Catalogue
World militaria, includes a large number of buttons (approx 100), various sizes and metals, mostly British or Australian with about half being Air Force, also a few other countries including several US Army issues; also buttons for New Guinea Police Force, Queensland Police Force (2) and Queensland Railways; Australia metal title bars (3); Warrant Officer crowns (3, one large with pin-back); officer's metal rank pips (12); enamelled badges for USA 796th Military Police Command unit crest, and another for US Army 114th Medium Tank Battn unit crest; other miscellaneous items (4) as well as banknotes for Government of India rupee, Thailand issues (2) and an Australian funny money note 'Fiduciary Inflation Note for One Million Pounds', c1930s, cash at Cranks Bank (sealed in plastic). An interesting assortment, poor - very fine. (approx 130+)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Buttons, Queen Victoria - Elizabeth II, assorted Australian, British and New Zealand, Army, Navy and Airforce buttons, mostly in metal. Fine - extremely fine. (approx 208)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, large collection of buttons for Army, Navy and Air Force issues, also includes some non-Australian issues, various sizes, also one officer's pip; other odds and ends. Good - extremely fine. (approx 150)
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Swiss Army buttons, by Schaener, Bern (10), smaller (4), Heraldic arms (2), USA, Waterbury, Conn; Brass Bern?. Some with toning, very fine - extremely fine. (18)
Estimate $40
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World, includes a large assortment of mostly buttons, noted Australia, British, USA and some civilian types; also boy scout belt buckle male section; a few badges; a miniature compass/clock (maybe part of a larger container); and a base metal plate marked, 'Friedrichsfeld/72776' (German ID tag?) in a small leather purse. Poor - very fine. (large bulk lot)
Estimate $40
SOLD $130
Australia, WWII colour patches for Corps of Signals, Army Service Corps, 2/8 Infantry Battalion; Great Britain, Royal Armoured Corps embroidered shoulder badge (QC); USA forces in Brisbane, Australia victory morale embroidered patch, WWII For Victory, Hawaii with large V, features 3 dots and a long dash (Morse code for the letter V). The second and third patches with some moth damage, otherwise fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
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US Army Formations, Vietnam, 1962-1975, shoulder patches, thirty two different types, all identified. Very fine - extremely fine. (32)
Estimate $100
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Australia, WWI, Red Cross flag of No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, measures approx 90x142cm, reverse imprinted with D (upright arrow) D (Department of Defence marking) and below 1916 and No 3 A.C.C.S. Aged as you would expect from a flag that has flown for over two years in combat zones, otherwise very fine and a rare piece of AIF history for its association with our brave and self-sacrificing nurses on the battlefields of the Somme.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
RAAF blue Ensign (flag), c1970, length 180cm x width 88cm. With approx 35cm of the bottom right corner edge and the entire right side edge severely frayed, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
USA, WWII, AAF Cloth Chart, No.C-45 East Borneo on one side and on the other side, No.C-46, West Borneo, large coloured silk map printed on both sides, prepared under the direction of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, for the Aeronautical Chart Service, by the Army Map Service, Washington, D.C., 1944. The usual folds as well as other folds, also some foxing mainly on white areas around maps, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Grave Marker photo, for 3150 Pte L.G.Smith, 1st Pnr. Batt., mounted on photographic board. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
WWI, framed photograph of an un-named AIF Sergeant wearing Anzac 'A' on his 5th Division colour patch (photo 145x100mm, frame 270x220mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
WWI, two glass photographic plates of AIF marching in London, mat framed under perspex in a timber frame (21.5x38.5cm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
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Australian Aviation, WWII, framed original photograph of a Beaufort bomber A9-700 flying over Sydney Harbour, "A Memento of a Great Production Achievement - The last of the 700 Australian Beauforts delivered to the RAAF 14 days ahead of schedule, August 31 1944", personally signed by dozens of the production staff, (51cm x 47cm). Very fine and a rare original memento.
Estimate $500
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World War II, a selection of photographs and an allied coloured cartoon page with six separate sections all relating to the 1939-45 war in the Pacific against the Japanese, this page used as an air-drop propaganda leaflet in New Guinea in 1943 and with all text in Japanese suggesting to the Japanese forces that they face humiliation, disease, death by drowning or bombardment and it implies that no good reason exists for a continuation of the war, and as well as the cartoon sheet there are photographs that show a Japanese officer being dragged from a culvert on Leyte Island, three photos show General Hatazo Adachi and other officers surrendering at Wewak, PNG, another photo shows Japanese in the act of surrendering being watched over by armed allied soldiers and another photo with descriptive text on the back shows the aftermath of a US Marine force battle with the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands with bodies strewn along the beach at Tarawa in November 1943 (5,700 Japanese soldiers were killed). Folds and foxing on the cartoon sheet, overall very good - fine, an interesting lot. (8 items)
Estimate $350
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Germany, WWII, b&w photos, each under glass with wire frame, includes Hitler (oval 17x23cm), Field Marshall Herman Goering (12x16cm), and another unidentified officer (12x16cm). The glass from the Goering photo is missing and there is some damage to the photo, also all the wire frames are oxidated, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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New Zealand, Visit of the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York, to New Zealand, 1901, coloured invitation mounted on card (37x27cm), from his Majesty's Ministers of New Zealand to Mr and Mrs F.Crow Jr to attend the review and presentation of medals to the Officers and Men of the South African Contingent, Auckland, 12th June 1901. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Major W.J. Holohan MBE, military diary and photos from 1891-1982, includes WWI and WWII and interwar period as well as up to the fall of Singapore and transportation to Jinsen POW Camp at Chosen, Korea, also a large portfolio of additional notes and comments by Major Holohan while a POW; letters written by Major Holohan while a POW and a variety of other documentation, letters, magazines from that period as well as a leather satchel that belonged to Major Holohan; also notes, extracts and drawings relating to Lawrence of Arabia, and a b&w photo featuring the members of 2nd Bn The Loyal Regiment boxing team, winners of The King's Shield 1935 with each team member identified and a framed colour phot of The Regimental Colours, 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) as presented in Mauritius on 19 August 1909 and laid up in The Parish Church, Preston 16 February 1947. An interesting collection covering a military officer's career and an historical accont of life in a WWII POW Camp in Korea, good - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Collection of WWI letters, all handwritten from the battlefield including the Gallipoli landing and France, most appear to be from Leigh Johnston, noted one telegram and one on Y.M.C.A. letterhead and one on a Y.M.C.A. postcard, another being a letter card from a military camp at Maribyrnong, Victoria; a handmade Anzac Day April 25 1917 Menu with several signatures; C.D.L. (Civil Defence Legion) Messenger armband; a ration card; a copy of some pages of The Mercury, 25 April 1990 featuring a Gallipoli 75th Anniversary souvenir insert with a quarter page feature article with photo of Captain Leigh Johnston; various other documents and photocopies as well as a booklet titled, 'I Look On Staying As My Duty' Letters From Gallipoli And France, edited by Andrew Shepherdson, dedicated to all descendants of William Johnston, features some letters from Leigh Johnston, with inscription from editor on inside. Very good - extremely fine and an historic collection of wartime correspondence. (lot)
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Gallipoli newsletter, Peninsula Press, official daily Gallipoli field newsletter, Issue No.34 Wednesday June 23rd 1915, a one-page only issue printed in 2-columns, by R.E. Printing Section, G.H.Q., M.E.F. With folds and edge tears, otherwise fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, WWI, Suez Canal Zone pass, filled out in pencil to 44 Cpl O'Brien 1st A.M.G. Sqdn for 14th August 1918 to 22nd August 1918, Cairo (other details faded), with inked stamp of Light Horse Brigade, written on reverse, 'Pass. Extended./to. 27 August./1918.' and signed ' ? Austn Headquarters'; War Census envelope addressed to Mr Emanuel. T. Noske at Walla Walla, New South Wales, on the back of the envelope is written in pencil, 'Conscientious objector', and inside is a Commonwealth Of Australia printed foolscap size letter dated 15th December, 1915, 'The Call To Arms', with printed signature of W.M.Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia. The pass torn, limp and faded with age, the envelope age toned and torn at both ends, the letter with a few stains and folds, overall poor - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
WWI-WWII, Australian Comforts Fund, postcards from official photographs by permission of the Department of Defence, No's 10 to 16 and No. 18; together with a photograph (304x159mm mounted on card) of employees of the British Tobacco Company, Melbourne, as a tribute from the returned soldiers of the company; unnamed photos of Australian soldiers (4); a wedding photo c1860s; other family photos (2). With some wear, otherwise good - good very fine. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Two small photo albums, (17x13cm) of family snapshots, other loose photos, invitations, newspaper clippings belonging to Edward Hector Bent, George Medal recipient. Albums have been repaired with tape, poor - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
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Assorted photographs and letters, relating to Major General Norman Alfred Vickery, including a large photograph of S.C.E.G.S. Cadet Corps Officers & N.C.O. 1934, portrait photos in uniform, a letter of congratulations on winning the Military Cross in Bardia, also Barclays Bank, Jaffa, cheque book. Good - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Photo album, (35x27cm) containing assorted photographs of Royal Australian Navy c1960-1970s, includes RAN Fleet Band and images of training at HMAS Cerberus, on board ships; assorted aircraft taking off and landing from HMAS Melbourne; copy of the RAN Band News Vol 2 No.13; newspaper clipping of Family Day at Sea Onboard HMAS Stalwart. Photos are of mixed sizes, some not mounted, the album in poor condition. (109)
Estimate $100
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RAAF Apprentice School Graduation Certificate, framed and glazed (38x30cm), awarded to A216407 William John Pike on the completion of three years full-time training in the trade of Armament Fitter, dated 7th December 1956; together with RAAF Apprentice Proficiency Certificate book; Squadron Leader shoulder epaulettes; hat band with embroidered badge; Australia Defence Medal case; ribbon bars (no medals); Sqnldr W.J.Pike desk plaque. Very fine - extremely fine. (9 items)
Estimate $100
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Military Related Books, "The Soldier's Handbook", 31 May 1965; "Infantry Training, Vol 1, 1967; "Air Raid Precautions", April 1941. Very fine, scarce. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Medal Action 1812, a rare naval chart matt framed under perspex in gold coloured timber frame (41x51cm), it features the 30 Years War of HMS Northumberland showing the destruction of the French frigates 'Arianne' and 'Androaque' on 22 May 1812 off Ploemeur, Brittany, France, drawn from a plan taken on the spot the day after the action by Smith Mid H.M.S.Northumberland 1812, and at the base 'Mary. T.E.Harding 1857'. Very fine.
Estimate $400
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USA Civil War, three b&w advertising photos matt mounted under perspex in a wall hanging timber frame (36x24cm), the reverse of the photos marked, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry Corporal, and Federal Infantryman. Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
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The Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840, by Kenneth Douglas-Morris, privately printed in London, 1982, copy number 221 of 250 printed, signed by author, hardcover, 403pp, with slip cover. With foxing, mainly on edges and a few marks on cover, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60