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British V-Force Commando Special Forces badge, in brass with lug back. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
F.A.N.Y. (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry), Women's Transport Service, hat badge in voided gilt bronze, with two lugs on back; also buttons for New Zealand Railways, Fire Brigade and Military (5, four large, one small), note two by A.Levy, Wellington and one by W.Strange & Co Ltd, Christchurch. Very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Observer Corps, pre-1941 qualification cap and lapel badge in silver plate and enamel (27mm), by Phillips, Aldershot, button hole lapel fitting. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
South African Air Force, embroidered pilot's wings (KC). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
USA, WWII Air Force pilot's wings badge in silver, by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back. Very fine and scarce made in Brisbane issue.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Australia, Army, navy blue beret by Beret Mnfrs Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia, size 7, fitted with Royal Australian Infantry Corps hat badge (KC) (1948-53 shield type) (Cossum 324). A few small moth marks on beret, otherwise very fine, badge good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, Army officer's navy blue cap with thin red band at top and wide red band at base, with leather and silver bullion decorated visor and leather chin strap, fitted with Royal Australian Infantry Corps hat badge (KC) (1948-53 shield type) (Cossum 324). A few small moth marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Army officer's cap, pre 1953, with red band and leather chin strap, by Peapes, Sydney, no badge; also officer's leather covered swagger stick. The cap and band with some moth holes, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, Army officer's cap with red band and leather chin strap, fitted with bullion embroidered Staff badge (QC), hat made by Commonwealth Government Clothing Factories, Melbourne; together with a styrene head stand. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World War I or II era helmet, rust holes from years spent underground, still some earth attached to the interior; Germany, WWII, Luftschutz helmet with partial front decal, broken chin strap and repaired interior lining, size 57, likely a replication. The first heavily rusted; the second with oxidation, otherwise very fine; the third fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
North Vietnam, original 1960s Army pith helmet with brass NVA badge, liner and chin strap, faint traces of Vietnamese writing on front visor area. Scratched on inside is the word 'Nam', no cloth cover or band, otherwise fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
RVN South Vietnam, 1960s Navy River Patrol Group 51 (Giang Doan Tuam Tham) woven patch on beret with maker's label, 'San Xuat Quan Trang/Luong-Minh/513 Dao Lo Tran Hung Bao/Saigon'. Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
World hats, includes USA 5th Special Forces green beret with skull patch, as worn in Vietnam, made in Dakao-Saigon; Australian brown woollen beret, no badge, made by Beret Mnfrs. Pty. Ltd., Victoria 1977 with broad arrow mark; German WWII Army Mountain troop woollen cap with badges, by Wittmann, Berlin, 1942; UK Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol, officer's hat with metal badge with large metal backing plate (hat in poor condition); Royal Motor Yacht Club white hat (embroidered badge in poor condition). Poor - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
WWI, Princess Mary Christmas 1914 gift tin, appears to be a nickel silver plated original tin but possibly a replica, inside is a Commonwealth of Australia ticket for Royal Progress (relates to Royal Visit of QEII), 3rd February 1954, Disabled Ex-Servicemen's Reserve, Admit One Person Only and with typed name, 'Mr. Arthur J.Wyles, and at the side is his specimen signature; also a quantity of medal ribbons (11 different). The ticket with tears and a few marks, very good, the other items very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, lacquered timber desktop box (approx long 27cm x wide 16.5cm x high 14cm) with four shaped legs, fitted in the centre of the hinged top lid is an original gilt and white enamel WWI HMAS Sydney sweetheart badge (38mm), the box interior was lined but this material now loose or missing. The exterior extremely fine, the interior needs re-lining or lacquering.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Cadets Queensland, 1910, shooting prize fob medal in silver with gold shield (27x30mm), by A.J.Parkes, ring top suspension, unnamed. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Australia, Military Tournament prize medal in silver (27x34mm), stamped S.S, ring top suspension missing, obverse inscribed, '1901/Military/Tournt/Lemon/Cutting/2nd/Won by/Trooper/Herbert Larrat. (and scratched T) (obviously the Trooper's name is Larratt)', reverse inscribed, 'First/Mounted Cadets/In/Australia/Est Enfield/1900.' Toned, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
WWI, Australian Y.M.C.A., prize medal in silver (27mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1918 by maker JRG&S (J.R.Gaunt & Son), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Australian/Y.M.C.A./Football League/Won By/Sutton Veny/1918-19.'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $220
Royal Australian Navy, R.A.N. Regatta, 1937, prize medal in dark bronze (52mm), no maker, reverse inscribed, 'R.A.N. Regatta./1937./F.H.Pitt/Petty Officers Cutters/H.M.A.S. Canberra'. Hairlines and uneven toning, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
2/33 Battalion Association, cricket prize medals (2), in silver (48mm), by Stokes, reverse inscribed, '2/33 Bn. Assn./Cricket Club/The Bartlett Trophy/Most Catches 1951-52/K.Knudsen'; another in silvered bronze (47mm), by Stokes, reverse inscribed, '2/33 Inf. Bn. Assn/Cricket Club/Best Trier/1952-53/Won by/K.Knudsen', both medls with holes at top and bottom edge for swivel mounting. The second with most silvering missing, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902, shield shaped wooden display board (670x560mm) with mounted cap, collar and shoulder titles, including Northumberland Fusiliers, The Wiltshire Regiment, Scottish King's Borderers, North Hamptonshire; shoulder titles, Buffs, KOSB, Berks, RHG, N Lancanshire. Some badges and shoulder titles have previously been removed, good - very good. (total 43)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Sands of Gallipoli 90th Anniversary Medallion Set, 2005, consisting of six medallions in brass alloy, finished in silver and gold, and a vial of sand from beaches of Gallipoli Peninsula; together with Sands of Gallipoli plaque (135mm); Sands of Gallipoli replica Rising Sun badge with small vial of sand attached; also Anzac 75th Anniversary, 1990, proof five dollars two coin set; book, Australian War Memorial Canberra, 6th edition, 1947, Sydney, detailing the different galleries within the War Memorial. Medallion set in presentation timber case of issue with certificate No.04642/15000; coin set boxed as issued. Uncirculated. (2 sets + 3 single items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Sands of Gallipoli 90th Anniversary Medallion Set, 2005, consisting of six medallions in brass alloy, finished in silver and gold, and a vial of sand from beaches of Gallipoli Peninsula. Presented in a timber case of issue with certificate No.01005/15000. Uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
100th Anniversary Australian Light Horse, 2003, medal in bronze (58mm), by A.J.Parkes, in plastic case of issue; Sands of Gallipoli, The Australian Spirit, timber wall plaque (139mm), with epoxy coated brass centrepiece, contains sand collected from the beaches of Gallipoli; Sands of Gallipoli key ring in brass, contains sand collected from the beaches of Gallipoli, still in pack of issue. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Australia, WWII, military whistle in darkened brass, on one side is impressed '1944/[broad arrow mark]', at the top front is impressed, 'Premier/Wire/Works/Melbourne/Australia', with loop suspension at end and this attached to a short leather strap for fitting onto a uniform button. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
WWII map case, Australian canvas military issue with holders for pens, metal backing frame and handle, inside printed, 'C.G. Hartley & Co./1942'. Apart from being dirty it is virtually unused.
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII, 30th Bn A.M.F. woollen pennant with large, embossed Rising Sun badge and attached is a very faded 30Bn unit colour patch; Vietnam War, Royal Australian Regiment large flag, green heavy cotton with large C (C Coy) in centre and at the left corner is a large, tattered RAR badge printed on khaki cloth and then sewn to flag corner; Australian Force Vietnam wall hanging plaque with depictions of all Australian Army unit badges and one RAAF badge, a timber plaque with metal centrepiece and name scroll as well as a small separate Rising Sun badge, marked on reverse, 'N.A.A.F.I. (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute). The pennant has a few moth holes, otherwise very fine, the flag in very fine condition but the RAR badge is poor, the plaque with some oxidation and tone spotting and a few spots of missing enamel, otherwise fine, an interesting restoration project. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
Australia, Indonesian Confrontation, green cotton Army shirt, Malaysia service issue, with attached embroidered General Service (Rising Sun) patch for S.E.Asia (worn in Malaysia), and embroidered 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade 1st pattern patch worn in Malaya and Singapore c1971. A few tone spots on bottom edge of shirt, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Australia, Army officer's sword, 1897 pattern by W.Chorley of Sydney, double edged blade (length 80cm), the top half patterned and with a panel named, 'Capt Geo. Steward', and in the ricasso is the maker's name, 'W.Chorley/& Co/Sydney/N.S.W.', the handle, pommel and guard are in patterned brass, the leather scabbard with brass throat fitting and brass at the end, both of these patterned and the throat fitting with lug for wearing. The scabbard damaged and broken, the sword very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
Australia, P1907 bayonet with ricasso stamped, 'MA/1907', with leather scabbard impressed, 'Lithgow 1917' and with metal tip and throat fitting, with oval frog stud and Pattern 37 webbing frog. Rusting to metal parts, some chipping to timber handle, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220