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Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Gallantry Cross (2, one missing ribbon); Staff Service Medal 2nd Class; Armed Forces Honour Medal 2nd Class (silvered), and another in bronze (silvering worn); Wound Medal (2, one without ribbon and most gilding worn); North Vietnam, Army Resistance Medal 2nd Class (no suspension or ribbon); Viet Cong Order of Liberation Medal (no suspension or ribbon); also People's Republic of China, Communist Star Service Awards, 1955 (2, each with image of a different General). Defects as mentioned, otherwise good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
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