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Australia, Returned Soldier's Association, Western Australia, member badge (KC), in silvered (24x35mm), by Caris, two lug back, reverse of crown numbered 2288. Dark toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australia, WWII, Dominion Parachute Company, Roo Club badge, in brass and enamel (40x22mm), pin-backed with safety chain. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
South Australia, WWII, S.P.F. (School Patriotic Fund) badge, in gilt and enamel (30x16mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, pin-back; another, 'S.P.F./S.A./Service', aircraft shaped badge, in silvered and enamel (46x16mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, pin-back (ELM scratched on reverse); also F.F.C.F (Fighting Forces Comfort Fund) Xmas Hampers badge, in copper (32mm), with small suspension hole at top edge. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Australia, WWII, Civil Construction Corps badge in bronze (29mm), by Amor, Sydney, lug back; Volunteer Air Observers Corps, Observer badge in gilt and enamel (29mm), by Stokes, pin-back, reverse numbered 8302; Sailors Soldiers and Airmens Assoc(iatio)n, In The Service Of Those Who Served Australia, Womens Auxiliary, Fathers badge (KC), in silvered and enamel (25x30mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back. Discolouration of enamel on second last badge, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Volunteer Air Observers Corps, Observer badge in gilt and enamel (29mm) by Stokes, pin-backed, numbered 31498 on reverse. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, WWII, W.A.T.S. (Women's Auxiliary Transport Service), Queensland, badge in bronze (55x24mm), by Handford, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Australia, WWII, QVNCM (Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers), badge in gilt and enamel (28x28mm), by Myers & Co, pin-back. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australia, Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors & Soldiers Assn. of Q(ueensland), lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), lug-back, reverse numbered 615; Incapacitated Sailors' Soldiers' & Airmens' Assn. of Q'Land, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, crown with 68 overlay, by A J Parkes, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered 1430; Diggers Association Queensland, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Handford, double lug back. The first two with cracking to white enamel, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $140
Australia, The Rats of Tobruk Association, stick-pin with 66 overlay on crown, reverse numbered 1106; The Rats of Tobruk Association, 1966 25th Anniversary of Siege of Tobruk 1941, key ring; RAE Rising Sun on boomerang lapel badge in gilt, pin-back; Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Assn, Ladies Committee badge in gilt and enamel (KC), pin-back; Brother on Active Service badge in gilt and enamel, pin-back; Aust Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women badge in gilt and enamel with 75 overlay on crown, pin-back, reverse numbered 13829; Rising Sun stick pin in gilt and enamel; Rising Sun A.I.F. lapel badge in bronze, button lug. Fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Australia, RPF (Rockhampton Patriotic Fund), badge (KC) in silvered and enamel (18.5x25mm), pin-back, reverse inscribed with number 248. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
Australia, Queensland, LGU (Ladies Golf Union) War Chest Fund, badge in sterling silver and enamel (19x30mm), pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Diggers Wives Pastime Club, badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (31x29mm), by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $280
N.S.W Railway & Tramway Ex-Services Assoc., lapel badge in silvered and enamel (KC) (19x25.5mm), by Angus & Coote, Jewellers, double lug back. Good very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Australia, WWII, Victoria, ARP (Air Raid Precautions), AC944 Warden badge, also Auxiliary Ambulance badge, and AP808 badge, all in silvered and enamel and issued by State Emergency Council, made by Bentley, the first two with 2 lugs on the back but the second badge missing one lug, the third with pin-back, the second with number 687 on reverse. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Victoria, badge (KC) for Auxiliary Ambulance, in silvered and enamel, lug back, reverse numbered 1329. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, ARP (Air Raid Precautions), Warden (Qld), badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Handford, Brisbane, lug back, reverse numbered 8199; Queensland Civil Defence Medical Services, badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Wallace & Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered 4084; Queensland Civil Defence Welfare Service, badge in gilt and enamel (KC), no maker, pin-back, unnumbered. Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Queensland Civil Defence badge for ARP Warden, in gilt and enamel (KC) (21x26.5mm), by Handford, Brisbane, lug back, reverse numbered 6869; 13th Armoured Regiment Association, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (13x16mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, button lug back. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Australia, convex silver disc (28mm), inscribed in centre is the letter T (the symbol on the badge of 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company), pin-back; also two postcards from 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company 'Somewhere in France'. The cards with faded writing and foxing, the disc toned very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Royal Australian Navy, Reserves badge (KC) in gilt and enamel (21x28mm) by K. & D. Bertram Bros, Melbourne, impressed number on reverse '5542'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, HMAS Canberra lapel badge in gilt and enamel (original type with large C); HMAS Sydney, bar brooch in gilt and enamel; Royal Aus. Navy lapel badge in bronze and enamel (KC), pin-back; Submariner's qualification badge in gilt and enamel (QC), clutch grip pins missing. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Various items, includes RAF officer's embroidered hat badge (QC); Flight Lieutenant dress uniform shoulder boards (3, KC[2], QC[1]) and tropical uniform shoulder boards (2); RAF dog tags for 561086 C.Clarke (4), two different types but both in round and octagonal fibre compound; 2 sets of miniature medals, one set of four and another set of six; various ribands (7 different lots) and a few loose full size ribbons; Korea Service Medal 1950-53 copy; Royal Artillery senior NCO's arm badge in bronze; unidentified Pakistan military unit embroidered badge (KC) made by British Embroidery Works, Karachi; an unused pin-back ribbon suspender. Good - extremely fine. (lot)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australia, Army Individual Readiness Notification (AIRN) badge (silver grade); Women's Royal Australian Army Corps hat badge in gilt (QC); Royal Australian Artillery hat badge and also collar badge, both in gilt; lapel badges for air force, includes two enamelled and gilt kangaroo badges and another air force roundel as well as two air force eagle badges and Royal Flying Doctor Service badge; Rats of Tobruk Association key ring for 1966 25th Anniversary Siege of Tobruk 1941; Victory 1919 medalets with ribbons as given to Australian school children (3), two by Amor Ltd and one by S&S (Stokes & Sons). Very fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, a variety of badges including Anzac Day, noted one 'A/1941' in wreath, also Legacy Day issues, Tin Hat tinnies, also a few British issues including H.M.S.Belfast badge. Very fine - extremely fine. (44)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
World, a collection of mostly war related tinnies and enamelled badges, includes mostly Australian issues, noted Vive La France, Viva L'Italia 1918, A.I.F Memorial Aug 2 1918, Lest We Forget ANZAC, SA Hut "Welcome" and many others. Mostly very good - good very fine. (30)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Australia, a collection of war related tinnies and some other issues, noted Australian Air League, For Our Fighting Men War Chest, War Victims Relief Day, Reinforcement's Day Tasmania 1917, North Sydney Carnival Hospitals & Charities Gala Day R.S.A, Win The War League I Serve, also Help! Miners Lockout 1929-1930, and others. Mostly fine - very fine. (30)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Australia, a collection of mainly Red Cross commemorative and fund raising tinnie badges, noted Dinna Forget Nurses' Day 1917, Broken Hill Red Cross Society In Peace and War, Croix Rouge Francaise Australie Du Sud, Australian Prisoners Of War Appeal, and many more. Mostly fine - very fine. (30)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, a collection of mostly war related tinnies and enamelled badges, noted Our Boys Need Reinforcements Yes, Australians No Conscription Labor, Australian Peace Celebrations 1919, Tin Hat Day R.S.A. Building Fund Appeal, A.C.F. War Chest 1918, Lord Mayors Patriotic & War Fund N.S.W. A.C.F. 1940, and others. A few damaged but mostly very good - very fine. (29)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, a collection of mostly commemorative war tinnies and a few other types, noted several Jack's Day types, Navy Day 1918, Official Peace Button, and various others. Mostly fine - very fine. (21)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, a collection of war related tinnies and a few other types, several Comforts Fund issues and Hospital issues, noted Australian Comforts Fund February 1918, War Chest Day Scholar's Button, Hospital Day 1918, Nurses Day 1916, Hospital Saturday Fund Jubilee Appeal, and many others. Mostly very good - very fine. (20)
Estimate $50
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Great Britain, Inauguration Of New Sea Defences And Marine Promenades, 1905, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (30x42mm), with button lug on reverse, reverse inscribed, 'Blackpool'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50