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National Rifle Association, 1860, prize medal in silver (47mm), by G.G.Adams, edge inscribed, 'Won By Private J.J.Slade No1 Co Sydney Battalion V.R. 1868'; Sydney Battalion Volunteer Rifles, prize medal in silver (51mm), by W.J.Taylor and J.W.P.Field, with suspender bar, obverse inscribed, 'Won By/J.J.Slade', reverse inscribed, 'No.1/Company/S.B.V.R/Champion/Medal/1868', edge inscribed, 'J.J.Slade.'. The first with a small silver test mark at 8 o'clock, otherwise both with hairlines and toned good very fine, the second medal rare. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
(Queensland Defence Force), efficiency silver shield (23x31mm), inscribed, '1901', with two securing loops on back. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Queensland Defence Force, pre-Federation, five years Extra Efficient shield in 18ct gold and mounted on a pin-back gold bar (tot wt 4.70g). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $600
Passed in
Cadet Rifle Matches, 1909, in gold (9ct; 6.02g; 27mm), by W&H, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Corpl Martin/G Coy. No.IV Batt./Cadets./First Prize.'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $340
Australian Senior Cadet Competitions, embroidered badges for Division Champion Team 1922-23 in gold bullion, Brigade Champion Team in silver bullion, and Battalion Champion Team in cotton, all type 2 issues with backing intact. Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
SGS (Sydney Grammar School) (Cadets), Marksman badge, 1935, features crossed rifles woven onto black felt (85x55mm), with woven border and also woven initials S / G / S and 1935. Some loss of woven cotton on rifles, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $60
Passed in
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 $60
Armoured Car Proficiency trade badge, 1930-42, in brass, no maker, another in oxidised brass, by Stokes; also WWII felt colour patches for 101st Motor Regiment (2, one full size and one miniature). The colour patches with glue remnants on back from being stuck to a board, otherwise extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Australia, WWII patriotic brooch, 'Son on Active Service', in brass and enamel (26x21mm), pin-back. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Infantry Officer's sword, 1892, with rare Royal Engineer's 1857 pattern hilt, etched straight steel blade as introduced in 1892 marked at the hilt by maker, 'Moubray Rowan & Hicks, Melbourne', the guard with attractive scrolling acanthus leaves and is of the type of hilt introduced in 1857 and retained until 1900, sharkskin grip on handle bound with gold wire, brown leather scabbard with steel fittings. Etched pattern on blade worn, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,000
WWI, trench art bracelet-style dog tag, a silver 2000 dinars of Iran, AH1330 (1912) date amid legs, with bracket fitted at each side to fit on a leather wrist strap, the obverse shaved smooth and inscribed in the centre with a Middle East building rooftop scene with trees and below, 'Baghdad/1917-18', around the outer edge, '20607.SPR.B.D.WALLACE./ANZAC.WIRELESS.' Good fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,200
Australian Rising Sun serviette rings, WWI set of six trench art creations cast in silvered material with silvered Rising Sun collar badge fitted to one side, in fitted vintage case. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
WW II Trench Art, Australian Infantry Forces and Australian Army Service Corps,AIF/AASC/NICE, engraved on a French two francs 1936 shaved smooth one side and shape altered; NICE on a French two francs, 1933 shaved smooth on one side and shape altered; JOYCE on a French one franc, 1939 and shape altered to a pear shape. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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 $40
SOLD $30
Army Rifle Association, British Armies In France, For Skill With The Rifle, prize medal in silver (44.5mm), reverse inscribed, 'Rhine Army Rifle Meeting/1919'. Hairlines, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
WITHDRAWN
Estimate $200
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Great Britain, A.R.P (Air Raid Precautions) Women's Voluntary Services, badge (KC), in chrome and enamel (21x30mm), by H.B.Sale, B'Ham, pin-back (this type only issued for 3 months from November 1938); sweetheart locket being a General Service uniform button with Royal Arms (KC), in gilt (23.5mm), converted into a locket with hinged opening compartment on reverse and with ring top suspension, the internal compartment has a removable frame with plastic cover for installing a photo (one present but faded). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
WWII Cigarette case, the front and back in the design of a Bank of England emergency wartime issue one pound banknote, in nickel (approx 170x80cm); WWII Aircrew Escape Compass, on a cotton strap and in a waterproof capsule of clear rubber (15mm); WWII 'Housewife' sewing kit, empty except for some needles; RAN jumbo laundry safety pin; Royal Navy brass ashtray (15cm) featuring engraved H.M.S.Temeraire badge. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Sands of Gallipoli, The Australian Spirit, timber plaque (14cm) with epoxy coated brass medallion (10.2cm) containing sand collected from the beaches of Gallipoli, with original tag; another being an epoxy coated brass medallion (5.4cm) containing sand collected from the beaches of Gallipoli, in a case with original tag; also a miniature version lapel badge (20x17mm), also containing sand collected from the beaches of Gallipoli, clip-pin back, on original tag of issue; Lest We Forget Gallipoli commemorative medal 1915-1985, in silvered (38mm) (C.1985/12), in case of issue; Lest We Forget Poppy Appeal $5.00 donation poppy material badge; also a cast copy of a WWI Memorial Plaque. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $120
Passed in
WWI medallions, includes France, uniface medallion in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse, Gallic rooster standing on a bent staff with top end piece featuring an Imperial German eagle and the words, 'Deutsches Reich', behind is an ocean battle scene and a rising sun with the date 1915; Great Britain, Battle of Jutland, 1916, medallion in silver (22mm) (Eimer 1951; BHM 4124), by Spink & Son, ring top suspension, obverse, 12-line inscription, reverse, crossed White Ensign and Union flag with plaque inscribed 31 May 1916 supported by a trident and around the outside, 'To The Glorious Memory Of Those Who Fell That Day'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Queen Mary, gift cards (ex Xmas gift tin) 1914 and 1915, one with original envelope; 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, greeting card In the Field France, Xmas 1918, from H.O.Caddy. Good - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Australian Victoria Cross Recipients' photographs, three identical colour photographs (27x19cm), taken in 2011 and featuring Corporal Mark Donaldson, VC and Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, VC, MG in uniform and Keith Payne VC, OAM (later advanced to AM) in civilian dress, all wearing their medal groups, one of the photos has images of the signatures of the first two recipients and the other two photos have images of all signatures. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
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Woolmore, W.(Bill), Steinaecker's Horsemen, South Africa 1899-1903, published by South African Country Life, Barberton, South Africa, 2006, 352pp with photographs throughout. New. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
WWI, Army Orders number 60, May 25th, 1918, from General Sir H.S.Rawlinson, Bart. GCVO, KCB, KCMG Commanding Fourth Army, dated May 25th, 1918, an original document printed in colour in France by Army Printing and Stationery Services, features details of awards to British and Australians including The Distinguished Conduct Medal, Bar to the Military Medal, The Military Medal, Second Bar to the Military Medal (3547A Sapper T.E.Linney, M.M., Australian Engineers. Water stain and some loss of paper at edges, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Emery, Max., They Rode into History - The Story of the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-19, McRae, 2008, hardbound, 224pp with photographs throughout; Richardson, Lieut-Colonel J.D. DSO., The 7th Light Horse Regiment 1914-19, Sydney, hardbound, 122pp with photographs throughout (limited edition of 200 copies); Wilson, Brigadier-General L.C. CMG, DSO., Operations of Third Light Horse Brigade AIF from 27th October 1917 to 4th March 1919, hardbound, 64pp. Spine coming away from inside cover on last book, otherwise very good - mint condition. (3)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Holloway, David., Endure and Fight, The Story of the 4th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-19, Port Melbourne, 2011, hardbound, 873pp with photographs throughout, numbered 10 of 25 copies. Mint condition.
Estimate $250
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Australian Chivalry, photographic Reproductions in colour and duo-tone of Official War Paintings, book with hard cover (45x29cm), with Australian gold blocked coat-of-arms in centre, published under auspices of the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial and edited by J.L.Treloar, 1933, with alternating plates and text comprising 52 pages of plates in the Australian War Memorial collection depicting significant ANZAC events in WWI. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Australian Recipients of Imperial Honours and Awards 1901-1989, by Michael Maton, hardcover, 746pp with illustrations, published 2002, limited edition, Copy No 55 of 100. Some light foxing on page fore edges visible when book closed and on front and back free end paper, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards to the Australian Army During the First World War, Volume 1, The Military Medal (A-K), by Michael Maton, hardcover, 887pp with a few illustrations, published 2005, limited edition, Copy No.32 of 100; Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards to the Australian Army During the First World War, Volume 1, The Military Medal (L-Z), by Michael Maton, hardcover, 911pp with a few illustrations, published 2005, limited edition, Copy No.18 of 100. Some foxing on page fore edges visible when books closed and on front and back free end papers, otherwise nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
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Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards to the Australian Army During the First World War, Volume 3, British Orders and Other Awards, by Michael Maton, hardcover, 860pp with a few illustrations, published 2006, limited edition, Copy No.9 of 100. Some foxing on page fore edges visible when book closed and on front and back free end paper, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60