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Australia, WWI tribute fob in gold (9ct; 7.52g; 23x39mm), ring top suspension, with enamelled colour patch on obverse, this with much enamel missing, reverse inscribed, 'Pres' by/The Residents/of Antigua/To/Pte. J.L.D.Faulkner/Returned/7.3.19'. Apart from missing enamel, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Australia, WWI tribute fob in gold (9ct; 4.16g; 29x34mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'To/M.Jacobsen,/in memory of/Pte V.Jacobsen,/from Maclagan, &/Quinalow, Friends./1919.' Dents on obverse and reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $280
Australia, WWI, tribute fob in gold (9ct; 4.83g; 30x35mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/L/cp A.Jones/2443 46th Batt/By/Korumburra/Citizens/For services in the/World War./1914 - 1919'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $430
Australia, WWI tribute fob in hand engraved voided gold (9ct; 4.52g; 28x38mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Australia', reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Pte/J. O'Rourke/from/Residents of/Farleigh/as a/Memento of/Service Rendered/Great War/1918'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $380
Australia, WWI tribute fob, in gold (9ct; 5.12g; 25mm), scroll and ring top suspension, this loose on one side and needs resoldering, plain reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Cpl. J.E.Wright/by Pinnacle/Residents on his/return from/Active Service/27.9.19'. Some small dents on front, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $420
Australia, WWI tribute fob, hand engraved in gold (9ct; 5.20g; 36x35mm), ring top suspension, unnamed. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $210
H.M.A.S. Brisbane, sweetheart badge in sterling silver and enamel (28.5mm), by O.T & S., pin-back but missing pin. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
WWI, Royal Flying Corps sweetheart badge (45x18mm), features a handcrafted, voided RFC badge affixed to a brooch bar, hallmarked for Birmingham 1915 by maker, 'A.Bros' (Ahronsberg Brothers), pin-back; WWII RAF pilot wings badge (57x18mm), in sterling silver (KC), with a convex white opal as a centrepiece, pin-back. The opal with some surface marks, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
Australia, WWI sweetheart badge handcrafted in voided gold and enamel (9ct; 2.86g; 38x24mm), pin-back, obverse inscribed on scroll, '2nd Pioneers A.I.F.' Some enamel missing from front, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $120
WWI, sweetheart brooch (42x24mm), a silver washed leaf with a rose gold scroll attached across the centre and inscribed, 'YPRES', pin-back; also Royal Artillery sweetheart brooch (39x31mm), in form of a silvered artillery badge with diamond-like stones around the central wheel with a garnet in the centre and three garnets across the top crown, pin-back. Toned very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI sweetheart badge hand engraved in voided gold and enamel (9ct; 2.44g; 30x23mm), by F.R.S, pin-back, obverse features an enamelled colour patch of 4th Division, Field Artillery. Toned very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Australia, WWI, sweetheart brooch in gold and enamel (9ct; tot wt 4.27g; 44x16.5mm), pin-back with safety chain, features a small Rising Sun badge on a straight bar. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Australia, WWI, possibly sweetheart badge in voided gold (9ct; 2.18g; 32x24mm), pin-back, features an outline map of Australia with state lines indicated, in the centre is voided, 'PNRS' (Pioneers), and below in the area of South Australia is inscribed, 'A.I.F.'. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $370
Australia, WWI sweetheart brooch in voided mother of pearl in the shape of a Rising Sun badge with a kangaroo and emu at the sides and above the badge is a shield inscribed, 'A.I.F', the mother of pearl is attached to a voided 9ct gold backing with a pin-back fitting (39x31mm; tot wt 6.49g), with small loop at the top of reverse for fitting a safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Australia, Light Horse sweetheart badge, a gilt Rising Sun collar badge and suspended below at the left is 'L', in the centre 'a heart' and at the right 'H', pin-back but pin missing; another in the form of a Rising Sun collar badge affixed atop an AUSTRALIA title bar, all in gilt, pin-back. Very fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Australia, hand engraved Rising Sun sweetheart brooch bar in gold (9ct; 3.28g; Rising Sun 28.5x17mm and bar 53mm long), by A.J.P & Co (A.J.Parkes & Co), pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Australia, small Rising Sun sweetheart badge (KC), in silvered and enamel, pin-back; locket in 9ct lined silver, with small bronze and enamel Rising Sun badge (KC) on front, ring top suspension. The last item with some bumps, otherwise very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, Army sweetheart badges, two encapsulated in acrylic and one impressed in acrylic, also one heart shaped pendant with a Mother-of-Pearl heart encapsulated in acrylic; a RAN sweetheart badge encapsulated in acrylic, also a gilt locket with a navy officer's b&w photo inside; an acrylic heart pendant with fitted silver heart on front and this engraved, 'To/Doreen/New/Guinea/43-44' (illustrated); a small pin-back suspension bow in 9ct gold lined silver. Very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, WWII sweetheart brooches, includes silver and enamel miniature RAAF badge mounted on a 9ct silver lined boomerang, pin-back (46x15mm); an Australian 1943 penny silvered and made into a slouch hat (29x25mm), pin-back with safety chain. Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, Sweetheart brooches, includes miniature Rising Sun badge in brass mounted on an hexagonal polished stone bordered with brass, pin-back; RAAF in blue enamelled circle affixed to a brass boomerang, pin-back; white metal letter T in a red heart with white metal border and with white metal wings, pin-back with short chain suspended from each side of the heart. The first with chip at one side and a few hairline cracks, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, sweetheart badges, small Army Rising Sun badge in silver and enamel with multiple synthetic gemstones fitted in the rays, pin-back (illustrated); RAAF wings in Mother-of-Pearl with RAAF in gilt lettering across centre, pin-back but pin missing; RAAF voided silvered brooch suspended below a pin-back bar; small RAAF wings on a boomerang, in gilt and enamel, pin-back; RAAF badge on 9ct gold lined silver pendant; gilt brooch with silver kookaburra decorated with a garnet eye and three diamond-like stones on the bird's back, pin-back. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia, WWII, RAN (Royal Australian Navy), sterling silver and enamel sweetheart brooch (23x28mm), by Stokes, with ring-top suspension attached to a silver pin-back bow for wearing as pendant. Toned nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII, RAN (Royal Australian Navy), sterling silver and enamel sweetheart brooch (24x28mm), pin-back, with ring-top suspension for wearing as pendant. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
RAN, sweetheart brooch, a polished stone set into a brass frame (41x25.5mm), with miniature brass RAN badge in centre, pin-back; also a scarce pre-federation naval gilt button (19.5mm) for HMQN (Her Majesty's Queensland Navy), by Green & Baker, Birmingham. The first with an enamel chip at the top left corner, otherwise toned very fine, the last very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
WWI, Navy sweetheart brooch in handcrafted voided gold and silver (tested as 9ct; tot wt 5.32g; 25x21mm), pin-back. Some scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australia, RAAF sweetheart brooch bar in shape of propeller prop, in gold and enamel (9ct; 2.62g; 42mm long), pin-back with safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
RAAF sweetheart badge, in shape of pilot's wings (KC), in silver and enamel and with marcasites on wings, pin-back. A few stones missing, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, RAAF sweetheart badges, all encapsulated in acrylic, four with pin-backs and one suspended below a pin-back bar. One pin-back loose and needs to be re-attached, otherwise fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
RAAF, sweetheart winged badge (KC), in sterling silver and enamel (57.5x20mm), pin-back with safety chain, this missing pin, reverse inscribed, 'Mary'; an unusual RAAF sweetheart badge (KC), in silver and enamel fitted to a silver oval disc (49.5x17.5mm) for wear with a wrist chain, the reverse of the disc with multiple letters of the alphabet in 3-lines. Some enamel missing, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Royal Australian Air Force, sweetheart brooch (KC), in voided silvered and enamel (27mm), suspended below a pin-back silvered ribbon bow; sweetheart stick-pin, in gilt (28x12), by K.G.Luke, Melb, features an Air Force eagle above a boomerang bearing the slogan, 'I Go To Return'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40