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Canada, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada hat badge (KC); Canadian Scottish Regiment hat badge (KC); Canadian Expeditionary Force General Service hat badge (KC) (missing lugs); Saskatoon Light Infantry officer's silver cap badge (KC); South Saskatchewan Regiment hat badge (KC); West Nova Scotia Regiment cap badge (KC); The Lake Superior Regiment WWII hat badge; Royal Canadian Army Service Corps cap badge (KC). Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, Royal Scots, Officer's blue cloth helmet plate, 1881-1901, Queen's crown, in silver and gilt with green enamel centre (128mm). Most of the gilt intact, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $700
Great Britain, Royal Scots, Officer's full dress cross belt plate, in silver, gilt and enamel (95x75mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $470
Great Britain, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders Piper's plaid brooch, die cast white metal (77mm), brooch pin on back. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, Boer War 1898-1901, Army Service Corps, hat badge and collar badges (2), in brass, QV crown. Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
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 $70
SOLD $100
Netherlands, MLV (Militaire Lichamelijke Vaardigheid) Military Physical Proficiency badges (3, 2 in bronze and one in bronze with blue enamel [the last missing pin-back]); Corps Command Troop hat badges (2); Army Field Artillery cap badges (4, one missing a lug); Infantry cap badge (3) and hat badge; National Reserve hat badge. Very fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Russia, Imperial Navy Officers' Submarine Class Badge in silver (41x42mm; 27.35g with backing plate and cloth backing) (Werlich 105), multi-piece construction with large silver backing plate with silver hallmark. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
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South Africa, pair of chain mail epaulettes together with an original note glued to a board and written in 1902 that reads, 'Epauletts (sic) from uniform of a man in the Carbineers. Found near Bulawayo South Africa 1902'. In a plastic display storage container, oxidation on the metal, foxing on the note, very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
USA, Master Bomb Technicians badge, officially recognised world wide by all Police Investigation Units, silvered (46x36mm); San Franciso Police, pin backed star shaped chrome badge (73x73mm) No.1606; Sacramento County, Deputy Sheriff, pin backed star shaped chrome badge (73x73mm) No.566 by the Ed Jones Co Oakland Cal. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
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World badges, mostly modern issues, includes cap badges for Aust Army Catering Service (QC), Royal Aust Artillery (QC); France, Paratrooper's badge; Great Britain, hat badges for Gloucestershire Regt, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (QC), Adjutant General's Corps (QC), Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QC), Warrant Officer's badge (KC) with backing plate; Italy, WWII Tank Driver's badge (missing pin-back fitting); New Zealand, Royal NZ Infy Regt hat badge (QC). The second last good very fine, the rest uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
World badges, Australia, Royal Australian Army Service Corps hat badge (QC) (2); Great Britain, Royal Marines (Gibraltar) hat badge (KC), The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) Regiment collar badge (KC) (missing one lug), Royal Artillery hat badge (KC), Royal Army Chaplain's Department (Christian) dress lapel/collar badge in gilt, silver and enamel (KC) pin-back; New Zealand, Onward cap badge (KC) (missing one lug); USA, Coast Artillery 124th Coy hat badge. Fine - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Australia, pre-Federation uniform buttons, HMCN (Her Majesty's Colonial Navy), c1899, officer's issue in gilt bronze (23mm), by W.Jones & Co. 236 Regent St, London; N.S.W. Naval Brigade, c1899, in gilt bronze (24mm), by Firmin & Sons Ld, 153 Strand, London & 47 Warwick St; post-Federation, Royal Australian Engineers, 1920-40, in bronze (24.2mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
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Great Britain, Victorian Corps of Royal Engineers officer's belt buckle in plain brass with attached solid clasps badge (53x52.5mm); Victorian Corps of Royal Engineers officer's voided badge in bright bronze (51x50mm) with clasps for fitting as centrepiece of buckle. Very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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Vintage Georgian-era miniature portrait in oil on ivory, under glass in a brass frame (51x61mm), with suspension loop, velvet backing and affixed is a handwritten ticket '(?)'s Gdfather/General Cookson. C.B./R.A.'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Australian WWI historic photographs, includes two photo albums with a variety of over 250 photos that feature the AIF service of Captain James Henry Moore of 38Bn and Captain Ernest William Dixon DSO of 10LHR and 3 Anzac Bn Imperial Camel Corps, put together by their friend Eileen Ramsay and they include, 1) The embarkation of 38Bn from Melbourne on HMAT Runic in June 1916 being a most comprehensive detail of all the officers (HQs and all Coys) naming each as well as various other individuals on the ship including Lieutenant Orchard (Geelong footballer) and other officers, some of who would later become KIA, commanding officers or highly decorated. 2) General photos during the voyage such as 'looking for submarines', 'boxing heavyweight championship' and general drill. 3) Several photos of a visit by General Monash with Major Story (later the CO of 37Bn who was controversially dismissed as a result of the unit's mutiny), also Brigadier McNicol DSO and others. 4) Hospital photos including nurses and wounded with names. 5) Two signed portrait photos of AFC pilots, one of which is Will Dixon, brother to Ernest. Various aeroplane photos and a group photo of the AFC pilots in 1918, most likely related to Will Dixon. 6) Numerous photos related to Captain Ernest Dixon DSO and twice mentioned in despatches. The photographic record begins in Perth and February 1915 including naval officers, HMAT Kyarra (twice torpedoed but not the ship he sailed on), then in the Middle East with various officers and men (named), horses (named), Light Horse Warrant Officers, signallers, 8LHR Sergeant, soldiers doing gas mask training, despatch riders, and Turkish officers surrendering but too many to name. These photos cover the early stages of Ernest Dixon's service when he was part of 3LH Brigade Train AASC hence his association with so many different units whilst working out of HQs. He was appointed RSM of 10LHR and later transferred with a commission to the Camel Corps (15LH). This was when he was awarded a DSO for gallantry defending the post that would later be known as 'Dixon's Post' for his command of the position when the Turks made a last ditch effort to re-take Beersheba. The two albums are in poor condition but the collection of well documented photos which are in fine - very fine condition represent a researcher's dream and no doubt will end up featured in future publications or articles. (250+)
Estimate $1,800
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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 $70
SOLD $40
WWII photographs, in b&w (21.5x16.5cm) (76), affixed to larger card with descriptive details written below, includes images from Changi, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Burma Railway, mostly POW scenes, also some photos include Lord Mountbatten, one with Lady Mountbatten, one with Lt Col F.G.Galleghan, also same size photographs of sketches (15) of POW scenes and also photos of leaflets dropped during war (2); b&w photos of sketches of officers and soldiers, mainly POWs and also Japanese soldiers and officers, includes (10.2x15.1cm) (73) and (15.2x20.2cm) (14), mostly identified. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (180)
Estimate $300
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Australia, b&w photograph (15x20.2cm), of Lieut-Gen Sir Ivan G.Mackay GOC 6th Division with his signature at bottom right corner, photo affixed to larger board; b&w photograph (24x19cm), featuring Field Marshall Montgomery sitting with a young school boy and marking a paper for him using a 'Parker 51' pen during his visit to Australia in 1947, note that he is wearing an Australian RSL badge on the right breast of his uniform; b&w photograph (24.5x19.3cm) featuring a ship's officer and Australian officers and soldiers on board a ship; b&w photograph (24x17.5cm) of the troopship Queen Mary in Sydney Harbour 20th October 1940; key, said to be from the WWII troopship Queen Mary, being a long cylindrical copper covered steel rod with loop at end attached to a holed circular brass disc impressed A21; b&w photograph (16.4x21.9cm) of supreme Japanese commander in Borneo, Lt Gen Ba-Ba Masao signing surrender in front of Maj Gen George F.Wootten CO of A.I.F. 9th Div; booklet titled, A Tragedy of Borneo 1941-45, Kinabalu National Memorial Park Project a Proposal for Commemoration, 1958, soft cover, 35pp with photos and map. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
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France, Ministry of War Prisoner of War ID card for a captured German soldier, stamped for American Zone, for Serg. Heinrich Reinke, Aufk1.E.A67.7, captured at Mulhausen on 30.1.45 and interred at Depot de P.G.A. 189 Bayonne 19 Jul 1945, his pre-war profession is recorded as a writer along with various other information, all text in French, there is some text on the outside of the card but it is very faded; also included is a Luftwaffe-Flieger Divn Leutnant collar tab in bullion embroidered. Fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Australia, Small Arms Training Manual Volume 1, 1924, hard cover, 421pp; Military Map Reading for the New Army with an Appendix on Judgment of Distance, 4th impression 1940, soft cover, 59pp, named on cover page to NX87014 Moses B.L.; The Fighting Soldier by Major W.A.S.Dunlop late Australian Staff Corps, 1941, soft cover, 202pp, named on cover to NX87014 Gnr Moses B L; Staff Duties in the Field, 1949, hard cover, approx 550pp; The Soldier's Handbook, 1965, card cover, 148pp; Australian Civil Defence Handbook General Information, 1967, soft cover, 81pp; Dept of Prisons N.S.W. Manual for Staff Instruction and Guidance, July 1956, hard cover, 240pp; Soldier's Pay Book 1976-78 for 211754 Christian David Ball; also Deutsche Italienische, britisch-amerikanische und sowjetische Kriegsflugzeuge Ansprache, Erkennen, Bewaffnung usw (German, Italian, British-American and Soviet warplanes, speech, recognition, armament etc), 1942, soft cover,159pp, German text with photos of aircraft. A couple with damage to spine and some with foxing, otherwise good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $70
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A Soldier's Handbook Palestine and Jerusalem by Rev. H.Sykes, 2nd ed, c1917, hard cover, 64pp with 2 maps; Jerusalem and Bethlehem in One, Two or Three Days by Zew Wilnay, soft cover, 80pp with 2 fold-out maps; Large Map of Palestine and 9 smaller sketches, 1940, soft cover; Palestine Guide for Navy, Army and Air Force by Benjamin Maisler and S.Yeivin, 1940, soft cover 344pp; Damascus, Palmyra, Baalbeck, The Green Guide Books by Rouhi Jamil, 1941, soft cover, 259pp with photos; Map of Europe incl. Russia and the Near East, c1940, in soft cover folder; The Arabs by H.A.R.Gibb, 1940, soft cover, 32pp; North Africa by A.H.Brodrick, 2nd ed, 1943, hard cover, 106pp with photos and map; Sinai's War Map No.2 Asia Far East and Australia, c1940, fold out in soft cover; Contour-Coloured World Map Series, Italy and the Balkans with Boundaries, Roads and Railways, on fold-out linen boards; Map of Syria and Lebanon, c1940, in soft cover folder; Gvida D-Italia del Tovring Clvb Italiano, Libia, 2nd ed, 1937, hard cover, 451pp with maps; Steimatzky's Guides, Syria and the Lebanon, 1941, hard cover, 199pp with maps in pocket at back cover; Syria and Lebanon A Political Essay by A.H.Hourani, 1946, hard cover, 402pp with fold-out map, with faded signature on inside of front cover of W.J.V.Windeyer. Some with damage to covers and several with some foxing, otherwise good - fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Galleghan's Greyhounds, the Voice of Brigadier F.G.Galleghan D.S.O., O.B.E., I.S.O., E.D. 2/30 Battalion A.I.F. on audio cassette, in cassette case, issued 1988 ; three videos issued in 1994 for Recollections 2/30 Battalion A.I.F. Association Part 1 (running time 163mins), Part 2 (running time 213mins), and final summary (running time 140mins), all in video cases; 2/30 Bn Association lapel badge with unit coloured ribbons; NSW Ex Prisoners of War Assn Life Member badge (KC), reverse numbered 1007, and also a NSW Ex Prisoners of War Assn miniature badge (KC). Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $150
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The Australian Roll of Honour, Honoured by the Queen 1952-1998, by Alister Taylor, 1999 first edition, hardcover, 1,086pp, includes citations and biographies of many recipients and some photos; The Australian Roll of Honour, Justices of the Peace, by Alister Taylor, 1998 first edition, hardcover, 421pp, also includes biographies of many recipients and some photos. The second book with a small edge stain on first 20 pages and a group of three written abbreviations on p33, both with some light foxing on outer edges when books closed, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30