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African War Veterans Association Queensland, badge in gilt and enamel (22x29mm), pin-back, impressed 337A on reverse. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $420
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 $80
Passed in
Australia, Demobilised Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Assn, badge (KC) with QC/66 clip-on at top, in gilt and enamel, maker's name illegible, lug back, reverse numbered S1906; Partially Blinded Soldiers Assocn, badge (KC) with 76 clip-on at top, in gilt and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb, lug back; The Australian Legion Of Ex-Service Clubs, badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote Ltd, Sydney, button back; The Eveleigh Railway Returned Sailors & Soldiers Club, badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Amor, Sydney, lug back with backing plate; N.S.W. Railway & Tramway Ex-Services Assoc., badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote, lug back; United Imperl Navy & Army Veterans' Assn. of N.S.W, badge (QC), by G.A.Miller, Sydney, pin-back, reverse numbered 397; Sailors & Soldiers Assocn of Vict, Fathers badge in silver and enamel, by P&J King, button fitting, reverse numbered 598; Sons Of Sailors And Soldiers League of Australia, badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb, lug back. Good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Diggers Association (Queensland), badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (23x29mm), by Handford, double lug back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Diggers Association (Queensland), badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (23x29mm), by Handford, double lug back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Returned Soldiers Assn Q(ueensland), Est.1916, lapel badge (KC) in silver and enamel (19x33mm), by P.J.King, Melb, button back, reverse with impressed number, 610. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $640
Australia, Royal Australian Navy Reserves, lapel badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by K.&D.Bertram Bros, Melbourne, lug back, reverse numbered 6884; Naval Association Of Australia, lapel badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb, button back, reverse numbered L4264; Ex-Naval Men's Assn. Of Aust., lapel badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote, Sydney, lug back, reverse numbered 14690; Aust. Legion Of Ex-Servicemen & Women, lapel badge (KC) with clip-on 46, in gilt and enamel, by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, lug back, reverse numbered N/2199; another variety in gilt and enamel, by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, pin-back; Air Force Association, lapel badge (KC) with clip-on 66, in gilt and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back, reverse numbered 93442; The Rats Of Tobruk Association, lapel badge (KC) with clip-on QC/85, in gilt and enamel, by G.A.Miller, Sydney, lug back, reverse numbered 197; BCOF Assn Australia, Associate lapel badge (KC), in epoxy covered gilt and enamel, pin-back; British Commonwealth Forces Association, lapel badge (KC), in epoxy covered gilt and enamel, pin-back. Very fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia, slip-on 1919 over KC, large two figure type membership badges (2), both with double lug back, one by Simes, Sydney in red, white and blue enamel and reverse is numbered, Z/11433; the other by C.C.Roeszler & Son Pty Ltd, Melb in red, white and black enamel, and reverse is numbered R3053. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
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 $160
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Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Imperial League Australia, badge (KC with 50 slip-on), in gold (9ct; 5.16g ; 19x26mm), by Amor, double lug back, reverse inscribed, 'F.G.Leslie/Life Member', together with slide-on back plate for Life Member in gilt and enamel, by Simes, Sydney, and impressed with number 131. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $220
Australia, RSL badges (3 figure type), in gilt and enamel with lug backs, all with year slip-on fittings, includes 1961, Q52483 by Stokes, Melbourne; 1961, Q72434 by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane; 1962, Q8031, no maker; 1963, Q12966, no maker; 1965, Q13448, no maker; 1966, Q13582, no maker; 1966, 29699 by K.G.Luke, Melbourne; 1967, unnumbered, by Myers & Co, Brisbane; 1968, Q11735, no maker; 1969, Q19061 by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane. Very fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Naval Comrades Association, fob badge (KC), in silver and enamel (28.5x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $250
United Imperl Navy & Army Veterans' Assn of N.S.W, badge (QVC), in gilt and enamel (25x22.5mm), by Millers Ltd, Sydney, pin-back, reverse with impressed number 492. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
H.M.A.S. Australia Veterans Assn., badge (KC), in gilt and enamel (28x31mm), no maker, pin-back. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Submarines O.C.A. (Old Comrades Association), 1902-1918, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (23x21mm), no maker, button screw back, reverse with impressed number 66. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Australia, NSW Ex-Prisoner of War Assn badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by A J Parkes, Brisbane, pin-back; NSW Ex-Prisoners of War Assn Life Member badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Millers Ltd, Sydney, pin-back, reverse with impressed number 1007. Both badges pinned to a overlapping purple and yellow silk ribbons, good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $200
Naval Military Forces Nepean Recreation Club, (Victoria), 1917, membership fob, in voided gilt and enamel (32x29mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, ring top suspension. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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Australia, Newcastle And Northern District Naval And Military Association, N.M.V. (Naval and Military Veterans), badge (KC), in gilt bronze (26x37mm), no maker, button fitting. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $650
State War Council, Soldiers' Relief, March 1918, badge in gilt and enamel (25mm), no maker, pin-back. Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, WWI Soldiers' Dependents' Day badge, in silvered and enamel, by Angus & Coote Ld, Sydney, loop suspension with stick-pin, Honor To Our Splendid Men Of A.I.F., 1914-18, in bronze (27mm), ring top suspension (C.1914-18/2); A.I.F. Memorial Building, Aug.2.1918, in gilt and enamel (21x20mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back; NES (National Emergency Services), New South Wales badge (KC), in silvered bronze and enamel, by Angus & Coote, pin-back; WWI Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), in bronze, cut-out voided pattern, lug back; CMF (Citizen Military Forces) lapel badge (KC) 1948-53, in bronze, by Swan & Hudson, Vic. 1950, lug back. Very good - nearly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $190
Business Girls War Service Bureau, badge in gilt and enamel (20x28mm), by Stokes, pin-back. Nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $260
King's Silver War badge (GVR), pin-back (2), one numbered 516992 and the other B294265; Air Raid Precautions badge, hallmarked for London 1936 by R.J (Sir Robert Arthur Johnson, Deputy Master and Comptroller of Royal Mint), button back. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, WWII General Service badge (KC), in gilt, by Amor, Sydney, lug back, reverse dated 1948 and numbered A12383; Australian Army Reserve lapel badge (KC), in gilt, by K.G.Luke, Melb, lug back, reverse numbered 16012; CMF (Citizen Military Forces) lapel badge (KC) 1948-53, in chromed finish, by Swan & Hudson, Vic. 1950, lug back; War Widows' Guild badge, small size in oxidised silvered finish, by Pyramid, pin-back, reverse numbered W5860. Good extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
War Widows' Guild, badge in silver (32mm), by K.G.Luke, Melbourne, pin-back, reverse with impressed number 6034. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
War Widows' Guild, badge in silver (22mm), by K.G.L (K.G.Luke), Melbourne, pin-back, reverse numbered M.242. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Thirty Niners Assoc 1939, badge (KC), in gilt and enamel (22x25.5mm), by Stokes, double lug back with backing plate, reverse impressed with number 4080. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
John Edmondson V.C. Memorial Club, Life Member badge, in voided gilt and enamel (26x28mm), by Amor.Sydney, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Anzac Remembrance day, Gallipoli Landing 25th April 1915, badge in gilt and enamel (27x24mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
A United Empire, What We Have We'll Hold, WWI badge in voided gilt and enamel (31.5mm),by H.White Manufacturing Co Ltd, pin-back, features a crowned 'Union Flag' with applied 'British Bulldog', set on a fretted rose each petal depicting the representative symbol of the 'Commonwealth of Nations', Australia - Kangaroo, New Zealand - Moa, Canada - Beaver, and India - Elephant. Nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
A Souvenir Of Liverpool Camps, in gilt and enamel (23mm) (C.S/4), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, missing pin-back boomerang shaped suspender, unnamed but with scratched letters on reverse. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50