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Australia, Royal Australian Army Nursing Service, collar badge, 1953-60, in white metal and enamel (36mm) (Cossum 411), fitted to a brooch bar (missing pin); also a pair of collar badges, 1948-53, in white metal and enamel (35mm) (Cossum 340). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Australia, Barker Cadet Corps, NSW, c1970s, hat badge in white metal (49mm). Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Royal Australian Air Force, Training Corps, cap badge in brass (28mm); also lapel badge in bronze (28mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, button back; RAAF other ranks' silvered hat badge (46mm) (KC); Leading Aircraftman (LAC) rank badges (2) in bronze, both with backing plates. Very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, cloth insignia for Parachutist badge (2) (Cossum 68a, b); Volunteer Defence Corps (2) (Cossum 76b); Commando shoulder title; Australian Cadet Corps title; General Service badge for use in South Vietnam (Cossum 92d); Australian Cadet Corps c1950 (3) (Cossum 98e); also Air Force shoulder eagle. Fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, Marksman arm badge of crossed rifles with King's crown above, in gilt with backing plate. Some spotting on backing plate, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Armoured Car Proficiency Trade Badge, 1930-42, in oxidised bronze, with two lugs. Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Australia, a pair of Army field uniform epaulettes as worn in North Africa in 1941, with two oxidised bronze pips for a Lieutenant as well as oxidised bronze Australia titles, also a tinnie badge with 2/2 Australian Infantry Battalion colour patch. Some loss of material at tip of one epaulette, otherwise fine - very fine. (pair with pips and titles + 1)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
WWI, Army Medical Service cotton armband with wool flannel red cross, this with a neatly pierced hole in top arm, with 3 mother-of-pearl buttons, at the left side of the band is a circular stamping in black ink, 'Army Medical Service' around the outer circle and in the centre, '25/10.10.16'; also First Field Dressing pack, unopened. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Royal Marines Light Infantry, 1830-55, officer's shoulder belt plate in gilt, with incuse maker's mark of 'fleur-de-lys' on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Great Britain, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) hat badge, 1898-1921, in white metal (Kipling & King 631), mounted on plaid cloth under perspex in a timber frame (17x24.5cm). Badge good very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Great Britain, Royal Flying Corps, 1912-18, hat badge in oxidised bronze (44mm) (Kipling & King 977) (2, one flat and one with a convex centre [illustrated]); also RFC silver wings sweetheart badge, pin-back. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $110
Great Britain, 2nd Yeomanry Bn Imperial Camel Corps, hat badge in cast brass (36mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Great Britain, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, badge (KC), in voided gilt and silvered (32mm), two lugs on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Great Britain, collection of mostly hat badges and mostly king crown issues, some items include East Surrey Regiment, Territorial Force, Rifle Brigade, Sherwood Foresters, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, York and Lancaster Regiments, 11th County of London Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Gloucestershire Regiment, Army Ordnance Corps, Middlesex Regiment, Royal Irish Rifles, 7th Dragoon Guards, Tank Corps, Royal Scots Regiment, Northumberland Fusiliers, The Buffs, Royal Artillery, Yorkshire Regiment, Northamptonshire Regiment, Royal North Lancashire Regiment, 10th Royal Hussars, The Queen's Lancers, Royal Corps of Signals, Machine Gun Corps, Royal Engineers, South Staffordshire Regiment, and others, also Royal Army Service Corps silver and enamel collar badge (GVIR), pin-back. On collector's hand-written cards, mostly fine - very fine. (35)
Estimate $500
Passed in
Great Britain, a collection of Army hat badges (38), almost all King crown issues, also one South African issue, and a Signaller qualification badge, all under perspex in a timber frame (approx 39x59cm; approx 3.4kg), also at the bottom centre is an Egyptian vintage Tutankhamun double sided souvenir watch fob chain featuring various panels of ancient designs relating to King Tut, c1900, in silvered brass. Fine - very fine. (41)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Great Britain, collection of mostly hat badges and mostly king crown issues, some items include Royal Highlanders Black Watch, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, Lovat Scouts (Yeomanry - 2nd pattern), Scottish King's Borderers, Cameron Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Cameronians, Tank Regiment, Royal Scots Greys, Artists Rifles, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Royal West Kent Regiment, 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, Welsh Guards cap badge, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), missing back slider, Royal Sussex Regiment, REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), SAS, Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders officer's collar badge with pin-back, various other hat or collar badges (13), also RAF hat badge (KC) in brass. A few good but mostly very fine. (33)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Royal Malta Artillery, first pattern hat badge in bronze and silvered (42mm) (KC), with slide suspender. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Russia, Imperial, double headed eagle lapel badge in voided gold (tested as 18ct; 5.98g including back screw pin fitting; 21.5x28mm), hallmarked on front '56 and flying horse', screw back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $590
World badges, includes Great Britain, Edward VII Royal Malta Militia, helmet plate in brass and silvered (95mm); Italy, WWII Infantry Officer's hat badge in brass (77mm). The second badge missing top securing wires, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
British-Australian, WWI, Brodie pattern steel helmet, paint all missing and oxidation all over, with chin strap but this broken at one end, leather lining present but loose and deteriorated. Poor, but still an historic piece of war memorabilia.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
British Brodie pattern helmet, in steel and painted black with black leather liner and khaki chinstrap, liner marked for size 7. Some loss of paint on outside, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
France, WWI, Adrian M15 Infantry combat steel helmet with flaming grenade badge 'RF' (Republic Francaise), with brown leather liner and chin strap. Wear to leather lining, much paint missing from the steel and these areas with oxidation, otherwise very good and an intact souvenir of the Great War.
Estimate $150
SOLD $310
Germany, Prussia, enlisted man's pickelhaube helmet in field grey coloured felt with covered steel helmet plate at front and back, with steel spike at top, and with leather chin strap attached to metal side posts on cockades, and leather interior lining. The lining loose a few moth holes and some rust around one metal cockade, otherwise very good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Germany, WWI, M16 Stahlhelm steel 'Coal-Scuttle' combat helmet that has suffered severe battle trauma with a large hole at side which has caused a split to the rim, original painted finish lost as is the lining, pitting over the whole surface. Battle damaged and a piece of first world war combat history, poor.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
North Vietnam, Vietcong green fibre pith helmet, with leather chinstrap and North Vietnam Army badge at front. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
USA, West Point cadet's parade hat in leather and felt, early 20th century, with large brass West Point badge at front, Cadet U.S.M.A. button at one side but missing button on opposite side, also missing chin strap chain and plume at top front edge, inside in a diamond shape is 'The/Cadet Store/West Point/N.Y.' Some loss around edges of leather, otherwise very good, badge toned very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Officer's dress sword, blade marked on ricasso, 'Hawkes & Co/Ltd,/1, Savile Row/London', and on the back edge, '8783', with decorative blade including monogram of King George V, with leather scabbard. The scabbard with a small tear near tip, the sword handle fittings and blade with oxidation, otherwise very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $370
British Sword Bayonet, Pattern 1907 (Mark 1) by Wilkinson, with hooked lower quillon, ricasso with X bend-test mark, also Royal Small Arms Factory appointed inspector's marks and a crown and the reigning monarch's royal cypher 'ER' (Edward Rex), with other markings and in leather and steel scabbard, this also with markings. Some oxidation on handle end and crossguard, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $770
British WWI bayonet, 1907 Pattern for Enfield rifle, ricasso marked on one side, '1907/04/SC/9/45' and on other side, 'arrow/Crown/Z7/E', with leather and metal scabbard, this with impressed letter, 'B'. Some oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Sword/Bayonet, French Chassepot bayonet with ribbed brass handgrip 'Yataghan' style blade, crosspiece impressed '8735'. Some oxidation to blade and considerable oxidation to metal scabbard and other metal parts except brass handgrip, otherwise very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90