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Bugle, 20th century, copper and brass bugle, mouthpiece attached, (295mm long); Brass lamp, Kempthorne Australia, 1944, internal battery powered lamp, with swivel mounted brass rod carrying handle and a clip on back for mounting, 56 mm lamp on front and a press on/off switch on top, (175mm high); Cigarette Cards, W.D. & H.O. Wills's, Arms and Armour (41), 1910, five cards framed behind glass, (307mm wide); another, W.D. & H.O. Wills's, Arms and Armour (41), 1910, five cards framed behind glass, (307mm wide). Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Australian Army unit presentation plaques, 1980s, all wall hanging timber shields with affixed unit crests/badges, includes Officer Cadet School, inscribed plate, 'Presented to Capt. J.R.Poiner from PMC & Members - OCS Officers Mess 13 June 1981'; Training Command, inscribed plate, 'Presented to Capt J.R.Poiner by HQ Trg Comd Offrs Mess'; Veh. Coy 11 Sup. B.N. Banyo Bandits, inscribed plate, 'Presented to J.Poiner 1983'; 11th Supply Battalion, inscribed plate, 'Presented to Maj J.R.Poiner Offrs Mess 17 Nov 83'; 11th Supply Battalion, inscribed plate, 'Maj J.R.Poiner 11 Sup Bn Offr Mess Jan 86 - Dec 87'; another without inscribed plate, R.W.A.U. MFO Sinai. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Assorted Military, Navy and Police wall plaques, in various sizes, includes Bermuda Police; Hong Kong Police; Royal Ulster Constabulary (2); Royal Australian Navy (part of crown missing); Ghurka crossed pair of Kukri surrounded by four Army badges; United States Naval Investigative Service Naval Intelligence; together with a print, framed and glazed (190x165mm) of an Officer of the British Army 2nd Regt of Life Guards. Good - extremely fine. (8 items)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, crest in metal and enamel, mounted on a timber wall hanging shield; Air Force Association gold bullion embroidered circular patch; light blue ladies business jacket by Target (size 16), with embroidered Air Force Association badge sewn onto left breast. Some small foxing on jacket, otherwise good very fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $50
Passed in
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
Passed in
Australian Imperial Force, WWI, colour poster, Record of the Australian Imperial Force in the Great War, 1914-1919, printed by Osbolstone & Co, Pty Ltd, Melbourne, framed and glazed (70x50cm); Distinguished Badges of the A.I.F. WWI, reproduced by the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1981, framed (65x47cm); Austrlaian Defence Force Awards, published by Department of Defence, DPUBS 38/91, framed (60x42cm); Great Britain, WWI poster, 'Help Repay the Debt We Owe' printed for the RAF Benevolent Fund, framed and glazed (40x27cm); photographs of WWI tanks, not original prints (3), framed and glazed (40x32cm; 40x36cm; 40x28cm). Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australian Chivalry, reproductions in colour and duo-tone of Official War Paintings in the Australian War Memorial, 1933, edited by J.L.Treloar, Director of AWM, 52 plates relating to Australia in WWI, hard cover, published under the auspices of the AWM, originally only sold through the AWM. Some foxing mainly on last few pages, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
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 $100
SOLD $80
World War II Illustrated, Sir John Hanimerton, issues 212-9, 221, 3-6, 254-5. Very good. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30