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Queensland Defence Forces, (QVC), helmet plate in brass (94mm) (Grebert p223). Some oxidation, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $180
Australia, WWI, Camel Corps, 1912-18, unofficial collar badge cast in oxidised brass (29mm) (Cossum 184). Very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Australian Camel Corps, hat badge, unofficial A.I.F. 1912-18, replica sand cast in brass (41mm) (Cossum RS37), with two lugs, one of these resoldered. Fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
6th Light Horse AIF, unofficial collar badge in oxidised bronze (30mm) (Cossum 175); pair of title badges for 6 (2) and LH (2) in oxidised bronze; pair of title badges for 21 (infantry) in brass; Australia metal shoulder titles (4). Fine - very fine. (11)
Estimate $70
SOLD $360
Queensland Military Forces, c1890s, Glengarry badge in darkened brass (64mm) (Grebert p211); Queensland Mounted Infantry, late 1800s, hat badges in gilt (53mm) (Grebert p212) (2). The first missing lugs and damaged at top right, otherwise very good, the other two good very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $500
The Victorian Railways Infantry, 1900-12, hat badge in brass (42mm) and collar badge in brass (31mm) (Cossum 8). Toned fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
1st Australian Infantry Regiment (NSW), 1900-12, hat badge (45mm), and cap badge (32mm), both non-voided and in brass (Cossum 73), both by J.R.Gaunt & Son, London; also a collar badge (one lug missing) and a pair of 1/AIR shoulder titles in brass. Very fine; extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $480
The Victorian Scottish Regiment, 1900-12, collar badge in white metal (29mm) (Cossum 9); 20th Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles), 1930-42, collar badge in brass (28mm) (Cossum p10, c); 56th Infantry Battalion (The Riverina Regiment), 1930-42, collar badge in brass (29mm) (Cossum p29, a); also Army Instructional Corps, officer's Australia title bar in white metal. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $130
SOLD $130
Australia, WWI, Rising Sun hat badge in brass (44mm), slider back; WWII, Rising Sun hat badge in oxidised bronze (44mm), with 2 lugs on back, also a collar badge in oxidised bronze (27.5mm), also with 2 lugs on back; RAAF other ranks cap badge in oxidised bronze (47mm), with 2 lugs on back; Women's Royal Australian Army Corps, pair of collar badges, 1953-60, in bi-metal (37mm) (Cossum 412), both with 2 lugs on back. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $140
Australia, 17th Infantry Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment), collar badge in voided oxidised brass (30mm) (Cossum p17, c); RAAF buttons (KC) in black plastic (L [2], S [3]), the two large marked on back Y6-244 and two small buttons marked Y6-245, the other unmarked. The first very fine, the rest uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
8th Light Horse Regiment (Indi Light Horse), 1930-42, collar badge in white metal (27mm) (Cossum p7, c); 55th Infantry Battalion (The N.S.W. Rifle Regiment), 1930-42, collar badge in brass (28mm) (Cossum p28, d). Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Australia, Albury Grammar School Cadet Unit, c1960s, hat badge in chrome and enamel (57mm), by K.G.Luke, two lugs on back. Hairlines, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
New South Wales Military Forces, other ranks belt buckle in brass (Grebert p95), includes 2-piece buckle and a few other belt fittings. Very good - fine. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Australia,Ribands and Badges of Captain Colin Pride Stumm MC MID, includes group of ribands for Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-18, Victory Medal 1914-19 with MID; also Rising Sun collar badges (KC) in oxidised bronze (3, one cleaned); Australia title bars in oxidised bronze (2); officer's pips in oxidised bronze (4); Returned Sailors Soldiers Airmen's Imperial League Australia badge (KC, small 2-figure type), by Myers & Co. Fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Great Britain, army hat badges, all King crown or earlier types, noted 45th Regiment of Foot (QVC), King's Dragoon Guards pre 1915 and another 1915-1937, Royal Scots Greys, Lincolnshire Yeomanry and others, also rank badge for WOI with backing plate, as well as trade badges for Bandmaster, Bandsman (2), Trumpeter, Sniper, Marksman, all except last with backing plates, also a King's Badge for Loyal Service WWII; an embroidered and gold braid crest for the University of London. The badges mounted on rubber display mats, very fine - good extremely fine. (26)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Great Britain, WWI period, a selection of hat badges and metal titles, includes Cheshire Regiment hat badge; East Yorkshire Regiment hat badge; Leicestershire Regiment hat badge; Lincolnshire Regiment hat badge and Lincoln title; Rifle Brigade hat badge; R.(oyal)Anglesey title; Royal Dublin Fusiliers hat badge; Royal Welsh Fusiliers hat badge; South Staffordshire Regiment hat badge and S.Stafford title; South Wales Borderers hat badge; The Essex Regiment hat badge; York and Lancaster Regiment hat badge; also 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) bronze collar badge. Mostly very fine - nearly extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Great Britain, WWI period, a selection of hat badges and metal titles, includes Army Cyclist Corps hat badge; Army Service Corps hat badge (2, both with slide back); Cameronians Scottish Rifles hat badge and Cameron title; Gordon Highlanders hat badge and Gordon title; Manchester Regiment hat badge (2, one with slider and one with lug back); North Stafford Regiment hat badge; Royal Artillery hat badge; Royal Engineers hat badge; Seaforth Highlanders hat badge and Seaforth title; Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry metal title. Mostly very fine - nearly extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $180
SOLD $140
Great Britain, Royal Air Force, No.1 Parachute Training School badge in gilt and enamel (QC), pin-back; RAF sweetheart badge featuring a RAF bronze and enamel pin-back badge and suspended below is a diamond shaped clear acrylic piece decorated with 4 diamond-like stones; another sweetheart brooch with a blue backed acrylic heart suspended below a brooch bar and affixed to the heart is a king's crown above an eagle. Fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Great Britain, Prince of Wales' Own Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Hussars), embroidered badge (approx 110x110mm), design of Prince of Wales' plumes over motto, as used by other regiments as well; another with same design over Roman numerals 'XL', bullion embroidered; pin back enamel lapel badge featuring POW plumes and the word 'Wales'. The first as new, the second with several moth holes, otherwise fine - nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Great Britain, riband bar groups of four (9), also a USA group of four, includes decorations, campaign medals and others, one with a rosette emblem, all with screw backs. Mostly very fine. (10)
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Boer War, Bethunes Mounted Infantry, slouch hat badge, handcrafted from shell casings brass (50mm). Very fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Boer War, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, handcrafted brass slouch hat badge. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Canada, WWII, 1st Canadian Armoured (Personnel) Carrier Regiment 'The Canadian Kangaroos', cap badge (copy) in gilt bronze (44mm). Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Indonesia, Air Force badge in voided silvered (35x40mm), with pin-back, on the reverse is AURI (Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia [Republic of Indonesia Air Force]), and maker's name, Cordesius. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Japan, WWII Japanese Naval Military Reservist Association badge in gilt and nickel (18x27mm), pin-back with Japanese text on reverse; also Yamaguchi Military Camp Reconstruction badge for Shimizu Gumi worker with number 255 on obverse, in aluminium (33mm), pin back. Good fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
World badges, includes Australia, 13th Light Horse A.I.F., 1912-18, unofficial badge in voided oxidised bronze (55mm) (Cossum 180), with 2 lugs; 9th Light Horse Regiment (Flinders Light Horse), 1930-42, in voided brass (51mm), with two lugs, also a collar badge in voided brass (29mm) (Cossum p7, d); also Canada, 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (The Kangaroos), WWII, hat badge in brass (44mm), with two lugs. All except the collar badge are later issues, very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
World badges, includes Australia, Rising Sun collar badge in oxidised bronze (KC) (no lugs); National Emergency Services New South Wales, badge in silvered and enamel, pin-back; Great Britain, Rifle Brigade hat badge in white metal (KC); The King's Royal Rifle Corps hat badges in oxidised brass (KC) (2); Russia, post Soviet Army hat badge in gilt and enamel. Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
World, includes Australian Corps of Signals, lapel badge in enamel, with stick-pin (some loss of enamel); Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police collar badge in gilt and enamel (QC); Great Britain, WWI Military Provost Staff Corps gilt badge, stick-pin reverse; Scottish thistle buttons, made in England (6, three small, three medium); USA navy officers cap badge, with two clip pins on reverse; also Boy Scouts of America lapel badge. Fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
World, includes Australia WWI Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), reverse numbered 198565; Canada, universal pattern Maple Leaf cap badge in bronze (KC) as used by Military Police; Great Britain, Gloucester shoulder title in brass; Officer's shoulder pips (3, two in oxidised bronze and one in bronze); various buttons (20), military and government departments, noted Army and Navy and private enterprise from Australia and Great Britain; other damaged odds and ends including a miniature cannon, barrel only; also a Player's Country Life Cigarettes tin (some inked writing on tin and removable stickers at sides). In a Flavelle Bros Ltd, Watchmakers and Jewellers box, poor - good very fine. (approx 28)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
World, includes Canada, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals hat badge (KC) (lugs repaired); Great Britain, King's Royal Rifle Corps miniature silver and enamel badge suspended below an enamelled colour patch brooch bar; The Welch Regt miniature silver and enamel badge suspended below an enamelled colour patch brooch bar; Scot's Guards Household Division Colour Sergeants mess dress bullion rank badge; Welsh Guards Colour Sergeants mess dress bullion rank badge; New Zealand, NZ Rifle Brigade collar badge; Poland, post WWII parachutist qualification badge in enamel and silvered. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50