Catalogue
Great Britain, Pattern 1875 sawback bayonet for Martini Henry rifle, steel blade with short fuller both sides, the ricasso stamped with a king's head, steel guard stamped M61, metal and plastic handle, with leather scabbard with metal tip and top, with metal frog. Fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $800
Great Britain, socket bayonet with steel blade marked on the ricasso with broad arrow and 5/85 and also 3628, no scabbard. The blade dark toned and the whole unit with pitting, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
British, 1888 Pattern Lee Metford style bayonet, Mark I Type II, steel blade and guard and timber and steel handle, the ricasso stamped 1903, no scabbard. Very good.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Great Britain, Lee Metford steel bayonet, the ricasso stamped on one side '3?00/Wilkinson, London' and on the opposite side, 'broad arrow/crown/3/W', with metal guard and timber and metal handle, the timber stamped on both sides with hard to read details, looks like a crown over 49, no scabbard, also inscribed on the blade is a name, 'D.Ea????kel', possibly a soldier. Scratches on blade and oxidation to all metal, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
British, No.9 Mk1 steel bayonet marked P 1949, with fuller both sides, with scabbard with leather and metal ends and metal frog, the bayonet fitted to a long timber and metal handle marked MHR broadarrow 1945. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
WWII, Japanese soldier's katana, leather handle and scabbard with brass fittings, with a voided brass tsuba (guard) and this double stamped on the underside, 'HMR' (see note), no stamping under the handle on the tang, the blade has been honed and is very sharp, with a length of cord for wearing on a belt. A few tiny chips on the sharp edge of the sword, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Middle Eastern, 19th century steel battle axe with decorated mounting on a hardwood shaft (approx 76cm long). Fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Nepal, Gurkha kukri (or Khukuri in Nepali) knife with horn and brass handle in leather scabbard with brass tip, fitted to the scabbard is a badge comprising Ashoka lion, wheel with motto and crossed kukri knives, fitted in scabbard behind the handle of the kukri are three smaller knives, the large knife with ordnance stamp F68 on ricasso, the scabbard with a leather belt fitting. Some spotting on the blades and toned, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Netherlands, a scarce Dutch KNIL cavalry steel bayonet, with steel guard with curved quillon, timber and steel handle, various markings but illegible due to wear except on the pommel is stamped 'CAV.', no scabbard. Metal parts with pitting, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Portugal, Steyr model 1886 Kropatschek rifle bayonet, steel blade with fuller on both sides, metal guard stamped KK704, timber and metal handle, with steel scabbard and frog. Some oxidation, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Prussia, 1855 Pattern Imperial Prussian Infantry Pioneer's short sword with steel blade, this marked on the ricasso with the mark of the crown on one side and on the other side with the initials, 'P.D.I.', with brass guard marked on one side, '28.A.1.26.' and with grooved brass handle, no scabbard. A few small chips to blade and some digs on guard and handle, otherwise fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Russia, steel socket bayonet Model 1891 Second Pattern for Mosin-Nagant infantry rifle, marked on side, 2456 1. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Siam, re-badged in 1919 British Pattern 1907 steel bayonet with fuller on both sides, with steel guard and wood and steel handle, also steel scabbard with frog, with tiger head and Siamese symbols on ricasso for use by the 'Wild Tiger Corps', royal bodyguard of Vajiravudh, King Rama VI (reigned 1910-1925). Oxidation and some dents in scabbard, otherwise very good - fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Switzerland, Model 1918 steel bayonet with fuller on both sides, the ricasso stamped by maker, Waffenfabrik Neuhausen, with metal guard stamped 353128 on one side, with timber and metal handle, with steel scabbard. All metal heavily toned except the blade, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
USA, steel bayonet for Remington rolling block rifle, yatagan steel blade with fuller both sides, steel guard with curved quillon and brass and steel handle, no scabbard. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
WWII, machete, ricasso stamped on both sides, 'Legitimus/Collins & Co/Made in USA/No 1250/1940', with black plastic handle, in military khaki scabbard. Chipping to handle and a small piece missing at end, the scabbard well worn, otherwise very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Socket Bayonet, no identifying marks, with steel blade and some illegible impressed numbers. Surface pitting, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Dress Dagger, no identifying marks, with polished steel blade with fuller on both sides, the ricasso numbered 3992, with brass decorated guard and bone wrapped and brass decorated handle, with black leather scabbard with brass decorated top and bottom and with two suspension rings at top. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
WWII, Australian Army axe, one side with Australian Department of Defence broadarrow, with timber handle. Well used with many marks on blade fitting, very good.
Estimate $90
SOLD $90
WWII, military flogger comprising a length of blackened stiff leather cut into nine stiff strips attached to a timber handle, this marked with 7 on one side and an upright defence arrow on the opposing side. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Research documents and photos, compiled over many years by military historian and antique dealer, the late Len Barton, a massive volume of documents, noted a very large amount relating to Australians in the Waikato War in New Zealand, also research on the area of Windsor in outer Sydney and its contribution to the military forces as well as numerous other military research papers and other research into non-military related items such as a large volume of typed papers relating to a commentary of Alexander Brodie Spark's surviving manuscript letter-books, diaries and other papers outlining the life and times of Spark who was born in Scotland in 1792 and died in Sydney in 1856 including his rise to riches and leadership in Sydney and his later downfall. In one very large 45 litre plastic container and one small box, fine - very fine. (lot)
Estimate $350
Passed in
Boer War, very large laminated b&w medal roll charts (2), one features NSW Mounted Rifles with names and list of engagements and skirmishes as well as remarks e.g. wounded, invalided or killed; another similar for NSW Regt. of Lancers; large coloured chart of Decorations and Medals awarded to Australians as published in the Sunday Mail in Queensland for Anzac Day 2014; another large coloured chart of Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded to Canadians and illustrated in the Sequence of Order of Wear. Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $70
Passed in
When The Empire Calls, New Patriotic Song dedicated to the Members of the Colonial Contingents in South Africa, Tenth Edition, words by Hugh Macdonald, M.L.A. and music by Alfred Hill, with signature of Alfred Hill beside his printed name, large document (27.5x36.5cm), with coloured soft cover, 5 pages, copyright to W.H.Paling & Co Ltd, Sydney, Brisbane and Newcastle. Front cover loose, with foxing on front and back cover and spotting on other pages as well as some edge nicks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Welcome Home and Thank You certificate, issued by The Camperdown Soldiers & Sailors' Welcome Home Association to James Scanlan, dated 26th Septr 1918 and signed by David Gilpin, President (former Mayor of Camperdown and later Mayor of Sydney) and the Hon Secretary, an illustrated and coloured certificate (24.5x30.5cm). Paper splits and loss of paper at edge as well as a small hole and age toning, the body of the certificate with age toning and other stains and marks, otherwise very good.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Australia, photographic postcards and other cards, some embroidered, most military related, WWI period, also noted a small card size plastic fan shape with floral decoration. Most items with foxing, otherwise very good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Certificate of Appreciation, The Call to Arms presented to Frank Miller by the Council of the Municipality of Newtown, signed on 7 December 1946 by the Mayor, W.F Bodkin and the Town Clerk, R.P.Hitchen, the illustrated and coloured certificate printed on cardboard (approx 30x42.5cm) and suitable for framing. Foxing around the unprinted outer edge, some very small foxing spots, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
World War II, a selection of photographs and an allied coloured cartoon page with six separate sections all relating to the 1939-45 war in the Pacific against the Japanese, this page used as an air-drop propaganda leaflet in New Guinea in 1943 and with all text in Japanese suggesting to the Japanese forces that they face humiliation, disease, death by drowning or bombardment and it implies that no good reason exists for a continuation of the war, and as well as the cartoon sheet there are photographs that show a Japanese officer being dragged from a culvert on Leyte Island, three photos show General Hatazo Adachi and other officers surrendering at Wewak, PNG, another photo shows Japanese in the act of surrendering being watched over by armed allied soldiers and another photo with descriptive text on the back shows the aftermath of a US Marine force battle with the Japanese in the Gilbert Islands with bodies strewn along the beach at Tarawa in November 1943 (5,700 Japanese soldiers were killed). Folds and foxing on the cartoon sheet, overall very good - fine, an interesting lot. (8 items)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
WWI Souvenir of Cairo 24 Postcard, booklet containing 24 b&w postcards; also Nominal Roll of the Overseas Contingents for the Coronation 1911, first edition, 1978, soft cover, 34pp, includes Naval, Military, Commonwealth Countries as well as Australian Cadet Contingent. The first front and back cover frayed and some postcards with foxing, otherwise intact and fine, the second good very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Daryl Lindsay's "Digger" Book, published 1919 at The Sun Art Studios, Melbourne with introduction by C.E.W.Bean, features 14 large coloured drawings of WWI soldiers and scenes by Daryl Lindsay, soft cover (approx 25x38cm), with cord binding. Foxing and some rough edges on cover, otherwise fine - very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Queenslanders Who Fought In The Great War, by Owen Wildman, published by Besley & Pike Ltd, Brisbane, 1919 (never reprinted), hardcover, 273pp, with b&w portraits and biographies of Queensland soldiers who served in the AIF, cover page with name, Mrs Margaret Black, written at the bottom right corner. Cover with some damage and a little loose, transparent page on title page damaged, foxing throughout but does not appear to have affected the photos, otherwise very good and very scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280