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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
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