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Challenge Cup shooting trophy, in form of a sterling silver goblet (16.25cm high; 8cm diameter at top; 215g), hallmarked near lip for London 1870, made by artisan silversmith Samuel Smily of the renowned Goldsmiths Alliance, goblet intricately engraved all over with displays of flowers and ribbon bows, one side inscribed, '4th LINCOLNSHIRE/RIFLE/VOLUNTEERS/Challenge Cup/1871', and on the other side, 'Won by/James Eley/Octr 9th/1871'. Small bump near naming, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $200
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Military prize medal, 1891, in 9ct gold (22x37mm; 6.26g), hallmarked for Birmingham 1891, features a garter belt ensigned by a crown with suspension ring, inside the belt is a shield inscribed, '1st Prize/C. Compy/Won By/Sergt Jollie/1891'; Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs Union Club Champion medal, undated, in gilt and enamel (26x30.5mm), by A&C Ltd, with suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Won by./T.Wright.' Fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Lord Lieutenant's Cup prize medal, (1901), in bright bronze (51mm), obverse, Cornwall's arms with Lord Lieutenant's Cup above and below is inscribed, 'Won By/"A" Co/For 1st V.B.D.C.L.I./At Hayle/1901', reverse, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry badge with crossed rifles at left and right sides, below TEAM and below this is inscribed, 'Col Sgt Banfield. Corpl Jenkin./Sgt Tonkin. Priv. Hicks./Corpl Parkman. Priv. Dusting./Corpl Beringer. Priv. Tancock./Corpl Robinson. Priv. Rodda.' A few stains, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $150
V.R.A Cadet Matches, 1903, in silver (37x39mm), handmade cross by C.J.Smith, unnamed; Imperial Challenge Shield Medal, post 1916, Senior issue in bronze (47.5mm) (JO'C 326), unnamed; generic shooting prize medal, undated, in silvered bronze (38mm), by A.Fenwick, obverse, Queen Victoria veiled head left, reverse, soldier kneeling and firing rifle left, legend, 'In Defence'. The first with hairlines on central disc, otherwise extremely fine, the second with small speck of rust at obverse top edge, otherwise virtually uncirculated, the second with uneven golden toning on obverse, otherwise extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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India, Army Rifle Association India, N.I.R.A. 1863-86 medal in silver (53mm) by Pinches London (Puddester 960.9), reverse inscribed 'Naik Chotoo D.I.F.'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Bombay Volunteer Rifle Team prize medal, undated (1880s?) (in silver (Maltese cross 39.5x55mm), ensigned with a crown, above this is a hinged brooch bar with long pin at back, the bar is inscribed, 'Bombay Volunteer Rifles/Poona Detachment/Victors', in the centre of the cross is engraved with one standing soldier with rifle at side and one kneeling soldier firing, both facing right, reverse is inscribed, 'B.V.R./Team/Lieut B.Phillips./"Adam Smith' at top, 'Lieut. G.Peaker Corpl A.J.Murray./Sergt S.G.Brebner " T.H.Rendell.' in centre and, 'Vol: W.Mawhood.' at bottom. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $170
British India, shooting prize, 1889, in silver in the shape of a shield (60x71mm; 35.78g) with brooch fitting on reverse, fitted in a scroll across the top, 'ARMY.V.VOLUNTEERS', in the centre the affixed letters 'BPRM' and around the outside edge is fitted a textured wreath, the year 1889 is inscribed below the top scroll and between the wreath and the central letters at the left side is inscribed, 'WON BY', the reverse is inscribed at the top with the name of the makers, 'Lund, Blockley & Carter/Bombay & Poona', there is no winner's name on the shield. Some hairlines and a few short scratches, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Boer War, 1900, Queen Victoria Happy New Year gift tin. Two small pierced holes (3mm) in base and some scratches in field of Queen's medallic image on lid, otherwise most colour on lid intact, very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
WWI ID disc, made from a Turkish forty para, AH1255 Year 17 (1857) with reverse shaved and holed at top for suspension, impressed on reverse, 'H.H.HINTON/D./.516./3AI/.M.'; also a WWII sweetheart token being a silver disc and on obverse is a heart set within a basket weave pattern and inside the heart at the top left is a Rising Sun badge and in the centre, 'Given', on the reverse is a coconut tree at the right of an inscription, 'Love/Clyde/A.I.F./NEW. GUINEA./1943-44', all design work and text on the heart and on the reverse is stippled. The first coin worn, otherwise fine, the token very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, WWI sweetheart brooch, features a silver wreath with a gold handmade Rising Sun badge (26mm) in centre with scroll inscribed, 'Austria'n C'weath M.Forces', pin back. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Australia, HMAS Sydney, WWI period, sweetheart brooch in gilt and white enamel (38mm), pin back. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Australia, Dinna Forget sweetheart brooch in gilt and enamel (31mm), pin back, voided design features Rising Sun badge in centre across a blue enamel border. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Trench art cigarette lighter, made from a bullet shell casing, with screw-on cover on wick and screw fittings on flint casing and shell base. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Australia, WWII trench art cigarette lighter in brass with reverse of Australian 1927 Canberra florin on one side and 1944 florin on other side. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
WWII, 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, Bandmasters Mace head (removed from staff) silver plated, with inscribed dedication and battle honours. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
Passed in
HMS Jervis Bay, matchbook holder in silver plate (43x62mm), marked on inside 'Made in England', a machine turned case with an area for inscribing monogram and in the centre is affixed a silver and enamel disc with a merchant navy crown in the centre and the ship's name in a blue enamel outer band, inside the hinged-lid case is an early Teal (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) matchbook for Fiji and with 6 matches still inside. Matchbook in excellent condition and holder good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
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Royal Australian Air Force, Diamond Jubilee 1921-1981, commemorative plate, in EPNS (dia 225mm); pewter tankard (ht 125mm) made in Sheffield, England, impressed with the names of famous RAAF aircraft. Second item boxed, extremely fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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Vietnam War Zippo lighter, 1960s, on front of flip-top is an inscribed image of Snoopy lying on his back on a stack of books and he is saying, 'FXXX It!!', below on the lower half is inscribed, 'DANANG/USO (in red)/VIETNAM' with blue bars containing 3 stars between each line, on the back of the flip-top is inscribed with an Infantry Marksman Badge and on the lower half is inscribed with a naked female sitting in a wine glass. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Republic of Vietnam, Long Binh Post Square And Compass Club, 1970s, in cupro nickel (41mm), obverse, the Masonic symbol of a square and compass with G in between, reverse inscribed, 'To/Wor Bro J.E.Hodge/From/VW Bro Occhiuzzo/President'. Reverse with scratches, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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NSW Legislative Council report, 1869, Her Majesty's Troops Among The British Colonies (Despatch Respecting Distribution Of), an original 2-page report, foolscap size; Works at Bare Island and Casement Battery at George's Head, 1891 (Second Session), reports between 1882 and 1891 by various military officers of investigations into the Artillery Placements at Bare Island and George's Head, Sydney, an original report, foolscap size, 17pp; Mud & Blood, The Journal of 2/33 Aust Infy Bn (AIF) Association, Vol 20 No.3 July/Sept 1972, 8pp; 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion Presentation of Battle Honours, Sydney, Anzac Day 1974, commemorative banner (approx 23x30cm), with tassles at bottom and bar with suspension cord at top . The first with some paper loss at edges, the second with large figure 8 written in red pencil on front page, the first two with age toning, the last with a fold, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
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Gallipoli, Dardanelles Commission First Report, 1917, as presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty, hardcover, foolscap size, 60pp+ cover page with Table of Contents; lithograph (approx 17.5x14.5cm), c1830, features the castle/fort at Gallipoli, titled 'Das europaische neue Dardanellenschloss Sedbahwri' (The European new Dardanelles castle Sedbahwri), matted in timber frame (approx 32x29cm); 5 coloured photos (15x10cm) of the remains of the castle today; a selection of 7 stones gathered at the current day castle site. The first with toning on front and back page and a few stains on edges, otherwise mostly very fine, the rest fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
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); together with Occupational minor coins, 1939-45, including Belgium (13), Germany (18), Holland (9), framed and glazed (13x8cm). Very good - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Japanese map, features the South Pacific including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies and Borneo, text in Japanese, coloured green and with various areas in red, in top right corner is written in pencil, 'Madang 1944/I Landed By Barge 24 April 44/I Found This Map In The/Bombed Out Burns Philip/Building. No Doubt/Of Japanese Intentions/L/C Stan Snelson/NX157651'. A few holes at top corners and on a fold, some small loss of paper at edges, folds, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
WWII Allied propaganda leaflet, dropped in the area of British North Borneo, Sarawak and Straits Settlements, a large sheet (20.4x33cm), printed both sides in colour, one side features an island with native huts at the seaside and rising from the island are the flags of Sarawak, British North Borneo, England, Straits Settlements and Australia, on the other side there are 41-lines of the local language text titled ' Kesiksaan Negeri Jepun' (The Punishment of Japan) and outlining the Allies attacks on Japan which will force it into a surrender. Some small tears and loss of paper on two edges, a few spots of foxing and some age toning, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
WWII 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 20x33.4cm); large sheet in b&w print featuring 7 photographs with captions for Formal Surrender of Second Japanese Army at Morotai; Surrender of Japanese Forces, an original printed address (14.6x28cm), delivered by C-in-C AMF, Gen Sir Thomas Blamey; souvenir document (15.8x11.7cm), issued to members of the Allied Forces at Morotai on the occasion of the surrender of the Second Japanese Army, printed in colour. All with folds, otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
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
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New Zealand and The Distinguished Service Order, by J.Bryant Haigh and A.J.Polaschek, 1993, hardcover with dust jacket, 468pp; The Complete N.Z. Distinguished Conduct Medal by Alan Polaschek, 1983 revised edition, hardcover with dust jacket, 359pp. Both as new, uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
New Zealand and The Distinguished Service Order, by J.Bryant Haigh and A.J.Polaschek, 1993, hard cover with dust jacket, 468pp. As new.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30