Catalogue
Australia, WWII Returned from Active Service badge (KC), by Amor, Sydney, reverse numbered A219197; Fundraising badge for war effort, held on Australia Day 26 July 1918, in bronze and enamel (24mm), by Amor Ltd, Sydney, pin-back; War Widows' Guild badge, smaller type 2 in silver (22.5mm), by K.G.L (K.G.Luke) Melb(ourne), pin-back, reverse numbered M.1376; also Vive La France 14 Juillet (Bastille Day 14 July - French National Day) badge in silver and enamel (21x21.5mm), by Prouds Ltd, features crossed French and Australian flags. Some enamel missing from last badge, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
Australia, WWI, Gallipoli lapel badge in bronze, with double lug back refitted, reverse inscribed, 'F.F.DeMey'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Australia, Infantry Combat Badge in bronze; WWII Returned from Active Service badge in silvered, by Amor, Sydney, reverse numbered A335261; WWII 2nd Division colour patch lapel badge in gilt and enamel; WWII Engineer Regiment colour patch lapel badge in gilt and enamel; Air Force Association lapel badge (KC) in gilt and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb(ourne), (19)56 slide on crown. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Naval Transport Coaling Battalion, work badge in brass (51.5mm), No.944, letters and figures impressed, by Stokes & Son, Melbourne. With leather button-hole strap attached to lugs on reverse, very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,700
Australia, WWI War Service badge (type 2, c1918), in voided silver and enamel (44x26mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1917 by maker W.J.D (W.J.Davis), pin-back. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
ACF (Australian Comforts Fund), Voluntary Helper badge in white metal and enamel (25x28mm), by Angus & Coote, Sydney, pin-back, reverse with impressed number 778. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Anzac Buffet Voluntary Helper, WWI and II, badge in silvered and blue enamel (45x18.5mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back, reverse with impressed number 363. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Australia, WWI, RVA (Rejected Volunteers' Association), badges in silver (3), one for N.S.W. reverse numbered 143 with pin-back, one for Victoria reverse numbered 1481 and obverse with enamel date clip-on 1920-21 and with lug-back, and another for S.Aust reverse numbered 1136 with lug-back (one lug missing); AIF RSA (Returned Soldiers' Association), badge in silver, reverse numbered 988 with lug-back. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
Australia, WWI, Merchant Service War Badge, in voided gilt (34x35mm), by Stokes (&) Sons, Melb(ourne), lug back, reverse numbered 3205. Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
Passed in
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 $50
SOLD $50
The Australian Legion of Ex-Service Clubs, N.S.W R&T S&S Assoc (NSW Railway & Tramway Sailors & Soldiers Association), badge (KC) in gilt bronze and enamel, by Angus & Coote, screw-back suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Tramways & Omnibus S.S. & A. Assn, (Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen Association), badge (KC) in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote, screw-back suspension (missing screw plate). Year slide over crown fitting missing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $160
Australia, Soldiers Sailors & Airmens Association, Fathers badge in silvered and enamel, by P.J.King, pin-back, reverse numbered 467; Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Assn Vic., Fathers badge (KC) in silvered and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb(ourne), stick-pin, reverse numbered 14402; Sailors Soldiers Airmens Assocn, Womens Auxiliary, Fathers badge (KC) in silvered and enamel, by K.G.Luke, Melb(ourne), pin-back; Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Assn. of Q(ueensland) lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), lug back, reverse numbered 1355. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Australia, uniform buttons for Australian Military Forces, includes map of Australia type with no marked boundaries, medium (KC) in bronze (2), brass (10), small (24, one with some oxidation), map of Australia with marked boundaries, medium (KC) in gilt (6). Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (42)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Royal Australian Navy buttons, pre 1953, in gilt, solid back with fast shank, large (5), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, medium (6), by Stokes & Sons (Cossum 58a). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
Mixed militaria and medals, includes a large quantity of buttons including from Australia, Great Britain and USA, also Australian state railway buttons, also some badges and insignia in metal and cloth and a number of various medal ribbons and some ribands, also Japan 1937-45 China Incident War Medal as well as Netherlands WWII Medal for Order and Peace and a WII US Army Division First to Assemble badge in gilt and enamel by Meyer, in case of issue. Very good - extremely fine and worth checking out. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
QVNCM (Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers), WWII, badge in gilt and enamel (20x20mm), by Myers & Co, pin-back. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $300
Australia, Civilian War Emergency Aid Service, WWII, C.A.S badge in silvered and enamel (24.5x24mm), pin-back. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
Melbourne Militors, cap badge, in gilt and enamel (34x33mm), by Stokes, pin-back. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
World, Aust Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women, badge in gilt and enamel, lug back with (19)54 slide over on KC, reverse numbered NS 7020; British Imperial Services Club, member badge (KC) in gilt and enamel, pin-back, reverse numbered 230; YMCA, Australia Wattle Day badge in bronze, by J.R.Gaunt, London, in shape of an outline map of Australia with YMCA badge in centre and wattle at left and right sides, lug back; Red Cross small badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, by Stokes & Sons, Melb (missing side bits); V For Victory badge in silvered and enamel, pin-back (some enamel missing); Scots Guards, lapel badge in silver and enamel (27mm), pin-back; US Army enlisted man brass hat badge (32x34mm), no lugs or button backing. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $260
Torpedoed Survivor, badge in sterling silver and enamel (27x8mm), with the words, 'Survived/Once', pin-back. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Australia, Returned Soldiers Association Tasmania, lapel badge in bronze and enamel (27x37mm), by Darcey, button lug back. Small oxidation spot on back, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $420
Australia, Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors & Soldiers Assn. of Q(ueensland), lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Bishop's, Brisbane, lug-back. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, Coff's Harbour Repatriation Sub Committee, Member badge in gilt and enamel (21.5mm), by G.A.Miller, Sydney, pin-back. Light oxidation spot at top, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, Patrick Plains Repatriation Committee, Member badge in gilt and enamel (21.5mm), by G.A.Miller, Sydney, pin-back. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australia, Wagga District Soldiers Memorial, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (21.5mm), by G.A.Miller, Sydney, pin-back. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Australia, WWII donation badges by Amor Pty Ltd, one for Josef Stalin (2/-) in oxidised silvered (23mm), stick-pin back, the other for Marshall Timoshenko (2/-) in oxidised bronze (23mm), stick-pin back. Extremely fine, the first scarce, the second very scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Australia, 2/2 Bn Association badge, in gilt and enamel (24x25mm), by Millers, Sydney, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
2/2nd Australian Machine Gun Association, 8th Army, lapel badge in brass (28x28mm), by A.J.Parkes, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $380
Australia, Victorian Best Marksman in the Company badge in gold bullion on felt backing, with three securing clips on back; Navy (Merchant?) rank arm badge in bullion and cloth for Senior Chief Petty Officer, and another cap badge with gold bullion star over a circle containing gold bullion initials FPA above anchor in white metal, with backing intact. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60