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Australia, 4th Light Horse Regiment Association lapel badge, c1920s-30s, in silvered and enamel, by Amor, Melb. Fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Victorian Volunteer Cadet Corps, c1890s, hat badge in gilt brass (39mm). (Grebert p163). Spot of oxidation at right edge, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
3rd Australian Infantry Regiment (NSW), 1900-1912, hat badge in brass (46.5mm) on original cloth rosette. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
University Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1900-03, hat badge in white metal (Grebert p76; Cossum 21), and UVRC bronze shoulder title; Sydney University Scouts (NSW), 1903-27, hat badge in white metal (Cossum 22), and SUS white metal shoulder title. Very fine - extremely fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,000
Australia, Australian Commonwealth Horse collar badge, voided type 2 pattern in brass (Cossum RS4A); Rising Sun hat badge (KC) in oxidised brass; another (KC) in oxidised bronze; Rising sun collar badges (KC) in oxidised bronze (3), and another in bronze (KC); 28th Infantry Battalion (The Swan Regiment) 1930-42 collar badge in oxidised brass; The Royal Military College hat/collar badges in brass (2, one KC, one QC). Fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
World War I, 1912-18, 13th Light Horse AIF, unoffical 'Dancing Devil' hat badge in bronze (54mm) sandcast. Fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Australia, 1914-18, Light Horse, 1st Signals Troop AIF, shoulder strap insignia set, matching pairs, oxidised brown numerals '1 over Sig Tr' titles over curved 'Australia' titles all lugs intact. Good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Australia, Rising Sun hat badge (KC), collar badges (KC) (2), Australia metal titles (4); Army Sergeant tropical rank stripes (2); miniature medal groups (3), all swing mounted, includes group of five, MBE (Military), 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-19, Victory Medal 1914-19, Royal Naval Long Service & Good Conduct medal ribbon but with British War Medal 1914-18 attached; group of five, 1914 Star, British War Medal 1914-18, Victory Medal 1914-19, Defence Medal 1939-45, War Medal 1939-45; group of five, 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal 1939-45, War Medal 1939-45, Australia Service Medal 1939-45; also Jubilee Medal 1935 ribbon with brooch bar attached but no medal. A few of the miniature medal ribbons damaged, otherwise fine - very fine. (11 + 3 miniature groups)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Australia, 26th Infantry Battalion (The Logan & Albert Regiment), 1930-42, hat badge (52mm) and collar badge pair (30mm), all in brass. Small spot of oxidation on first badge, otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
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NSW Scottish Regiment badges, includes 30th Infantry Battalion (The NSW Scottish Regiment), 1930-42, hat badge, collar badge pair and sporran badge, also a collar badge pair without the unit title below, an embroidered blazer badge unused on large original black cloth backing, a clear plastic sweetheart badge, a large and small WWII colour patch and an enamelled colour patch lapel pin with attached unit colours ribbon; New South Wales Scottish Regiment embroidered shoulder title pair; 2nd Infantry Division c1950 shoulder patch; Rising Sun hat and collar badge and an Australia shoulder title all in oxidised bronze. Fine - uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $300
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University of New South Wales Regiment, hat badge (QC), collar badge (QC) (missing pins) and unit title; book titled, 'The History of the University of New South Wales Regiment 1952-1977', by Capt D.J.Deasey, First edition, soft cover, 60pp, with colour and b&w photos; booklet for Presentation of the Queen's and Regimental Colours 22 August 1998. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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World military, metal badges, shoulder titles, buttons, Association lapel badges including Australia, Rising Sun hat badge, RAAF; metal ID tag 99182/Wilcox G.I./W.A.A.A.F./C.of.E.; Great Britain, RAF; together with small wall plaques (3), Australia, 1st Armoured Regiment; Recruit Training Battalion; 4/19 Prince of Wales's Light Horse. Very fine. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australia, AWAS titles in oxidised bronze (6); WWII Female Relative badge with one star, reverse numbered A236027; buttons for NSW Military Forces, 1880-1901, in white metal (16mm), by Hobson & Sons London (2); Queensland Defence Forces, 1885-1901, in brass (17mm), by Hobson & Sons London; Tasmanian Defence Forces, 1884-1901, in white metal (17mm), by Hobson & Sons London; Australian Military Forces, c1930 with all boundaries on map marked, in bronze (25mm), no maker; Great Britain, blanks in bronze for WWII campaign stars (3); trial stamping on brass plate of a medal suspension loop; trial stampings on brass plate for medal clasps (2, Thailand, and PNG); Burma Star Association badge for President S.W.London; Lincolnshire Regiment collar badge in white metal; King's Royal Rifle Corps hat badge (KC), copy; die in brass for Gordon Highlanders badge (KC) (badge size 21x27mm), design as for sporran badge. Fine - good very fine. (22)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Australia, WWI, modern copies of sixty six cloth unit colour shoulder patch pairs, mounted and described in a lever arch file, units include AFC Medical, Corps Supply Column, Mechanical Transport Company, 1st Anzac Cyclists Battalion, RANBT, Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical) 3rd Battalion, 1st Australian General Hospital No 1 Hospital Ship. Extremely fine. (66 pairs)
Estimate $600
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Australia, 1921-36 single cloth colour patches, 3rd ALH; 9th ALH. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $130
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Australia, 1943, single cloth colour patch, 2/7th Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, double diamond on grey. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Australia, 1942-43, single cloth colour patch, 2/8 Commando, double diamond white on grey. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, WWII colour patches for 2/32 Bn Tobruk T (3), 7th Division Cavalry (2), 2/2nd Machine Gun Bn, 2/3rd Field Regt (no grey backing), also Army Sergeant's stripes (1), Australia embroidered slip on titles (2); and N.E.I. - R.A.A.F. 18 Sqn. Association embroidered patch (Netherlands East Indies 'Forgotten 18 Sqn '). Some moth holes, otherwise fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Australia, World War II, (B.C.O.F.) theatre made silk woven unit insignia colour patch; miniature colour patch (Machine Gun Battalion); K/C Commonwealth Forces shoulder patch and a pair of 1944 pattern full size colour patches for the Australian War Graves Unit. Fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Royal Navy Motor Boat Reserve badge, rare R.N.M.B.R. badge (KC) in silver and enamel (34x34mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1916 by maker, Emanuel, Southampton, pin back. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, Royal Army Medical Corps, sandcast badge (KC), buttons in gilt, all KC (16, includes 8 large, 6 medium, 2 small); officers gilt and enamel pips (6); Warrant Officer Class 1 badge (KC) in bronze with backing plate; Gloucestershire Regt hat badge in white metal; Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer badge (QC) in metal; other sundry items including New Zealand Air Force button (KC), ribands (poor), Austrian Jubilee Medal 1848-1908, missing suspension; St John Ambulance Grand Prior Award, the highest award for cadets, bullion embroidered (KC), St John Ambulance Brigade lapel badge in silvered and enamel, St John Voluntary Aid lapel badge in gilt and enamel, and other items (3). Poor - uncirculated. (approx 30)
Estimate $60
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Great Britain, Prince of Wales' Own Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Hussars), embroidered badge (approx 110x110mm), design of Prince of Wales' plumes over motto, as used by other regiments as well; another with same design over Roman numerals 'XL', bullion embroidered; pin back enamel lapel badge featuring POW plumes and the word 'Wales'. The first as new, the second with several moth holes, otherwise fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
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Canada, WWII, 1st Canadian Armoured (Personnel) Carrier Regiment 'The Canadian Kangaroos', cap badge (copy) in gilt bronze (44mm). Very fine.
Estimate $40
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USA, WWII USN Chief Petty Officer's badge in gilt brass and nickel, by K.G.Luke, Melbourne, pin back. Uncirculated and very scarce Australian made USN badge.
Estimate $100
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Australia, various buttons pre Federation (11), oxidised bronze title includes numeral 2 (4) and also INF as well as R (2), WWI Returned from Active Service badges (2), both by Stokes, Melb and numbered 160847 and 175536 and WWII (6) by various makers and numbered A129716, AF37126, AF94037, A368372, A332288 and A399231; Volunteer Defence Corps formation patches (2); also Great Britain, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards cap badge (KC) (2, both EF). One button with a dent and a few items with some oxidation, otherwise very good - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Victoria, buttons for Victorian Permanent Artillery, 1893-1903, in brass (24.5mm), and (23.5mm), both by W.Moncton, Melbourne (2), (24mm), by Green & Baker, Birmingham (1), (23mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne (1), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (1), (17mm), by Bowley & Co, Melbourne (9), Lincoln Stuart & Co (2), Smith & Wright, Birmingham (1), (16.5mm), by W.Moncton, Melbourne (1), (16mm), by Stokes & Sons (7), E.Stillwell & Son, London (1), Firmins Ld, London (1). One small button missing shank, otherwise fine - very fine. (27)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, Boer War Bandsman's uniform buttons and insignia, c1902, includes hat badge, arm badges (2, hat badges with crown removed), collar badges (4, note Rising Sun at top), buttons (8, two small and six large). Good very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, various buttons from Edward VII - pre 1950 for Army and Air Force including General Staff issues and a crossed sword and cannon insignia for a General, also a collection of tinnies, all military related, as well as badges for Red Cross (2), colour patch enamel badges (2), collar badges 1900-1930, for Queensland Rifles in white metal and 15 Aust Light Horse (QMI) in gilt, and other badges for an Emu in a garter belt and a horse head in a horseshoe. Fine - extremely fine. (51)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Great Britain, buttons for British nobility and other livery buttons in various sizes and metals and by various makers, c1887-early 1900s. Mostly fine - extremely fine. (72)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Great Britain, buttons various sizes and makers, mostly Queen Victoria era and includes Royal Household and other livery types as well as various crowned types, Staff Officer issues and general purpose types, noted British India Steam Navigation Co; Coast Guard; Scottish Highlander's kilt button, c1930s; East India Co; Metropolitan Police; and others. Very good - extremely fine. (60)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70