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Union badges, includes Hospital Employees Federation (11, various types), Health and Community Service Union (5), noted Waterside Workers Fed of Australia (2 types), one on a fob chain; also Australasia Society of Engineers; Federated Ironworkers Assn of Aust; Amalgtd Timber Workers Union Tas; Primary Producers Union 1922; Seamen's Union of Australia; Victorian Railway Union, and various others, mostly enamelled and some in silver. Very good - good very fine. (40 + chain)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Government service badges, includes Correctional Services S.A. hat badge; Queensland Ambulance shoulder patches (2); Australia First Aid shoulder patch; New South Wales Government Ambulance medal in silver, reverse inscribed, 'Andrew/Paul'; National Emergency Services New South Wales badge (KC), missing pin; Dubbo Ambulance tinnie; Australian Customs lapel badge; Fedt Engine Drivers & Firemens' Assn of A'sia lapel badge; S.A. Emegency Fire Services badge (KC); F.F.U. (Federated Firemen's Union) lapel badge; N.S.W Bush Fire Brigade Hazelbrook badge; Wagga Wagga N.S.W. V.F.B. 1962 badge; Commonwealth Key Property Register Victoria Division, return key tag A1901 for $10 on return to nearest police station; buttons for H.M.T. (3) and H.T.C. The buttons poor - good, the medal with edge bumps and nicks, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Police badges and patches, includes N.S.W. Police voided, oval badge in black enamel and chrome (45x25mm), by Amor, Sydney; N.S.W. Police cloth patch (5); another but a slide-on shoulder patch; Police Force Victoria Pistol Club embroidered patch (QC); Aust. Police & Services Pistol Champs. Melbourne 1978 embroidered shoulder patch; metal unit/precinct number 6 (2); also N.S.W. Corrective Services cloth patch. The numeral 6s with oxidation, the rest very good - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Sydney Ferries Limited, bell shaped brass pass, 16684 stamped; Press Club Sydney one shilling in aluminium by Miller and Morris, punched with voided P (as in pass?), both scroll mounted with "our Albert" inscribed, first set with imitation glass 'diamond'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Transport badges, includes N.S.W. Tramways Driver metal and enamel hat badge No.14; car badge for Authorised Officer Motor Transport, reverse number 255, Issued By Commissioner For Motor Transport; Public Transport Union badge; MTT Inspector badge; Officers MTT pass; Inspector Weight of Loads Main Roads Queensland should patch (4); Department of Main Roads New South Wales shoulder patch. The second badge good, the rest very fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
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Victorian Railways, uniface tokens in aluminium, Stores Branch (39x38mm pentagonal); Way & Works Branch 1023 (51x38mm octogonal); Traffic Branch (51x39 rectangular). Fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Enamelled metal car badges, includes A.M.A. (Australian Medical Assn) Tasmania, by Golding (77mm), numbered 125 on reverse; TAS./192, with medical symbol in centre as for previous, by Stokes Melb (76mm); Nurses Assn, no maker (89mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Enamelled metal car badges, includes TAS./68, with medical symbol in centre, by Stokes (76.5mm), bolts missing from back; Queensland medical type with medical symbol as previous, no maker (61x66mm), reverse numbered 455; Nurses Assn, no maker (89mm), numbered 863 on bottom securing plate; also R.A.N.F. (Royal Australian Nursing Federation) plaque, no maker (89mm), unnamed. Some enamel loss at bottom of second badge, otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Firefighting embroidered shoulder badges, includes N.S.W. Bush Fire Brigades (4, two on navy blue background, one on yellow background and one on light blue background); others identical but without oval background (2); New South Wales Fire Brigades (3); N.S.W. Fire Brigades Fire Control Officer; Brisbane Metropolitan Fire Brigades (4); decals for N.S.W Bush Fire Brigades; N.S.W. Bush Fire Service; South Coast Fire Brigade; Queensland Fire Service Golf Club/Hobart 1989; postcards from Fire Brigades' Historical Society Queensland (2, unused); Greater Cessnock Laguna V.B.F.B. banner printed on cloth (approx 33x19.5cm); embroidered rank stars, probably police or fire brigade (14); also N.S.W.F.B. State Demonstration Queanbeyan 1978 keyring in gilt and enamel all stored in a vintage lacquered timber box (approx 26x15.5x13cm) with hinged lid and a copper carry handle. The box fine, the rest mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (36 + box)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Hospital badges, mostly enamelled metal types from various states, several sterling silver, includes some long service badges, noted Royal Hobart Hospital Tasmania (5), the rest mostly different. A few with some enamel loss, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (46)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Nursing and medical related badges and tinnies, a very diverse collection with many enamelled, also one single cufflink, also includes some world nursing badges in particular N.U.P.E. National Association of Nurses in England, noted a scarce tinnie for Army Nurses S.Aust 20.4.17 and a non-medical tinnie and a pin. A few poor but mostly very fine - uncirculated. (88)
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Nursing badges, from NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania, all in enamel and all with pin-backs, noted Nurses' Registration Board Queensland (KC), reverse numbered 919 and inscribed, 'A.Yapp/13.10.16', another for Australasian Trained Nurses Assocn, reverse inscribed, 'Alice Yapp/Feb 8, 1917', another for Nurses & Masseurs Registration Board Queensland, Child Welfare, reverse numbered 123 and inscribed, 'R.D.Yapp', another similar but for Midwifery, reverse numbered 1455 and inscribed, 'H.J.Anderson'; several badges feature a King's crown. Mostly very fine or better. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Nursing badges, includes various classes of qualified nurses, training colleges, registration boards, Australian state issues, also various nursing associations and federations, mostly enamelled with some in sterling silver, also noted Royal Flying Doctor Service flight nurse half-wing badge. A few fine but mostly very fine - uncirculated. (57)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Masonic Lodge Walhalla, Centenary jewel 1976, in gilt and enamel, emblem affixed to ribbon, '700EC/69VC' (Lodge numbers pre and post 1889), by Blashki; Masonic lapel badge in gilt, pin-back. Good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Knight of the Order of Merit jewel, 1927, in 9ct gold (tot wt 15.82g), by P H Prosser, with 9ct gold suspension garter (this already included in tot wt) with four loops on reverse and with KOM monogram in centre and inscribed around the outside, 'Sir P.E.Wylde', reverse of jewel inscribed, 'This Order of Merit/and Honor of/Knighthood/Was Conferred upon/Primo P.E.Wylde/by Combined Lodges/As a mark of Respect/for his Services in/the cause of Buffaloism/and their Regard for him/as a man./Oct.5th.1927'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Masonic jewels, includes Royal Arch Chapter I.P.Z. jewel in 9ct gold (tot wt 25.24g), with pin-back ribbon suspender, reverse inscribed, 'Pres to/Ex Comp. F.E.L.Grayson/By/The Members/Hiram Royal Arch Chapter/No 10./1948', in case of W.Beynon, jeweller, Brisbane; Rose Croix 18th Degree jewel, no ribbon; Rose Croix 18th Degree collar in purple woven cloth with gold and silver bullion embroidered design. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $650
SOLD $390
Small Mahogany Swan cabinet with key and lockable bar, three trays for coins, three plain deep drawer trays; coin box with fine Swan mahogany trays, decimal fifty cents (46) in both, plus Austria, Maria Theresa, thaler 1780 restrike, old George III - Queen Victoria copper pennies and token 1794, florins 1927, Canberra (2), 1954 R.V., and 1977 Jubilee crowns (3), Seychelles, twenty rupees note. Very good - uncirculated. (110)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Accessories, lighthouse binder albums of sixpences, large size (6), Dansco binder and album press-in albums (14), plus unopened pack of six Dansco shilling albums, all in two cartons. Very fine. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Dansco Supreme album for Australian florins, shillings and threepences - sixpences, also ANZAC five dollars proof pair set, 1990. As issued. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Sovereign case, 9ct gold plated, with ornate design on both sides; vesta case (32x40mm) in silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1916, side ring suspension, with engraved design and inscibed 'To/C S/5.2.17' on one side and 'From/K B' on the other. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Sovereign purse, features spring-loaded holders for sovereign and half sovereign in a metal frame (this cracked) inside a small leather purse (loss of colour on leather); Moeris half hunter pocket watch in base metal, white dial, Arabic numerals and separate seconds dial also with Arabic numerals (not working), with attached heavily oxidised chain with leather button clip; kookaburra brooch in gold plate, a few minor holes and missing pin; stylised butterfly wings brooch with pin-back name tag attached by a chain, possibly silver; Duncan's Waterproof Wax Vestas metal tin; Robur Is Good Tea metal cylinder with space at bottom for inserting coins, now contains one shilling; various base metal cufflinks (3 pairs and 4 singles), plus some odds (3); wooden handled brass stamp featuring an oval base with an impressed letter R for making wax impression. Poor - very fine. (20)
Estimate $60
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Australia, Edward VII, sovereign, 1904 Melbourne, in ring frame with decorative twist border, the frame with brooch mount fitted (tot wt 12.5g), with safety chain. Good fine.
Estimate $440
SOLD $560
Australia Edward VII half sovereign ring, features a 1902 half sovereign clip set atop a voided, spiral rod decorated base in 18ct gold ring (tot wt 10.05g). Very fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $330
Great Britain, George V, half sovereign, 1913, in an 18 carat mount, coin 3.99g + mount 3.91g. Fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Great Britain, George V, sovereigns, jewellers copies, 1912 (2), 1923 (8g each) and 1918I (Bombay)(7.87g). Extremely fine or better. (4)
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $1,350
Italy, twenty lire, 1863T, 1871R; Sardinia, twenty lire, 1841P, all jeweller's replicas in 900 fine gold (6.12g; 6.24g; 6.10g respectively). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $900
SOLD $1,100
Gent's hunter pocket watch, in gold (18ct; tot wt 130g), hallmarked by maker AB (Arthur Baume) for London c1880, workings' cover inscribed, 'Baume & Co, 21 Hatton Garden, London', both lids and workings' cover numbered 5099, plain case, white dial with black Roman numerals, seconds dial with black Arabic numerals, both dials with black hands. Appears to be in working order, very fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,600
Gent's hunter pocket watch, in gold (18ct; tot wt 120.0g), white dial, black Roman numerals and gold hands, seconds dial with black Arabic numerals and black indicator hand, plain case inscribed with ornate monogram on lid, gold hallmark for Chester 1902, marked for case maker BB (Benson Bros, Liverpool), dial cover loose. In unofficial box, does not appear to be working, a few small dents, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,400
Gent's hunter pocket watch, Waltham, gold plated, machine turned case with shield within a garter on lid for inscribing initials, white dial with black Roman numerals, seconds dial with black Arabic numerals, both dials with black hands. Not working, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
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Ladies' hunter pocket watch, Elgin, gold plated, floral decorated case, white dial with large black Roman numerals and small corresponding red Arabic numerals, seconds dial with black Arabic numerals, both dials with black hands. Not working, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
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