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New Zealand, WWI, NZ Returned Soldiers Association badge in silver, pin-back, obverse inscribed, 'S.A.', reverse inscribed '11/1987'; NZ Onward sweetheart badge in gilt and enamel (KC) (23x30mm), pin-back but pin missing. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
South Africa, Victory Medal, 1900, in silver (32mm) with suspender bar and green ribbon; R.A.T.A., in silver (39mm) inscribed on reverse '6347/Pte R.Collins/B/Company, with loop mount and blue ribbon; bronze medal (39mm) obverse, bust of Paul Kruger President, reverse inscription Aande Dappere Strijders Voor Recht en Vrijheid 1899-1900; The British South Africa Company, Rifle Club, medal in silver (29mm) inscribed on reverse 'Penhalonga/S.R.V.E.D./(Won by)/Lieut G.F.Taylor'; Intertown Shooting Annual Competition Medal, 1892, maker W.J.D., with brooch pin; Southern Rhodesia Volunteers, Medal for Best Aggregate Score During Month of Feb 07/Score 99, Presented to Tpr L.V.Craig. Good very fine. (6)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Australia, Private Victor Stanley Jones, the first Australian Volunteer to lose his life in action on a foreign battle field, medal in copper (50mm) by A.J.Parkes; Victorian Rifle Association, in brass (47mm) inscribed on obverse 'Interstate Teams/Match/1936'; V.R.A. Affiliated Clubs, in silver and enamel (26mm) inscribed on reverse 'Fitzroy R.C./Won by/E.F.Vale /1935'; Cadets Brigade, cloth badges (2) c1920, embroidered in bullion wire (one with 4 small moth holes); together with Victoria Education Department, Swimming & Life Saving medal (50mm) silvered, by Stokes Melb, edge impressed 'Dudley Pullen 1931.32'. Last medal holed at 12 o'clock, good fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $100
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Special Service Squadron, (1923-24), Welcome badge in silvered (30mm), pin-back. Hairlines on reverse, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Honor To The A.I.F., Anzac Day 1918, medal in silvered (27mm) and another in bronze (27mm) (C.1918/2), by S&S (Stokes & Sons), ring top suspensions. Toned good very fine - nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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British sailor hand decorated medallion, in brass (38mm), with bracket suspender, obverse, three leaf clover over a shield with a pair of dice in one quarter and a cup for throwing the dice in the opposite quarter, reverse, a battle ship and a laurel wreath and inside the wreath are the words, 'Fortuna/Vin-Cit/Omnia' (Fortune Wins Everything). Some tone spots, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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World, war related items including an Australian florin dated 1943 with the obverse shaved and inscribed, 'John Le Roy/O'Neill./642-78-12./U.S.N.R - O./T. 12/42'; dog tag in hexagonal fibre compound, named, 'CE/142 44919/R/Earley'; WWII American Red Cross Volunteer badges in gilt and enamel (34x24mm) (2), with pin-back; France (?), V with two bar Cross of Lorraine in centre, in bronze and enamel (20x31mm), much enamel missing and pin-missing from back. Good - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Australia, Masonic jewel for Mark Lodge No.122, in gilt and enamel with Remembrance suspender and armed forces wreath emblem affixed to ribbon, stick-pin suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Wor.Bro. E.R.Given/by the/Members as a/Token of Esteem./20.7.64'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $60
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Masonic Lodge Claymore, 30 Bn New South Wales Scottish Regiment, Past Master jewel in gold with small silver crown on badge (9ct; tot wt 16.19g), voided oval shape with 30th Battalion badge on obverse and with Masonic emblems at top, ring top suspension, with gold oval disc inscribed 'H.E.C.G' affixed to ribbon and with 9ct gold pin-back suspender, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Wor.Bro.H.E.C.Giedsted/Sixteenth Master/Of LodgeClaymore/No 892/U.G.L of N.S.W./By The Bretheren/To/Commemorate His Year/Of Office As Master/Oct.1970 To Sept 1971'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $450
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New Zealand, WWI, Masonic jewel for New Zealand Expeditionary Force Masonic Assocn, with suspenders marked 'Founded In/France 1917' with crossed sword and rifle emblem affixed to ribbon, hallmarked for Birmingham 1928 by maker GK&S (George Kenning & Son), stick-pin suspension, reverse inscribed, '712/R.W.Beu.'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Shooting fob medal, handcrafted in voided silver (30x34mm), ring top suspension, hallmarked for Birmingham 1905 by maker Herbert Bushell, unnamed. Toned very fine.
Estimate $50
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Australia, The Empire Rifle Match, 1907, in bronze (48x75mm), for competition by Great Britain and Units of the Empire, Fired at Sydney, N.S.Wales/1907/Won by Australia (C.1907/6). Very fine.
Estimate $150
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A group of rifle club medals and fobs, all awarded to W.H.Cutler between 1907 and 1935, includes National Rifle Association, Bisley, Grand Aggregate medal, 1907 and Service Rifle Championship medal, Bisley, 1907; A.Q.R.A. 1938 (2), 1939; National Rifle Association of New South Wales, in gilt and enamel (29mm)(3); David Syme Grand Aggregate, in bronze (25mm) with enamel overlay on obverse (4); Metropolitan District Rifle Clubs Union, Club Champion in gilt and enamel (25mm)(5); Metropolitan Miniature Rifle Clubs Union, Club Champion in gilt and enamel (25mm). Very fine - good extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $500
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Australia, WWI, shooting prize fob in voided gold (9ct; 4.23g; 33x37mm), by K.S, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Pres./To/Pte H.Bishop/By/Lieut McLean/For Best Shot/25/4/17'; tribute fob in gold (9ct; 8.82g; 29x28mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Pte Henry Bishop/by his Coreen Friends/8-1-19'; tribute fob in gold (15ct; 8.45g; 32x40mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Pte H.L.Bishop./On His Return From The War./Balldale/Mch 21st 1919'; tribute fob in gold (9ct; 8.68g; 28x38mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'he Served his Country/Pte Henry Bishop/Lowesdale 1919'; a pair of fibre compound dog tags, one octagonal and one circular, both impressed, '3508/Bishop H L/60/A I F.' Very fine. (6)
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $1,200
Aldershot Command Athletic Association, uniface prize medal in silver (32mm), by Phillips, Aldershot, reverse inscribed, 'Individual Boxing Championships/Officers/April 1920/Light/Second'; also Hungary, Spartacus Confederation Sports Competitions Medal, 1974, uniface in oxidised bronze (50mm), reverse inscribed, 'Okisz Kupa/SAKK/III.' (Okisz Cup/Chess/Third), both in cases of issue. Extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $30
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Territorial Cadet P.T. Competition, Southern Command Championship, June 1921, hand engraved in silver (24x30mm), reverse stamped RD679782, hallmarked for Birmingham 1920 by maker WHH (W.H.Haseler Ltd), scroll and ring top suspension, unnamed. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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2nd Bn The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regt, prize medal, in brass (32mm), ring top suspension, obverse, three running athletes, reverse, unit crest, above inscribed, 'High Jump 1926', below inscribed, '2nd A Coy. Pte. H.O'Hara. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $30
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Great Britain, Duke of York Royal Military School, Dover, prize medal in silver (32mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1931 by maker W.J.D (William James Dingley), reverse inscribed, '1931./Boxing./Novices/Middle Cruiser/F.Willis.'; also an oval metal tag (31x43mm), wide suspension bracket, plain reverse and on the obverse is an image of an Irish soldier marching in full battle regalia, the soldier is named Tommy Atkins, a generic term for a soldier in the British Army, around the top is the legend, 'It's A Long Way to Tipperary'. The first with edge bump and hairlines, otherwise good very fine, the second toned very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
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Great Britain, Royal Navy prize medal, in silver and enamel (25x37mm), hallmarked for London 1931 by maker 'J-P.' (John Pinches), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'R.N/Barracks/Portsmouth/Autumn/Cross Country/1931/Winning Team'; another for Inter Part Football, Stokers, 1932, handcrafted in silver (27x31mm), unidentified hallmark by maker 'WN', ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'H.M.S.Medway/IV S.F.'. Fine - good very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
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Great Britain, Fourth Submarine Flotilla, prize medal in bronze (38mm), ring top suspension, obverse, crest of Medway, reverse, open wreath and inside is inscribed, '1934/H.M.S.Medway/Inter-Part/ Football/W.E.Palmer'. Rim nicks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Great Britain, Royal Navy & Royal Marines Championships, (1946), prize medal in silver (38x47mm), by Phillips, Aldershot, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Inter Command/Athletic Championships/1946/Throwing The Discus/2nd'; also a Royal Navy button in gilt (KC), by J.R.Gaunt & Son, London. The medal with edge nicks and surface marks, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
(RAF) 2nd T.A.F. (Second Tactical Air Force) Small Arms Association, Germany, prize medal in bronze (32mm), edge impressed, 'Station Team Match S.R. (B) 1953. 2nd'; Australian medalet, In Memory of K. of K. (Kitchener of Khartoum) A Nations Hero, In Honour of Our Brave Boys, Maryborough, Aug.1916, in gilt (27mm) (C.1916/6), ring top suspension; also Australia, fifty cents, 1995 'Weary' Dunlop commemorative. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
National Rifle Association medals, in bronze (47mm) uninscribed, (38mm) with loop mount and ribbon, inscribed on reverse 'Class H/1964'; Royal Air Force Rifle Association, award medal in silver (38mm) edge engraved 'S.R. (B) Match 1st 1937'; City of Edinburgh & Midlothian Rifle Association, Caledonian Challenge Shield, in bronze (37mm); Transvaal War 1899-1900 Peace (2); Queen Victoria Jubilee, 1897, in bronze (36mm); Army Temperance Medal, India, in silver (34mm) with loop mount and ribbon; Royal Army Temperance Association, in silver and enamel (34x47mm) with loop mount; Imperial Challenge Shield, in bronze (48mm); BSA Company's Shield, 1951 silver plaque (41x72mm) mounted on wood (74x100mm); Interstate Challenge Shield, fob in silver (20mm); Rifle club medal in bronze and enamel (29mm), inscribed on reverse '1930/2/Lt B.J.G.Palmer'; NRA lapel badge. Good very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $300
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Great Britain, Royal Navy prize medal in silver (26mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1972 by maker 'F & S' (Fattorini & Sons Ltd), ring top suspension and with pin-back ribbon suspender 'Docendo Discimus' (We Learn By Teaching), obverse, ancient cooking scene with angel crowning winner, reverse, plain and inscribed, '1974/Fleet Cookery/Competition/Aggregate Cup/HMS Ark Royal'. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Memorabilia for Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, 1800s, an ivory device with three narrow spring loaded channels on the top and another three on the bottom, on one side is a black filled inscription, 'Capt, Hon, Henry Keppel. R.N.' and on the opposite side are sailing ships of the 1800s in conflict. Two of the slides missing a part and not working, the ivory with some chips and one slide section missing a tack, otherwise very good and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Boer War, Queen Victoria, South Africa 1900, gift tin (W8.3xL16xD2.3cm), in gilt with painted lid and gilt bust of Queen Victoria in centre of lid and below is the message, 'I wish you a happy New Year'; also The Regiment Weekly one penny token in bronze (Yarwood MMT001). The first with much gilt and some enamel missing, very good, the second nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
WWI, Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Gift Tin in brass, inside is a small fold-out Christmas card and a small b&w photo of a seated Princess Mary. The card and photo with some stains on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Australia, c1920, cribbage board cast in brass (23x23x23cm, triangular shaped) the centre with bust of General Sir John Monash in relief; together with Great Britain, brass trench periscope made by R&J Bock Ltd 1918, missing eyepiece lens; WWI, trench raiders club; cane with lead base; WWII entrenching tool with wooden handle and metal base; pair of wooden boot lasts with brass pourings; Allied POW metal identity tag for prisoner interned at Stalag VIIIB, in zinc, tag stamped 'Stalag VIIIB/30797'; assorted part rolls of miniature medal ribbons; helmet spikes; rosettes for spiked helmets. Very good - good very fine. (approx 115 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Shell casing, c1900, in brass (44mm at base and 93mm long), base stamped VS&M (Vickers, Sons and Maxim). Very fine.
Estimate $40
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Artillery shell casings, 6 pounder brass casings from WWI, inscribed on one side with floral decoration around an Australian Rising Sun badge and below a stylised heart with a rose above the words, 'Souvenir Of The/Great War/1914-1919' and below the heart is inscribed, 'Vaux sur Somme'. Good fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80