Catalogue
Australia, presentation Lavinia Swiss wristwatch, 1940s, silvered case, flat silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, with seconds dial also with black Arabic numerals, with leather band, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/R.A.Uebel/R.A.A.F/By His Friends At/S.T.Leigh & Co./27-9-40'. Appears to be working, some discolouration to dial, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Trench art, a ballpoint pen made from two brass cartridge cases and a bullet head, the headstamp codes on one casing are 'MF/64/L2A2', MF indicating the Small Arms Factory No.1 at Footscray, Victoria, Australia. Pen out of ink, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Trench art, rose and leaf decorated brass German field canon artillery shell casing, base marked, 'St/G/149/Juli/1917/67%Cu/HL/25'. Some light oxidation, edge bumps and a small split at open end, otherwise very good.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
29th Light Horse, Port Phillip Horse VMR, hat badge, 1912-18, in gilt and enamel (35mm). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,250
SOLD $3,400
Australia, WWI, Camel Corps sandcast brass collar badge. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
Australia, RAAF, Officer's hat badge (KC), in bullion embroidered and metal with 'sinister' (to wearer's left or viewer's right) eagle, fitted to hat band; Crown and Eagle arm badges (KC) (2), opposing pair in oxidised bronze with backing plate; uniform buttons (all KC), mostly oxidised, includes large (3), medium (3), small (2), several by K.G.Luke Pty Ltd, Melbourne; also Army Warrant Officer's arm badges (KC) (2) in oxidised metal, both with oxidised backing plates. Fine - good very fine. (13)
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Australia, Rising Sun collar badges in silvered (3), all pin-back, for nursing staff; Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps badges (2, one KC, one QC on a bar); Australian Army Ordnance Corps lapel badge (KC); Australian Army Cadets embroidered patch; Ex-Naval Men's Association of Tasmania badge (KC); Air Force Association badge (KC); Ex-POW Association Tasmania Life Member badge suspended from Ladies Auxiliary bar; Cabra-Vale Diggers Club tie-bar; War Widow's Guild badge in silver, also miniature badges (2, both different); C.T & W.A. Army Nurses' Day 1917 badge; Jack's Day tinnie; also Great Britain, Army Temperance Association medal 1895, missing suspender, unnamed. The last poor, otherwise fine - nearly uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Australia, World War 1, Munitions Worker badge in bronze (54x43mm), number stamped on reverse 4333, by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne. A spot of oxidation on reverse at top lug, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $180
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI War Service badge (type 2, c1918), in voided silver and enamel (44x26mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1917 by maker W.J.D (W.J.Davis), pin-back (pin missing). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badge (RAN), by Stokes Sons Melbourne, reverse numbered 1210. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $250
NSW Auxiliary Dental Service, 1940-1943, nurses badge in white metal, no maker's name, pin-back. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
AFC (Australian Flying Corps) Comforts Fund badge, WWI, in bronze and enamel (25x19mm), features AFC colour patch, by P.J.King, Melb, pin-back, securing loop missing. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Naval Transport Coaling Battalion, lapel badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, button hole suspension, reverse impressed 204. Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $2,000
Scottish Women's Hospital, WWI, gorget badges. Very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Tasmanian Police, Inspector's cap badge, c1930, in gilt and enamel (42x65mm) by J.R.Gaunt London. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $600
Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police cap badge, c1950. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Australia, World War I, tribute fob in gold (15ct; 6.4g; 35x35mm), obverse handcrafted with overlay of soldier standing with rifle within circular frame, reverse inscribed 'Presented to/P.J.Brown/By the residents of Allans Flat/on his return/From Active Service/Abroad/15.3.20'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Australia, 59th Battalion, handcrafted fob in gold and enamel (15ct; 5.7g; 29mm) overlay of Commonwealth Coat of Arms, enamelled colour patch on shield within circular mount, inscribed 'Dennington' on rim at top, reverse inscribed ''To/Pte William S.Patterson/on his return/from/Active Service/1919'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $600
Australia, World War I, tribute fob in gold (15ct; 6.9g; 32mm), obverse overlay of soldier standing with rifle within circular frame, leaf design surround, reverse inscribed 'Mansfield Patriotic League/Cpl W.Stevenson/For Duty/Nobly Done/in the/Great War/1919'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
AFC (Australian Flying Corps), sweetheart badge of pilot's wings in yellow gold with enamelled AFC and crown (9ct; 6.21g; 55x18.5mm), pin-back. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $450
SOLD $580
AFC (Australian Flying Corps), sweetheart badge of pilot's wings in yellow gold with pink gold AFC (9ct; 2.92g; 46.5x18mm), pin-back, with safety chain. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Australia, 14th Battalion, handcrafted fob in gold and enamel (9ct; 2.6g; 24mm) enamel colour patch within gold circular mount with loop. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, 47th Battalion AIF, 1918, pin-backed sweetheart badge in gold and enamel (9ct; 3.6g; 30x22mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Australia, A A M C, pin-backed sweetheart badge in white gold and enamel (18ct; 9g; 30mm) with small single cut and rose cut diamonds. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Australia, Anzac Lone Pine, Field 3rd Ambulance, pin-backed sweetheart badge in gold and enamel (9ct; 2.7g; 40x23mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $550
Australia, Rising Sun badge (KC) sweetheart brooch, in gold (9ct; 9.91g; 42x29mm), pin-back, with safety chain, reverse inscribed, 'From Vin./to Mary.' Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, Rising Sun pin-backed sweetheart badge, in gold and enamel (9ct; 7.3g; 40x30mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, Rising Sun pin-backed sweetheart badge, in gold and enamel (9ct; 4.6g; 36x23mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Old Victorian Mounted Rifles Assn, fob in gilt and enamel (24mm) with scroll mount, by P.J.King, Melb. Enamel crazed near mount, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
6th Light Horse bugle, in copper and brass with mouthpiece, this with a later safety chain added, at the front top of the horn area is affixed an Australian Rising Sun collar badge and below this is impressed '6 TH/A L H'. Around the back end has been repaired and most of the bugle is heavily battered possibly caused by several blasts of shrapnel, also cleaned, otherwise good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170