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Returned From Active Service badge (AIF), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 141430. Cleaned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Returned From Active Service badge (AIF), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 131556. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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Australia, WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF), in silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb (2), pin-backed (one missing pin), one numbered 34897, the other 117789, no bars; WWI Returned from Active Service badge, reverse numbered 65340 (very worn); WWII Returned from Active Service badge, by Sheridan, Perth, numbered 20220; WWII General Service badge, by Amor, Sydney, reverse numbered A31752; Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia, large 2-figure type badge, by Simes, Sydney, reverse numbered Z10531; medalets for Good Luck Attend Australian Contingent, 1899-1900 (dark toned) and Peace 1919, also 5/- tinnie for Australian Air League and WWI Mothers' and Widows' badge, ribbon only, missing top and bottom bars. Poor - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Australia, WWI Nearest Female Relative's badge (RAN), By Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered 521. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Mothers' and Widows' Ribbon WWI, missing star, numbered 6158 on back of brooch bar. Very fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $150
Australia, WWII, Mother and Widows badge by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin back, numbered A8743, with bar and one star. Good very fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $160
Australia, WWII, Female Relative badge with one star, by Angus & Coote, 1942, pin-back with safety chain, reverse numbered A158640. Toned very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
WWI, On War Service, H.M.N.Z. Transports lapel badge in brass (26mm), by C.M.Bay, with lapel button on back. Very fine.
Estimate $60
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Australia, WWI, Voluntary Ballot A.I.F. badge in bronze (28x33mm), by Angus & Coote Ld, Sydney, with B in blue enamel, pin-back but securing lug missing, reverse with impressed number 135. Toned very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia, War Worker, Navvies & Labourers, badge in bronze (38mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, lug back, reverse with impressed number 1960. Toned good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Australia, Merchant Service War badge in voided gilt (35x35mm), by Stokes & Sons, lug back, reverse with impressed number 3123. Some dark toning, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Australia, Silver War badge, pin missing and number removed from back; Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), lug back, number removed from back; Volunteered Medically Unfit badge, lug back, reverse numbered 22496; Nearest Female Relatives' badge AIF, pin-back, reverse numbered 186302; Female Relative badge WWII, with one star, pin-back, reverse numbered 60543; Returned Soldiers Association badge WWI, lug back, number removed from back. Most heavily toned, otherwise fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
World War I, identity disc in aluminium, Br.Gen.W.H.Dobbie C.E. G.O.C. 17 Infty Brigade. Fine.
Estimate $150
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In Memory of Gallipoli, Comforts Fund badge in gold and enamel (9ct; 5.75g; 23mm), by Amor, pin-back with safety chain fitting, missing pin and chain, reverse inscribed, L.F.C.'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
WWI, Jack's Day Patriotic badge, voided in gilt and enamel (31mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back, features design of bulldog with Union Jack behind and ensigned with a King's crown, at sides a kangaroo and emu and below a beaver and elephant, around the bottom, 'What We Have We'll Hold'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Sailors & Soldiers Fathers Assoc(iatio)n of Vict(oria), lapel badge in silver and enamel (25x28.5mm), by P.J.King, with button lug, reverse numbered 2991 and inscribed, 'F.J.Buckland'; also Sailors Soldiers Airmens Fathers Assoc(iatio)n, Womens Auxiliary, badge in silvered and enamel (25x30mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back. Good very fine; nearly very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, various war service association badges, noted Limbless Soldiers Assoc. Eye Section; NSW Limbless Soldiers Association; Australian Legion of Ex-Service Clubs, Eastern Suburbs; NSW Railway & Tramway Returned Sailors & Soldiers Assoc; Q Incapacitated & Wounded Sailors & Soldiers Assn; British Ex-Service Association N.S.W.; Partially Blinded Soldiers Assocn; Returned Maimed & Limbless Mens Assn WA; Tramway Sailors & Soldiers Assoc; various other badges and devices (approx 22), mostly related to war service. A few with number removed from back and a few with lug or pin missing, otherwise mostly fine - very fine. (approx 31)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
A.R.P (Air Raid Precautions), Warden's lapel badge, hallmarked for London 1936 by maker R.J (Royal Mint with initials of Sir Robert Johnson, Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint from 1922 to 1938), with button lug. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
The Navy League, a steel stamping die for the badge (23mm), mounted on a small timber block (approx 25mm square). Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Davison Nile Medal 1798, in gilt bronze (46mm) (BHM 447; Eimer 890), as issued to Petty Officers, in framed holder with suspension and ribbon with sterling silver brooch bar suspender, the case has plastic cover on one side and the plastic cover on the other side is missing. Clip case clasp not working on reverse, otherwise with hairlines and extremely fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $950
Davison Nile Medal 1798, in bronze (47mm) (BHM 447; Eimer 890), as issued to Other Ranks, edge impressed, 'A Tribute of Regard. From Alexr Davison Esqr. St. James's Square'. A few surface marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $460
Davison Nile Medal 1798, in bronze (47mm) (BHM 447; Eimer 890), as issued to Other Ranks, edge impressed, 'A Tribute of Regard. From Alexr Davison Esqr. St. James's Square'. Uneven dark toning and some surface marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $270
South Australian Volunteers Marksmans Medal, 1860, in silver (32mm) with no suspension, inscribed on reverse 'Private/W.P.Dunk/Marksman/1860' and around edge 'Milang Rifle Company'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Shooting Medal, in silver (38mm), with pin-back (securing lug broken), reverse inscribed, 'Private/R. Blunt,/Marksman/1860.' Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Marquis De Leuville Medal, H.M.S. Calliope - Captain H.C.Kane, Samoa hurricane admiration medal, (1889) (M.H.642), in silver plated copper (30mm), obverse, Marquis De Leuville arms, reverse, 'British Seamanship/And/Captain H.C.Kane/Of/H.M.S.Calliope/From An Admirer/The Marquis De Leuville'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
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6th A.I.Regt, 1st Btn, S.Africa 1899-02, issued 30.6.12, fob medal in voided gilt and enamel (24mm), by Bridgland & King, ring top suspension; also New Zealand Regiment, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, missing suspension pin. The last with heavy oxidation, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $160
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 $280
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No.1 Metropolitan District Rifle Association, prize medal in voided silver (28mm), by A.J.Parkes, with ring top suspension, the reverse inscribed in the centre, ("C"/Grade/1914), and around the outside, Central Rifle Club. No.3 Team/R.Rowton.; another identical prize medal but with gold cover on central shield, reverse inscribed in the centre, Won by/R.Rownton, and around the outside, Central Rifle Club/Premiers 1915. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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HMAS Tingira prize fobs, includes gold fob (9ct; 3.41g; 30x30mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'H.M.A.S.Tingira/Wrestling/Bantam Weight/A.J.Cumberland/Winner 2.12.19.'; voided silver fob with gold centrepiece (tot wt 7.21g; 28x31mm), the centrepiece inscribed, 'ATC', ring top suspension, hallmarked for Birmingham 1919 by maker 'HB&S' (Herbert Bushell & Son Ltd), reverse inscribed, 'H.M.A.S. Tingira./Wrestling Championship/Middle Wt/Runner up/A.T. (sic should be J) Cumberland./20.9.20'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $400
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Southern Queensland Rifle Association Medal, in silver (26.5mm), with ring and scroll top suspender, reverse inscribed, 'Won by/L.O.R.Hinder/Cunnamulla/1932-1933'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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