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Great Britain, patriotic fobs, South Africa 1899-1900 For Empire, in gilt bronze and enamel (24mm) by A.H.W.&Co. Slight chipping to enamel on one, very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $250
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Victorian China Naval Contingent Association, fob in gold and enamel (9ct, 5g, 23mm) with loop mount, by Bridgeland & King, engraved on back 'C.Gorway/Pianist/One of the Best'. Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,300
Presentation teapot, stamped EPNS Empire Plate (ht 80mm, dia 47mm), inscribed 'The Army Championship/(Kings Medal)/Best Score Militia/Won by/Presented by/Lt Col C.Carre-Riddell D.S.O.,V.D.'. Very good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
New Zealand, World War I, patriotic white cotton quilt with hand embroidered centrepiece 'Success/to/Our Boys/From/Puerua/Jun 1916', surrounded by ninety one panels embroidered in red cotton with names from Otago, including Phyllis Grant, Ettie Cooper, Milner Grant, Walter Wright. With a 23x15cm piece cut out from top, also other tears, single hole and stains.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
The Corporation of the City of Richmond, matchbox holder, with embossed lettering 'The Mayor/Councillors and Citizens of/the City of Richmond/Wish you a Successful Journey and/a Safe and Speedy Return/Au Revoir/1940'; brass dish (120mm dia) with enamelled centrepiece S.S.Southern Cross; Cigarette case in chromium plate (120x80mm) with small RAAF badge on front, engraved inside 'From Freddie McGeorge/to/Don Paterson/25/8/40; jacket buttons in gilt (6) in a Gallery of London case; South Africa, Molassine tobacco tin (85x50mm oval); belt buckles, Australian Lighthorse Brigade (unoffical) in gilt lead by Leffler & Son, Melb; USA, the Right to Bear Arms is the Right to be Free, by Siskiyou Buckle Co; NRA by Bergamot; Look Familiar? by C & J Inc. Very good - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $150
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NSW Soudan Contingent, 1885, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (21mm) by C.A.Miller Sydney. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $480
Australia, Queensland Defence Forces, c1900, Queensland Mounted Infantry, hat badge, in gilt (ht 53mm)(2) one missing lugs; Queensland Medical Department, hat badge, in gilt (ht 57mm); shoulder titles, QIB, QMI, in brass (43mm). Very good - very fine. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $420
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, (Australian Horse NSW), c1900, cap badge in brass (35mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $600
Australia, 1900-1930, 9th Aust.Lt.Horse Regt. (Victorian Mounted Rifles) bi-metal cap badge (48mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $600
Australia, 1903-1930, Royal Australian Engineers, collar badges (25mm) in brass (5) and oxidised. Extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
World War I, 1914-18 AIF, oxidised shoulder titles, includes MINERS, DAC, AVC, HQ, INF (4). Extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $400
SOLD $440
World War I, 1914-18, AIF copper numerals, 0, 1 (3), 4 (2), 6. Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Australia, 1930-1942, 23rd Australian Light Horse Regiment (Barossa Light Horse) hat (52mm) and collar (30mm) badge. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902, shield shaped wooden display board (670x560mm) with mounted cap, collar and shoulder titles, including Northumberland Fusiliers, The Wiltshire Regiment, Scottish King's Borderers, North Hamptonshire; shoulder titles, Buffs, KOSB, Berks, RHG, N Lancanshire. Some badges and shoulder titles have previously been removed, good - very good. (total 43)
Estimate $150
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Estimate $250
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Austrian/German/Swiss, students grey cloth jacket and trousers, c1930, with green trim and stag horn buttons. With mothing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Zulu knobkerrie, c1900, total length 52cm, diameter of knob 9.5cm. Very good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Bugle, silvered, impressed 'L.P./Sold by/Besson & Co/London/Made in England', engraved 'R.A.N.1923'. Upper part with khaki cloth covered hand grip, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Stereoscope Viewer, by Underwood & Underwood, New York, hand held with assorted stereo cards (24) mixture of Military and civilian themes, cards include the Sixth Regiment of NSW Imperial Bushmen running to remount after delivering a volley, Mafeking SA; Grand Durbar Review on the great Delhi plain. Very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Microfilm projector, 35mm, by Bell & Howell, in original case; Boer War microfilm, Nominal Rolls WO 100 Series (25), in an aluminium case; together with a Haminex Mini projector and a Magnon II super 8 film Editor/viewer. With reference catalogue for film, very good. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Lindsay, Daryl, Digger Book, with illustrations of Australian soldiers, Villiers Bretoneux, 16pps, produced by Daryl Lindsay and Cyril Dillon, The Sun Art Studios, Melbourne, 1919. Front and back covers with some tears, front cover missing small illustration, soiled, pages with foxing, three punch holes through edge, good.
Estimate $120
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Mentioned in Despatches, full list of Officers, Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who have been MID (with full details) and all Honours, Special Promotions, etc, gazetted up to 6th May 1902, published by the Army and Navy Gazette, London, 1902; together with World War I trench map, 1917; poem 'In the Veldt'- handwritten on the back of a single sheet of Invincible Note Paper; Australians Remembered Map, published by Hema Maps. First publication poor, some pages missing, tears, soiled, poor - fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
The Illustrated London News Record of the Transvaal War 1899-1900, hard bound copy, 84pp, the front and back cover of the News with some tears, rust on staples, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Newspapers, Boer War, WWI and WWII, South Africa, Kimberley, Diamond Fields Advertiser Weekly Editions, November 18, 26; December 2, 9 and 23, 1899; Australia, The Argus, 13/11/1918, 6/1/1919; The Sun, 4/11/1923, 1/12/1941; Guinea Gold, 25/12/1945, 5/5/1945, 13/5/1945; The Herald, 15/8/1945 Victory Edition souvenir; photocopies of sections of newspapers WWII related, HMAS Sydney; The Herald and Weekly Times, poster Distinguished Badges of the AIF WWI (2). Most newspapers complete, condition varies, some holed, torn and with foxing, poor - very good. (23)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Magazines, 'Black & White', 'Black & White Budget' assorted issues with no duplication, Vol 1 - 1899, Vol II & III - 1900. Front and back covers missing from two magazines, many with frayed torn spines, good - very good. (43)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Magazines, 'British Battles on Land and Sea', part 1, 3-10, 12-24, by Cassell & Company, Ltd, London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne. Missing parts 2 & 11, part 3 is without back cover, five copies with tears along spines, fair - fine. (22)
Estimate $120
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South Africa, topographers maps, Zoutpansberg 1903 (modern reproduction), 2230 Messina, Fourth Edition 1994; 2328 Pieterburg, Second Edition 1993; South Africa, Second Edition 1986; 2330 Tzaneen, Fifth Edition 1994; Zoutpansberg 1903; together with some part photocopies of the maps; laminated poster Australians and New Zealanders at Klerksdorp by C.Hammond (740x500mm); French poster, Carte des Vines de Bour Gogne (630x480mm); Diamond Fields Advertiser, Siege Calendar 1900,listing Siege of Kimberley Principal Events; East Map (modern reproduction); Daily Mail London, November 1899, pages 1-8; Thursday December 28, pages 1-8, with a number of references to the Boer War (all laminated); modern issue of Daily Mail December 1899. Fine - very fine. (approx 26)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
World War II, Silk Escape Maps, areas covered include Burma, Siam, French Indo China, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Very good - very fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Australian Chivalry, Reproductions in colour and Duo-Tone of Official war paintings, 52 plates, Australian War Memorial, 1933; The Changing of the Guard, Graphic Incident of the Two Wars, Reproduced from Official and Other Photographs, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, MDCCCCXLI. Books very fine, first card outer poor, second very good. (2)
Estimate $200
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