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Australia, Rising Sun hat badges in oxidised bronze for Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (KC) (4), for Australian Military Forces in gilt bronze (KC) (2), (QC) (2), for The Australian Army in gilt acrylic (QC), Australia in gilt acrylic (QC) (General Service badge with Federation Star - cf Cossum RS148); Rising Sun collar badges in oxidised bronze for Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (KC) (4), Australian Military Forces in gilt bronze (KC), The Australian Army in gilt acrylic (QC); Australia oxidised bronze shoulder titles (10). Very fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Australia, Rising Sun collar badge in oxidised bronze (KC); AWAS oxidised bronze metal title; A.W.A.S. embroidered slide title; dog tags in fibreboard (2), one grey hexagonal and one red-brown circular, for VF512444 Quin E E, together with a brass neck chain; also a Demobilization Procedure Book No.351308 named to VF512444 Eileen Edith Quin, SIGWN (note WN not MN), 2 Aust. Sig. Trg. Bn., A.W.A.S. Very fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, Royal Australian Infantry Corps hat badge in anodised (QC); RAINF title in silver plastic; Royal Victoria Regiment collar badges in anodised (4); Marksman metal badge in gilt pressed metal (52x40mm), another die struck with solid back in silvered (37x38mm), by Swann & Hudson; Skill-at-Arms letters for L (2 gold, 12 silver), M (3 gold), P (1 gold, 9 bronze), and R (9 silver) (note all descriptions refer to colour not metal type as all are plastic); CMF lapel badge in oxidised silvered bronze (KC), by Swann & Hudson. Very fine - uncirculated. (45)
Estimate $60
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Australia, 5th Infantry Battalion (The Victorian Scottish Regiment) 1935-39, hat badge nickel plated (52mm). Very good.
Estimate $150
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Australia, 16th Infantry Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia) 1939-42, hat badge in oxidised copper (58mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, 38th Infantry Battalion (The Bendigo Regiment) 1930-39, hat badge in brass (50mm). Very fine.
Estimate $130
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Australia, 45th Infantry Battalion (The St George Regiment) 1930-39, hat badge in brass (65mm). Very fine.
Estimate $120
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1/15 Royal N.S.W. Lancers hat badge, a Centenary Anniversary issue in bright silvered bronze and on the reverse of the scroll in relief is, '1885' at the left and '1985' at the right and in the centre is inscribed '355'. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Australia, Volunteer Cadet Corps Victoria, hat badge in brass, Queen's crown; New Zealand, Cadet Corps, hat badge in brass, King's crown; Germany, Imperial Baden, 1914-18 group of four: 1914-18 Iron Cross 2nd class, Friedrich II, silver Merit Medal 1914-18, 1914-18 Honour Cross, Hungarian 1914-18 Combatants Medal; single Iron Cross 1914; The Australian Comforts Funds Gift Diary 1918, AIF (some pages torn) handwritten inside 'No.848, W.O. Peagan G.A./Adelaide/South Australia/AASC/S.Aust Div/28.4.18'. Good - very fine. (5 items)
Estimate $170
SOLD $190
Australia, assorted items, badges (9) including Royal Australian Service Corps, hat badges (3) 1948-53, blackened and gilt; Commonwealth Cadet Corps Victoria, hat badge in gilt, 1900-1912; Army Medical Corps, collar badges, 1948-1953; 8th Light Horse Regiment, collar badge, 1934-42; Brigade (RSM) Coat of Arms, hat badge in gilt metal and epoxy, post 1997; Ballot balls (10) used for Armed Forces selection and service in Vietnam; Army Safe Driving awards (2), 3rd Military District / Safe Driver / 10000 miles, 651 metal plate (121x102mm), 5000 miles, No.482 in plastic (115x83mm). Very good - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
New Zealand, WWI hat badges, 13th Reinforcements (O.4/42); 19th Reinforcements (G) (cf O.4/87); Maori Bn (O.4/284); 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) (O.5/34); 9th (Wellington East Coast Rifles) Regt (O.6/93); 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regt (O.6/131); 14th South Otago Regt (O.6/137), non-voided; NZ Machine Gun Corps (O.8/198); metal title, NZMGS (NZ Machine Gun Section) (O.12/84); also Great Britain, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) (K&K.1067), (lugs missing); Long Range Desert Group (K&K.2067, see also O.7/11), voided (one lug missing). Defects as indicated, otherwise very fine. (11)
Estimate $250
SOLD $290
New Zealand, WWI, 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) pouch badge in brass (O.5.10). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
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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