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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. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australian Customs, first female version hat badge (QC), c1982, in gilt and enamel (34.5x47mm), by Stokes, vertical pin-back. Some oxidation on pin-back, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Australian Customs, ID badges (QC) in gilt and enamel (all approx 38x60mm), and fitted to a leather tag with a button loop and then in a fitted leather wallet, one with a plain white enamel panel, one with a large sized number 1573, and one RETIRED. The first with a few oxidation spots, otherwise very fine, the others extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Australian Customs, ID badges (QC) in gilt and enamel (all approx 38x60mm), and fitted to a leather tag with a button loop, one with a plain white enamel panel, one with thin number 20655, and one with thick number 30887. The first with plain white panel was quickly withdrawn and is very scarce, overall very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australian Customs, ID badges (QC) in gilt and enamel (both approx 38x60mm), and fitted to a leather tag with a button loop and then in a fitted leather wallet, one with a plain white enamel panel and another one with a white panel with a horizontal blue stripe that was issued quickly to replace the plain white version. Both very scarce, very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australian Customs, shoulder patches for Coastwatch (5, two varieties), Marine Group (3); Australian Customs, navy blue background (15, with varieties), brown background, white background, another woven onto a shirt pocket, also commemorative issue Serving The Nation Since Federation 1901-2001; crossed anchors Petty Officer merchant seaman embroidered rank badge. Very fine - uncirculated. (28)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australian Customs, shoulder patches for Coastwatch (2, different), Marine Group, Marine Unit, Torres Strait, Sierra Operations; Australian Customs (3, varieties), also commemorative issue Serving The Nation Since Federation 1901-2001; Border Protection Command shoulder patch, also velcro backed breast badges (2, one on black background and a smaller version on DPCU [Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform] background). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Australia, 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, uniface challenge coin in gilt and enamel with acrylic covering (43mm). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Australian Customs, officer's epaulettes, includes two gold bullion stripes on black with gilt button (2); three gold bullion stripes on black with gilt button (2); three gold bullion stripes on blue with gilt button (2); three gold bullion stripes on blue with silvered button (2); plain blue; the following are plain blue with gold bullion stripes - one, two (2), three (7); plain blue with three gold bullion and one red stripe (4); bullion star over bar on black shoulder slide rank badge (2); also long length of gold bullion for making stripes. Fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Customs belt buckles in gilt and enamel (QC), 1975 type, by Aros Australia (2); smaller type belt buckle in silvered and enamel (QC), 1998 type, by Aros; another 1998 type fitted to a black leather belt; Customs bullion hat badge (QC) c1975; also a variety of Australian coat-of-arms metal buttons as worn by Customs (17) and also noted a small Queensland Railways issue, and RAN gilt issues (QC) (2); metal collar rank badge worn by Customs' Coxswain. Mostly fine - very fine. (26)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Australian Customs, bag of tie tacks (18 identical + 1 other, all but one in sealed packets); tie bars (3, two types with one type in silver finish); key rings (10, five different types); Customs Watch headband; Customs Watch card and fridge magnets (2); Australian Customs Newcastle stickers (2, both stained); Australian Customs drink coaster; Australian Customs Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games pin on card; Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Narcotics folder cover; Australian Customs notebook cover; Australian Customs blue and gold plastic ID badge c1970s; HM Customs entry permit for New Farm Naval Depot pre 1953; also South Australia flag stick pin fitted into a 'Good Earth Fine Wine' cork. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (46)
Estimate $130
SOLD $70
Australia, various police rank uniform insignia, includes Constable (14), Senior Constable (14), Incremental Sergeant (4), Senior Sergeant (1), shirt insignia for Constable, Senior Constable, Sergeant; also wreathed crown embroidered badges (4, three different); shoulder board for Sergeant; Diving Squad name badge for white police overalls; title badge for Police (2, different with one on DPCU); shoulder patch for Australian Parliament Security; another for SRT (Single Rope Technique) Harness by Python; and unidentified embroidered badge with EM in the centre within a wreath and above is a Queen's crown. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (47)
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Uniform accessories, includes buttons for Commonwealth Peace Officer (KC) (5L, 3S) (8); Commonwealth Police (QC) (1L, 2M, 3S) (6); Dept of Corrective Services NSW (QC) (1M, 2S) (3); New South Wales (KC) (1M); Queensland Police Force (QC) (1L); S.A. (South Australia) (KC [2], QC [2]) (2L, 2S) (4); Police Tasmania (KC) (1L, 1M, 1S) (3); Tasmania Police (1L, 1M, 1S) (3); Victoria Police Force (KC) (1M); Police Force Victoria (QC) (1L, 1S) (2); Australian coat-of arms (7M, 10S) (17); small FB (Fire Brigade) button by Amor, Sydney; also Tasmania Police gilt and enamel officer's pip; other officer's pips (5); Queen's crown with red enamel; pair of officer's epaulettes for MSS Security. Very fine - uncirculated. (58)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Commonwealth Police, brown uniform jacket with four King's crown buttons on front as well as on the four pocket flaps and one on each epaulette, and at the end of the epaulettes are King's crowns indicating rank of Deputy Superintendent and the metal title 'POLICE', all fittings are in chromed nickel, the buttons by Stokes & Sons. With some moth holes and other small marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Australia, law enforcement hats, Victoria Police ladies white and blue hats (5), all except one with blue and white checked band with a raised blue section at the centre front for adding the police badge, all but one with label of maker, Emerco, Melbourne, Australia. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, law enforcement baseball style caps, includes Australian Customs (3, one blue, another blue with neck flap, another navy blue with neck flap and drawstring back) (the last unused with maker's ticket); Australian Customs Vessel (dark blue); Australian Customs Search Centre of Expertise (dark blue); Australian Customs Torres Strait (blue); Customs Watch - Watch Out For Australia (2, black, both with some spots missing material), all caps with embroidered badge; a fur felt wide brimmed hat (grey) with metal Australian Customs hat badge and chin cord; also two shirts, one dark blue, one mid-blue, both size XOS, both fttted with an Australian Customs embroidered badge on the shirt pocket and the second with label marked, 'Manufactured in Australia for Australian Customs Service', both unused in packets of issue. Apart from the defects on two caps, the rest very fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Pistol holsters, brown basket weave leather belt holster (depth 13cm); another in plain black leather (depth 11.5cm); another in plain black leather with opening at end for barrel (depth 18cm); shoulder holster in plain white leather (depth 18.5cm), impressed on side, 'CPF', and written in ink on the rough textured leather back, 'Brian/Bennett'; also tactical torch in plain black leather holder by Streamlight, 'Slice The Night', Norristown, PA'; HKS Speedloader for superfast loading of revolvers. The third last item needs cleaning of foxing on the white leather, otherwise fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Pistol shoulder holsters, tan plain leather holster (depth 16.5cm), marked on back, 'Hellweg/#95R/Medium Revolver 3" ' and written in ink on the rough textured leather back of the shoulder strap, 'B.Bennett/2639'; another in plain black leather (depth 14cm), marked at the front on expansion band in black ink, 'Bennett', and written in ink on the rough textured leather back of the shoulder strap, 'B.Bennett./2639'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Denmark, State Police breast badge in gilt (42x67mm), missing lugs on reverse; Police cap badge in gilt and enamel (36x47mm), missing pin on reverse; Customs breast badges, c1970s-95, in gilt and felt (41x52mm) with pin back and another in gilt and felt with nickel backing plate (40.5x52mm), with screw back. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Egypt, National Police badge in gilt and enamel (72x75mm), clutch grip pin; collar badge pair in gilt and enamel (29x42mm), slide back; officer's shoulder boards for rank of Captain; Sniper badge in gilt and enamel (81x44mm), clutch grip pin; Police Academy badge in gilt and enamel (25mm), clutch grip pin; Tourism Police badge in gilt and enamel (26x27mm), clutch grip pin; National flag breast badge in gilt and enamel (75x65mm), pin back. A couple with repair marks, otherwise very fine - uncirculated. (9 items)
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
France, National Police helmet badges in nickel and enamel (27.5x39.5mm) (2), screw back, one screw missing nut; Paris Police helmet badge in silvered and enamel (36x58.5mm), securing pins missing; Toulon Urban Corps breast badge in gilt and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (27x36mm excluding fob); Customs hat badge in nickel silver (45mm), two lugs on reverse; Customs breast badge in silvered and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (30x42.5mm excluding fob); also general reserve units for national police, (Companies for Republican Security), C.R.S. 13 in silvered and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (27.5x40mm excluding fob); and one for C.R.S. 53 in silvered and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (27.5x40mm excluding fob). Most with some sticky tape residue, otherwise very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Germany, law enforcement shoulder patches for various states, includes police issues for Baden-Wurttemberg (2), Berlin (2), Hessen (2), Lower-Saxony (7), North Rhine-Westphalia (3), Rhineland-Palatinate (2); Shield Coast Guard (Bremerhaven, Bremen); Railway Police (2, different); various types of Customs patches (5); Federal Border Guard shoulder title; also East Germany, Authorized Section Representative (2), Security Police (2), Work Police; armband for Police Volunteer Helper. Very fine - uncirculated. (33)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Germany, Bavarian State Police breast badges in gilt and enamel attached to leather pocket fob, includes Staatsministerium des Innern (State Ministry for the Interior); Polizeiprasidium Oberbayern (Police Headquarters Upper Bavaria); Polizeiprasidium Munchen (Police Headquarters Munich); Polizeiprasidium Mittelfranken (Police Headquarters Middle Franconia); Polizeiprasidium Unterfranken (Police Headquarters Lower Franconia); Bayerische Grenzpolizei (Bavarian Border Police); No 3 Company of Bavarian Bereitschaftspolizei (Riot Police) at Wurzburg; Bayerische Polizeiverwaltungsamt (Bavarian Police Administration). Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Germany, Federal Republic, a collection of law enforcement metal hat badges and embroidered shoulder patches, listed in order of storage in a folder, includes Federal Republic hat badge and embroidered title and two versions of shoulder patches as worn by the Federal Border Guard; Berlin hat badge and two versions of shoulder patches (2 items illustrated); Hamburg hat badge and two versions of shoulder patches; Bremen hat badge and shoulder badge; Rhineland-Pfalz hat badge and shoulder patch; Schleswig-Holstein hat badge and shoulder patch; Baden Wurttemburg hat badge and shoulder patch; Saxony-Anhalt hat badge and shoulder patch; Lower Saxony hat badge and two versions of shoulder patch; North Rhine-Westphalia hat badge and shoulder patch; Bavaria hat badge and four versions of shoulder patch; Hesse hat badge and two versions of shoulder patch; Thuringia hat badge and shoulder patch; Saarland shoulder patch. Several patches secured into plastic pages using a staple at top edge, otherwise mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (36)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Germany, Federal Republic, Federal Police hat badge in bullion and woollen backing (74x54mm with backing); cap badge in silvered, gilt and enamel (51.5x51.5mm), pin fold back; Hamburg Police cap badge in bronze and enamel (51.5x51.5mm), pin fold back; Saxony Police cap badge in bronze (51.5x51.5mm), pin fold back; Bavarian State Police breast badge in gilt and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (30x37mm excluding fob); Lower Bavarian State Police breast badge in gilt and enamel attached to leather pocket fob (31x39mm excluding fob); Customs cockade and wreath hat badge in oxidised silvered, gilt and enamel (51x54.5mm), pin fold back. Very fine - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $140
Passed in
Hong Kong, Opium License Bond, copy of the document issued on 1 March 1883, signed by relevant Chinese parties of 167 Hollywood Road, Hong Kong in the presence of J.H.Stewart Lockhart, printed in English and details of the factory location and owners hand-written and with Chinese characters and seals, all mat framed under perspex with timber backing (approx size 34.5x34cm). Some marks on the bottom of the frame, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $3,600
Japan, National Police Agency medal in bronze with silver (50mm), uniface except for Japanese inscription in one line in relief on reverse, in case of issue; Memorial Gift for Nikko Inspection Tour medal in gilt (50mm), uniface except for Japanese text in relief on reverse, in case marked on lid silk lining, 'The Seminar on Prevention of Narcotic Crimes/Memorial Gift for Nikko Inspection Tour/1978.9/Chief of Tochigi Prefectural Police H,q'. The last with some oxidation, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Lebanon, Judiciary Police lacquered plaque in gilt and enamel (63x100mm), with a crest in the centre and at the base, 'from General Salim Slim', glued into a plush hinged-lid case; another Internal Security Force coat-of-arms on lacquered plaque in chromed nickel and enamel (63x86mm), glued into a plush hinged-lid case. Very small edge nick on first, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Macau, Portuguese Colony, Customs Collector (Policia Maritima e Fiscal) hat badge, c1957, in nickel (54x61mm), pin back (missing pin); another hat badge with crossed anchors at the top and PMF (Policia Maritima e Fiscal) in the centre, in sheet nickel with enamel (56.5x72mm), screw back. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Nigeria, British Colonial, Customs Preventive Service hat badge (KC), in oxidised white metal (55x58mm), by Firmin, London, slide back; another near identical badge but without the scroll and title, in oxidised bronze (41x50mm), no maker, with two lugs, used by British Army Jewish Brigade for OR's cap badge. Near extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100