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Artillery shell casings, from French 75mm field gun converted into vases with a hammered texture all over and with floral decoration on one side and at the top is crafted like an open flower with six petals, on the base of one is 75 DE C (75mm De Campagne 'Field Gun') on one side and A RS L99 15 (made by Artelier de Construction de Rennes, Lot No.99 in 1915) on the other side, on the base of the other is unclear, but they both appear similar. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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Great Britain, trench art, Vampire jet made from bullet shells and casings, painted in camouflage colours and with decals at top and bottom end of each wing; small bucket with handle made from shell casing and on one side is the reverse of a British 1917 penny; another small glass-like container made from a cartridge casing; another crafted container made from the base of a 75mm brass shell casing marked 1905, inside with a slot for inserting a pole of some sort. Fine - good fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Militaria, cigarette lighter made from a large shell casing, with a flint wheel soldered to the side, above this casing is another hollowed out casing that fits above the first case and with a cut-out section to accommodate the flint wheel, at the top of this casing is a bullet, at the base of the first case is a screw on fitting to enable the whole unit to stand freely. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, trench art, salt and pepper shakers made from bullet and shell casings, with screw-on base for standing upright, the casing marked '1942/20mm/BBC', on the side of each casing is affixed an RAAF badge with KC; another pair of salt and pepper shakers made from brass bullet and shell casings, with screw-on base for standing upright, the bases marked, 'No 9/I A N/MF/40/7'. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
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WWII, silver container probably used as an ashtray with a lift-out stand, said to be from Changi POW Camp, the container with the silver hallmark of Carrington (& Co), 130 Regent St W. Very fine.
Estimate $250
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RAFCYC (Royal Air Force Changi Yacht Club), beer tankard in pewter, marked on base, 'Malayan/C.K.T./Pewter', decorated with plain and patterned panels, in the central plain panel is inscribed, 'R.A.F.C.Y.C./2nd'; another beer tankard in pewter, with clear glass bottom, marked on outer base, 'Mui/Soon' on one side and on opposite side, 'Swa/Tow' (Swatow is local dialect for Shantou, a coastal city and Special Economic Zone in Guangdong Province in China), the body of the tankard is engraved with a large Chinese dragon and at the base is inscribed, 'R.A.F.C.Y.C. New Year 1949'. The last tankard with some dents, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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WWII, trench art, features a large, tiered white metal plaque screwed to a piece of plain timber, the metal possibly from an aircraft wreck, affixed in the centre of the plaque is a USA Army button and at each corner of the timber is affixed a small USA 13-star button as used on US army trousers, the plaque is stipple engraved with a palm tree at each side of the central button, above the button is '1944' and below is 'New Guinea', at the sides at left is 'Buna' and at the right is 'Lae', also at the top and bottom are small pieces of mother-of-pearl affixed to the timber. Fine.
Estimate $100
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World militaria, includes trench art cigarette lighter made of brass with sides of an Australian George VI penny dated 1943; Shanghai, ashtray with SVC (Shanghai Volunteer Corps) Armoured Car Company badge in centre, made by Puck Chang; also other non-military items include Great Britain, S.S.Jervis Bay shield on a cigarette case; another cigarette case with Crowned GR 1937 coronation marcasite decorated emblem in top left corner (many marcasites missing); also a crowned lion shield L7 1650 fold out cigarette lighter; matchbox holder featuring scenes of Mackay, Queensland (badly damaged) and another 'We of the A.I.F'; and a vesta wax match holder (poor condition). Poor - very fine. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $130
T.S.S.Wiltshire, badge in gilt and enamelled porcelain finish (37.5x27mm), pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
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Australia, a pair of silvered teaspoons with leaf decorated stems and at the ends are Rising Sun badges (KC) above blocks bearing the word, 'AUSTRALIA'. Toned, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
WWII, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Vernon, small presentation tray in silver (10.1x7.3cm), hallmarked for London 1924 by maker 'C & R/C' (Charles & Richard Comyns), inside the tray is inscribed, 'Chief Wren.D.Renwick/[crest of HMS Vernon]/from Ward Room Officers./H.M.S.Vernon./28 Aug.1939 - 25 Nov.1942'. Hairlines and a few small dents on base, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $140
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Australia, Royal Australian Air Force brass plate (approx 14.8cm), in the centre is a cast disc with the RAAF badge (QC), around this is a plain surface and then a patterned raised edge, on the plain reverse is impressed, 'KOREA' and it appears to have had a loop for wall hanging. Very fine.
Estimate $30
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Germany, WWI, small metal holder for small playing cards, on one side is engraved with floral decoration and 'Weltkrieg/1914-18', on the opposite side is also engraved with floral decoration and the name, 'S. Popp', also with some graffiti on the narrow section, looks like 'M O m'. Fine.
Estimate $50
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World WWI and WWII documents, includes Australian Medical Examination documents (2) for Dave Morrison, farmer of Laravale, Queensland declared medically unfit; WWI and WWII post cards (8, a few damaged); Field Service Post cards (2); WWI Emergency Committee directive from Borough of Dover; British WWII Identity Cards (2); USA WWII War Department posted envelope with stamp and postmark; also magazine, No.15 The Second Great War, A Standard History, fully documented and superbly illustrated. Poor - very fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Australia, WWI, Military Pass 17/3/17 to Salisbury, Station Lark Hill, Pass No. 3487 to Pte Young W.G. 1st Pioneer Training Battalion AIF; another 26/9/17 to Weymouth, Pass No 31638 to Gnl Barrett AR 24 Bde DOR AIF. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
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World military documents, Australian Army Soldiers Pay Book, for Donald Gordon Aitken 19/6/1959 to 8/3/1962, with research from 'Mostly Unsung' which shows that Aitken served in Italy and the Pacific during WWII, BCOF in Japan and Korea and was awarded the BEM, MSM, Army LS&GC Medal, as well as 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, ASM 1939-45; Korea Medal, UN Medal for Korea and in 1995 the 1945-75 ASM with clasp Japan; Great Britain, original Home Guard woolen shoulder title as well as Home Guard Instruction Manual No.60 (issued December 1943) and a Surrey Zone Home Guard amounts payable form, and a 'WW2 A,R.P./M.I. Warden's Report Form For Air Raids'; Great Britain, original Temporary Certificate of Discharge or Transfer to the Reserve (Army form B108C0 of 24507166 Pte M.A.Shurben-Browne, 2nd Parachute Regt who saw action in the famous Para's attack on the Falkland Islands in 1982, comes with two official stamps on it (Infantry Manning and Records Office) and (2nd Btn. Parachute Regt. Discharge Clerk stamp), discharged at Aldershot 15 December 1985; USA, original USA Army Commendation Certificate awarded to Aubery M. Conrad, 5 February 1970, signed by Colonel H.H. Arnold, Jr., Information Officer of the Sixth United States Army (Mrs Conrad was commended for outstanding performance from 1 December 1968 through to 30 November 1969 while employed as public information specialist in the Command Information Division, Office of the Information Officer, HQs 6th US Army. An interesting selection, fine - good very fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Great Britain, Sloper Award of Merit, profusely illustrated cartoon-like and coloured certificate named to Pte Rennie 'because he won the Queen's Prize at Bisley' and with this award he may use after his name the initials 'F.O.S.', sealed and dated Fourth day of August 1894, in a frame (approx 30x40.5cm), not under glass. Some age toning and a small water stain, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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Medal Action 1812, a rare naval chart matt framed under perspex in gold coloured timber frame (41x51cm), it features the 30 Years War of HMS Northumberland showing the destruction of the French frigates 'Arianne' and 'Androaque' on 22 May 1812 off Ploemeur, Brittany, France, drawn from a plan taken on the spot the day after the action by Smith Mid H.M.S.Northumberland 1812, and at the base 'Mary. T.E.Harding 1857'. Very fine.
Estimate $280
SOLD $260
The Defence of Lucknow, A Diary by a Staff Officer, written in pencil on the cover page, 'by Major T.F.Wilson', 1858, printed by Smith, Elder, and Co., 65 Cornhill, London, hard cover, 224pp with fold out map and 16pp of lists of books by Smith, Elder & Co, signed in pencil on the inside of front cover by (appears to be) 'P. Harman Bowehby/1858'. A few pages with some loss of paper at edge, rough top edge to all pages, in a fold-over cover storage container, very good.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI, handwritten note book diaries (2) that appear to be the period of 1915 to 1916, the first contains drawings and descriptions of allied and enemy aircraft including a few on loose inserted paper, as well as daily happenings in the field and the second contains day to day activities, there is also a separate, larger loose page with drawings in ink of three different uniformed soldiers in the Middle East and other items and this is signed 'CS/15' (probably 1599 Crief Oliver Smith, 17Bn, Enl.09Apr1915 [see footnote to lot 180]). One diary with torn back cover and all items with some foxing, makes for interesting reading, fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, WWI postcards (15) including several silk issues, noted one Christmas card from 2345 Pte J.H.Butler, 9 Battalion, AIF in France; 3rd Battery A.F.A. Christmas Dinner 1918 at Mettet, Belgium dinner menu; 1st Australian Artillery and 3rd (Army) Brigade Racing Club Race Book, 4 January 1919 at Mettet, Belgium; small booklet of Diggers' Poems including "The Landing at Gaba Tepe" by Returned Soldiers; The Soldier's Guide booklet of 159pp; WWII, The Australian Soldiers' Pocket Book, a gift from The Australian Comforts Fund, 126pp, with some writing inside including the name R.G.Hambling; VB drink coasters for the 2011 Raise a Glass Appeal by Legacy (2). Many items with foxing and the cover of the Diggers' Poems booklet with tears around edges, otherwise good - fine. (22)
Estimate $80
SOLD $200
WWI, two glass photographic plates of AIF marching in London, mat framed under perspex in a timber frame (21.5x38.5cm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia's Record, a large cardboard folder and inside are photos of Australia's Senior officers and their record of success in the Great War 1914-1919 as well as colour photos of unit colour patches and other information; a large coloured and illustrated Certificate of Thanks and Appreciation from the Municipality of Goulburn, NSW to Pte Austin R 1st Pioneers, framed under acrylic; WWII Certificate of Congratulations to V187283 Private Charles Harry Ashton, Australian Training Centre (Jungle Warfare) in recognition of volunteering for experiments in Army Medical Research, framed under acrylic; Vietnam War, safe-conduct pass to be honoured by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied forces. Very good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
WWI Souvenir of Cairo 24 Postcard, booklet containing 24 b&w postcards; also Nominal Roll of the Overseas Contingents for the Coronation 1911, first edition, 1978, soft cover, 34pp, includes Naval, Military, Commonwealth Countries as well as Australian Cadet Contingent. The first front and back cover frayed and some postcards with foxing, otherwise intact and fine, the second good very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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Great Britain, Women at War 1914-1918 poster, includes images of various female service personnel or civilian workers during the war, includes images of WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), WRNS (Woman's Royal Naval Service), Munitions Worker, WRAF (Women's Royal Air Force), VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachments) Nurse, Gas Company Worker, Land Girl, Ticket Collector. Some small tears at edge, a few tone spots on front and foxing on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Cigarette cards, British and Foreign War Decorations and Medals, a complete series of 90 by John Player & Sons, issued in 1927; also a similar series but on silk and comprises 13 British and 4 foreign, all decorations. Mostly very fine. (107)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
World War II, a selection of photographs and an allied coloured cartoon page with six separate sections all relating to the 1939-45 war in the Pacific against the Japanese, this page used as an air-drop propaganda leaflet in New Guinea in 1943 and with all text in Japanese suggesting to the Japanese forces that they face humiliation, disease, death by drowning or bombardment and it implies that no good reason exists for a continuation of the war, and as well as the cartoon sheet there are photographs that show a Japanese officer being dragged from a culvert on Leyte Island, three photos show General Hatazo Adachi and other officers surrendering at Wewak, PNG, another photo shows Japanese in the act of surrendering being watched over by armed allied soldiers and another photo with descriptive text on the back shows the aftermath of a US Marine force battle with the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands with bodies strewn along the beach at Tarawa in November 1943 (5,700 Japanese soldiers were killed). Folds and foxing on the cartoon sheet, overall very good - fine, an interesting lot. (8 items)
Estimate $250
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From The Australian Front, Shrapnel and Smiles, by Cassell and Company Ltd, 1917, soft cover, 128pp with b&w photos and drawings throughout; From The Australian Front, Xmas 1917, by Cassell and Company Ltd, 1917, soft cover, 128pp with b&w photos and drawings throughout (identical contents to previous book); British Artists At The Front, by C.R.W. Nevinson, published from the offices of "Country Life" Ltd, soft cover, 20pp including 15pp with photos of coloured paintings by the artist, C.R.W. Nevinson; The Enemy 1964, Notified in AAOs for 31st July 1964 and restricted publication at the time, soft cover, 184pp with information on typical Communist Asian military forces, some pages with handwritten alterations. The first three books with damage to front and back covers, otherwise very good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
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Australian Cavalry, The N.S.W. Lancer Regiment and The First Australian Horse, by Frank Wilkinson, 1901, with preface by Major-General French, C.M.G., R.A., Commandant N.S.W. Forces, printed by Websdale, Shoosmith & Co., Sydney, hard cover, 64pp with extra blank pages for notes, and with b&w photos throughout and a colour photo, includes nominal rolls, honour roll and casualty roll as well as list of engagements, one of the cover pages with inked inscription, 'To J.H.M.Abbott/Kind regards/from/R Hanlon/1946'. Some foxing, otherwise fine and original first edition.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Sword and Lance, Northern Rivers cavalry, NSW 1885-1903, by Martin J.Buckley 1988, hardcover with dust jacket, 258pp with b&w and colour photos throughout and maps at front and back cover pages. Foxing on front and back cover pages and on page ends visible when book closed, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $30
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