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Mother's and Widow's Ribbon, one star, number 1521 on reverse of suspension bar, original black ribbon replaced by Victory Medal ribbon. The ribbon in very fragile state, the fittings very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $190
Australia, WWI Volunteered For Active Service, RAN Retained For Home Service badge, Issued By The Navy Department, in gilt bronze (29.5mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb(ourne), lug back, reverse impressed with number 420. Some sections of the badge have been unofficially voided and a crown has been added, otherwise good fine and a rare Navy issue.
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
Australia, WWI, A.I.F On War Service badge, in silver (28.5x27.5mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1919, by maker T.F (Thomas Fattorini), pin-back, at top half of reverse is a faint mirror image of A.I.F as struck on obverse side. Toned, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badge (RAN), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, reverse numbered 1101. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Australia, WWI overseas service lapel badge in silvered and enamel (15x25mm), red enamel stripe for 1914 service and three blue enamel stripes for three additional years' overseas service, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Australian Army Nursing Service, AIF, 1916, in enamel and silvered 9ct gold (27mm; tot wt 6.47g), by P.J.King, pin-back, reverse marked, 'Australia's Appreciation' and numbered 454. A few small edge nicks, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $950
Brinkworth & District tribute medal, in gold (9ct; 3.37g; 26mm), obverse, crossed rifles, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Pte A.J.McMillan/by/his friends of/Brinkworth & District/June 13/1916'; shooting prize fob in voided silver (28.5mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1900 by maker 'R.Bs' (Rolason Brothers), scroll and ring top suspension, unnamed. The first heavily toned, otherwise fine, the second dark toned extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Childers, Queensland, tribute fob medal handcrafted in gold (9ct; 6.18g; 33x37mm), uniface, ring top suspension, obverse with Australian arms and below an enamel colour patch of 42nd Battalion, reverse inscribed, 'The Great War/Prestd. By/Childers Presbyterian Church/To/Lieut. R.Dinnie/1919.'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $460
Australia, WWI, tribute fob, in gold (9ct, 7.12g, 23x43mm), obverse, saluting soldier at top, rifle at each side and in front of a Rising Sun, below 'Duty Bravely Done', above a shield with enamelled colours of a white, blue and white striped unit colour patch, around is a wreath and at the base a boomerang bearing the word 'Returned', reverse inscribed, 'Trooper W.P.Brady/from/Keepit & Wongo/Residents/12-3-19.'Some loss of enamel on central colour patch, otherwise fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
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 $100
SOLD $150
Tribute medal, handcrafted in silver (27x38.5mm), by A&C Ld (Angus & Coote Ltd), ring top suspension, obverse with an enamelled colour patch for 34 Battalion below crossed rifles, reverse inscribed, 'No 1156/L-Sgt R.Jordan/30.7.19'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $550
Australia, WWI tribute medal in gold (9ct; 6.21g; 27x26mm), obverse, facing soldier with rifle standing to attention within open wreath and above are the words, 'On Honour Roll', reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Pte J.J.Kellow./on his Return/from the/Worlds Great War/1914-1919/3'4'20'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $550
H.M.A.S. Sydney, sweetheart badge in gilt and enamel (38mm), pin-back. Small spot of oxidation behind crown, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Machine Gun Squadron, WWI, handcrafted sweetheart badge, in silver, with brooch pin (25x26mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Australia, sweetheart brooch, a 9ct gold brooch bar (48.5mm), fitted with a small silver Rising Sun badge, pin-back, the bar stamped, '9CTAPEX', the badge stamped, 'Stg.Sil'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, Rising Sun sweetheart badge (29x26mm), in nacre with gold (probably 9ct) wired name, 'Betty' across bottom half, pin-back. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Rising Sun sweetheart badge (52x38mm), features a silvered Rising Sun collar badge resting on a chrome-like finished boomerang inscribed, 'Gloria', pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI, AIF Infantry sweetheart brooch in silver and enamel (58x17.5mm), no maker, pin-back with safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $160
Australia, WWI, AFC (Australian Flying Corps) sweetheart wings badge (46x18mm), in rose and yellow gold (9ct; 2.55g), pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Australia, Rising Sun sweetheart badges, in gilt and enamel (2, one [39.5x27mm], the other [25x16mm]), another but in gilt (25x15mm), all pin-back; WWI sweetheart locket in 9ct gold cased on silver (rolled gold) (23x28.5mm), stamped, '9c Sil-Ld.Al', ring top suspension, with Rising Sun badge affixed to front, inside are two photos of a soldier (one photo damaged); also colour patch badges in enamel, for 2Bn (black/green, 28x16mm), 4Bn (white/green, 16x15mm), AASC (triangle, blue/white, 21x19mm) with chip in enamel and securing part of pin missing, all pin-back, also one in gilt and enamel for 8Bn (white/red, 25x15mm), pin missing, another similar to last but design inset into thick, clear oval plastic and with white enamel missing; small Rising Sun badge (KC) in bronze (24x17mm), missing pin; Australian Artillery badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (24x17mm), stick-pin back, another (26x19mm), missing pin. The locket with many dents, otherwise very good - very fine. (12)
Estimate $50
SOLD $260
Naval badges, includes WWI sweetheart brooch from Boulogne in France, features a silver anchor with the word, B(O missing)UL(O missing)GN in gold letters along shank, inside the left arm of the anchor is depicted the Virgin Mary with child in a boat with two other mothers, this image being tribute of a patron saint to sailors, pin-back; Sea Cadet Corps lapel badge in gilt and enamel, button back; Royal Australian Navy Reserves lapel badge (KC), by Bertram Bros, Melb(ourne), lug-back, reverse numbered 4438; R.A.N.A.T.E. (RAN Apprentice Training Establishment) Instructor, in gilt and enamel featuring the crest of HMAS Nirimba, with tie-bar style suspension. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, WWI mother's brooch, in bronze and enamel (50x15mm), features two Rising Sun badges beside each other, one with enamelled colour patch of 1 Battalion in the centre and the other with enamelled colour patch of 3 Battalion in the centre, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII sweetheart brooch in silver (42.5mm), features a circular domed filigree background with decorative pieces fitted and in the centre is a small Rising Sun badge, pin-back, the reverse is stamped in the centre, 'Jerusalem/Sterling/Silver'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australia, WWII, RAAF sweetheart badge in silver and enamel (37.5x31mm), features an eagle with pin-back and suspended below is a crowned wreath around an enamelled ball containing the letters RAAF, the reverse of the ball has the impressed details, 'British/Stg.Sil'; another in gilt and enamel in the shape of pilot's wings (KC), in gilt and enamel (33x12.5mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb(ourne), pin-back. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Australia, RAAF sweetheart badges in the form of pilot's wings (KC) (4, one in silvered and enamel [32x11mm], 3 in gilt and enamel, [all approx 36.5x12mm]); also WWII Pathfinder badge in silvered (54x16mm), with screw fitting at end of each wing. The first with enamel chip, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $80
ZAR, sweetheart badge in sterling silver and coloured enamels (47mmx28mm) with brooch pin, Coat of Arms ZAR 1899-1902 Queen's crown, manufactured by Max Minck & Co/Patent/Durban. Some enamel missing, good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $750
WWII Mothers and Widows badge, by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A.9, with bar and one star. Very fine and very rare low number.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Australia, Female Relative badge WWII, by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A.6644, with bar and two stars; another by Amor, Sydney, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A198114, with bar and one star, suspended from this is an enamelled T for Tobruk being the colour patch of 2/23Bn; another by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered AF16261, with bar and one star; also VDC and 1&2 Pls. A Coy. 13 Bn., Souvenir card folder of Dinner held at Balmoral Homestead on 14th October, 1945 after final parade to commemorate the comradeship of personnel of 1 & 2 Pls., A Coy. The last item with foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Australia, Female Relative's badge, WWII, bar with two stars, by Amor, Sydney, pin-back with safety chain, reverse number A237140; another, bar with one star, by G&E Rodd 1944, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A.F. 43594. Good very fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Australia, WWII dog tag to member of Z Special Unit, in aluminium and inscribed, 'NX161778./Bailes. G.G./C. of E.', reverse inscribed, 'A2'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160