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New South Wales, 6th Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Australian Rifles), 1896-1903, slouch hat badge in white metal (55mm) (Grebert p41). Toned, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,200
Queensland Mounted Infantry, hat badge in oxidised (probably originally gilt) (52mm), lug back (Grebert p212). Bent at top left laurel leaf, heavily toned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
WWI, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, hat badge in oxidised bronze (51.5mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, two lugs on reverse. Some oxidation on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,400
WWI, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, pair of collar badges in oxidised bronze (38mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, one with two lugs on reverse, the other with pin-back. Some oxidation on reverse, otherwise the first very fine and the second good very fine and both rare. (2)
Estimate $600
SOLD $850
WWI, Australian Wireless Corps A.I.F., hat badge in oxidised bronze (27mm), two lugs on reverse. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $890
Australia, War Service for Australia, WWI, (type 1), in voided oxidised bronze (53x40mm), no maker, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $850
Australia, WWI and WWII, Rising Sun badges, hat (4) in brass, bronze and darkened bronze (2), collar badges (8), all darkened bronze, some marked by makers, Stokes & Sons, Melbourne or K.G.Luke, Melbourne; Australia metal shoulder titles (12), darkened bronze (10) and nickel plated (2). Fine - good very fine. (24)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Australia, 1930-42, 7th Infantry Battalion (The Northwest Murray Borderers) Officer's collar badges, in gilt and enamel. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $650
New South Wales, 36th Infantry Battalion (The St Georges English Rifle Regt.), 1930-42, hat badge in brass (55mm) (Cossum 23b). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $380
British Commonwealth, WWI and WWII, military badges, mostly cap badges, with some duplication, modern copies, some with lugs missing, includes Carnarvon Volunteer Regiment; Prince of Wales Own Regiment; Royal Horse Artillery; Lovat Scouts; The Connaught Rangers; Royal Engineers; The Wiltshire Regiment; Essex Yeomanry; Scottish Kings Borderers; Australia, single collar badges, 43rd Infantry Battalion; 59th Infantry Battalion (The Hume Regiment); 47th Infantry Battalion The Wide Bay Regiment. Housed in two ring binders, good - extremely fine. (95)
Estimate $500
SOLD $540
Badges, an assortment, mostly Australia; Great Britain and USA, includes buttons, pips and buckles. Fine - extremely fine. (approx 50)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Buttons, pre-Federation (25mm), New South Wales Mounted Rifles, 1892-1901 (4), maker C.Anderson (Sydney); West Australia Defence Force Perth Rifle Volunteers, 1893-1901, maker Hobson & Sons, London.W. Very fine - uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Royal Australian Navy buttons, pre 1953, in gilt, solid back with fast shank, large (5), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, medium (6), by Stokes & Sons (Cossum 58a). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $50
Passed in
British Solomon Islands Protectorate, hat badge, c1930s, in oxidised bronze, two lugs on reverse. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Ceylon Mounted Infantry, belt buckle by Hobson & Sons / Lexington St / London W. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
France, officer's gorget in silvered (approx 14x5.4cm), decorated with a rooster and standards. Leather backing loose at top edge, easily fixed, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
France, WWI helmet plate in brass (21.5x4.5cm), marked on front in relief, 'Soldat de La Grande Guerre/1914-1918'. A few dents, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
South African Air Force, embroidered pilot's wings (KC). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $70
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USA, WWII Navy Chief Petty Officer's hat badge, in gilt and silvered, pin-back but securing loop missing, by Sheridan, 846 Hay St (Perth), scratched on reverse in two places, 'Scottie'. Nearly extremely fine and scarce made in Perth issue.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
USA, WWII Air Force pilot's wings badge in sterling silver, by Angus & Coote, Sydney, pin-back but pin missing. Very fine and scarce made in Sydney issue.
Estimate $150
Passed in
26th Infantry Battalion, The Logan and Albert Regiment, 1930-42, pair of officer's enamel collar badges (Cossum p20), affixed to a period mess dress jacket in red wool with white collar and wide cuffs, made by Geo. R.Ryder Limited, Exclusive Tailors, Brisbane, with their label attached to inside of jacket, on the shoulders are fitted a set of bullion embroidered Captain's pips (one missing), together with a red wool waist coat with silk lining and red silk backing and with four brass Australian Military Forces buttons (KC) 1914-30 (Cossum 33a), and a pair of dark blue trousers with thin red stripe at the outer sides, inside is a small label that reads 'Thiokrease'. The clothing items uncleaned or pressed, some moth holes and stains on outside of jacket and some damage to inner lining particularly staining around arm pits, the waistcoat with some stains to silk lining, the trousers in excellent condition, overall fine - extremely fine, the badges rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $400
Royal Air Force, officer's hat by Alkit, London, with RAF officer's embroidered hat badge (QC) attached to hat band; embroidered pilot's wings (QC) (3), one with pin-back fitting; shoulder patches for 3 Fighter Squadron (QC), 89 Squadron (QC), and 152 Squadron (QC). One patch with a few moth holes, otherwise very fine. (7)
Estimate $130
SOLD $150
WWII Women's Royal Naval Service, fur felt hat by Lincoln Bennett with WRNS officer's embroidered hat badge (KC) attached to hat band, name tag for C.M.Campbell attached to headband. Hat with a small bit of fraying at back edge, brim edge at both sides needs re-stitching to secure to crown and headband needs a few securing stitches at back centre, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Victorian copy of a medieval Knight's helmet, multipiece construction, thin steele plate, Damascus style pattern on visor and face guard. Light surface rust, fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
British infantry hanger sword, 18th century, wire wrapped grip, brass handle, blade stamped by maker, 'T.Craven', and with crowned 2 inspection stamp below, black leather scabbard with brass fittings (total length including handle and scabbard 86cm). Very fine.
Estimate $1,100
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WWI Infantry Officer's sword, 1897 pattern, with proved stamp on ricasso of chrome plated blade, leather and wire wrapped grip and chrome guard with GVR cypher, in a leather scabbard with fittings for attachment to belt, the leather frog marked J T with upright arrow above. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, c1920, cribbage board cast in brass (23x23x23cm, triangular shaped) the centre with bust of General Sir John Monash in relief; together with Great Britain, brass trench periscope made by R&J Bock Ltd 1918, missing eyepiece lensl WWI, trench raiders club; cane with lead base; WWII entrenching tool with wooden handle and metal base; pair of wooden boot lasts with brass pourings; Allied POW metal identity tag for prisoner interned at Stalag VIIIB, in zinc, tag stamped 'Stalag VIIIB/30797'; assorted part rolls of miniature medal ribbons; helmet spikes; rosettes for spiked helmets. Very good - good very fine. (approx 115 items)
Estimate $250
Passed in
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 $120
SOLD $80
Germany, Imperial German military 'Parole Heimat' drinking flasks (3) (approx 12.3cm diameter x 3.8cm thick), 1905-07; 1908-10; 1910-12, round glass flask enclosed in a pressed aluminium case with applied military images of lithographed scenes of soldiers on leave, each has a screw on metal jigger cup, all have a different military image in metal atop (one with part missing arm), complete with red, white and black coloured cord; another, plain clear glass centre, no design; together with a Swiss, metal only drinking flask, with a metal and cork stopper, impressed on reverse 'Vereins-Meisterschaft/1957/B.V.b.B/1 Rang', with a black and white cord. Good - very good. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
RAAF, officer's crown and eagle sweetheart badge (KC) in gold (9ct; tot wt 4.33g; 38x18mm), by H.Bro (Hardy Bros Ltd, Australia), pin-back, reverse inscribed, 'K/from/N', in original Hardy Bros Ltd case. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $200