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Japan, Kyo-Gunto Army officer's parade sword, machine made blade (82.4cm), hand tempered, wire wrapped horn grip, voided brass guard decorated with cheery blossoms and with silver family Mon on back of handle, nickel plated scabbard. A few pieces of wire wrap on handle are loose, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Japan, WWII, Shin Gunto katana blades only, Showa era, one blade impressed with number 27 at end of tang and the other with two illegible impressed stampings near bottom of tang, mountings and fittings lost by family. Some scratched sections on one blade and both with some oxidation that needs to be removed, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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USA, Civil War Model 1860 light cavalry sabre dated 1863 on ricasso, no maker's name but marked OX on opposite side of ricasso, curved blade length approx 90cm, grip consists of a turned, wooden handle with seventeen grooves wrapped with brown leather and encircled with twisted brass wire wrap and with a brass guard, original steel scabbard with two original ring mounts. Blade unmarked and with some oxidation as with scabbard which has oxidation and a few areas with loss of plating, also a small dent near the base, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Cannon, c1850, brass model of a transversing defence gun, step turned, bottle barrel (135mm) with brass trunnions, capstan screw elevating rivetted sides, greased bed and rails for longitudinal movement and brass wheels on gantry for lateral movement, mounted on a wooden oval shape base (155x75cm). Very good.
Estimate $500
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World War I, Princess Mary's Christmas tins 1914 (2), both empty, one with the original gift card inside. One with dent on bottom left corner, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World War I, Princess Mary's Christmas tin 1914, empty. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, c1920s, cribbage board in cast brass (23x23x23cm triangular shape) the centre with bust of General Sir John Monash in relief; Great Britain, WWI brass trench periscope, made by R & J Beck Ltd, 1918, eyepiece lens missing. Fair - very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force spoon, 1914-15, 122mm long, in sterling silver and hallmarked with a passant lion right, the letter J and then a 6-pointed star (the Australian Federation star), features a pressed metal bowl of the Expeditionary Force badge attached to a doubled silver wire handle that loops at the end and inset between is a small version of the Expeditionary Force badge. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
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 $100
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WWII, Japanese ID tags (2, one oval in brass and one round in zinc); uniform buttons (4, three plain, one with anchor and flower); rank badge stars (5, one metal, four embroidered); rank badges for shoulder or shirt (5), embroidered red propeller badges (2); booklet issued by General Staff (Intelligence) Adv HQ Allied Land Forces SWPA titled, Japanese Equipment, Photographs and Characteristics of Basic Weapons Encountered in SWPA, issued June 1943, soft cover 50pp; various sized metal plates off Japanese equipment (8), all text in Japanese; ROKOK KOOA, soft paper pack of 20 cigarettes, unopened, image of Mt Fuji on one side, believed to be of type used in Changi POW Camp; small hoard of wartime currency notes, mostly Japanese Invasion Money, one a short snorter on an Oceania ten shillings with ten signatures and at top marked, 'The Pies Friends?'. Good - very fine. (77)
Estimate $250
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Royal Australian Navy ensign, a full size flag with white field, the Union Jack in the top left corner and the Southern Cross and Federation Star in the field, brass snap hook near bottom end and with short halyard at top end with brass snap hook attached, along the heading is printed, 'Nylon Worsted/Flags White Ensign', then 'A.G.C.F./1983', then '5'x3'/Breadths', and finally 'R.A.N.' Some fraying and loss of material at fly end, a small number of foxing spots, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Flags, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne City (25x17cm); WRANS car pennant (length 60cm); South Vietnam, circa Vietnam War, National Flag (77x57cm); Papua New Guinea, National Flag (120x90cm); France (82x47cm). Poor - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
French tricolour flag, captured from Vichy French Forces in Lebanon, on the back of the white centre stripe is printed at the top in ink, 'TAKEN FROM VICHY FRENCH JULY 1941/BEIROUTH' and below are the signatures of 36 members of an Australian Army platoon, one of these is C.G.Roussy VX19357. The Tricolour of blue, white and red stripes is badly faded, some spotty marks and age toning, a few spots with loss of material and a small 3cm split and breaks on left edge, all signatures clear, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $800
WITHDRAWN.
Estimate $150
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WITHDRAWN.
Estimate $50
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Royal Italian Army flag, (approx 98x77cm), captured at Libya in 1941, at the back bottom left corner is printed diagonally in ink, 'To Very W.Clark C.U.S.A./from/W.Frean C.S.S.R./2/2 Fld. Amb. 17 Inf Bde/Bengasi Libya/Feb.1941.' Staining to centre white field, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Australia, Foot Powder by Murphy Liebert Pty Ltd in a small tin with Department of Defence sign; Lotto or Housie Housie boxed game featuring soldiers in camp playing the game, has been used and contains cards only; British Army water bottles, WWI (2), both with carry strap and one with a shoulder strap; also WWII Army canvas backpack; Italy, Army woollen cap with visor, c1960s, inside marked, 'Berrettificio Abruzzese/Ortona 60', size 56; Turkish Army beret, size 58; USA, Vietnam era Army water bottles in aluminium with cover (2), one also includes cooking cup; another in aluminium without cover and with name, 'George W.King' inscribed on the side; khaki coloured Army box torch with carry handle and attached cord with Silicore AC Adaptor. Good-very fine. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, WWII, entrenching tool with wooden handle, metal holder; WWI,trench raiders club, cane with lead base. Good. (2)
Estimate $100
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British military case for fuze setting parts and spares, WWII period, measuring 35.5cm long, 21cm wide and 9cm deep it is made of dovetailed timber painted dark green on the outside with a khaki canvas lid cover and inside stained with a red felt inner padded base, brass chains at each side hold the hinged-lid in place when opened and with brass closing latches and a brown leather handle for carrying, marked below the handle area in white painted print, 'BOX CHANGE PARTS & SPARES M/C FUZE SETTING No 9 MARK 1'; also Australian Army Warning Unexploded Projectiles notice printed on calico (29x43.7cm), marked at top right corner 'AAF - A 21C/Reprinted Aug. 71'. The first with some scratches and gouges on underside, otherwise fine, the second with some age toning but unused, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Boer War letters from 309 Tpr M.Stewart (Haynes), A Sqn 6th Infantry Battalion (NSW Imp Bushmen), a typed transcript of Tpr Stewart's letters to his parents, Mr & Mrs Haynes at Curra near Parkes, NSW while he was on service, a total of 26 letters in a folder cover; a collection of Anzac Day appeal badges (79), and Anzac Day ribbon for 1958 and other related badges (9), also a Lest We Forget miniature 'A Book of Memories'; and a Kokoda Track keyring by Legacy. Many uncirculated, several still with card of issue, overall fine - uncirculated. (89 + Transcripts)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Allied photo and postcards, WWI, includes Canada, studio photo (8.8x13.8cm) of an RFC/RAF Observer and a 16th Canadian Light Horse Sergeant wearing a Military Medal ribbon, at the bottom left corner is written diagonally, Sincerely Yours/'Flieger'; WWI unused Tuck's Post Cards featuring General Pau (France), Field-Marshall The Rt Hon Earl Kitchener (Great Britain), General von Rennenkampf (Russia); other unused post cards featuring The Russian Flags (in colour), H.M.S. Good Hope armoured cruiser, and Britain and Her Allies with images of five rulers; Cinderella stamps for Otago Infantry Brigade Mobilisation, Auckland Provincial Wounded Fund, and Disabled 1914-15 Service War Seal. A few foxing or other marks on some cards, otherwise good very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
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Postcards, Bruce Bairnsfathers, Fragments from France, part series 5(6), 8(5), 9(1), series 5 and 6 unused, series 9 with handwritten note on back 'Dear Sis some rather good cards to help fill your album to show me when I come back home, Alf'. Very good - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $120
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Australia, King's Certificate (aka Disabled and Honourably Discharged Scroll) WWI, Army type, variety with second line, 'Honourably discharged on.', unissued. Small 2cm tear at right edge and a small area of foxing on back bottom right edge, actual certificate detail area as new, good very fine and scarce as an unissued document.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Australia, WWI Leave Pass for Pte W.Fowler 10/2/18, with research including copy of Service File; WWII Identity Card for Margaret Alexandra Kerr, H.M.Prisons (Quarters), Annerley Road, Sth Brisbane; Post WWII Clothing Ration Card Q A 077912, 1947 issue (some used) and QH 36612, 1948 issue (unused), both named to Margaret A.Kerr; Germany, WWII National Socialist's Party, Local Group, Member's card, unused; various WWII Occupation notes (21) and military payment certificates (11). Poor - good very fine. (37)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Military maps, WWII Middle East - Desert Campaign, includes French issue for Tripoli 1942, and Australia/British issues for Gaza 1936 (No.48), (No.49), (No.51), Wadi Ghazza 1942, Ghazal 1941, Haifa 1941, Lattaquie-Hama 1937 (2), Lattaquie 1941, El Makh-Khad 1942, El Wiska 1942, Sidi Abd El Rahman 1942, Sidi Barrani West 1942, Damas 1940, El Daba 1941, El Hamman 1941, 1942, Qaret Somara 1942. Some with loss of paper at edges or edge splits and some with light foxing, otherwise overall fine - very fine. (19)
Estimate $250
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Propaganda items, World War II, news pamphlets that were air dropped on the Philippine Islands, includes copies of Pewarta Serikat, January 1945 (2); the Jinamoo Journal, 2 March 1945 issue 7 (2); Island XPress Philippine Islands, 11 March 1945 Vol 4 No.10; Australia, colour patch chart, c1930,cut into smaller cards (8). Good - very fine. (27 items)
Estimate $250
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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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Australia, Greek certificate issued to commemorate 50th anniversary of Allied soldiers at the Battle of Crete in 1941, features busts of uniformed soldiers and flags of Greece, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, text in Greek and English, signed personally under seal by Greek Prime Minister (1990-93) C.Mitsotakis, naming area unnamed; booklet titled Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1940-41 Epic and the Battle of Crete, soft cover, 26pp with b&w photos, text in Greek and English; booklet titled 115 Years of the Greek-Australian Alliance 1899-2014, soft cover, 15pp with colour and b&w photos and a colour map; a mapped b&w photo (27x16.5cm) of Heraklion Port, Crete in 1905, ready to frame. The certificate with some small edge tears, creases and centre fold, foxing and also some stains on back, otherwise fine, the rest very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $60
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Adcock, A.St John, Australasia Triumphant, With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on land and sea, London, 1916; Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce, 'The Bystanders' Fragments from France, London; The Anzac Book, Written and Illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzac, 1916. First and last books with bookplates inside cover, second book inscribed front page in ink 'To Emily from Billy, Xmas 1917'and with some loose pages and damaged spine, otherwise condition fair. (3)
Estimate $120
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Australian Army Badges, 'The Rising Sun Badge', by J.K.Cossum, first edition, 1986, stiff card cover, 40pp, fully illustrated, the standard reference work on this subject. Mark at top right corner where a price sticker has been removed, normal handling use, very fine and scarce in good condition.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50