Catalogue
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
Australia, Lithgow 1907 Pattern sword bayonet, stampings on ricasso difficult to read but on one side looks to be, 'MA/1907/7/?/45', and on opposite side is, 'X (proof mark)/OA' with upright broad arrow above, steel blade with fuller on each side, wooden handle with metal pommel, no scabbard. Oxidation and dark toning on blade, otherwise very good.
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
France, Lebel M.1886 cruciform style bayonet, with steel blade and brass handle, with marking on the back section of the mortise slot 'K20977', with metal scabbard, this stamped near the top with number 6586 and two other nearly illegible marks, one looks like L in a circle. Some oxidation on the scabbard, the blade heavily oiled, fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Germany, Model 1884/98 Mauser bayonet, steel blade with fuller on both sides, no markings on blade, wooden handle with metal pommel, on one side of the pommel is stamped, 'JA253' (twice) at top and on the side, 'D3526', with metal scabbard and frog; another identical but ricasso marked, 'Coppel GMBH', and on ridge marked '38', wooden handle with metal pommel, no markings on pommel, no scabbard. The first with black spotting to the oiled blade, some damage to handle and oxidation to scabbard and other metal parts, the second with pitting and oxidation to blade and other metal parts, otherwise very good - good. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $160
Germany, pre WWI 98K Mauser bayonet with hooked quillon, this stamped B on the underside, steel filleted blade, timber and steel handle, the timber with obscure painted number on one side, with leather scabbard with brass tip and top, the frog stamped 7671. The handle with some chips and the pommel and quillon with oxidation, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Germany, WWI M1895/05 'Butcher' bayonet, steel blade with fuller on both sides, the ricasso stamped, 'E.& F.Horster/Solingen' on one side and on the ridge of the blade is stamped, 'crown/W/15/and another stylised character', with wooden handle and metal guard and pommel, this with two similar stylised characters to that on the ridge of the blade, with metal scabbard with frog and at the top edge is also stamped with a stylised character similar to others. Oxidation on scabbard and metal parts of handle and blade with dark toning, otherwise very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Germany, WWII era fire department fascine knife (bayonet), nickel plated steel blade with fuller on both sides, ricasso stamped on one side with dog holding a sword in its mouth and below, 'Paul Seilheimer/Solingen', with S metal guard and bird's head pommel, with black checkered composite grip, with black painted steel scabbard with frog. With some oxidation on scabbard, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Germany, WWII era fire department fascine knife(bayonet), nickel plated steel blade with fuller on both sides, with S metal guard and bird's head pommel, with black checkered composite grip, no markings, with black painted steel scabbard with frog. With some loss of plating on handle and S guard and some marks under re-painted scabbard, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Great Britain, P1879 saw-back long bladed bayonet for Martini Henry Artillery Carbine, steel blade with a fuller halfway down each side, with a saw-back for half the length of the blade, the ricasso stamped on one side, 'crown/E/12' and with broad arrow above over W and reversed C, on the opposite side is stamped, 'crown/V.R', with checkered leather handle with metal guard, the metal back of the handle marked 'crown/E/59' and also two opposing broad arrows, the pommel is stamped on one side '362', no scabbard. The metal with some oxidation and pitting, otherwise very good.
Estimate $70
SOLD $460
Great Britain, British 1907 Pattern bayonet, steel blade with fuller on both sides, no markings, with steel guard and pommel, this stamped on top, '4128', wooden handle, with steel scabbard and leather belt fitting attached to frog. The scabbard with oxidation and black paint on pommel and guard mostly missing, the leather belt fitting with some loss of stitching, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $140
Great Britain, L1A1 self-loading rifle (F.A.L.) bayonet, steel blade with fuller on each side, brass handle and other fittings, no markings, with painted steel scabbard with the frog fitted to khaki belt fitting. Some loss of paint on scabbard and dark toning on handle, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Great Britain, bayonet, steel blade, ricasso stamped on one side, 'crown/G.R.I/Mk.II/1 42/RFI' (made in January 1942), on the other side is stamped with various groups of numbers and near the guard, 'D P' (last letter short), the metal guard also stamped, 'DP', with wooden handle and steel pommel stamped on one side, '237', with leather and metal scabbard. Scabbard and other metal parts, except blade, with oxidation, otherwise very good.
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
Japan, knife bayonet with steel blade, this inscribed GTO in the ricasso on one side, there is also other illegible lettering on the blade, the top of the guard stamped 'Japan', with slotted timber handle with what appears to be GTO'S scratched onto timber, perhaps an allied soldier's war trophy taken from the enemy, with leather and steel scabbard. With much oxidation and also blackening of the blade, good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Japan, WWII steel bayonet for Arisaka rifle, Japanese characters on ricasso as well as N ? P and 4?, with wood and steel handle, with leather and metal scabbard and a khaki army canvas belt frog, issuing number 18427. With oxidation on all metal areas, otherwise very good, probably a war souvenir.
Estimate $50
SOLD $140