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Her Majesty's Troopship Queen Mary, 1941, brass nut (40x47x23mm), from a bolt on the Queen Mary, fitted with the reverse of an English 1938 penny on one side and the obverse of an Australian George V penny on the other side, around the top edge of the nut on the English coin side is impressed, 'H M T QUEEN MARY 1941'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
5th Battalion Rifle Club, fob in gold (15ct, 9.1g, 40mm), inscribed on reverse, "5th Battln. Rifle Club/Winners/Charing Cross Trophy/17.12.02./(C.S.M.)/R.H. Hamilton". Good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Australia, WWI aluminium ID tag for 3686 R.W.Adams 52 Bn A.I.F.; Rising Sun collar badge in oxidised bronze (KC) (5); Australia titles in oxidised bronze (2); Australian Military Forces buttons in oxidised bronze (KC) (9 medium, 2 small); Royal Australian Engineers small button in brass; WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge, reverse numbered 44839; RS&SIL Australia badge (large 2 figure type), reverse numbered 64445; The Wounded Stripe backing plate only; AWAS oxidized bronze title; A.W.A.S. small cloth band; Rising Sun badge (KC) in gilt on tie bar; small gilt King's crown (some oxidation); Overseas Service patch with four chevrons; General Service badge (type 2 WWII), reverse numbered A294192; RAAF airman's hat badge (KC) in oxidised bronze; WWII Returned from Active Service badge (KC); Royal Australian Regiment hat badge (QC); WWII Anti-Aircraft Artillery colour patch (2); also a metal lapel badge for WWII Anti-Aircraft Artillery; plain red and also plain blue enamelled badges by Schlank (2 items); Red Cross Emergency Service lapel badge, reverse numbered 1590; Soldier's Chapel Kapooka lapel pin in enamel. Stored in two leather storage cases, fine - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
New South Wales, 6th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, (Australian Rifles), collar badge 1896-1903, in white metal (26mm) (Grebert p43). Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $240
Australia, Queensland Military Forces glengarry badge in brass (63mm) (Grebert p211); Queensland Defence Forces helmet plate in brass (96mm) (Grebert p223); Australian Rising Sun hat badge in bronze (KC), with slider; WWI AIF Returned From Active Service badge in gilt; WWI RAN Returned from active service badge in gilt. The last two modern issues and the other three also appear to be later issues, very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, (NSW Lancers), hat badge 1900-12, in white metal (49mm) (Cossum 49). Good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Royal Australian Artillery, (Permanent) (EVIIR), hat badge 1903-11, in brass (47mm) (Cossum 87); hat badge 1912-18, in brass (50mm) (Cossum 150). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, Rising Sun collar badges (KC) (12), nine in bronze and three in gilt; Australia metal titles (3), one bronze and two in nickel plate; Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) collar badge (KC), in gilt; RAA metal title in bronze; Staff Corps badge (KC), in gilt and enamel with pin-back. Very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
St Pius College Chatswood Senior Cadets, Rising Sun hat badge in brass (47x32mm) (Cossum RS68), by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, sample without lugs fitted. Toned, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, Army Nursing Service Rising Sun badge (KC), in sterling silver (29mm) (Cossum RS111A), pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Australia, Imperial Camel Corps (Anzac Section), 1912-18, hat badge in brass (cf Cossum 186). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
33rd Infantry Battalion, (The New England Regiment), collar badge, 1930-42, in silver (26mm) (Cossum , but not recorded in silver), pin-back and hallmarked. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australia, Rising Sun hat badges (KC) (7) three with sliders and four with lugs all in bronze except one nickel plated, others (QC) (2) in gilt, both with lugs; also Australian Instructional Corps Rising Sun hat badge (KC) in bronze (a modern issue). Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia, 2nd Infantry Battalion (City of Newcastle Regt), hat badge (51mm) and collar badge (30mm) in brass, 1930-42. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $500
Australia, 12/16th Hunter River Lancers, hat badge 1948-53, in white metal (42mm) (Cossum 306), by K.G.Luke, Melb; Byron Scottish Regiment 41st Infantry Battalion, hat badge 1948-53, in white metal (80mm) (Cossum 315), by Stokes; Royal Australian Regiment, opposing collar pair 1948-53, in gilt (28mm) (Cossum 318) (2); 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles, hat badge 1953-60, in white metal (46mm) (Cossum 350); The Royal Australian Infantry Corps, hat badge 1953-60, in gilt (50mm) (Cossum 397); 1/15th New South Wales Lancers, hat badge 1960-85, in white metal (51mm) (Cossum 420); also Royal Australian Artillery hat badge (KC) in copper (probably a modern copy). Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Commonwealth badges, 12/16th Hunter River Lancers, hat badge (41mm), in white metal, 1948-53 (Cossum 306); 10th Light Horse, hat badge (44mm), in white metal and enamel, 1953-60 (Cossum 354); also R.N.A.S. (Royal Naval Air Service) WWI armoured car division badge (47mm), a blackened bronze casting. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Australia, hat badges 1953-60, includes 1st Armoured Regt; The Werriwa Regt 3 Infy Bn; The Macquarie Regt 13 Infy Bn; Royal Australian Armoured Corps; Royal Australian Engineers; Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; Australian Army Educational Corps; Australian Army Catering Corps; Australian Army Psychology Corps; Australian Army Apprentice School (Cossum 345, 360, 366, 392, 394, 405, 407, 408, 410, 414) (10); also 1960-85, 3rd Cavalry Regt (Cossum 418); 2/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry (Cossum 422) and a QMI title. The seventh with top lug repaired, otherwise uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Australia, hat and collar badge sets, 1960-85, includes Melbourne University Regt; Adelaide University Regt; Royal Regt of Australian Artillery; Royal Australian Survey Corps; Australian Intelligence Corps; Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (Cossum 438, 441, 445, 447, 452, 464). Uncirculated. (18 in 6 sets)
Estimate $100
Passed in
1/15 Royal NSW 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 '88'. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police cap badge, c1950. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
Passed in
New Zealand, Boer War issue, King Edward's Horse, Australasian cap badge in brass (41mm) (Oldham 2/35). Cleaned and now re-toned, good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, King's Colonial Squadron (British Asian) hat badge in brass, 1901-05 (K&K.1373). Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
British Commonwealth badges, Great Britain, Victorian Corps of Royal Engineers officer's badge in bright bronze (53mm) with clasps for fitting as centrepiece of a belt buckle; 9th Royal Lancers cap badge (KC); 17/21st Lancers cap badge (WWI); Highland Cyclist Battalion T.F. Glengarry badge (KC); Royal Artillery collar badge in brass; Royal Highlanders Black Watch Regiment hat badge (KC); SS Commando cap badge in bright bronze; SAS cap badge in bronze; unidentified dragon collar badge; also Canada, 8th Battalion, 90th Winnipeg Rifles cap badge in bronze c1922 (lugs removed and slider added); The Lorne Scots (Peel Dufferin and Halton Regiment) cap badge (KC), in white metal. Very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $250
SOLD $140
Great Britain, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Territorial Force metal shoulder title, cWWI. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
British and World Regimental Badges, an assortment from nineteenth and twentieth century. All mounted on fourteen boards, fine - very fine. (41)
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
USA, scarce hat and collar badges, WWI, 131 US Infantry Regiment 1917 collar badge in brass; WWII, 979th Artillery Battalion/119th Division Artillery hat badge; rare 8th New York Infantry Regiment F Company cap badge in dark bronze; 5th Infantry L Company hat badge in gilt; also collar badges for US Infantry and US Artillery, both in brass. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World, includes Australian Field Artillery (Militia), hat badge, 1900-12, in bronzed (64mm) (Cossum 93); photo of an Australian soldier wearing slouch hat and bandolier, under glass in a hinged-lid velvet lined leather case (approx 93x107mm); Post Office Victoria button (QVC), in gilt (21mm), no maker; Great Britain, Royal Navy officer's button (KC), in gilt (23mm), by Gaunt, London (3); France, Arras WWI sweetheart brooch (41x31mm), in gilt, silvered and bronze with enamelled centrepiece, pin-back. The first badge missing one lug, otherwise fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World, includes Canada, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals hat badge (KC) (lugs repaired); Great Britain, King's Royal Rifle Corps miniature silver and enamel badge suspended below an enamelled colour patch brooch bar; The Welch Regt miniature silver and enamel badge suspended below an enamelled colour patch brooch bar; Scot's Guards Household Division Colour Sergeants mess dress bullion rank badge; Welsh Guards Colour Sergeants mess dress bullion rank badge; New Zealand, NZ Rifle Brigade collar badge; Poland, post WWII parachutist qualification badge in enamel and silvered. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
Passed in
World, Great Britain, Reconnaissance Corps lapel badge in silvered and enamel; WWI Royal Tank Corps brass arm/sleeve trade cap badge; USA, 1st Cavalry Division colour embroidered shoulder patch (2), another but embroidered in subdued colour; 22nd Personnel Services Battalion, coloured metal unit badge with leather attachment for fitting to button; DCA - SAM (Defense Communications Agency - Southeast Asia Mainland) unit embroidered patch; also a plastic and enamel name tag, 'TAYLOR/DCA - SAM'; 69th Signal Battalion enamel and chrome badges (3); Army 28th Transportation Battalion enamel and gilt badge; Signal Corps gilt and enamel badges (6); Army Officer hat badge in brass (3); General Staff insignia (2); Army Major rank badge in gilt; Army Captain metal rank badges (5); other titles and unit patches, riband bars, enamel lapel ribands, and a quantity of various sized Army buttons in gilt or silvered. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Buttons, NSW Volunteers, 1870-80, in silvered (23mm), by Jennens & Co, Birmingham (4); NSW Volunteer Artillery, 1871-80, in white metal (21.5mm), by Firmin & Sons, London (2); Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, 1903-10, in white metal (25mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb; Australian Military Forces, 1930-40, in silvered (21mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb (4). Very fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80