamels on ladies ribbon bow. In Garrard & Co Ltd case of issue, extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer (OBE type 1) (Military), hallmarked for London 1919, maker SG (Garrard & Co Ltd - Sebastian Garrard). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Baronets Badge (United Kingdom), Gentlemen's neck badge in silver gilt and enamels with full length neck cravat. With Cleave case of issue. Uncirculated.
Estimate $650
SOLD $640
Service Medal of the Order of St John, type II, with straight bar suspension. In case of issue, good very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Singles: Victoria Cross (copy); George Cross (copy); Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Pacific Star; Burma Star with Pacific clasp; riband bar for 1939-45 Star and Pacific Star. Riband bar fine, the five single medals extremely fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Imperial Service Medal, (GVR coinage head). Andrew Campbell. Impressed. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
Singles: Air Force Cross (GVIR) copy without suspension; 1914-15 Star. M.4189 R.Reed-Lye. S.B.A. R.N. Impressed; British War Medal 1914-18, missing suspension. 816 MT-Dvr. E.C.Greeshaw. 2 Tunn. Coy. A.I.F. Impressed.; 1939-45 War Medal. Unnamed. Four single medals, all except the first without ribbons, the second cleaned, the third with scratches and contact marks, very good - very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Singles: Indian Police Medal, (GVIR Indiae Imp), marked under king's head, 'COPY'. Anais (?) Khan, Hd. Constable, N..193,. N.W.F.F.P. Engraved in running script.; also Germany, Third Reich, Italian-German Medal for the North African Campaign; British Army Airborne Pegasus shoulder patch in yellow on denim blue; Royal Australian Navy lapel badge (KC) in gilt and enamel; uniform button for Irish Guards, vintage small button for Paris Institute for the Deaf, other vintage unidentified buttons (of French origin); also USSR, Moscow University graduation badge in gilt and enamel, c1970s. Two single medals and other items, the first without ribbon and surface affected by heavy cleaning, the second with the raised area of the surface shaved, otherwise fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Lloyd's Medal for Meritorious Service, (type 1), 1893. Unnamed as issued. Incorrect ribbon, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
India General Service Medal 1854-95, - clasp - Burma 1887-89. 5118 (?) Sepoy Lakhan 38th Bl Infy (?). Engraved in running script and indecipherable in parts. Contact marks on obverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Family singles: India Mutiny Medal 1857-58. John Caton, 6th Dragn Gds. Impressed.; Grandson: British War Medal 1914-18. 2345 Pte L.Caton. 15 Bn A.I.F. Impressed. Two single medals, very fine - good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $700
South Africa Medal 1879, - clasp-1879, for the Battle of Ginginglovo. 2091 Br W.Parsons 3/60th Foot. Engraved. Obverse and reverse both heavily polished, very good.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Egypt Medal 1882-89, (undated reverse), - clasp - Suakin 1885. 1867. Pte. P.Lambert. 1/Shrops.L.I. Engraved. Toned, edge nicks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Khedive's Star 1884-6. BERKS 715. Impressed on reverse of top star arms. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
India Medal 1895-1902, (VRI), - two clasps - Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98. 97147 Bombr W.Hackworthy No 1 Mtn Bg RA. Engraved in running script. Swing mounted, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160