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N.S.W. Police, hat badge (QC), c1954-70s, in voided chrome plate (57x48.5mm), with brace bar at back, with two lugs on reverse. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
New South Wales, police shoulder patches and other items, includes N.S.W. Police - New South Wales Police (2, different); N.S.W. Police - New South Wales Police Force (4); New South Wales Police; N.S.W. Police Driver Training School; NSW Police Driver Training; The New South Wales Police Academy Goulburn; N.S.W. Police Department Security Officer (2, different); N.S.W. Police Rescue Squad (2, different); New South Wales Police Pipe Band; New South Wales Police Band (2, different); NSW Police Band; N.S.W. Police - Police Dog Squad; N.S.W. Police Mounted Section; New South Wales Police Chaplain; New South Wales Police Chaplain (Jewish); N.S.W. Police Diving Section; another version of previous patch but untitled; N.S.W. Police Department Parking Patrol; N.S.W. Police Department Transit Police; New South Wales Police Transit Police; Tactical Response Group N.S.W Police; N.S.W. Police Special Weapons & Operations Squad; SWOS Special Weapons And Operations Squad; N.S.W. Police Highway Patrol; N.S.W. Police Finger Print Bureau; N.S.W. Police Weapons Training Unit; New South Wales Police Service Special Constable Security; Operations Unit S.P.G. (State Protection Group); 25th Australian Police and Services Pistol Championship, Sydney, Australia 1988; Pan Pacific Pistol Championship, Blacktown, N.S.W. 1988; Sydney 1988 International Law Enforcement Olympics; NSWP (NSW Police) AFC (Amateur Fishing Club); Australian Open Pairs A.P.F.C. (Fishing Club) 1989; Retired Police Association New South Wales; also Police Rescue overall's title 'Police Rescue Squad'; N.S.W. Police blue and white checked hat headband; shoulder titles for N.S.W Police (3, two different), New South Wales Police, Parking Patrol Officer New South Wales Police Department, Security Officer New South Wales Police Department; shoulder slide for N.S.W. Police; Police History in NSW A Pictorial 125 Years souvenir issue booklet c1987; decals large (2), small (5); drink coaster; The N.S.W. Police Historical Society Warrant of Identification card for Brian R. Bennett. Fine - uncirculated with most shoulder patches uncirculated. (60)
Estimate $350
SOLD $260
Northern Territory, police shoulder patches and other items, includes Northern Territory Police shoulder patch introduced 1976 (2, one embroidered, one printed), another, 1990-1991, khaki background with long tail kangaroo [illustrated], and from 1991, khaki background with short tail kangaroo; Police blue and white checked headband; Northern Territory Police Fire & Emergency Services Chaplain shoulder patch (2nd type); NT Police, Fire And Emergency Services Chaplain shoulder patch (3rd type); Northern Territory Police Task Force shoulder patch; Tracker Northern Territory Police shoulder patch; shoulder slides for Police Auxiliary, Aide, Trainee, Police Tracker; shoulder title patches for Cadet (3 types), Tracker (2 different), Aide, Aboriginal Community Police. One very fine, the rest extremely fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Queensland, police shoulder patches and other items, includes Queensland Police (16, fifteen different types including one impressed on leather) [one illustrated]; Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Team; Qld. Police Bomb Technician shoulder title; Queensland Water Police in gold bullion; Police Diver in gold bullion; Testing Officer Police Dept; Queensland Police stickers (4 types); also hat headbands (2), Police black and white checked, and another unidentified type in dark blue with two lighter blue horizontal stripes; Aboriginal Community Police shoulder patches for Aurukuan Shire; Cherbourg (3 different); Doomadgee; Edward River (2); Hope Vale; Injinoo [illustrated]; Kowanyama; Lockhart; Mornington Shire Council, Gulf of Carpentaria; Napranum (2, slight colour variations); New Mapoon; N.P.A. (Northern Peninsula Area); Torres Strait; Weipa South; Woorabinda; Wujal-Wujal; Yarrabah. One sticker discoloured, otherwise mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (48)
Estimate $300
SOLD $190
South Australia, police shoulder patches and other items, includes South Australia Police (4, different); S.A. Police (2, slight differences); S.A. Police Diving Squad; S.A. Police Underwater Recovery Section; S.A.Police Dog Squad; S.A. Police Dog Operations Unit; S.A.Police Special Tasks And Rescue Force; S.A. Police Special Tasks & Rescue Force; S.A. Water Police (2, different); South Australia Police Security (2, different); South Australia Transit Police; South Australia Transit Officer; S.A.Police embroidered cap badge (QC); Band embroidered badge (QC); S.A.P.D (Air Wing) Pilot's winged breast badge; South Australia Police blue and white checked hat headband; shoulder titles for Senior Police Aide, Police Aide; shoulder slides for S.A.Police (2, slightly different), S.A.Police Cadet, Police Cadet; small decal for S.A.Police; b&w photo of Police Aqua Lung Squad shoulder patch; First Day of Issue envelope 28 Apr 1988 for 150th Anniversary South Australian Police (colour toning at edges). A few shoulder slides fine - very fine, otherwise mostly uncirculated. (31)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Tasmania, police shoulder patches and other items, includes Tasmania Police (6, five different); another being a small woven badge; (Tasmania Police) Marine Division; Tasmania Road Safety; shoulder slides (2) for Tasmania Police, Trainee; shoulder titles (3) for Police Communications, Scientific Bureau, Tasmania Police Cadet; Tasmania Police blue and white checked hat headband; white cloth armband with black printed title, 'SPECIAL/POLICE'; Tasmania Police small decal. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Victoria, police shoulder patches and other items, includes Victoria Police (9 varieties) [1 illustrated]; Victoria Police - Matron, Sister (2, slightly different), Nurse, Band, Chaplain; Victoria Police Air Wing badges (2, Pilot and Air Crew); Victoria Police blue and white checked hat headband; Victoria Police Protective Services (2, different) [1 illustrated]; shoulder title badges for Victoria Police Motor Boating Squad, Victoria Police (embroidered), Victoria Police (2, cotton), Police Cadet; shoulder slides for Victoria Police (2, different), Police Cadet; epaulette rank attachment (R for Reservist); Victoria Police Youth Corps; St Kilda P.C.Y.C. (Police Citizen's Youth Club); also Victorian Railways shoulder patches for Investigation Division (2, slightly different), Investigation Department (2, slightly different); Victoria Transit Patrol (2, different). A few very fine but mostly uncirculated. (37)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Victoria Police, belt buckles (2, large [64x47mm] and small [48x38mm], both with KC), c1947-53, by AROS, Australia; lapel badge 'Uphold The Right' motto (2, both QC, one silvered and another one in gilt on Victoria Police Official Merchandise card); commissioned officer's mess jacket lapel badge (QC). Some sticky tape residue on belt buckles, otherwise good very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Victoria Police, shoulder titles in chrome and enamel (2 types, one no maker, the other by Stokes Melb.), both with two lugs on reverse; buttons (6, QV [2, one a reproduction], GVR [2], EIIR [2]), all marked by maker 'Stokes' except reproduction which is unmarked; tie stick-pin in gilt and enamel with image of Victoria Police badge (QC) motto 'Tenez Le Droit', c1959-64; also Victoria Mounted Rifles lion's head slouch hat hook, c1880s, in gilt (39mm high) (Grebert p201). The last with most gilt faded, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Western Australia, police shoulder patches and other items, includes W.A.Police (5, different); W.A.Police TRG (Tactical Response Group); W.A. Police (Air Wing); Police & Diving Water Section (2, different); shoulder title for W.A. Police; Western Australia Police blue and white checked hat headband; decals for WA Police, W.A.Police TRG (some loss of colour), Cops Are Tops featuring image of Police launch and WA Police badge. The headband and TRG decal good - very fine, the rest uncirculated. (14)
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
Australian Federal Police, shoulder patches (5, different), others for Driver Training, Dog Squad, CTD (Counter Terrorism Division?), AFP nulli secundus (2, different); OST (Operational Safety Trainer); A.F.P. Fishing Club; Police Citizens Youth Club Canberra; Police Citizens Youth Club Canberra Junior Rangers; left breast pocket badge for A.F.P. (Bomb Squad); shoulder titles for Australian Police (2), Commonwealth S Police, Commonwealth Police, Special; shoulder slide for Commonwealth S Police, Commonwealth Police, Special; white overalls title patches for Diving Squad, Dog Squad, Bomb Squad, Rescue Squad and a large one for Police ; also Australian Capital Territory Police shoulder patch (3, varieties); Police black and white checked hat headband; armband for CPO and another for SPO; rank shoulder boards for Probationary Constable (No.5194), Constable (No.3361), Senior Constable (No.2000), Incremental Senior Constable (No.83), Sergeant (No.35), Senior Sergeant (No.2772); decals (6, including Australian Police College); drink coaster (used); poster for AFP; also a Japanese text embroidered black and white shoulder title for Osaka, Japan Expo in 1964. Mainly uncirculated, overall fine - uncirculated. (49)
Estimate $200
SOLD $450
Australian Federal Police, shoulder patches (13, a few types); also Protective Service (3), Driver Training (2, different), Chaplain, Christmas Island, Jervis Bay, Solomon Island; also AFP Visitors Permit (unissued), and a strip of small decals (23, one damaged, and some with folds); Australian Protective Service (1); Australia Protective Service (6, with colour varieties); shoulder title for Australian Protective Service Security Attendant. Apart from one damaged decal, good very fine - uncirculated. (54)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australia, police shoulder patches for N.S.W. Police (9, Police [6], Police Force [3]); Parking Patrol; Special Constable Security (4, one different); Scientific Section; NSW Police Rescue & Bomb Disposal Unit (Rescue Squad); N.S.W. Police 3T Gang Taskforce; shoulder title for N.S.W.Police on camo background; Victoria Police (4, with varieties); Railways Victoria Investigation Department; W.A. Police (3, two varieties); Western Australia Auxiliary; WA Police Diving Squad printed on cotton patch; shoulder title for W.A. Police. The second last item very fine, the rest mostly uncirculated. (29)
Estimate $180
SOLD $110
Australia, police shoulder patches for Northern Territory Police (4, two types); printed variety for plain type with name Police Northern Territory (2), also a similar printed shoulder title for Aide; Queensland Police (4, two types); Kowanyama Aboriginal Community Police; Queensland Water Police (3); Police Diver; South Australia Police (2, different); and S.A. Police (3). Good very fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australia, Christmas Island title badge in nickel silver (54x21mm), by Stokes & Sons, with two lugs on reverse [illustrated]; Chubb Security badge in gilt and enamel (49x45.5mm), with two clutch grip pins on reverse; N.S.W. Police Olympic Security 400 Days To Go lapel badge in nickel, enamel and acrylic (30.5x35mm), by Boland Industries, Sydney, with two clutch grip pins on reverse; Royal Australian Corps of Military Police hat badge in anodised gilt (33x46mm), with two clutch grip pins on reverse, also anodised MP title badge; Victoria Police title badge in chrome and enamel (49x23mm), by Stokes, Melb, with two lugs on reverse [illustrated]; also South Australia Police tie bar in chrome and enamel and Police Insignia Collectors Association lapel badge in nickel and enamel; replica of Australian National Police Service Medal; Special Commonwealth Police Officer ID card no.313, unissued; National Police Memorial lapel badges in chrome and enamel (12.5x15mm), with clutch grip pin on reverse, mounted on original sale cards (6); fridge magnets for Police (4, three different types), Customs Watch (16, two different types); stickers for Customs Watch (3), Australian Federal Police (58, two different); Customs Watch rubber headband; Police security tape (2 small rolls), one with blue and white checked pattern marked POLICE, and one in red and white diagonal stripe pattern marked RESTRICTED AREA KEEP OUT, by Tapex; T.R.B. (Transport Regulation Board) Driver Metropolitan badge no. 12992 in chrome and enamel (39x39mm), by Stokes, Melb, two lugs on reverse [illustrated]. A few stickers damaged, otherwise mostly very fine - uncirculated. (103)
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Australia and Territories, shoulder patches and other items, includes Australian Federal Police Christmas Island, Cocos (K) Island, East Timor, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Australian Federal Police (platypus design); Christmas Island Police; Norfolk Island Police (2, different; Police Protective Service; Australia Protective Service; Australian Police College (Canberra) (3, different); Australian Federal Police World Games San Jose 1985; also United Nations (2, different); shoulder title for Norfolk Island Police, and Protective Service; Australian Federal Police decal; Policing on Christmas Island first day of issue covers 17 April 1991 (2, different), and a miniature stamp sheet for the same commemorative event. The Norfolk Island shoulder title with foxing and very fine and the shoulder patch with a spot of foxing otherwise extremely fine, the rest mostly uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
Australia, Police club commemorative and other shoulder patches, includes Commonwealth Police Pistol Club; Victoria Police Pistol Club; (NSW) Police Nationals Taree 1994; N.S.W. Police Aero Club; NSW Police Force, 150 Years 1862-2012, also Women in Policing 90th Anniversary 1915-2015; Police Insignia Collectors Association, Australia, another for Newcastle 1990, and another for West Wallsend 2015; other patches includes New South Wales Fire Brigades; SA Ambulance Service; St. John Ambulance South Australia; New South Wales Ambulance; NRMA CareFlight Sydney (4); NSW Rural Fire Service 22 Australian Jamboree AJ2010 (2); Sporting Shooters Pistol Club Canberra A.C.T. (7); International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association Australia Inc; Sportsgoods Adelaide (pistol); South Australia I.P.S.C. (2, one white, one yellow); South Australia State Team 1982 (see previous) (2, one white, one yellow); also N.S.W. Orienteering Championships 1995. Uncirculated. (33)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, Interpol Fifteenth Asian Regional Conference, Canberra, 1998, in gilt bronze and enamel (50mm), uniface, no maker, in case of issue. Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Australian Narcotics Bureau, wall hanging rough textured and patterned oxidised copper sign on a masonite backing board (56x50.8cm), featuring a bright, untextured raised map of Australia including Tasmania and in the centre of the map in 3-lines is the name printed in relief, 'AUSTRALIAN/NARCOTICS/BUREAU', at the left corner is a bright, untextured raised 8-pointed star with what looks like '3H' in the centre. Some dents and crinkles and glue residue mark at bottom left corner needs scraping off, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Australian Coastal Surveillance Organisation, Coastwatch ID badge 1051, in silvered brass and enamel (51mm), and fitted to a leather tag with a button loop. Small loss of enamel in one spot and surface marking, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Australian Protective Service, cap badge (QC), type 5 female issue, in gilt and enamel (50x68mm), screw back fittings. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, shoulder patches for N.S.W. Corrective Services (26 with black text in scroll [varieties], 2 with grey text in scroll); Corrective Services Queensland (2); H.M. Prison Service Victoria (2, varieties); N.S.W. Corrective Services shoulder titles (2). Very fine - uncirculated. (34)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Maritime Services Board N.S.W., hat badge (KC), in voided gilt and enamel (40mm), no maker, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, private security shoulder patches and titles, includes Chubb Security shoulder patches (24), title patches (13); MSS Security shoulder patches (24), breast patches (11), title patches (11); also USA, Security HUD Dade County shoulder patch. One MSS Security patch fine, some very fine but overall mostly uncirculated. (84)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australia, H.M.Customs chrome and enamel (47x10mm) lapel badge c1949-65; another (46x24mm), but with Queen's crown; also H.M.Customs bullion hat badge (QC) (57.5x68mm including woollen backing), affixed to a black cap band c1952-75. The cap band with a few tears at edge, otherwise fine, the second lapel badge missing lugs, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Australia, HM Customs hat badge (KC) 2-piece construction in gilt and enamel (50x47.5mm), with two lugs on reverse; Customs & Excise bullion hat badge (QC), on black woollen backing (54x55mm excluding backing). The first good fine and very rare; the second with a few loose bullion strips, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, H.M.Customs bullion hat badge (QC) c1952 (62x69.5mm including woollen backing); also Customs bullion hat badge (QC) c1975 (61x74mm including woollen backing); Australian Customs, second type hat badge (QC), c1982, in gilt and enamel (49.5x67.5mm), on woollen backing for fitting to newly issued wide brimmed hats. Unused, good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $230
SOLD $140
Australia, H.M.Customs bullion hat badge (QC) c1952 (59x74.5mm including woolen backing); also Customs bullion hat badge (QC) c1975 (61x74mm including woollen backing). Unused, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Australian Customs, hat badge (QC), c1982, in gilt and enamel (36x53mm), by Brim Badges, pin-back. Nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Australian Customs, second type hat badge (QC), c1982, in gilt and enamel (49x67.5mm), on woollen backing for fitting to newly issued wide brimmed hats; Customs Coastwatch pilot's badge in gilt and enamel with acrylic covering (76.5x28mm), by A.J.Parkes, with two clutch grip pins; Australian Customs Federal Bureau of Narcotics, challenge coin in gilt and enamel with acrylic covering (43mm). Nearly extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90