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Queensland Defence Forces, 1885-1901, small brass button (17mm), reverse marked by maker, Hebbert & Co, London (Cossum p21A, this maker not listed). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
New South Wales Infantry, pre Federation brass flag bucket with bracket for suspension belt. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Rhodesia, Army belt buckle in brass, 2 piece, motto 'SIT NOMINE DIGNA' on outer circle, Rhodesian arms on centrepiece. Polished, fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Great Britain, WWI-1920s, RAF blue-grey woollen uniform jacket and trousers with button up and tie-down lower legs for wearing with high boots, with accompanying hat, also a separate RAF hat badge in bronze, all attributed to Lieutenant W.C.Pruden; together with a collection of b&w photos, many in albums and includes small albums (9x11.5cm) and (12x16cm) each with 38 photos of military and aviation items, another album (13.5x19cm) with 78 photos and written inside of album in 7-lines, 'Photos of Middle East when/Royal Air Force defended the/Oil Pipe line for Britain/W.J.(sic)C.Pruden was a Pilot/this is his album of places he/saw & flew over also personnel he/knew & made friends with', a fourth album (19.5x25.5cm) with 50 photos of military sports activities in camp, also another 78 photos and negatives loose in a box for various military, aviation and Middle East scenes, a few post WWI and a few marked 'Lieutenant W.C.Pruden RAF', also a Kodak large pack of negatives marked, 'W.C.Pruden & friends in (illegible) Air Force men who saved Oil pipe line', other packs of negatives marked as family W.Pruden. The uniform with a few small mothed spots and with a few tears to the inside lining of the jacket, also some dirt marks, otherwise fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $500
Passed in
Germany, early type WWI dog tag on large oval disc in steel (69x54mm), with two pierced holes at top edge for wearing, reverse plain, obverse impressed, 'Wilh. Selzner/Hannover./23.7.87./Ers. Batl. Res. J.R.77/3. K. 3 No 618./R. J. R.77/3.C.711'. A few slight bends, otherwise in excellent condition, good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, Lithgow 1907 Pattern sword bayonet, 'MA/1907/1/7/43' stamped on ricasso, on opposite side is stamped with broad arrow above 'X (proof mark)/OA', fuller on each side of blade (43cm), leather with nickel plated locket and chafe, locket marked on one side 'OA', wooden handle impressed on both sides with 'SLAZ42', the metal pommel stamped on one side, 'D/8 3898', scabbard marked on back, 'MANGROVITE 43'. (overall length in scabbard 58cm). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Australia, Owen Mk.1 (1952) bayonet, the grip marked on both sides, 'SLAZ/51', the scabbard marked, 'MA53', and at the ricasso on one side is marked, 'L above an arrow, a broad arrow and then 52' (indicates made by Lithgow Small Arms Factory in 1952), on the opposing side, 'X and the M and an illegible number'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia, Owen Mk.1 (1952) bayonet, the grip marked on both sides, 'SLAZ/52', the scabbard marked, 'MANGROVITE44', the blade (25.5cm) marked at the ricasso on one side, 'O above an arrow, a broad arrow and then 54' (indicates made by Lithgow Small Arms Factory in 1954), on the opposing side, 'X (proof mark) and then MA/53', the scabbard is fitted into a khaki webbed bayonet frog with various markings on the reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Australia, SLR L1A2 bayonet of Vietnam War vintage, blade (20.3cm), steel handle and scabbard, no markings, with black webbed bayonet frog. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
France, Model 1866 'Chassepot' sword bayonet (blade length 57.5cm), fullered on both sides in rough texture, fluted brass grip, lock fitting for rifle impressed with 'S' or possibly '5', cross guard impressed, 'J 3045', ricasso impressed, '8', back edge of blade with engraved text, usually the name of the arsenal, month and year of manufacture, but illegible except for date, '1869', no scabbard. The blade is extremely sharp, good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
France, Mle. 1874 Gras bayonet in steel (blade 52.2cm), back of blade engraved, 'Mre d'Armes de Chat Avril 1882' (Manufacturer of Arms of Chatellerault April 1882), with half wooden grip and brass pommel with press-catch fitting for rifle, ricasso stamped on one side, 'SRB' with each letter incuse, the last two with border, and on the opposite side, '3', the guard stamped, 'AC 29761' and the steel scabbard stamped, 'AC 749' and also with the incuse bordered letters, 'RB', as on the ricasso, the top lay over edge of the scabbard stamped, '7B'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
France, Lebel Pattern M1886/93/16 cruciform bayonet in steel (blade 34cm), marked on one side, 'C & P', with brass grip and chequered press-catch, bottom edge of steel guard stamped, '373017', with black steel scabbard also stamped, '373017', with incuse letter 'R' on guard and some other markings around the top of the scabbard. Very fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Great Britain, British Ordnance issue MkIII Pattern 1887 sword bayonet for MkIV Martini Henry service rifle, dated 1889, chequered leather grip, pommel marked 7286, leather and metal scabbard marked 11813, ricasso marked, 'a Victorian crown/V.R./'89/Wilkinson/Sword Company/London' and on the opposite side is marked, 'a broad arrow/WD/a Victorian crown/49/W'. Spotting and dark toned areas on blade, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Great Britain, 1903 export pattern bayonet, ricasso stamped with illegible marks above X (proof mark) and Wilkinson, London, the opposite side is stamped, 'E?/1903/10 '03', wooden grip with steel pommel stamped on one side, 'C.F.C./79', no official scabbard but for safety reasons the blade (30.5cm) is fitted into a 1907 pattern bayonet scabbard marked 'MORGANITE 44', (overall length with scabbard 59.5cm as blade area at ricasso does not fit completely into scabbard). Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
WWII HMAS Nizam diary, (20.5x30.5cm), hard cover with ruled pages, handwritten in pencil on p4 'DIARY/1941/HMAS NIZAM', then in pen, pp6-113, 2/7/41 to 22/3/43, written on inside at top of first entry page, 'Diary from my joining ship at Alexandria', each page typically records the date (exact timings), the ship's location or course, a summary of events and many remarks or references to the day's activities. Cover loose, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $480
SOLD $440
Cpl R K Cashman 3RAR awarded MM for Korea related items, a large and comprehensive collection of photos, documents, newspaper cuttings, magazines and books, all featuring Ron Cashman, and the published book titled, 'Keep Off The Skyline, The Story of Ron Cashman and the Diggers in Korea', by Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin, and autographed by Ron Cashman, also a Korean War documentary computer disk, cased binoculars as well as a large variety of related badges and pins and challenge coins, one of these from 2nd Infantry Division and inscribed, 'Mr. Cashman', also a gilt bullion embroidered Presidential Unit Citation, a Returned from Active Service badge, reverse numbered A466895, Infantry Combat badges (3), Royal Australian Regiment hat badge (QC), TPI badge (KC), reverse numbered 18809 NSW, and a miniature Republic of Korea War Service Medal (uniface). Mostly fine - uncirculated. (lot)
Estimate $250
Passed in
World, Lead Soldier Collection, 1996, Men at War 1914-1945 series of seventy five, by Del Prado and Osprey Publishing, each lead figure with accompanying descriptive booklet, numbered 1-75, missing number 11. Most still in packets as issued, not suitable for children, uncirculated. (74)
Estimate $350
SOLD $350
The Last Corsair, The Story Of The Emden, by Dan van der Vat, 1983, hard cover with dust jacket, 205pp, with b&w photos; The Military Engineer In India, by Lt. Col E.W.C.Sandes, 1997 reprint of 1933 edition, soft cover, 594pp, with some b&w photos; The Dover Patrol 1914-18, by Roy Humphreys, 1998, hard cover with dust jacket, 216pp, with b&w photos; The FANY in Peace & War, The Story of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1907-2003, by Hugh Popham, 2003 revised edition, hard cover with dust jacket, 174pp, with b&w photos. The first and last with foxing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $80
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The Old Contemptibles Honours & Awards, Officers and Men of the Naval and Military Forces of Great Britain and the Empire Mentioned in Despatches with Related Honours and Awards 1914-1915, by J.B.Hayward & Son, 1991 edition, hard cover with dust jacket, 58pp; Honours and Awards Indian Army 1914-1921, by J.B.Hayward & Sons, 1986, soft cover, 302pp; The Distinguished Service Medal 1939-1946, by W.H.Fevyer, 1981, hard cover with plastic cover, 163pp; Medal Yearbook 2008, by Medal News, soft cover, 582pp, with coloured photos of all medals and ribbons; Australians Awarded, by Clive Johnson, 2008 First edition, hard cover, 359pp + extras, with colour photos of all medals; Czechoslovakia Military Medals and Decorations, by Martin Kozlowski and Marian Furlan, 1987, soft cover, 64pp, with b&w images of all medals and badges. Some books with age foxing, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
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To What End Did They Die?, Officers Died at Gallipoli, by R.W.Walker, 1985, hard cover with dust jacket, 252pp; The Aristocracy And The Great War, by Gerald Gliddon, 2002, hard cover with dust jacket, 545pp, with b&w photos. Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
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WWI, The Camp Magazine, Groningen, the periodical of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade interned in Holland, No.42, September 1918, soft cover, 16pp; Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45, Battle for Egypt, The Summer of 1942, by Lieutenant-Colonel J.L.Scoullar, 1955, hard cover with dust jacket, 400pp, with maps and b&w photos; another in same series but The Relief of Tobruk by W.E.Murphy, 1961, hard cover, missing dust jacket,566pp, with maps and b&w photos, with General Assembly New Zealand Library stamp on cover and ticket for same group on inside and this stamped Withdrawn. Some age toning on first item's cover, dust jacket on second book damaged, some stains on front and back covers of both books, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Jacka's Mob, a narrative of the Great War by Edgar John Rule, 1999, soft cover with matching dust jacket, 238pp, with b&w photos, only 3,800 first print standard copies; A Short History Of 9 Field Company R.A.E. [A.I.F], by Ray Gietzelt, 2006, hard cover, 159pp, with b&w photos. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
To The Warrior His Arms, A History of the Ordnance Services in the Australian Army, by Major John D.Tilbrook, 1989, hard cover with dust jacket, 702pp with b&w photos. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Hurricanes Over Burma, including The Memoirs of Wing Commander 'Bunny' Stone DFC, by Squadron Leader M.C. 'Bush' Cotton DFC, OAM, 1995, hard cover with dust jacket, 357pp, with b&w photos; The RAAF In Russia, 455 RAAF Squadron - 1942, by Geoffrey W.Raebel, 1997, 130pp, with b&w photos. Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
Passed in
The New Zealand Police Medal, by John D.Wills, 1990, hard cover with dust jacket, 171pp, with b&w photos and lists of medal recipients; To Guard My People, by John D.Wills, 1995, hard cover with dust jacket, 349pp, with mostly b&w photos and also list of recipients of various medals, some with citations. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
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Five tray coin carrying cases by Lighthouse. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australian coin ring, features a Perth Mint specimen one tenth ounce fine platinum koala five dollars dated 1992 bezel set, with QEII obverse design showing, into a 9ct gold ring (tot wt 6.76g). In a ring case from The House of Hawke, good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Coin pendant frame, in 9ct gold (6.17g), suit gold sovereign, elaborate crossed stick designed border and with clips to hold coin in frame, with suspension loop. Uncirculated.
Estimate $170
SOLD $160
Russia, unusual silver coin holder, (c.1896-1908), shaped as a cylinder with three spring loaded compartments for 5, 10, 15 and 20 kopek coins, hallmarked as 875 silver, maker Anton Vasiljevich Richter, contains 20 kopeks (2), 15 kopeks (10), 10 kopeks (6), 5 kopeks (2), engraved with owner's initials. Some dents, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Natural gold nugget, (31.66g). Very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,900