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Pair: War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. NX171 A.G.Torr. Both medals impressed. The first medal without ribbon, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $360
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899, (type 3 reverse). C. Billson. C.G.R. Impressed. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
USA, Distinguished Service Cross - Army; Army Achievement Medal; Purple Heart; World War II Victory Medal; the first three medals in cases with pin-back riband and enamel lapel badge, the last in box of issue with pin-back riband. Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $140
USA, Silver Star; Soldier's Medal; Purple Heart (no ribbon); Air Force Commendation Medal (2); Air Force Good Conduct Medal; American Defense Service Medal; European - African - Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2); WWII Victory Medal; Presidential Unit citation (Navy & Marine Corps); also various badges, including rank and qualification badges as well some buttons; a pin-back board of ribands for uniform wear and featuring 3 rows of 8, 2 rows of 3, and 3 rows of 2. Fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
USA, Meritorious Service Medal, named to Robert F. Elliott; Army Commendation Medal, named to K.J.Johnston; Navy Achievement Medal; Victory Medal World War I (ribbon damaged); European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2); World War II Victory Medal (2); Korean Service Medal (no ribbon); National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with one silver and two bronze star device attachments; Air and Space Campaign Medal. Fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
USA, Merchant Marine WWII Victory Medal; Merchant Marine Pacific War Zone Medal; also Norway, Participation Medal ('Narvik' Medal) 1940-1945. Swing mounted, the last ribbon with stain at top, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
USA, Army Good Conduct Medal, named to MIMS (Major Item Management System) E.Siggers; National Defense Service Medal (no ribbon or suspension loop); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Vietnam Service Medal (2, one without ribbon and suspension loop); Merchant Marine, Pacific War Zone Medal (3). Second medal toned, otherwise very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
World medals, includes Belgium, WWI Croix de Guerre with two palms; WWI Inter Allied Victory Medal (no ribbon); Denmark, Dancon-Marchen Medal 1972; France, Medal of Liberated France 1944 (copy); Greece, War Cross 1940; Medal of the International Commission for Supervision and Control for Indo China; Philippines Defense Medal (copy); Republic of South Vietnam, National Order of Vietnam 5th Class (Knight) (2, varieties); Cross of Gallantry (no ribbon); USA, Women's Army Corps Service Medal; USSR, Jubilee Medal for the 20th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War; Medal for the Commemoration of 250 Years of Leningrad (2); also certificate for 40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Fine - extremely fine. (14 + certificate)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
World and British Commonwealth medals, almost all appear to be copies or are marked copies, many poor quality (20); also some miniature medals, mostly poor quality and a few pieces of other militaria, also mostly copies, one genuine German helmet plate but it is damaged. Poor - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
World, includes Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait Medal 1991, in case with pin-back riband (4 sets), officially approved for wear by Australians who served as part of coalition forces; United Nations, UNEF Medal; South Vietnam Campaign Medal 1964-72, - clasp - 1960-, swing mounted and with blackened clasp. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, swing mounted groups for WWI and WWII, includes group of eleven, group of eight, group of six, groups of four (2), also court mounted WWII trio, and a swing mounted trio for service in Kuwait. Fine - very fine. (7 groups comprising 39 medals)
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
British Commonwealth, including some Australian, mostly campaign medals, Boer War to Vietnam, multiples of many, and many without ribbons, also some campaign bars and a full size rosette emblem, and Australian Civilian Service Medal and an unofficial 2/4 Australian Infantry Battalion Medal, also noted an ISM, a few Police medals and Jubilee medals and a Polar Medal, and many other items, also a three WWII riband bars and unused miniature medal mounting bars (3, two for 3 medals and one for 6 medals). Mostly fine - extremely fine. (approx 80 pieces)
Estimate $300
SOLD $470
British Commonwealth, with a few Australian groups, covers campaigns from the Boer War to WWII, swing mounted groups include MC group of seven, OBE, 2 MIDs group of seven, Indian General Service 'Mohmand 1907-8' group of five, two groups of five, one of these Australian, but each missing two medals, a Boer war pair, court mounted Australian MC, MM group of seven missing first two medals, and an MBE, MSM, MID group of five missing MSM. The first two groups with dirty ribbons, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (8 groups comprising 36 medals)
Estimate $200
SOLD $330
British Commonwealth, single orders and decorations, George V - Elizabeth II, some missing ribbons, multiples of some issues, noted Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in gilt and enamel, a whole range of other awards including George Medal (2), and Queen's Gallantry Medal and Distinguished Police Service Medal, an MSM with broken suspender, also an MID emblem, many other bravery awards. Mostly very fine. (32)
Estimate $200
SOLD $210
World, mostly USA, noted Medal of Honor (Army) (2), Medal of Honor (Air Force, no ribbon), other medals (4), a red blue and white enamelled bar lapel badge, unidentified ribbon with bronze star emblem; Philippines, Liberation Medal (without ribbon), Independence Medal; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-18; Belgium Croix de Guerre ribbon; also Australia, Korea & S.E.Asia Forces Assn Medal, reverse 'Loyalty/Honour/Duty/Service' (2, one gilt and one silver, each with different ribbon, and with one spare ribbon for second). Fine - uncirculated. (16 items)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Tasmania, Her Majesty's Convict Department, c1855, hat badge in white metal (41mm) (Grebert p291), mounted on a starburst helmet plate, this missing lugs. An interesting copy, very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
6th Light Horse, collar badge in brass, 1912-18, unofficial AIF issue (Cossum 175), trial strike. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Australia, Rising Sun hat badges (KC) (4, one in brass and three in oxidised bronze); WWI Wound badge metal stripe with backing plate; a backing plate only marked The Wounded Stripe; lion's head bronze hangers (2) for fitting to cross belt, and an identical lion's head fitting but no hanger fitted; metal ribbon bar with QC in centre, reverse inscribed, '275741 T/Sgt K J McMahon CMF'. Fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Australia, Army nurses Rising Sun badge in sterling silver (28x41mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Australia, post 1952, a variety of hat and collar badge sets (6sets), noted 3 Cavalry Regt with short feather plume, also other badges including RAR (2, large, one gilt, one oxidised bronze), Army Medical Corps (2), Royal N.S.W. Regiment, Scots College Pipes and Drums (modern issue), Cadet Corps Adventure Training; title bars (10) and one officer pip; RAR uniface blackened white metal medals (38mm) (2); also noted USA, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regt badges (4, three different). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (44)
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
Australia and Great Britain, mainly Army and Air Force, includes several rank badges and shoulder boards, many unused, also some other items. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (approx 60)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Army, Artillery Staff Officer belt buckle (KC), in brass; also a quantity (approx 27) of other belt fittings, all in brass. Mostly very fine. (approx 28)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, Royal NSW Regiment, stable belt with buckle (QC), c1980s, by Hobson & Sons (London) Ltd. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Australia, replica badges, 1930-42 onwards, includes mostly Light Horse units, also original Rising Sun General Service proposed new issue badges (QC) in anodised aluminium (Cossum RS148) (2, one missing pin fitting). Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF), in silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb, badge number 171192; King's Silver War badge, pin-back, reverse with impressed number A98251; Returned From Active Service badge (AIF), reverse numbered 165122; WWII Female Relative's badge, by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin-back, numbered N.1620, bar with one star; Australian Military Forces small oxidised bronze button (KC). First badge with some loss of enamel at both sides and third badge with one repaired lug, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, pair of dog tags in aluminium, one attached to a metal neck chain and the other to a shorter matching metal chain, named, 'AUST/2109041/G.PISANI/R.C./AB.POS.'; First Field Dressing packs (3, two large, one small), one of the large packs with sewing needle attached, all by Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd, Sydney, July 1944; also RAF Medical Corps collar badges (KC) (2), in oxidised bronze; thin leather strapping with chain attached and suspending another short strap. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Australia, Volunteer Air Observer Corps, Observer badge in gilt and enamel (29mm), by Stokes, pin-back, reverse numbered 13977; H.M.A.Naval Ests. N.S.W., A.R.P (Air Raid Precautions) lapel badge, in gilt and enamel (22mm), button lug back; Royal Australian Air Force, Air Training Corps, lapel badge (QC), in silvered and enamel (19.5x30mm), by Bertram Bros, Melb, double lug back; NES (National Emergency Services) New South Wales, Warden badge in silvered and enamel (KC), pin-back removed and two unofficial pierced holes added at two sides for wearing; fob medal in gilt (26mm), soldier on one side 'God Have You', and on the other side, his wife 'In His Keeping', with swivel suspender. Very good - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $130
SOLD $230
Australia, RAAF embroidered rank badges, title badges, and qualification badges, overseas service chevrons, also buttons (gilt, large [5] and small [1] and blackened, large [16] and small [9]), and some other uniform and badge bits and pieces; also noted New Zealand title badges (2) and NZ Air Force large brass button. Mostly fine - good very fine. (lot)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
General militaria, several air force items, noted various uniform rank badges; brass whistle with leather cord attached; folding pocket knife with spike (heavily rusted); fold out thin aluminium spanner (?); blade shaped 9 in 1 tool; small metal plate (approx 9x14cm) slot at top for attaching paper to take notes; watch case style container in brass with engraved Cupid on lid (bumps front and back); unattributed curved metal gorget of leaves; a few other bits and pieces. Poor - fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
Passed in
General militaria, includes a quantity of riband bars, some single and some multiples, also a quantity of loose ribbons, also noted unused hand embroidered bullion officer's pips (9) and crowns (2), and a few unit patches, noted BCOF issues (Cossum 87c) (2). Poor - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50