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Australia, 1930-42, 58th Infantry Battalion (The Essendon-Coburg-Brunswick Rifles) hat badge in brass and enamel (52mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, 1930-42, 59th Infantry Battalion (The Hume Regiment) hat badge in brass and enamel (53mm); 59th Infantry Battalion (The Coburg-Brunswick Regiment) hat badge in brass and enamel (53mm). Both badges with some chipping to enamel on titles, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Australia, 1930-42, 61st Infantry Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Queensland) hat badge oxidised (58mm). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, 1930-42, Army Medical Corps, single hat badge in brass (67mm) together with another hat badge (67mm) and collar badges (2) oxidised (32mm). Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
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Australia, 1930-42, Veterinary Corps, hat (52mm) and single collar badge (30mm) in brass. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Australia, 1930-42, Sydney University Regiment, hat badge oxidised (51mm); Royal Australian Engineers (GVR) hat badge oxidised (47mm); (GVIR) hat badge oxidised (47mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Australia, The Scots College Senior Cadet Corps, 1930-42, hat badge in silvered brass (57mm), pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Australia, 1930-WWII, hat badges, Officers shoulder pips, buttons, Female Relative badges, Returned from Active Service badges, RAAF Sweetheart badge in silver and enamel, miniature medal trio of Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, Australia Service Medal 1939-45; together with assorted world medalets and badges, including Australia, medalets (C.1935/1, 1945/9, 1955/4), Presbyterian Church of Victoria Centenary, 1937, badge in gilt and enamel; bowling club lapel badges, Ararat, RVBA, St Leonards; Victoria Rifle Association, 1929. Good - very fine. (76)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Military badges and a few buttons, medalets, tinny and union badge (Smith 106), Australian and mostly New Zealand and a MCC 1921/1922 enamelled pass signed G. Bentley; Prince Alberts Own Hussars XI H, enamelled gilt lunette brooch, badge and a framed two mark note 1914. Fine - extremely fine. (approx 40)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
World badges, Australian Army Chaplain's Dept, Jewish Chaplain hat badge in oxidised bronze (29x38mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, with two lugs; Fiji Defence Force hat badge (KC), in brass (33x40mm), by J.A.Gaunt, London. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
World badges, includes Australia, AWAS shoulder title in blackened bronze; Great Britain, hat badges for Royal Rifle Corps (KC), Royal Sussex Regt (no lugs), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (missing crown and lugs), Warrant Officer's King's crown; New Zealand, Onward badge (O.4/230) (no lugs), 5th (Wellington) Rifles Regiment 1st Battalion collar badge (O.6/56), B Coy 20th (Reinforcements) sweetheart badge (KC) in silver, pin-back but missing pin; South Africa, Tank Corps (S.A.T.C) collar badge (casting), and 1st SA Infantry Regt (casting); USA, US Navy Petty Officer cap badge, pin-back; also Australian WWI dog tag in aluminium, some details removed and then privately inscribed, '3/4085/Pte Winsor A./13th Batt./Cong.' Good - very fine. (12)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Australia, various lapel badges, includes RAN anchor and Australian arms badge in gilt and enamel (pin missing); Air Force Association badge (KC) in gilt and enamel, pin-back, number 80404 on reverse; General Service badge WWII, pin-back, reverse numbered AF93464; RSL membership badge (3 figures), King's crown with 50 overlay, lug back, reverse numbered Y9670; British/Australian Atomic Tests Veterans Association commemorative badge, 'Emu Claypan Atomic Tests 15th Oct.53', in gilt and enamel, lapel lug, by Stokes, Melb; N.D.B.A. (Newcastle District Bowling Association) Veteran's Day 1971 badge, in chrome and enamel, pin-back. Very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $190
Australia, buttons, metal includes NSW Military Forces 1880-1901, large (4), small (1) (Cossum 6a); RAN pre 1953, large (Cossum 58a); RAAF 1953-, large (Cossum 63c); also General Post Office (KC), large; New South Wales Police (KC), medium (2), small (4); N.S.W. Prisons Department, Medium (QC) (2), small (KC) (1). Affixed to cardboard sheet, Good very fine - nearly uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
World button collection, all in metal, includes Australia, NSW Military Forces (3), Australian Military Forces (EVIIR), Australian Military Forces (WWII) (4), various Army unit issues (13), various Navy issues (9), various Air Force issues (4), also Officer's pips (3); Canada (1); Germany (?) (2); Great Britain (6); Italy (3); New Zealand (2); Russia (1); Scotland (1); South Africa (1); Turkey (1); USA (2); other unidentified (4, some probably civilian issues); also an Italian uniform star and a French metal shirt button; all in various sizes from large to medium to small, but mostly large to medium. All affixed to cardboard backing, fine - extremely fine. (63)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
British East India Company officer's gorget, c1810, small size military gorget in brass with rolled edge, in the centre is inscribed the shield of East India Company with the motto, 'Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae' (By Command of the King and Parliament of England). Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,600
Boer War vesta case, in silver, hallmarked for London 1887 by maker, JH (Joseph Hirst), one side inscribed 'T.S.H./From/J.R./Feb.1899', stuffed inside are QSA and KSA medal ribbons. Toned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Tasmanian Rangers presentation cake tray, a silvered tray (approx 25.5cm wide), with decorative scalloped edge, three wide and curved legs, reverse stamped for maker, 'Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England' and number 53641A, centre of the tray inscribed with a foliage pattern and in the centre of this is the Tasmanian Rangers lion with scroll below with their name, this is above a dedication, 'Captain & Mrs. W.K.Findlay./From The Officers. N.C.O.'s. & Men/Of The Regiment/29-9-09.'. Surface scratches, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $230
Pocket clinometer, Abney Mk.IV (Aust), made by J.W.Handley in Australia 1943, Reg. No.428, marked on the side 'D (upright arrow) D' (Defence Department), made in brass and consists of a hollow rectangular tube base with a semi-circular protractor screwed to one side that is used to adjust the elevation of a field gun when aiming artillery, with an arched vernier scale and an adjustable magnifying lens to view the scale, linked at the rear of the protractor is a glass bubble level which can be rotated 120 degrees using a stem winder and this bubble level is connected to a small arm with a scale at the tip and this arm slides along the protractor indicating the angle of elevation reached and there is a locking pin to ensure accuracy. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Lee Enfield Mk 3 oil bottle, in brass; brass button slide impressed 'R 1 (broadarrow) 7/Dimago/1940; rectangular iron kit bag locking device; rounded brass kit bag locking device. The third item with oxidation, otherwise fine. (4)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
NSW Military Forces sword belt tassel, in braided silver bullion and with white leather strap (all as new); NSW Naval Brigade sword belt tassel in cloth and bullion gold with corded strap; another white cord with some damage; various buttons (3) and numerals, probably police, for numbers 1 (2) and 4. Fine - nearly uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
WWI Infantry Officer's sword, 1897 pattern, with proved stamp on ricasso of blade, leather and wire wrapped grip and chrome guard with GVR cypher, in a leather scabbard with fittings for attachment to belt, marked for maker, 'Luhl & Sons Ltd, Brisbane, 1916'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Japan, NCO's sword with impressed number 94403 on both the blade and the scabbard, with arsenal marks on the handle above the guard, black metal scabbard with suspension loop; also unidentified European officer's sword. The first scabbard and handle with some loss of paint, otherwise good fine, the last sword with heavy corrosion and generally in very poor condition. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $850
Imperial Russian sword belt, with hangers, in black velvet with felt backing, snake hook clasp, all buckle and hangar fittings in silvered metal and feature the double eagle crest. Appears to be a few fittings missing from back, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $910
Egyptian War 1881-1899, glass lantern slides in the form of colour plates in frames (8.2x8.2cm), each featuring a different scene and all featuring British forces. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Lady Boer Commando photo, an original b&w photo of Mrs Berret dressed in attire for 'In The Field' and 'At Home' with the caption, 'The Woman who has been fighting in man's clothes 3 Months on Commando', the photo is glued to a board which is printed on the back, 'Everlasting/Silver Leaves/From/Table Mountain/Cape Town/South Africa.'. Split at top edge and stains and some spotting but scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
The Immortal Shrine, a colour print mat framed under perspex with frame made of timber (68x48cm) from the decommissioned HMAS Sydney which was broken up in 1929, with two suspension loops on reverse, also with original brass title plaque and in a window at the right side is the pencil signature of the artist 'Will Longstaff' (appears to be genuine), signed in the early 1930s as part of a fundraising effort to build the Australian War Memorial. Print as issued, the framing board needs to be tightened a little bit across the back, otherwise the frame is very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Menin Gate at Midnight, a colour print mat framed under perspex with frame made of timber (68x48cm) from the decommissioned HMAS Sydney which was broken up in 1929, with two suspension loops on reverse, also with original brass title plaque, on the back of the framing board is the seal of the Australian War Memorial, the print was issued in the early 1930s as part of a fundraising effort to build the Australian War Memorial. Print as issued, the framing tape at the back needs to be tightened in some places, otherwise the frame is very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
World, includes Australia Red Cross, badge issued to raise funds for Australian soldiers in WWI, held on Australia Day 26 July 1918 (at that time, later changed to 26 January), in silvered and enamel (24mm), by Amor Ltd, Sydney, pin-back; British Free French patriotic badge, WWI, in enamel and silvered (22mm), features French tri-colours, French Resistance Cross and British flag, crudely made with pin-back; USA, unissued tropical uniform rank badges, includes Aerographer's Bosun's Mate in silver bullion and blue on khaki, and Aviation Machinist Bosun's Mate in silver bullion and black on khaki, vendor says made in Australia but no labels to verify. The last badge with a few moth holes, otherwise very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
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Red Cross invalid hospital feeding cup, white porcelain with red Maltese Cross, used by nurses on hospital ships or in hospitals to feed injured defence personnel too ill to sit up. Some of gilt decorative lines faded, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Welcome Home Australian handwaver flag, printed on thin cloth and stitched to a wooden stick, an original issue used at Welcome Home parades for Australian troops; also gent's polyester tie issued for 85th Anniversary of Gallipoli, featured on the tie is a Rising Sun badge with the motto 'Gallipoli Pilgrimage 2000. Very good; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $80
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