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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. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, WWII, military whistle, marked on side, 'J.Hudson & Co/Birmingham/1941/DofD arrow'; WWI, 61st (South Midland) Division Christmas card, signed 'Cyril', together with b&w photo marked on back, '307274 Pte Cyril Dodd, Royal Warwick Regt'. Very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Croydon, Queensland, tribute medal in gold (9ct; 4.98g; 26mm), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/H.Cook/from Croydon Friends/23.2.18.' Good very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $380
Millmerran, Queensland, tribute medal in gold and enamel (9ct; 3.44g; 23mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, '1919/Millmerran', reverse inscribed, 'M.J.Kineavy/5th L.H.'. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Robe, South Australia, tribute medal in gold (9ct; 4.26g; 26mm), scroll and ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'From Robe Dinkum Club 1919', reverse inscribed, 'To/Pte A.G.Anderson/5" Pioneers'. Centre piece from obverse missing and with two pierced holes to which it was secured, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
WWI, tribute medal (GVR) in silver, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, uninscribed. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
WWI Welcome Home table cover, made of linen (approx 90cm square), with lace embroidered pattern around the sides that reads, 'Welcome Home' and flanked at each end by a Navy ship, and this design is on each of the four sides. A few small tone spots but in excellent condition for its age, good very fine.
Estimate $70
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For God King And Country, in silvered (57mm) (C.F/4), by K.G.Luke, Melb, reverse inscribed, 'Welcome Home/to Cooma/2-5-47', and on plaque, '261274/S/Ldr.W.P.H.Dakin'. In a fitted case, tone spots, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $300
Australia, World War II, tribute medal in gold (9ct; 4.63; 17x24.5mm), ring top suspension with red, white and blue ribbon attached, obverse inscribed, 'World War II/Appreciation Of Services' reverse inscribed, 'Spr. T.O.Melody/From/His Friends'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $420
Australia,?WWI sweetheart brooch in silver, features 1915 above a small Rising Sun badge with scroll bearing the words, 'Australia New Zealand Army Corps', all above the word, 'ANZAC', pin-back.?Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $460
Victory 1918 sweetheart brooch, in voided gold (9ct; 2.08g; 39x18mm), inset with small pearls, pin-back but pin missing. Several pearls missing and top left side of V missing, otherwise very fine, probably restorable.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
H.M.A.S. Sydney, sweetheart badge in gilt and enamel (31mm), pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Marsal (Marshall) Josip Broz Tito, WWII fund-raising badge for 10/-, in silvered and blue enamel (25mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Marsal (Marshall) Josip Broz Tito, WWII fund-raising badge for 10/-, in silvered and red enamel (25mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back. Nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, Prize medal, handcrafted in silver (cross 32x31mm), obverse with garter (Q) and inside inscribed, E.F.C (probably QEFC), reverse inscribed, 'Officers Trophy/Won By/J.Caldwell', attached to a short silver watch chain by NCR Co; Queensland Defence Force efficiency silver shield (22x29mm), inscribed, '1887', with two securing loops on back. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $400
A.I.F. Carnival, 1952, in silvered (47.5mm), by Stokes, pierced hole at top and bottom edge for fitting in a swivel frame, reverse inscribed, 'A.I.F. Carnival/1952/Tobruk Shield/won by/O.Campbell-Bondi'. Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
NAAFI award medals, Malta Command, in silver (38mm) (2) and bronze, one inscribed 'Inter Unit Athletics 880 yds Relay', the other two uninscibed; Mediterranean Fleet, in silver (32mm) inscribed 'Invitation Relay/Runners Up/June 1930'; also Aldershot Command Athletic Association, Group Competition, in bronze (32mm) inscribed on reverse 'O.C.T.U. Soccer League/1939-40/Winners/169 O.C.T.U./Pte W.Morris', all cased; together with military badges (5) Royal Malta Artillery, The Wiltshire Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regt, University of Wales OTC; buttons (46) Australian Military Forces, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Marines Light Infantry, Royal Artillery; postcards (19) including London's Great Victory Marches (6), NAAFI Clubs (4), 12th Lancers Aldershot (1). Good - extremely fine. (total 75 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
United States, United States Navy International Geophysical Year (USNIGY), Operation Deepfreeze II, (Antarctic research) 1957-1958, medal in sterling silver (33mm) with loop mount, reverse, a map of Antarctica. Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australia, WWI dog tag in fibre compound, named to 3891 Knight. O.L. 5BN. A.I.F. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Australia, WWI, map case in leather, Soldier's Pay Book for Lieut C.R.Hilton, 4th Aust Pioneer Btn, Memorial Card that includes his brother's name, Joseph Finian Colombo Hilton, and photo, official note to Lieut C.R.Hilton from his CO regarding his late brother. Good - fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Australia, WWI, b&w studio photos of Pte Henry Porter McLardy, one in AIF uniform and the other together with another soldier, both wearing kilted uniform of Scottish Rifles; book titled Sanananda Interlude, The 7th Aust. Division Cavalry Regiment, by F.J.Hartley Chaplain A.I.F., hardcover with dust jacket and this covered with plastic, 1949 First Edition, 101pp, with b&w photos and a summary of fatal casualties of 7th Aust Div. Cav. Regt. The book with age toning and some paper loss at the top edge of some pages, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, WWI, booklet titled, "Come On, Australia!" and other War Songs, dedicated to Brigadier-General J.W.McCay, V.D., C.B., by "Zekle", 1915, soft cover, 28pp; 12th Aust. Inf. Brigade, Christmas card 1918, unused; 12th Australian Infantry Brigade, Race Meeting on 24th July 1918 at Allonville, Chateau Grounds (a rest area for Australian troops in the Somme sector), two fold-out programmes listing officials and race competitors (both programmes easily legible but badly deteriorated); one photograph of three WWI soldiers in uniform, possibly artillery, with their signatures below, photographer Leon Caron of 58 Rue des Cailloux, Amiens, France, and another post card photograph marked 'Charlie 10th Oct 1918'. The first booklet with a few foxing marks on cover, otherwise virtually uncirculated, the rest poor - fine. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
The Distinguished Flying Cross To Australians, by Michael Maton, First Edition 2000, copy no.77 of only 150 copies, hardcover, 515pp. Foxing on edges when book closed, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
The Military Cross To Australians, by Michael Maton, First Edition 2004, copy no.29 of only 100 copies, hardcover, 805pp. Foxing on edges when book closed, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Military related trays, featuring an Australia Service Medal 1939-45 without suspension, set into the centre of a scooped, circular brass tray (approx 12.5cm), possibly for use as an ashtray, one tray with the obverse of the medal showing and the other with the reverse showing. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $30
Japanese symbolic hessian cloth, possibly a soldier's flag (approx 83.5X33cm), with Sun emblem between Japanese characters and with running tiger (the symbol of strength, courage and protector against bad luck) below, matted and under glass in a wooden frame (approx 108x57cm). Image has been reworked to strenghten, staining and age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $420
Passed in
Australia, small, coloured silk hand flag on black pole, features the Rising Sun badge 'The Australian Army' version, the flag issued on the occasion of the Centenary of the Australian Army in 2001. Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in