Catalogue
Australia, hat badge and matching pairs of collar badges, 1960-85, includes issues for Melbourne University Regiment, Adelaide University Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, Royal Australian Survey Corps, Australian Intelligence Corps, Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (Cossum 438, 441, 445, 447, 452, 464). All fitted to a small display board, uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Assorted Military related badges, buttons, etc. Fine - extremely fine. (approx 100)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Australia, 1960-85, Special Air Service Regiment, hat badge (42mm), British made bimetallic 3-part construction (Cossum 450). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Australia, Iraq War, Overwatch Battle Group West - 4, cap badge in nickel silver (30mm), by Wundurra (Brisbane), with two clutch grip pins. Uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australia, cadet unit badges, includes Monivae College Cadet Unit, Hamilton, Victoria, hat badge in voided chromed nickel (43mm), c1970, lug back; Normanhurst Cadet Unit, Sydney, NSW, hat badge in gilt (43mm), pin-back; also b&w group photo (approx 16x11cm) of Brisbane Cadet Unit. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $90
Australian Army Cadet Corps, woven shoulder patches with Rising Sun (2); Australian Cadet Corps, woven shoulder patches (QC) (6); Australian Army Cadets woven shoulder patch (QC); Australian Army Cadet Corps, gilt and enamel hat badge (37mm); Wesley College Cadet Unit cap badge in white metal (49x52mm); Australian Cadet Corps, woven shoulder title; another woven title 'Cadets', c1948; buttons (2) for The King's School Cadets, and another for Guildford Grammar School Cadets, c1930-44. Very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Black Watch uniform, includes tartan kilt with fitted buckles and straps, c1950s; tartan trews (trousers) with fitted buckles and straps, c1930s; leather sporran with waist belt and fitted silver metal St Andrew's sporran badge, made in Victoria dated 1952; khaki kilt apron with front buttoned pocket and straps, c1930s-50s; pair khaki puttees; also a pair of Scottish red and black tartan hose (long socks). The socks and puttees with some minor moth marks, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Collection of Scottish badges, for Glengarry/hat/sporran, includes The Royal Highlanders Black Watch (KC) in gilt and nickel with maker's plate on reverse; another (KC) in nickel with broad leaves above lion; another (KC) in nickel with narrow leaves above lion; another (KC) in dark finish; Black Watch (QC) in white metal; Black Watch sporran badge in dark finish; Black Watch red feather hackle; Glasgow Highlanders 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Displayed on sheet of thick paper, very fine - extremely fine, the first scarce. (8)
Estimate $220
SOLD $160
Scots Guards Regiment, cross belt plate/pouch badge, in brass (72x88mm). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Great Britain, WWII, Chindits (Long Range Penetration Groups), special operation units of the British and Indian armies, officer's metal cap badge. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $160
Great Britain, WWII A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) lapel badges (6), five hallmarked and one with maker's name of Marples & Beasley, Birmingham, four with button back and two pin-back; also a police whistle in chromed nickel and marked, 'The Metropolitan'. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Great Britain, hat badges, all pre 1954, includes Army Dental Corps, Artists Rifles, Auxiliary Transport Service, Intelligence Corps, Lincolnshire Regiment, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Royal Sussex Regiment; title bars for DW, Essex, and Gordons; also Indian Army Ordnance Corps (KC). Mounted on a display sheet, good very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Belgium, a collection of military hat badges in metal (34), also a metal and enamel national hat cockade. In individual plastic bags with relevant unit name, some duplicates but mostly different and mostly very fine - nearly uncirculated. (35)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
British South Africa Police, c1920, metal hat badge, collar badges (2), shoulder titles, BSAP (2), Rhodesia (2). Extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Canada, C.E.F. (Canadian Expeditionary Forces), For Service At The Front, WWI, badge in gilt bronze and enamel (22mm), screw-back fitting, reverse with manufacturer's number 428111, also die struck on the reverse, 'Penalty For Misuse 500 Dollars/Or Six Months Imprisonment'; Royal Canadian Legion 40 Year's membership lapel badge in gilt and enamel (QC) (13x20mm), screw-back fitting. Both badges attributed to Francis Philip Kennedy, very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Boer War, 1899-1902, South African Light Horse 1899, badge in brass, Maltese Cross shape (36x36mm). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
South Africa, Boer War 1899-1902, shoulder titles, in brass, Cape Mounted Rifles, Imperial Light Horse, South African Light Horse, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, Imperial Hospital Corps. Missing lugs, very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
South Africa, Cape Police District, hat badge, Queen's crown, c1900, in white metal (62x42mm). Lugs missing, however hole at base of crown and base of 'P', very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
South African Natal Carbineers, cast Officer's badge, Queen's crown (c1900), in white metal with brooch fitting (43x43mm). Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
South Africa, c1900, Natal Royal Rifles, Queen's crown, hat badge in white metal (55x40mm) and collar badges in white metal (2) and brass (2). One brass collar badge with replaced lugs, very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
South African Natal Mounted Rifles, cross belt plate in cast brass, Queen's crown (67x63mm). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
South African Constabulary, hat badge in white metal (59x56mm) Queen's crown (1900). Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
South Africa, Constabulary, hat badge, King's crown, c1907, in white metal (63x52mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
USAAF (US Army Air Force), early WWII issue aircrew winged badge in sterling silver, pin-back removed and pierced hole at end of each wing for securing to flight suit; USAF (US Air Force), WWII glider pilot winged badge in silvered, by Wallace & Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back but pin missing, a scarce Australian made issue. Very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $360
World military hat badges, in metal and some with enamel, includes Belgium (23), France (15), Israel (14), Netherlands (6), West Germany (7), unidentified country (2, one a navy officer hat badge and one a Chaplain collar badge), also enamel badge for Angus (cattle), South Africa, pin-back, and pair of gilt and enamel cufflinks for St George & Cronulla Building Society. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (68+pair)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Bahamas, The Bahamas Government, George VI, four shillings (P.9e); Elizabeth II, four shillings (P.13d). Fine - nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Belarus, Belarus National Bank, one hundred rublei, 2000 (P.26b) bundle of one hundred notes, HT 0192301/400. Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Belgian Congo, Banque Du Congo Belge, five francs, 4.4.30 (P.8e); ten francs, 10.09.37 (P.9); twenty francs, 1.2.29 (P.10f). Good. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Belgium, Nationale Bank Van Belgie, one hundred francs, undated (1978-81), 12801493247/51 (P.140), five consecutive notes. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Bosnia, Central Bank, one, ten, twenty marka, 1998 (P.59a, 64a, 66a); Yugoslavia, fifty dinar 1931 (P.28). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60