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WWI, King's Silver War badge, reverse numbered, B225449; WWII, General Service badge, in gilt, reverse numbered, A48275; Great Britain, Royal Fusiliers hat badge in brass (KC) (51mm); also a very worn Queen Victoria coin, a silver crown, 1844, Anno Regni VIII; Surf Life Saving Assn of Aust, Proficiency Medal in bronze (28mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, '21749/C.H./Ashton/18.3.45'. Poor - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI Volunteered For Active Service, Retained For Home Service badge, Issued By The Navy Department, in gilt bronze (29.5mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, lug back, reverse numbered 812. Some oxidation on reverse, otherwise very fine and very scarce Navy issue.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $650
Australia, WWI, Volunteered for Active Service, Required for Home Service badge, in gilt, lug back, reverse numbered 1214. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Australia, WWI, Volunteered for Active Service, Medically Unfit badge, in silvered, lug back, reverse numbered 1529; another with reverse numbered 56809 and inscribed A.A.Dibben. Fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, WWI, Munitions Worker badge in bronze (54x33mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, 2 lugs on back, number 1557 impressed on reverse. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $210
Australia, Demobilised Soldiers Association, WWI, small sized version badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (23x32mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, two lugs on reverse with impressed number 2580; Aust. Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women, lapel badge (KC with 63 overlay), in gilt and enamel (31x25mm), pin-back, by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, reverse numbered 12461. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Great Britain, King's Silver War badge (GRI), reverse numbered O2074. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Female Relative Badge, WWII, by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin backed with safety chain, reverse numbered A20416, with bar and three stars, suspended from this three miniature enamelled colour patches of the 1st, 2nd and 5th Battalion Seventh Division Army. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $370
Australia, Female Relative badge, WWII, by Amor, Sydney, with one star, reverse numbered A277775; also badges in gilt and enamel for Australian Legion Auxiliary, Aust. Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women (2, one with 46 clip on crown and the other with 76 clip on crown), all by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane; tinnies for Totally & Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association appeal, another for T.P.I. Button Day. Fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII, Returned from Active Service Badge, Navy, trial number R.000000 on reverse, by G.Luke Melb, 1946, Issued by the C'Wlth Govt. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Returned Munition And War Workers League, Queensland, badge (KC), in gilt and enamel (29x30mm), by Flavelles, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered 105. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $1,660
Australia, Merchant Navy badge, in silvered bronze, by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, with two lugs, reverse numbered 11814. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, Merchant Navy lapel badge, 1940 issue, by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, double lug back, reverse numbered 1134. Very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Australia, Rising sun badge (KC), in nickel silver and with a nickel silver AUSTRALIA title fitted below, with safety pin soldered to back for wearing; V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) Australia title bar in white metal, by Stokes; St John Ambulance Brigade cap badge in silvered (35x27mm); S.J.A.B. (St John Ambulance Brigade) Cadet badge in silvered (25mm), reverse with metal tag, 'Registered At/St Johns Gate/London'. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Voluntary Aid Detachment, WWII, VAD/Australia shoulder title pair in white metal; VAD/(Detachment) 220 lapel badge in white metal, with pin-back; 220 (Detachment) bars (2), both in white metal, one with pin-back fitting; Voluntary Aid Detachment Australia badge (KC), in oxidised white metal, with two lugs on back; V.A.D. Commonwealth of Australia, pin-back lapel badge in gilt and enamel, by Millers Ltd, Sydney. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
World, includes Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), reverse numbered 63666; WWII Nearest Female Relative's badge with one star, by G & E Rodd, 1944, numbered A.F. 43479; army officer's pips in brass and enamel (4); army belt brass fittings including closing clasps (2) and belt loops (2); Returned Services League Australia lapel badge (3-figure type) with 96 overlay on crown, with stick-pin, reverse numbered A 0302; Their Service Our Heritage lapel badge with clip-pin; small kangaroo lapel badge in gilt with stick-pin; Great Britain, A.R.P (Air Raid Precautions) lapel badge in silver, hallmarked for London 1938 by maker J.C (Sir John Herbert McCutcheon Craig, Deputy Master and Comptroller of Royal Mint from 1938); Royal Army Service Corps (QC) medium size button; Poland, WWII, Army General Service pattern hat badge in brass, screw-back; USA, United States Seventh Fleet single cufflink in gilt and enamel. Fine - extremely fine. (17 pieces)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League badges (KC), all scarce, large 2-figure type. Toned and some with some oxidation spots, otherwise fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $260
SOLD $160
Australia, Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Imperial League Australia badge (KC with 46 overlay), in gilt and enamel, 3-figure type, reverse numbered 0132, with lug overlay fitting 'Incapacitated', by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, reverse numbered Q412; National Rifle Association of New South Wales badge (QC), in bronze and enamel, by Angus & Coote, pin-back. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Germany, WWI, S.M.S. Emden hat tally band. Original band, nearly very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $520
Captain Von Muller, SMS Emden, 1914, in silver (33mm), by L. Chr. Lauer of Nuremberg (M.H.430b; Zetzman 4051). Beautifully toned, a few light hairlines on reverse, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $310
Captain Von Muller, SMS Emden, 1914, in silver (33mm), by L. Chr. Lauer of Nuremberg (M.H.430b; Zetzman 4051). Some light hairlines, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $330
Captain Von Muller, Kreuzer Emden 1914, in bronze (33mm) unsigned but by M & W (MH.430c). Brown and red blistered patina, extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $430
HMAS Sydney - SMS Emden, Nov 9, 1914, Mexican eight reales, 1885 Mo M.H. Mexico City, medal by W.Kerr, Sydney (C.1914/4), with a few very small chopmarks. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,900
HMAS Sydney - SMS Emden, Nov 9, 1914, Mexican eight reales, 1895 Go R.S. Guanajuato, medal by W.Kerr, Sydney (C.1914/4), with a few small chopmarks. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,940
HMAS Sydney - SMS Emden, Nov 9, 1914, Mexican eight reales, 1876 Mo B.H. Mexico City, medal by W.Kerr, Sydney (C.1914/4), with a few small chopmarks. Fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,820
Sydney-Emden, vintage commemorative tea cup and saucer celebrating HMAS Sydney's victory over the Emden in 1914, with various images including crossed British and Australian flags above HMAS Sydney and the Advance Australia Commonwealth of Australia crest, both items stamped on the base, 'Radfords/Crown China/England'. Good fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
H.M.A.S. Sydney, voided souvenir badge in gilt and enamel (24x25mm), horseshoe design, still attached to card of issue. Gilt toned, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
HMAS Sydney, sweetheart brooch (27x22mm), in sterling silver and enamel, hallmarked for Birmingham 1914 by maker H.A.W., pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
HMAS Sydney - Emden, miniature anchor furnished from HMAS Sydney brass commemorating the sinking of Emden on Nov. 9, 1914. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $230
Wreck of the Emden, six contemporary b&w photos of the wreck of the Emden. Fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80