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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
New Zealand, WWI sweetheart brooch in shape of a rifle with fern leaf above and this with superimposed initials, 'N Z R' (New Zealand Rifles), in voided gold (9ct; 3.85g; 60x18mm), with three small gemstones on rifle strap, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
World, sweetheart brooches, includes British Army Service Corps Volunteers badge on a Mother-of-Pearl background on a silver pin-back circular brooch; USA, Army eagle on an oval gilt silver USA backing suspended below a gilt silver pin-back ribbon bow, the reverse of the oval section inscribed, 'Jean/Ewrin', in a fitted case; USA and Iowa flags lapel badge in gilt and enamel, clip-pin on back; Yugoslavia, gilt, silver and enamel button badge with screw-back. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
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WWI, Mother's brooches, all gold plated, includes the voided word 'Mother' on a bar with safety chain, suspended on two chains below the bar is a small cameo, the bar pin-backed; another with voided word 'Mother' on a curved bar with a leafed stem below with a claw set red garnet at one end, pin-backed; another with voided word 'Mother' on a curved bar with a leafed stem winding across the top and finishing below the bar with a claw set blue stone, pin-backed. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
WWI, Mother's brooches, all gold plated, includes the voided word 'Mother' on a bar and below is a coiled rope on either side of a loop suspended heart (approx size 48x24mm), pin-back; another with the voided word 'Mother' on a curved bar with a curve below with a small flower and leaf and at one end is one flower and at the other end are two flowers, pin-back; another with the voided word 'Mother' on a curved bar and across a voided heart, at the base of the heart are two flowers and leafed stems (approx size 31x36mm), pin-back. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
WWI, Mother's brooches, includes the voided word 'Mother' resting on a curved bar and suspended below the bar is a voided heart with a claw mounted amethyst in the centre, all in 9ct gold silver lined (approx size 32x15mm), pin-back, in a box by Nifty; another large heart made of claw set diamond-like stones and across the centre is the word 'Mother on a bar resting on smaller diamond like stones, pin-back (approx size 33x47mm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
WWI, Mother's brooches, one in voided gold (9ct; tot wt 1.50g; approx size 31x11mm), pin-back, features the voided word 'Mother' resting on a curved bar with claw set diamond-like stones at each end; another in gold plate (approx size 45x16mm), pin-back, features the word 'Mother' resting on a curved bar with a leaf stem across the top finishing at the end of the word 'Mother' with a claw set garnet. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI AIF Mother brooch in voided gold (9ct; tot wt 2.92g; 46x23mm), the word 'Mother' decorated with small pearls, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Mother's brooch, c1920s, in sterling silver and enamel, pin-back with safety chain, features a map of mainland Australia with 6 states indicated, this rests on a boomerang and suspended below the boomerang are separate droplets for RAAF, RAN and AIF. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $180
Australia, Rising Sun mother's badge, (42x30mm), in Mother of Pearl with brass cut-out name, 'Mother' across centre, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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Australia, Map of Australia mother's badge, (37x29mm), in Mother of Pearl with brass cut-out name, 'Mother' across centre, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $40
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Australia, Mother's badges, all in Mother-of-Pearl and include the word 'Mother' in gilt across the centre, one features a background of a leaf, one a patterned design, one a map of Australia (illustrated), one a rhombus shape, and two are Rising Sun shapes, all pin-back; also a gilt heart with enamelled word 'Mother' in a scroll with a bird below, the heart suspended by two short chains to a pin-back plaque with a gilt crown affixed, the whole face of the heart and plaque encased in acrylic. Fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
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