Catalogue
WWI, The Camp Magazine, Groningen, the periodical of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade interned in Holland, No.42, September 1918, soft cover, 16pp; Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45, Battle for Egypt, The Summer of 1942, by Lieutenant-Colonel J.L.Scoullar, 1955, hard cover with dust jacket, 400pp, with maps and b&w photos; another in same series but The Relief of Tobruk by W.E.Murphy, 1961, hard cover, missing dust jacket,566pp, with maps and b&w photos, with General Assembly New Zealand Library stamp on cover and ticket for same group on inside and this stamped Withdrawn. Some age toning on first item's cover, dust jacket on second book damaged, some stains on front and back covers of both books, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $60
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The Bren Gun Simplified, Pocket Book and Illustrated Guide, fifth edition, soft cover, pages unnumbered but counted 11 + inside front and back cover; The Lewis Gun Simplified, A Pocket Book and Illustrated Guide, seventh edition (enlarged), soft cover, pages unnumbered but counted 19; The Vickers Gun Simplified, A Pocket Book and Illustrated Guide, third edition, soft cover, 32pp, this book and the previous two published by Roberston & Mullens Ltd, Melbourne; The Vickers Machine Gun, Mechanism Made Easy, soft cover, 35pp, fully illustrated, published by Gale & Polden Ltd, London, Aldershot and Portsmouth; Instruction Sheets for Admiralty Fleet Orders, 2040 - Guns - Stripping of Automatic Guns, 2PDR and Below, Auxiliary Craft & D.E.M.S., D.N.O. (O.) 414/41 - 30.4.1942, 3 foolscap type-printed pages. All items with foxing, the first book with loose pages, the fourth book with split cover at rear edge, some books with pencil notes or markings, the first three books stamped H.R.S.Callan and pencil dated in January 1943 and the last book with pencilled date in March 1943, otherwise very good - fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
The Legendary Spitfire Mk 1/11 1939-41, Aircraft of the Aces series, 1999 reprint by Delprado Publishers of 1996 issue by Osprey Publishing, card cover, 64pp, b&w and colour photos throughout; Medal Yearbook 2020, soft cover, 441pp and appendices A1-100, by Token Publishing Limited, medal images throughout with values. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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Australia, WWII, an original front page of the Sydney Daily Mirror dated Tuesday, August 14, 1945 with headline, 'Domei Reports Decision/Surrender/Acceptance', framed under perspex (approx 32x42cm). Age toned, some edge nicks, small tears, folds and creases and taped around edges and with a taped strip across lower area, otherwise very good and interesting.
Estimate $40
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Timor-Leste, large fold-out poster for Australian Service in East Timor 1999-2013; Australian Army leaflet for 'Peacekeeping in a Troubled World'; small USA flag on a short black pole; The Topps Company trading cards for Desert Storm (8, nos 16, 18, 33, 37, 69, 75, 85 [2]); Timor-Leste baseball cap (as new). Very fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Medal News, issues from 2001 to 2014, most monthly issues, each year stored in a Medal News hard cover binder. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (approx 150 in 14 binders)
Estimate $200
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Military trading cards, includes 1991 The Topps Company Desert Storm in original plastic case; 1991 The Topps Company Desert Storm Victory Series with stickers 36 set, unopened in original pack; 1991 Tuff Stuff Famous Battles of the Civil War 100 card set Series 1, unopened in original wrap. Uncirculated. (3 sets)
Estimate $50
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