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Australia, WWII, General Service badge (Volunteer) type 1, by G&E Rodd, 1940, two lugs on reverse, number A8709. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Australia, Demobilised Soldiers' Association, lapel badge in gilt bronze and enamel (28x41.5mm) (KC), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, two lugs on back (one missing), reverse numbered 664. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, Lake Macquarie War Memorial, We Will Remember Them, WWI, lapel badge in enamel and gilt (24x25mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back. Some surface marks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Qld. (Queensland) Patriotic And Aust. (Australian) Comforts Fund, WWI, lapel badge in enamel and gilt (19x16mm), by Wallace Bishop, Brisbane, pin-back. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, Soldiers Church Of England Help Society, lapel badge in enamel and sterling silver (25.5mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed, 'Mrs F.Tritton'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
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
SOLD $30
Australia, ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Victoria, badge (KC) for Auxiliary Ambulance, in silvered and enamel, lug back, reverse numbered 1329. Good very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Australia, 9th Australian Divisional Cavalry Regiment, WWII, lapel colour patch badge in enamel, bronze and silvered (24x13mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Australia, 16th Battalion AIF, WWII, lapel colour patch badge in enamel and bronze (18x18mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, 2/25 Aust. Inf. Bn. (2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion) Association, lapel badge in resin covered gilt and enamel (21.5x23.5mm), by "Parxite 77", A.J.Parkes, pin-back. Good fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
Australia, 6th A.I.Regt 1st Btn 1899-1902 Association, fob in gilt and enamel (23mm) by Bridgland & King, inscribed on reverse 'Capt F.W.Peters/5th July 1904'. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Brassey Field Firing & Marching Competition Medal, (type 2), 1898-1901. Won by 2nd Batt Inf. B'gde 24 May, 1899 on reverse, Pte. J. Nevin around edge. Engraved. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $900
SOLD $540
V.R.A Cadet Matches, 1903, in silver (37x39mm), handmade cross by C.J.Smith, unnamed; Imperial Challenge Shield Medal, post 1916, Senior issue in bronze (47.5mm) (JO'C 326), unnamed; generic shooting prize medal, undated, in silvered bronze (38mm), by A.Fenwick, obverse, Queen Victoria veiled head left, reverse, soldier kneeling and firing rifle left, legend, 'In Defence'. The first with hairlines on central disc, otherwise extremely fine, the second with small speck of rust at obverse top edge, otherwise virtually uncirculated, the second with uneven golden toning on obverse, otherwise extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Shooting fob medal, handcrafted in voided silver (30x34mm), ring top suspension, hallmarked for Birmingham 1905 by maker Herbert Bushell, unnamed. Toned very fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
New South Wales, "A" Grade Competition, 1905-1906, Winners Aust. Engineers N.S.W., medal in silver (39mm), by W.J.Amor, reverse inscribed, 'Sapr B.Lee'. Nicely toned, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $400
Passed in
Australia, Best Shot of Company badge in gilt on Army uniform khaki wool backing; also I.D. tag in voided aluminium (32.5mm), die struck around the central star are the details, 'C.S.A.F.Buzzini Kit.Camp.1910', reverse, plain. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
North Sydney Miniature Rifle Club, handcrafted prize fob in gold (9ct; 9.06g; 27x33mm), by W.Kerr, with suspension loop, reverse inscribed, 'Championship/Won by/H.Jones./1920.', in case by W.H.Pritchard, The Bridge Jeweller, Newtown. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Australian Military Forces, Athletic And Military Competitions, prize medal (23mm), in silver and enamel, ring top scroll suspender, reverse inscribed, '(State/Championships)/S.C. (Senior Cadets)/Physical Training/B.C.A.Sundstrom/10.4.26'. Small enamel chip, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Presentation medal, in gold (hallmarked 14ct, 29mm, 15.5g) by Vaughton, Birm, Presented by the Family in Memory of their brother B.S.M. Frank Abraham, 'A.Baty H.A.C.' won by 'L/Cpl S.W.B.Steven H.Q.Wing 1934'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
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
Australian Senior Cadet Competition, (1921-29), Battalion Champion Team embroidered badge, undated variety (O'Connor Type 3BN fig.270); WWII Nearest Female Relative's badge with one star, reverse numbered N8055, a scarce Navy issue by G&E Rodd 1940. Uncirculated; very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, I Go To Return, lapel badge in gilt (26x15mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back, features small Rising Sun badge on a boomerang; War Savings Certificates Voluntary Worker enamelled badge by Millers Ltd, Sydney, pin-back, reverse numbered 5529; Boy Scouts Memorial Appeal 2/- fundraising badge (to build a memorial to scouts who served in the war); Honor to Our Splendid Men of A.I.F. Who Fought in the Great European War, 1914-18, in gilt (27mm) (C.1914-18/2), ring top suspension; To Commemorate The Victory, 1918, in silvered bronze (24.5mm) (C.1918/3), ring top suspension, tribute medal presented to (unnamed) 'By/Mr. & Mrs. T.Bragg/Mungeribar/1918'; Victory medalet, 1945, in silvered (27mm) (C.1945/9) (2), as issued to school children; also United Nations Command Military Assistance Commission, JSA/Pan Mun Jom/Korea, medal/key tag in brass (30mm), reverse silvered, with ring top suspension. Very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Rising Sun sweetheart brooch (KC), in oxidised bronze on pin-back brooch bar (16x45mm); RAAF sweetheart brooch in shape of pilot's wings, in gilt and enamel (KC) (20x57mm), by TLM (Thomas L Mott) England, pin-back. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
RAN, sweetheart brooch, a polished stone set into a brass frame (41x25.5mm), with miniature brass RAN badge in centre, pin-back; also a scarce pre-federation naval gilt button (19.5mm) for HMQN (Her Majesty's Queensland Navy), c1890s, (Cossum p55, c), by Green & Baker, Birmingham. The brooch with an enamel chip at the top left corner, otherwise toned very fine, the button very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Merchant Navy sweetheart brooch, in 9ct gold (3.95g), in fitted case of the manufacturing jeweller, Wallace Allen, Newmarket Street, Ayr. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Australia, WWII, S.P.F. (School Patriotic Fund) badge, in gilt and enamel (28mm), by Schlank, Adelaide, with three suspended 'Service' clasps pin-back, with grafittied name on reverse; Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia badge (small 2-figure type) (KC), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, with two lugs on back and backing plate, reverse numbered V68032. The first with some scuffing to enamel, otherwise very fine, the second extremely fine and scarce in this condition. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, WWI, League Of Soldiers Friends, Take Care Of Him, badge in gilt and enamel (25.5mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb., pin-back. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Australia, WWI, Soldiers Church Of England Help Society, badge in sterling silver and enamel (26mm), pin-back, securing lug resoldered. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
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
SOLD $80
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
SOLD $30