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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
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