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New South Wales, St George's English Rifle Regiment, 1900-12, collar badge in gilt (59mm) (Cossum 14). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $550
St George's English Rifle Regiment, 1900-12, collar badges in white metal (3, 34mm left facing, 33mm [2] right facing). The first toned, very fine, the rest extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Australia, 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles), 1900-12, hat (52mm) and collar pair (30mm) badges, in gilt and white metal (Cossum 61). Very fine. (1 + pair)
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
Australia, 1900-18, St George's English Rifle Regiment (NSW), shoulder title in white metal, maker's name on reverse, 'J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd, Birm'; 'TAS' Tasmania title in brass, missing one lug; unidentified titles, 'V.G.' in pressed metal brass, and 'S C' in brass. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $260
Victoria, metal shoulder titles, 1900-18, includes Victorian Mounted Rifles (2), Victorian Rangers, D Coy 1st Victorian Rangers. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $500
Australia, pre federation badges, NSW Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1860-78, helmet plate cast copy in white metal (Grebert p18), missing crown at top; NSW Lancer Regiment, 1895-1903, pouch badge cast in lead with white metal coating (Grebert p69), both lances separated from elephant at top and top of wreath missing; NSW Military Forces, c1890s, horse martingale badge in cast lead-filled white metal (92mm) (Grebert p108), no leather back plate; Victorian Volunteer Cadet Corps, c1880s, helmet plate/sabretache badge in brass (85mm) (Grebert p162), missing cross at top of crown and top lug on reverse; Tasmania, Derwent Rifles, c1860s, hat badge in gilt (cast) (51mm) (Grebert p281), missing right side part of cord to bugle and scroll at bottom; also a damaged centrepiece from a bronze helmet plate of XI (11th) Regiment of Foot (North Devonshire), with attached tag that states, 'Found Victoria Barracks'. Poor - fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Australia, pre federation bugle horn badges, includes bugle horn to left under ribbon tie within a wreath surmounted by Queen Victoria crown in white metal (63mm), with two screw fittings on reverse; bugle horn to left under ribbon tie in oxidised bronze (55mm), with three lugs on reverse; bugle horn to left under a cord with tassels in silver (?) (42mm), lugs missing and pierced hole at both ends of bugle for sewing to hat, this is secured to a photo of the West Melbourne campus of Victorian Volunteer Rifles in 1861 in which they appear to be wearing a similar badge on their hats. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $280
Australia, Australian Commonwealth Horse (1st Pattern) hat badge, 1900-12, in bronze (32mm); Australian Commonwealth Horse (2nd Pattern) collar badge (1900-12) in brass (24mm); Imperial Camel Corps (Anzac Section) collar badge, 1912-18, in cast gilt white metal (30mm), reverse indicates a modern issue; Australian Camel Corps hat badge 1912-18, unofficial casting in white metal (41mm), one lug missing (Cossum 1, 2, 186, 187); Marksman badge (QVC) embroidered in gold bullion on black backing (backing with moth eaten areas); Enlisted in A.I.F. 1918 demobilised soldier's badge, c1919, in silvered brass by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 252, also woven officer's pip. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,300
Australia, collection of badges, noted Administrative & Instructional Staff Corps, 1900-12, hat (43mm) and collar pair (28mm) in enamel on gilt and silver (Cossum 4); 27th Infantry Battalion (South Australian Scottish Regiment), 1930-42, hat badge in white metal (52mm); also a range of various types of Rising Sun hat and collar badges, and other infantry unit badges and also pre federation pouch and martingale badges (castings). Stored in a large black album, some badges are copies, overall mostly fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $350
SOLD $900
Australian Army badges, 6th Light Horse AIF, collar badge in oxidised brass, unofficial issue 1912-18; 1st Armoured Regiment hat badge 1953-60; The Royal Australian Armoured Corps hat badges 1960-85 (2, one anodised and one nickel plated); 8/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles hat badge 1953-60, missing one lug; 2nd Cavalry Regiment collar badges in nickel plated 1960-85 (2, not opposing), one missing lugs; Third Cavalry Regiment woven shoulder title. Very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
Australia, WWI, Camel Corps die-struck nickel silver (?) collar badge. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Australia, WWI, Camel Corps sandcast oxidised and brass collar badge. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Australia, 56th Infantry (The Yarra Borders) (Vic), hat badge in white metal and bronze (36.5mm) (Cossum 135), reverse with maker's name, Firmin & Sons, London. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia, Rising Sun hat (3) and collar (19) badges (all KC), many oxidised, one a 1948-53 issue in gilt), an Australia shoulder title in oxidised bronze; also modern souvenir hat badge featuring Rising Sun design with map of Australia in centre, Australia below and wattles at bottom left and right, by Stokes, Melb, in gilt. Some need cleaning and some missing a lug, otherwise fine - very fine. (24)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Australia, 11th Light Horse Regiment (Darling Downs Regt Q.M.I.), 1930-42, hat badge in oxidised bronze (52mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Australia, 14th Light Horse Regiment (West Moreton Regt Q.M.I.), 1930-42, hat (52mm) and collar pair (25mm). Fine - very fine. (1 + pair)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australia, 30th Infantry Battalion, (The NSW Scottish Regiment), 1930-42, hat badge in white metal (75mm); 30th Infantry Battalion (The NSW Scottish Regiment), c1935, belt buckle and fittings in nickel plated; The Black Watch, (The Royal Highland Regiment), hat badge (KC) in white metal (71mm); also The Black Watch Association New South Wales Branch card 462 with small red feather plume attached. The buckle fine, the rest good very fine. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
Australia, 35th Infantry Battalion (Newcastle's Own Regiment) hat badge in brass 1930-42. Nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Australia, 37th Infantry Battalion (The Henty Regiment), 1930-42, collar badge in gilt and enamel (28mm), maker's name on reverse, Orbuck. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $650
Australia, 45th Infantry Battalion (The St George Regiment), 1930-42, hat badge in brass (64mm), type 1, marked on reverse by maker, 'Stokes'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australia, collection of Army badges, hat and collar types, mostly 1930-42 issues, although noted a couple of pre federation issues (one a copy), some items include 60th Battalion collar badge in enamel and gilt, Army Veterinary Corps hat and collar pair badges, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps badges (2, different), Officer Cadet School hat badge, also Melbourne Grammar School Cadet Corps hat badge, Toowoomba Grammar School Cadet Unit hat badge, and RAAF Airman's hat badge (KC). Stored in a large white album, some badges are copies, overall mostly fine - extremely fine. (61)
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
Australia, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps hat badge (Cossum 468), also an embroidered woollen shoulder title; Women's Royal Australian Army Corps cap/collar badges (Cossum 469) (3), also a WRAAC button; Boer War souvenir items, includes a book post card with fitted stand, titled 'Everlasting Silver Leaves from the Slopes of Table Mountain', the leaves marked 'The Seasons Compliments', addressed to single female recipient at Ultimo, Sydney NSW, also two postcards, one marked 'Zulu Mothers', the other 'Matable Wives' written on the back of the first, 'these are my two girls' and on the front bottom of the other, 'some more of my girls'; also South Africa, 8th Transvaal Scottish Infantry hat badge in brass, WWII, pin back fitting. The cards with foxing and creasing to one, otherwise good - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Australian badge collection, mostly Army, includes a few metal hat badges, but mostly rank badges, shoulder titles, trade and specialist qualification badges (many with backing plates), and other items including some British Army badges and a Pakistan Frontier Police badge in silver bullion embroidered, also a pair of shoulder boards fitted with metal insignia for a Brigadier with metal R (Reserve of Officers/Retired), and a solid metal block (50x32x6mm) affixed to the top of which is a gilt lapel badge of the Royal Aust Navy (KC) pre 1948. Many qualification badges appear to be of modern manufacture, otherwise mostly very fine - uncirculated. (77)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia, an assortment of Army and Air Force cloth and metal rank insignia, c1950-1990, including Prince of Wales Light Horse bullion beret badges. Good - extremely fine. (82)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australian Army badges, displayed in a large timber frame (50x80cm), under perspex, post 1953 issues, includes copies, reverse of frame has a coloured photographic backing of the same badges as are in the frame. A few extremely fine but mostly uncirculated. (56)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Australia, hat badges and collar badges for various battalions and corps, mainly 1953-60, almost all in metal, noted Pacific Islands Regiment; City of Perth 11/44 Infantry Battalion; The Swan Regiment 28th Infantry Battalion; Hindmarsh Regiment 43/48th Infantry Battalion; 10 WAMI; Australian Intelligence Corps; Army Chaplain's Dept (Christian) (2, one with damaged lugs); Royal Australian Army Dental Corps; Special Air Service; several others as well as two buttons (KC), one with long pin attached, one title for RQR and cloth patches for Southern Command (Vic post 1954) and Western Command c1950. The patches fine, the buttons very fine - extremely fine, the rest mostly extremely fine or better, an Ordnance Corps hat badge with pierced hole on shield for fitting central nickel design but this missing. (28)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Australian Army badges, The Royal Military College (Duntroon) hat badge in gilt 1953-60; also an RMC button (QC); The Officers Cadet School (Portsea) hat badge in bi-metal 1953-60; The Officers Training Unit (Scheyville) hat badge in anodised 1960-85. Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, Royal Australian Engineers, 1953-60, hat badge in bi-metal (46mm) (Cossum 394), affixed to a navy blue beret by Beret Mnfrs Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia, with sewn internal tag for recording Regimental No and name; also Royal Australian Engineers officer's flaming grenade collar badges, 1953-60, in gilt (49mm) (Cossum 394) (4). All badges uncirculated, beret good very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Australia and British Army badges, collection that includes hat and collar badges also a good range of qualification badges, all metal except one, as well as metal shoulder titles, all AWAS, AAMWS or Australia, also one pre federation issue, this and various other badges appear to be copies. Stored in a large white album, overall mostly very fine - uncirculated. (46)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Australia, RAAF Officer's hat badge (KC), with original backing intact; WWI ID bracelet named to 9471 Gnr. C.S.Copplestone 17 Bty A.F.A., WWII dog tag named to 127367 C.S.Copplestone RAAF. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90