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26th Infantry Battalion, (The Logan and Albert Regiment) collar badge pair, in brass (KC) 1930-42; colour patch badge in enamel and gilt, vertical blue/white on enamel background (pin missing); also a pre WWI vintage badge featuring two magpies sitting on a branch (pin missing). The first pair scarce, very fine. (pair + 2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
49th Infantry Battalion, (The Stanley Regiment) hat badge, 1930-42, in brass, maker's mark in 3 places on reverse, Angus & Coote. Some toning, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
King Edward College Melbourne Cadets badges, in sterling silver by Bridgland and King, Melbourne, both missing lug, possibly from a trial strike or samples. Nice matched pair, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Australia, c1950-1960, cloth and metal badges, shoulder titles, rank insignia, including Victorian Scottish Glengarry badges; Scotch College, enamelled collar badge; cloth shoulder titles, 15 National Service Battalion; Victorian Scottish Regiment; Australian Intelligence Corps; Prince of Wales Light Horse; Australian Cadet Corps. Framed and mounted on a cloth board (67x38cm), very good - very fine. (42)
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
New Zealand Police, helmet badge (QC); South Africa, 1st Battalion Pretoria Highlanders, hat badge, WWII, lugs repaired and small hole drilled at all corners. The first uncirculated, the second very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $50
SOLD $90
Germany, Third Reich, brass rally badge for House of German Art Day, 1933-1937, reverse with maker's name, 'Deschler & Sohn, Munchen'; tri-colour Army helmet shield, one lug missing; cap cockade; Luftwaffe eagle cap badge, reverse marked by maker, 'F. & Co.'; gilt and enamel badge For The Protection of Workers and Farmers. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Germany, Third Reich, Police helmet badge, die stamped with maker's mark. One screw missing from reverse, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Russia, USSR, badges, 1940s-80s, all different, a varied collection, some items noted include Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR Commander of the Guard of Internal Troops breast badge; Vorishilov Marksman of Osoaviakhim badge WWII (aka Russian Army Marksman badge); Award of Communist Youth to young soldier who distinguishes himself; also various military college graduation badges, shipping commemorative badges, sporting achievement badges and army, navy and airforce specialist badges as well as paratrooper badges (3 different). Mostly identified, very fine - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $200
SOLD $650
United States Army Transportation Corps, WWII, gilt and enamel hat badge as worn by Australians serving in the US Army Small Ships Section in the South West Pacific Area, marked on reverse by maker, K.G.Luke, Melbourne, Australia. Nearly uncirculated and scarce made in Australia issue.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
World militaria, WWI, WWII, including Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, USA, metal badges and shoulder titles; buttons; ribbons; ribbon bars; Association lapel badges, ex P.O.W. Assoc; Anzac appeal; RSL; medallion, Royal Australian Mint, 2005 60th Anniversary End of WWII Service to Australia, in bronze (39mm). Fair - extremely fine. (approx 200)
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
World military and police items, Belgium Air Force Warrant Officer's woven bullion thread hat badge; also Resistance armband, black, yellow and red woven stripes with three securing press studs; Gilbert Islands Defence Force bronze belt buckle missing centre securing piece; Great Britain, ceremonial helmet/bearskin chin strap chains (2); Avon & Somerset Constabulary embroidered badge; Japan, Patriotic Women's Association badge WWII; Jordan, State Security Force belt buckle in chrome and enamel; Scotland, Strathclyde Police rubber on fabric shoulder badge, also Police Community Support Officer woven badges (2, one large and one small). Good - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Royal Australian Air Force, Officers peak cap; side cap; leather goggles; metal identity tags (2) with neck chain, A4559/N.R.Russell/RAAF/Pres; small wallet containing Certificate of Registration as a Justice of the Peace, Victoria and Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices membership card - Norman Roy Russell Esq.J.P. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Australia Army Service Corps, field service side cap with badge 1930-1942. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Royal Australian Navy, WWII, seamen's hat tally bands for HMAS Canberra, HMAS Ballarat and HMAS Rushcutter. Virtually as new. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia/British, cWWII, Australian air raid warden's steel service helmet, original, with black painted finish and white stencilled 'W' to the front, original oilcloth liner in good condition, chinstrap with much age, wear and soiling; British made military despatch rider's steel helmet in unissued condition, original khaki painted grit finish with only light storage marks, brown leather liner and leather neck flap with integral chinstrap, liner marked 'BMB 6 3/4 1944'; MK III Turtle steel helmet, c1950s, original liner and chinstrap; Australian Army Ordnance Corps Officers dress peaked cap, c1950s; Royal Australian Navy junior officers peaked cap with bullion Queen's crown officer hat badge, plastic chinstrap, sweatband removed; Great Britain, Grenadier Guards Officers dress peaked cap, dark blue cloth with flaming grenade Grenadier Guards cap badge, officers bullion wire band to the patent peak, thin black chinstrap supported by two brass regimental pattern side buttons, complete with original sweatband. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Great Britain/Australia, coloured field service caps, Royal Australian Artillery enlisted ranks field service cap, dark blue wool body with yellow cotton piping and c1948-53 brass buttons on the front, RAA enlisted ranks collar badge c1930-42 worn as a cap badge; Great Britain, Grenadier Guards Officers field service cap, cWWII, dark blue wool body with brass King's crown buttons on the front, officers flaming bomb gilt bullion badge and piping; King's Dragoon Guards, cWWII, dark blue and scarlet wool with bullion King's crown hat badge and King's crown buttons. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $290
Great Britain, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original brass chin chain with replaced vinyl backing secured by good reproduction brass side rosettes, reproduction brass QVC enlisted ranks helmet plate with evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, a good reproduction enlisted ranks brass spike and cruciform base, some moth tracking and light areas of soiling to the exterior of the blue cloth, wear and damage to the leather trim, old replaced leather liner. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Great Britain, Royal Artillery Officers 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, c1902-1914, original blue cloth covered officers helmet body with brass peak trim and rear spine, original brass chin chain with original, restitched velvet backing secured by original brass side rosettes, post 1902 King's crown helmet plate, original officers brass ball top and cruciform base, some light moth tracking and a large soiled repaired area on the reverse, original liner with officers leather sweatband and pink satin lining, heavily mothed and worn, interior with makers ink stamp 'Hawkes and co. London'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $500
Great Britain, Royal Artillery Officers 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, original blue cloth covered officers helmet body with brass peak trim and rear spine, original brass chin chain with original restitched velvet backing secured by original brass side rosettes, post 1902 King's crown helmet plate, original officers brass spike and cruciform base, original liner with officers leather sweatband and pink satin lining, semi detached, nearly all of the original gilding to the metal fittings has worn off with only traces remaining, with age tone. Very fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $550
Great Britain, The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original brass chin chain with replaced modern leather backing secured by original brass side rosettes, the left hand side a reproduction rosette, an old reproduction brass QVC enlisted ranks helmet plate, evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, replaced officers pattern brass spike and cruciform base, lacquered, original leather liner. Some wear to the leather peak trim, areas of heavy moth tracking to the exterior of the blue cloth, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Great Britain, Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original white metal chin chain with replaced leather backing secured by original white metal side rosettes, QVC enlisted ranks white metal helmet plate with evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, original officers pattern white metal spike and cruciform base, some moth tracking and light areas of soiling to the exterior of the blue cloth, some wear and damage to the leather trim to the rear, reproduction leather liner, interior with original War Department ink stamps and dated 1913/14 and marked 'Property of the Aldershot Tattoo'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Great Britain, The Queen's (West Surrey Regiment) enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original brass chin chain with replaced white vinyl backing secured by reproduction brass side rosettes, King's crown enlisted ranks brass helmet plate (1902-1914) with evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, a later period brass metal spike and cruciform base, heavy moth tracking and areas of soiling to the exterior of the blue cloth, some wear and damage to the leather trim on the rear, reproduction leather liner, interior with original War Department ink stamps and dated 1908, marked 'Property of the Aldershot Tattoo' with old hand written name to a bugler. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Great Britain, The Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original brass chin chain with replaced brown vinyl backing secured by original brass side rosettes, reproduction brass QVC enlisted ranks helmet plate with evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, an incorrect reproduction artillery enlisted ranks ball top and cruciform base, with a slightly anodised look, some moth tracking and light areas of soiling to the exterior of the blue cloth, some wear and damage to the leather trim in particular to the rear of the helmet, original leather liner, with heavy wear, interior with original War Department ink stamps and dated 1912. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Great Britain, 3rd Dragoon Guards 1871 pattern troopers helmet, a good early example worn by a trooper of the 3rd (Prince Of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, brass body decorated with laurel leaves, polished and lacquered, other ranks helmet plate with a twelve pointed rayed star in white metal with a brass oval garter bearing the motto 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' in the centre and within, regimental numeral on a replaced blue backing, original chin scales with an old replaced leather backing, becoming unstitched and supported to each side a brass rosette boss, brass fluted spike supports the regimental pattern black over red horsehair plume with its gilt rose top boss, original leather liner with light service wear. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100
Great Britain, 1st Dragoon Guards 1871 pattern troopers helmet, a good early example worn by a trooper of the 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, brass body decorated with laurel leaves, polished and lacquered, other ranks helmet plate with a twelve pointed rayed star in white metal and brass oval garter bearing the motto 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' in the centre, and within the garter the regimental numeral on a black backing, original chin scales with replaced leather backing and supported to each side a brass rosette boss, brass fluted spike supports the regimental pattern all red horsehair plume with its gilt rose top boss, original leather liner with light service wear. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,600
Great Britain, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) enlisted ranks 1878 pattern Home Service helmet, a refurbished composite parts example, original blue cloth enlisted ranks helmet with black leather peak trim, original brass chin chain with replaced vinyl backing lengthened with brass jump rings and secured by original brass side rosettes, reproduction brass QVC enlisted ranks helmet plate with evidence of other helmet plates previously fitted, a good reproduction enlisted ranks brass spike and cruciform base, heavy moth tracking and light areas of soiling to the exterior of the blue cloth, some wear and damage to the leather trim, old replaced leather liner, interior with original War Department ink stamps and dated 1912 and marked 'Property of the Aldershot Tattoo'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Great Britain, Household Cavalry (Life Guards) 1871 pattern troopers helmet, a good Victorian period example, white metal body edged in brass trim, large elaborate bi-metal helmet plate surmounted by a Queen Victoria Crown, all lacquered, original brass chin chain, replaced leather backing, brass rosette side boss lacquered, white metal four-sided fluted plume holder with dent to ball, set on a brass star mounting plate, all white horsehair plume, liner with heavy wear and extensive damage almost entirely separating from the liner band and missing some of the leather tongues. Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,400
Great Britain, 4th Dragoon Guards 1871 pattern troopers helmet, a good early example of the 1871 pattern helmet worn by a trooper of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, brass body decorated with laurel leaves, polished and lacquered, other ranks helmet plate with a twelve pointed rayed star in white metal with a brass oval garter bearing the motto 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' in the centre and within, regimental numeral on a black backing, original chin scales with replaced leather backing and supported to each side with a brass rosette boss, a brass fluted spike supports the white regimental pattern all white horsehair plume with its gilt rose top boss, original leather liner with heavy wear and some damage. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,300
Great Britain, helmet chin scales, c1900, in brass and white metal patterns, all leather backed, suit Home Service and tropical pith helmets. Fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90