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MM Trio: Military Medal (GVR type 1); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 20740 Gnr: T.H.Burrett. Aust:F.A. on first medal, 20740 Gnr T.H.Burrett. 3 D.A.C. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Estimate $2,500
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MM Trio: Military Medal (GVR type 1); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1857 Cpl C.L.Whitby. 46/Aust:Inf: on first medal, 1857 T-Sgt. C.L.Whitby. 46-Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Good very fine.
Estimate $2,500
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Pair to Camel Corps: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2284 T/Sgt A B Cameron. I.C.C. A.I.F. on first medal, 2284 T-Sgt. A.B.Cameron. Cml. Cps. A.I.F. on second medal. Both medals impressed. Fine - very fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $1,900
Group of Twelve: Member of the Order of Australia (Military Division); War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 - three clasps - Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam; Korea Medal 1950-53 with Mention-in-Despatches emblem; United Nations Korea Medal 1950-53; Campaign Service Medal 1962 (EIIR) - clasp - Malaya Peninsula; Vietnam Medal 1964-73; Australian Service Medal 1945-75 - three clasps - PNG, Japan, Thailand; Defence Force Service Medal; RAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; South Vietnam Campaign Medal - clasp - 1960-. First medal unnamed, 170051 P.F.Rinehart on second and third medal, A1418 P.F.Rinehart on fourth - sixth and ninth medals, A1418 Rinehart P.F. on seventh, eighth, eleventh and twelfth medals, and P.F.Rinehart A1418 on tenth medal. Second and fifth - eighth medals impressed, third and tenth - twelfth engraved, fourth and ninth pantographed. Court mounted with some loose stitching, extremely fine.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $8,000
Group of Seventeen to AATTV: Medal of the Order of Australia (General Division); British Empire Medal (Military); Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 - two clasps - Korea, Vietnam; Korea Medal 1950-53 (first obverse); United Nations Korea Medal 1950-53; Campaign Service Medal 1962 - clasp - South Vietnam; Vietnam Medal 1964-73; Australian Service Medal 1945-75 - two clasps - Korea, PNG; Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Defence Force Service Medal with first Bar; National Medal with first Bar; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Australia bar; Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal (EIIR); Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star; South Vietnam Campaign Medal - clasp - 1960-; Australian Defence Medal 2006, the first fifteen court mounted, the sixteenth is loose as it was issued in 2007 and the seventeenth in a case is the Australian General Service Medal for Korea, issued in 2009 together with miniature. James Husband on first medal; 26275 James Husband, R. Aust. Sigs. on second medal; 26275 J. Husband on third, sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, sixteenth and seventeenth medals; 2/6275 J. Husband on fourth (impressed as HU SB A ND) and fifth medals; 26275 J. Husband BEM on thirteenth medal; and J. Husband on fifteenth medal. First, third, eighth, sixteenth and seventeenth medals pantographed, of the others the second to thirteenth medals impressed, and fifteenth medal engraved. Extremely fine and a rare opportunity to acquire a distinguished career soldier's complete portfolio of awards and memorabilia, including the rare Campaign Service Medal - bar South Vietnam to a member of AATTV, Australia's most highly decorated unit with four VCs to its credit as well as numerous other Imperial and foreign awards.
Estimate $40,000
SOLD $38,000
Trio: General Service Medal 1962 - two clasps - Borneo, Malay Peninsula; Vietnam Medal 1964-73; South Vietnam Campaign Medal. 214113 G.W.Rae. First two medals impressed, third engraved. Very fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,600
Russia, Order of St Anne 2nd Class in gold and enamel (43x48mm including suspension ring), c1900, stamped 56 on suspension ring indicating manufacture at St Petersburg and 14ct gold, with attached elongated gold suspension loop for neck ribbon, order marked by manufacturer, Albert Keibel, with AK within enamel on reverse of lower arm. No ribbon, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,600
SOLD $2,000
USA, Group of Nine to Heroic Officer: Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, edge numbered, 89347; Bronze Star; Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, edge numbered 295727; American Defense Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; Army of Occupation Medal, -clasp - Germany; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal. Good very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,350
Victorian Rifle Association Grand Championship, second prize medal in sterling silver (66mm, 26.8g), won by L.A.Righetti 1931, complete with suspender, clasp and original ribbon. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
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Spitfire propeller blades, a pair made of pine wood with metal leading edge covering, one with this edge cover only three-quarters of length, the outer skin of metal mesh and cellulose sheet coating has been stripped off leaving the timber base, one blade has been lacquered, with heavy steel gearing at the bottom for fitting into the spinner, the one on the lacquered blade has been coated with black enamel, the base of the gearing on both with a Drawing Number, the first S/N 0 JP133711, the other appears to be 304663, the total length of each blade including steel base is 154cm. A few small areas with some minor loss of material from rear edge, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $1,200
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The Footsoldiers, The Story of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F. in the War of 1939-45, by William Crooks, 1971 First Edition, hard cover with dust jacket, 528pp, with b&w images and maps, includes lists of POWs, battle honours, honours & awards with citations, roll of honour, casualty list, with endorsement on cover page signed by Eric Marshall (Maj-Gen Eric Sydney Marshall) served in 2/33rd as Captain. Foxing at page edges as usual, otherwise very fine and rare as first edition.
Estimate $500
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Queensland Police, hat badge (KC), post 1915 issue, in silvered and enamel (49x90mm), reverse with pin and four centre rings as well as two side lugs, with intact backing plate marked 'Myer & Co'. The backing plated with oxidation, the badge extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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Shanghai Municipal Police, hat badge, 1934, two part construction in silver and enamel (52x53mm), with two lugs on reverse. Toned good very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $2,400
Canada, Bank of Canada, 1954 Series, one (2), two, five and ten dollars (2)(P.74a, 84a, 76b, 77b, 79a, b, 85c (pair), 86b, 92b, 94b, 97d, 88d, 101a, 103a). The 79a only very good, 101a extremely fine, others uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $540
SOLD $340
Fiji, Government of Fiji, provisional issue, one pound, overprinted in black on a Reserve Bank of New Zealand, L. Lefeaux, one pound note (1934) (P.155), undated (1940), 1D 594823 (P.45a). Two vertical folds, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare, especially in this condition.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $3,500
Fiji, Government of Fiji, provisional issue, one pound overprinted in black on a one pound Reserve Bank of New Zealand note, L. Lefeaux, 1934 (P.155), undated (1940) FI/0 126330 (P.45c). Flattened of folds otherwise, extremely fine.
Estimate $4,000
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Fiji, Reserve Bank of Fiji, Elizabeth II, one, two (3), five (7), and twenty dollars (20 consecutive) (P.89a, 90a, 93a, 95a). Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $750
SOLD $950
India, Reserve Bank of India, second and third series, ten rupees P.60A, P.91 stapled pack (single 85), P.88; twenty rupees, three stapled packs (P.82), P.61A (pair, three single); fifty rupees, (P.84c, d, e); one hundred rupees (P.64a pair, b, c, d, 70a)(P.86 several). Very good - uncirculated. (approx 500)
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
India, Reserve Bank of India, Mahatma Gandhi, five rupees, packs of 100 consecutive P.94A, c, 101 (2); ten rupees, packs of 100 (P.89a) (2), (P.95g, q (2), r), broken packs medium to large runs, (P.95j, m, p, q, r, s), small runs, pairs and singles (P.95a, d, e, g, m, q, u, y), twenty rupees, packs of 100 (P.96h, (2 consecutive packs), k, n, (2, one with radar note), part pack P.96k), part runs 89A a, P96 2007E, h, 2009E; fifty rupees (P.90e, 97s (run of ten), x, 104a), one hundred rupees (P.105a (11), 98u, a, d (3)). Some rubber band damage, otherwise mostly uncirculated. (approx 2,200)
Estimate $650
SOLD $750
India, Reserve Bank of India, Mahatma Gandhi, third series, five hundred rupees (P.99l (broken run of twenty two) o (pair), one thousand rupees (P.100 d (2), l (two pairs), n (broken run of fifteen), o (pair), z (pair). Uncirculated. (49)
Estimate $750
SOLD $500
Ireland, Northern, Belfast Banking Corporation Limited, ten pounds, Belfast, 3rd December 1963, A/N 6924 (P.131c). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $850
Passed in
Malaya, Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya, specimen twenty cents, 1st July, 1941 (P.9s), stamped 'Specimen De La Rue & Co Ltd No Value' top left and bottom right corners on obverse and reverse, Sep/1949 written in pencil bottom right of reverse, cancelled perforated diagonally. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,600
Nepal, Kingdom, Government of Nepal (1951, second issue, set of one, five, ten and one hundred mohru (P.1, 5, 6, 7). Staple holes in the second and third, otherwise very fine or better, the first and fourth virtually uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
Nepal, Kingdom, Government of Nepal (1951), second issue, set of one, five, ten and one hundred mohru (P.1, 5, 6, 7). Staple holes in second and third, otherwise very fine or better, the first and fourth virtually uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Nepal, Kingdom, Central Bank of Nepal, twenty rupees (1996 issues)(P.38b), four packs of one hundred consecutive notes plus 157 loose in runs. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (557)
Estimate $500
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Nepal, Kingdom, Central Bank of Nepal, two hundred and fifty rupees (1997) commemorative issue (P.42) in consecutive runs. Virtually uncirculated - uncirculated. (66)
Estimate $500
SOLD $440
Nigeria, Government of Nigeria, George V, one shilling, 52644, December 1918, (P.1). Good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,500
Philippines, Culion Leper Colony, 1942 Emergency Circulating Note Issue, one peso No.45358, five pesos No.8659, twenty pesos No.1892, (P.S245, S246, S247). Mostly extremely fine, last very rare. (3)
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $660
Philippines, Culion Leper Colony, 1942 Emergency Circulating Note Issue, twenty centavos No.15532, 15534, five pesos No.6967, 6975, (P.S245, S246, S253). Very fine- extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $550
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Seychelles, Government of, George V, fifty rupees, A/1 01748, nd (1936), (P.5b). Nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $8,000