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Special School Of Instruction, Albury, 1910-11, in gold and enamel (23mm), with scroll suspender (tested as 9ct; tot wt 6.62g), reverse inscribed, 'S.S.M/R.M.Smith.' Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $900
Australia, WWI, Silver War Badge (GVR)(2) impressed on back A48329, A89355; Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League lapel badges, 1919 (2), 1920 (2) and one undated, reverses impressed 48586, B1753, Z14154, 14837, 6089. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $190
WWI, King's Silver War badge, reverse numbered A30693; WWII, King's Loyal Service badge; WWI, sweetheart brooch featuring a small Rising Sun badge design in centre, crafted in voided nacre, pin-back with safety chain (some glue residue at one side possibly for repair purposes); Royal Australian Army Service Corps hat badge (QC) small card in shape of a cut-out cross, marked in script, 'For/our Wounded Heroes/"Australia Day"/July 30th/1915.', with small cord at top edge. The card with folds, otherwise fine, the rest very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Australia, Demobilised Soldiers Association WWI, large sized version (KC) (28x41.5mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, two lugs on reverse and with impressed number 1162. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Demobilised Soldiers Association WWI, small sized version (KC) (23x32mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, two lugs on reverse and with impressed number 2620. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Australia, Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League, two figure large lapel badge in gilt and enamel, fitted at top with 1919, by C.C.Roeszler & Son, Melbourne, lug back, reverse numbered 3962, together with ribbon bow at top with crystal on a stick-pin in centre; Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League, two figure type small lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Myers & Co (Brisbane), lug back; Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Assn. of Q(ueensland) lapel badges in gilt and enamel (KC) (2), one pin-back and numbered L85, the other lug back and numbered 198. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Australia, Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League, two figure large lapel badges in gilt and enamel, each fitted at top with year, includes 1919, by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, reverse numbered 66351; 1920, by Simes, Sydney, reverse numbered Z14955 (one lug broken but included with lot); 1921, by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, reverse numbered 40090. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
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Guyra & District War Fund Association, 1916, badge in silvered and enamel (25mm), pin-back but pin missing. A few letters scratched on reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
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 $80
SOLD $40
ANZAC Forever badge, in chromed nickel (48.5x23mm), pin-back, reverse impressed, 'Depose Caire 16/3/16/No 85'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $450
Anzac, Lest We Forget, badge in gilt bronze and enamel (28x28mm), by Bridgland & King, 36 P.O.Place.W, pin-back (pin missing). Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $400
A70 Ballarat Survivors Associatn, badge in bronze and enamel (24x24mm), by Bridgland & King, Melb., pin-back, reverse numbered 268. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Syria-Lebanon Victory badge, July 15th 1941, in white metal (27x37mm), with painted details including a slouch hat wearing Australian soldier in the centre of a V for Victory, pin-back. A few spots with loss of paint, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
WWII, Womens Next Of Kin Fallen Serviceman, Euroa, badge (KC), in gold (9ct; 7.50g; 21x30.5mm), by Stokes, pin-back. Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $700
WWII, Cobar & District War & Patriotic Fund, badge in gilt and enamel (26.5x25.5mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $160
Royal Australian Navy Reserves, gilt and enamel badge (KC), by K&D Bertram Bros, Melbourne, lug back, reverse numbered 5542; Petty Officers Club FND, member gilt and enamel badge, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, ring top suspension, reverse numbered 1206; Naval Association of Australia, gilt and enamel badge (KC), by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back, reverse numbered A/L5909; Ex-Naval Men's Assn. of Aust., gilt and enamel badge (KC), by Angus & Coote, lug back, reverse numbered 7940; Ex-Naval Mens Association, gilt and enamel badge (KC) with clip-on date 1936-7, no maker, lug back, reverse numbered 1987. Fine - nearly extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $160
R.S.S.A.I.L.A, (Returned Sailors' Soldiers' Airmen's Imperial League of Australia) Merit badge, in voided gold and enamel (9ct; tot wt 8.76g; 28x27mm), by Stokes, pin-back with safety chain, reverse inscribed, 'Miss Pearl Coutts./New South Wales.'. Extremely Fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $520
Mafeking Relieved, May 1900, ribbon attached to a ribbon bow and with three Boer War related Australian medalets attached, one (C.1900/9) at the rear of the ribbon bow and two (C.1899-00/16 and C.1900/3) at the bottom of the main ribbon, all gilded, 23mm, and holed at top for suspension, the last two with ribbon attached. Very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $550
Queen Victoria gift tin, South Africa 1900 with 'Wishes for a Happy New Year'; Princess Mary Christmas tin, 1914. Both tins with some rust, very good. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
WWI, rectangular gift tin (15.5x9.5cm), printed on lid is Australian coat-of-arms and below, 'To/Our Gallant Australian Kinsmen/At The Front/From/The Australian War Contingent Association, London/With Every Good Wish To One And All/Xmas 1915'; small tobacco tin (8.5x5.5cm), affixed to the lid is an oxidised bronze Rising Sun collar badge; also an Australia shoulder title in oxidised bronze. The first two with dents and oxidation, otherwise good, the last extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
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 $70
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New South Wales, "A" Grade Competition, 1905-1906, Winners Aust. Engineers N.S.W., medal in silver (39mm), by W.J.Amor, reverse inscribed, 'Sapr B.Lee'. Nicely toned, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $440
The 7th F.A.Brigade A.I.F. Gymkhana, Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain, England, 7.10.1916, prize medals (3) in bronze (52mm) all awarded to Gnr Lynch C.E., 107th Bty, for Kicking Football; Tug of War Champ; Man-Handling Gun Comp. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $700
Anglo-Boer War trench art, South Africa, ZAR, Kruger silver shillings, the first dated 1897 with obverse finely engraved to add a pipe to President Kruger's mouth and a patterned hat to his head; the second with date altered to 1900 and with obverse finely engraved to add a pipe to President Kruger's mouth and a patterned hat to his head, the reverse with engraved addition to legend of, 'Relief Of Ladysmith' and the centre details removed and engraved, 'XX/Spion/Kop'; the last undated and with obverse finely engraved to add a pipe to President Kruger's mouth and a patterned hat to his head, the reverse design has been removed and engraved with a crowned cross with stars and a central lion all within a wreath (the crest of NSW Military Forces) and at the top, 'N S W', and at the base, 'Citizen Bushman'. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $550
WWI, trench art bracelet-style dog tag, a Turkish silver ten kurush, 1914, with bracket fitted at each side to fit on a leather wrist strap, the reverse shaved smooth and inscribed in the centre is a Middle East building rooftop scene with trees and across the lower half, 'Baghdad/1918-19', around the outer edge, '23022. Spr. L.C.BOUSTEAD' at the top and at the bottom, 'ANZAC.W.LESS'. Very fine/fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $850
WWI, trench art dog tag, a French silver two francs, 1917, with pierced hole at top and bottom edge, with obverse shaved smooth and then inscribed, '2694./G.I.Webb/C Coy/A.I.F./1st Pnr. Btn./R.C.' Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Cannon, c1850, brass model of a transversing defence gun, step turned, bottle barrel (135mm) with brass trunnions, capstan screw elevating rivetted sides, greased bed and rails for longitudinal movement and brass wheels on gantry for lateral movement, mounted on a wooden oval shape base (155x75cm). Very good.
Estimate $300
SOLD $360
Japan, military document, February 1921, on finely woven silk cloth, possibly relating to the Heimei Maru Incident, in black with red seals, (122cm long). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Propaganda items, World War II, news pamphlets that were air dropped on the Philippine Islands, includes copies of Pewarta Serikat, January 1945 (2); the Jinamoo Journal, 2 March 1945 issue 7 (2); Island XPress Philippine Islands, 11 March 1945 Vol 4 No.10; Australia, colour patch chart, c1930,cut into smaller cards (8). Good - very fine. (27 items)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
War Dance, A Story of the 2/3 Aust. Inf. Battalion A.I.F., by Ken Clift, 1980 First Edition, hard cover with dust jacket, 450pp with b&w images, includes battle honours, awards and nominal roll, signed on cover page by Maj-Gen K.R.Murray AO, OBE, RFD, ED, QC, Commander 2nd Division; also Battle Initiation, Bardia 3 January 1941, booklet by Neville Blundell, 2001, board cover, 20pp plus ivpp introduction, with b&w images and maps, signed by the author, N.Blundell MM, 2/3 Bn 1939-45 03.01.01. Book with some very light foxing at page edges, otherwise very fine, booklet extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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