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Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF), WWI, in silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb, badge number 120627, with three bars consecutively numbered 119619, 119620, and 119621. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF), WWI, in silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb, badge number 3727, with two bars consecutively numbered 21326 and 21327. Lightly scratched on bottom reverse of the badge is 1914-8 and with some oxidation at pin fitting, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Australia, WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge (RAN), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, pin-back, reverse numbered 949. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Australia, WWI, Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF), silver and blue enamel, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back, reverse numbered 142434; Demobilised Soldiers' Association, small sized version badge (KC) (23x32mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, two lugs on reverse and with impressed number 2569; Australian Red Cross Day badge in gilded silver and enamel (25x21mm), with ring top suspension and 1918 pin-back suspender bar; League of Loyal Women of Australia badge in gilt and enamel (30mm), no maker, ring top suspension; WWII, Female Relative badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A99346, with bar and two stars; another by G&E Rodd, 1940, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A36974, with bar and one star, suspended from this is an enamelled colour patch of 29 Battalion on an oval enamelled white disc; another by Amor, Sydney, pin-back with small piece of safety chain, reverse numbered A180974, with bar and one star. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
WWI Volunteered For Active Service, Medically Unfit, in bronze, reverse numbered 19436; WWII, Female Relative's badge, with one star, by Amor, Sydney, pin-back, reverse numbered A236568; WWII Victory medalet; Pozieres voided badge in silvered and enamel, pin-back missing; RSL, lapel badge (3 figure type) in gilt and enamel, with 70 overlay on crown, reverse numbered SN10013; Gallipoli Legion Bowling Club, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, pin-back; Aust. Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, with 80 overlay on crown; CMF, civilian lapel badge in oxidised brass. Fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Australia, WWI, Volunteered For Active Service, Munitions Worker badge in bronze (29mm), lug back, reverse numbered 804. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Australia, War Worker, Navvies & Labourers, badge in bronze (38mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, lug back, reverse with impressed number 1261. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Australia, WWI, Voluntary Ballot A.I.F. badge in silvered with B in blue enamel (28x33mm), by Angus & Coote Ld, Sydney, pin-back, reverse with impressed number D1208. Some spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Australia, Enlisted In A.I.F. badge (24.5x34.5mm), 1918, Issued by Dept. of Defence, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, lug back, impressed number on reverse 4241. Toned very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australia, AIF For Service badge in gilt and enamel (KC), Issued By The Department Of Defence, lug back, reverse numbered 1147 (possibly meant to be 1447). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $600
Canada, King's Silver War badge, pin-back, reverse with impressed number, 'C8260'. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII, Mothers and Widows badge, by G & E Rodd, 1940, with three stars, reverse numbered AF874. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Australia, WWII, Mothers and Widows badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back, reverse numbered A5445, with bar and one star; W.A.N.S (Women's Australian National Services) badge, c1942, by Angus & Coote, Sydney, in silvered and enamel (19mm), pin-back; V.D.C (Volunteer Defence Corps) No 1 Bn., in gilt and enamel (20x27.5mm), by Handford, pin-back. Toning, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Australia, WWII Mothers and Widows badge, by Amor, Sydney, pin-back, reverse numbered A31057, with bar and one star. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, WWII Mothers and Widows badge, by G & E Rodd, 1944, pin-back, reverse numbered AF.9099, with bar and one star. With dark spotting, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Australia, WWII Female Relatives badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back with safety chain, numbered A170220, two bars each with two stars. Very fine and very scarce with four stars.
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Australia, WWII Female Relatives badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back, numbered A169396, bar with three stars. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, WWII, Female Relative badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A158532, with bar and two stars; Volunteer Air Observers Corps, Observer badge in gilt and enamel, by Stokes, pin-back, reverse numbered 8514; ARP (Air Raid Precautions), Victoria, AF991 Warden badge in chrome and enamel, by Bentley (one lug missing); ARP (Air Raid Precautions), Victoria, DB931 tinnie badge; (Red Cross) Hon. Collector P.O.W. Appeal badge in steel and enamel, by Amor, Sydney, pin-back, reverse numbered 12704 (some loss of enamel); War Savings Certificates, Voluntary Worker badge in gilt and enamel, by Stokes, pin-back, reverse numbered 3642; Women's Auxiliary R.S.S.A.I.L.A badge (KC), by Myers & Co, pin-back; another with (19)72 overlay on KC, by Myer & Co, Bris, pin-back; others without crown at top, R.S.S.I.L.A (2, one by Myer & Co, the other by Handford), R.S.S. &. A.I.L.A, by Amor, Sydney, pin-back; Red Cross Emergency Service badge in gilt and enamel, by Handford, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered I/4778; Junior Red Cross Auxiliary, by G.A.Millar, Sydney, pin-back; also American Red Cross Volunteer badge in gilt and enamel, no maker, pin-back; ACF (Australian Comforts Fund), Queensland Division badge in silvered and enamel, by G.A.Miller, Sydney, pin-back. Fine - good very fine. (15)
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
WWII, General Service badge type 1, in brass (27x29.5mm), by G & E Rodd, 1940, two lugs on reverse, numbered A8503, issued to volunteers for active service but retained at home for home service; Exemption badge, Medically unfit, in silver plated brass (19x26.5mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, two lugs on reverse, numbered 22532, issued to volunteers for active service or home service but rejected on medical grounds. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, WWII, Civil Defence Queensland, First Aid badge (KC), by Handford, pin-back, reverse numbered 1970. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $260
WWII, Civil Constructional Corps, badge in bronze (29mm), no maker, two lugs on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
WWII, Church Of England National Emergency Fund (C.E.N.E.F.) Medal For Services Rendered During The War, 1939-1945, in bronze, unnamed, with ribbon and pin-back ribbon bar. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Anzac 'A', sand cast in brass (22x19mm), without lugs. Very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
NSW Military Forces, c1880s, pouch or belt buckle badge in white metal (39mm) (Grebert p83). Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $420
Port Curtis Infantry, Queensland, 1900-1912, hat badge in voided brass (56.5mm) (Cossum 32), by J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd, London. No lugs, dig at left edge and at top left, also right edge of crown missing, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Port Curtis Infantry, Queensland, 1900-1912, pair of collar badges in voided brass (38.5mm) (Cossum 32), by J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd, London. Very fine and very scarce. (2)
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Australia, 2nd Port Curtis Infantry, Queensland, 1900-1912, a set of metal shoulder titles of 2 and PCI (4 items) (see Cossum 32); Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, 1911-1912, buttons in brass, large, medium (4), small (4, one with screw fitting and backing plate), extra small (see Cossum p30, c). Very fine - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,800
Australia, Corps of Engineers, helmet badge, 1900-12, in brass (60mm) (Cossum 94). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI, Qld A.I.F. Machine Gunners, badge(KC) in gilt and enamel (32x31mm), by Bishop, Brisbane, lug back, reverse numbered 415; Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, lug back, reverse numbered 141181; Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmens' Imperial League badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, with (19)58 overlay on KC, by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, double lug back, reverse numbered ?74506. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $440
Australia, WWI, collection of hat badges mostly Rising Sun issues, collar badges mostly Rising Sun issues, title badges, qualification badges, rank badges, buttons, a few unofficial badges, and colour patches, also includes a few pre WWI, some WWII items and a few other non-AIF items, all mounted on a felt covered cardboard sheet. Most heavily toned from being in storage, otherwise good - very fine. (approx 80 pieces)
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $2,300