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Australia, WWII, Mother's and Widow's badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back, reverse numbered A5566, bar with one star. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Mother's and Widow's Badge, by Angus & Coote, 1942, numbered A10246, with one star. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
War Widows' Guild, badge in silver (32mm), unnumbered, by Pinches, London, pin-back, in original box. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Queensland Civil Defence badge, WWII, for Decontamination, in gilt and enamel, by Handford, pin-back, reverse numbered 978. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors & Soldiers Assn. of Q(ueensland), lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Bishop, Brisbane, double lug back, reverse numbered 1063; RSL Younger Set, lapel badge in gilt and enamel (KC), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back; USA, WWII, Army Warrant Officer cap badge in gilt, by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back. The first with toned reverse, otherwise good very fine; the second extremely fine; the last fine. (3)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Incapacitated Sailors' Soldiers' & Airmens' Assn of Q'Land, member's lapel badge in gilt and enamel, 72 overlay on King's crown, by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered 3015; Queensland Diggers Association, member's lapel badge (KC), in bronze and enamel, by Myers & Co, double lug back; Tramways & Omnibus S.S. & A. (Sailors' Soldiers' and Airmen's) Assn, member's lapel badge (KC) missing year overlay, in gilt and enamel, by Angus & Coote, double lug back. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $130
Passed in
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 $70
SOLD $50
Returned Service League Australia, Life Member badge (QC), in gold and enamel (9ct; 4.81g), with double lug back, fitted onto the lugs is a brass and enamel 'Life Member' plate by Amor, Sydney, the reverse numbered, N2197 and inscribed, 'W.E.Tetlow/28.5.67'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Returned Soldiers Assn Q(ueensland), Est.1916, lapel badge (KC), in silver and enamel (19x33mm), by P.J.King, Melb, button back, reverse numbered 779. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $440
RSA (Returned Soldiers' Association) New South Wales, badge (KC), in voided gilt (26x37mm), two lugs on back, reverse numbered 5952. Good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
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 $50
Passed in
47 Bn Australian Imperial Force, lapel badge in voided gilt and enamel (27x28mm), no maker, pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
Australia, National Emergency Services New South Wales, Warden badge (KC), by Angus & Coote, pin-back; N.E.S. armband; also Identity Card for Miss Marie Gelling as 666666 Auxiliary Ambulance Driver for Manly area, signed by Chief Warden of area of Manly; Certificate No.5565 (27x22.8cm), issued at Sydney, 1st September 1939 certifying that Elizabeth Booth passed the requisite examination in First-Aid and Air Raid Precautions. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
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 $50
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 $40
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 $40
SOLD $30
Australia, a variety of lapel badges, several Legacy pins, noted a few unit colour patch issues (5), also Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia badge (small 2-figure type), War Widow's Guild lapel badge, Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary 1911-1986 medal (32mm); also 2nd CC.NN.Division Italian Blackshirts militia arm shield in gilt and enamel. Mostly fine - uncirculated. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
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 $50
SOLD $120
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 $40
SOLD $40
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 $40
SOLD $30
Australia, RPF (Rockhampton Patriotic Fund), badge (KC) in silvered and enamel (18.5x25mm), pin-back, reverse inscribed with number 248. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Drysdale Returned Soldiers, AIF, fob in gold and enamel (15ct; 5.3g; 34mm) with loop mount, by P.J.King Melb, inscribed on reverse 'Private A.H.Niblett 21st Battn 1915-16. Extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $1,000
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 $50
Passed in
Withdrawn.
Estimate $450
Passed in
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, (Sirmoor Rifles), sweetheart brooch (27x31mm), in silver and enamel with diamond-like jewels in crown, pin-back, features crown above ERI cipher of King Edward VII set above crossed kukris with black enamelled handles, inset at the end of each handle is a small diamond, in plush case by Hamilton & Co Ltd, Jewellers and Silversmiths, Calcutta, Delhi, & Simla. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Australia, sweetheart brooch in gold (1.85g), features a small cut-out circular Rising Sun badge (15x13mm) attached to a pin-back bar (39mm long) and with a safety chain. Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Australia, WWI Infantry, A.I.E.F. (Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force), sweetheart badge in voided sterling silver (29x37mm), with pin-back (pin missing). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Australia, WWI sweetheart brooch in gilt (34x21mm), features a small Rising Sun badge with 1915 in the sun rays at the top and the badge is above the voided word, 'ANZAC', pin-back. Some toning, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Australia, WWI sweetheart brooch in voided gilt (32x33mm), features a small Rising Sun badge above a left facing emu within a fern leaf wreath and with king's crown above and below is a scroll with maple leaf at each end, the scroll bears the word, 'ANZAC', pin-back. Good fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
Australia, WWI sweetheart brooch in voided gilt and enamel (27x32mm), features a small Rising Sun badge above a left facing emu within a fern leaf wreath and with king's crown above and a scroll below, 'ANZAC', pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100