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National Crime Authority, ID and wallet badge (QC), second issue in gilt and enamel (50x68mm), no maker, three screwbacks with one screw missing. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $200
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Australia, H M Customs hat badge (KC), 2-piece construction in gilt and enamel (51x48mm), with two lugs on reverse. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
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Australian Customs, bullion hat badge (KC); uniform belt buckle (QC), c1960s, in gilt and enamel (64x47mm), by AROS, Australia; identification board issued to Detection Operation Group in dark blue plastic (62x91mm), with Customs badge (QC), imprinted in gilt and numbered 4518 . Very fine, the last scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
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Australian Customs, cap badge (QC), in gilt and enamel (35x54mm), by Brim Badges, pin-back; Australian Customs badge (QC), in gilt and enamel (37x60mm), numbered on obverse, 3084, pin-back. Blue enamel missing from number 8 on last badge, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Australian Fisheries Officer, hat badge (QC), in gilt and enamel (65x63mm), in leather ID wallet but missing ID card. Extremely fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $90
Australian Protective Service, ID badge (QC), in gilt and enamel (50x68mm), by Emblem Supply, two fold-over pins on reverse, both broken. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Australia, Police Force peaked 100 percent leather cap, size 56, plastic chinstrap, six air vents in cap, made in Sri Lanka by B.Mountcastle & Sons, Australia's Oldest Manufacturing Company. Unissued and uncirculated.
Estimate $200
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Australia, policing baseball-style caps with police patches, includes New South Wales Police (QC); N.S.W. Police Olympic Security, 2000, Sydney Airport; Roads Corporation Victoria, Transport Safety Service. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
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Police items, includes ATF Agent large embroidered patch (23.5x23.8cm); Tasmania Police obsolete rank patches (8); Queensland Water Police rank patches (6); a pair of dark blue shoulder boards each with Queen's crown woven badge; damaged H M Customs gilt and enamel badge (KC); Police high visibility vest, Class D/N AS 4602, large size. The last item with some spotting at a small part of the front and the damaged badge in need of repair, otherwise mostly very - extremely fine. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, various police buttons, rank badges and pips, a few title bars, possibly some military items and a few other miscellaneous items. Very fine - uncirculated. (approx 105)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Australia, various States shoulder patches, mostly policing related and mostly embroidered with some duplications, also an embroidered rank badge and some leather shoulder rank boards; also shoulder patches from Christmas Island and Papua New Guinea and a CFS sticker; and also black leather shoulder board rank badges (7). The sticker with a bend, otherwise unused, the rest mostly uncirculated. (22)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Police, a range of embroidered shoulder boards, a few in leather, mostly showing rank and also some rank badges including a few military and navy, also shoulder board for Hertfordshire Constabulary with metal attachments. Mostly uncirculated. (45)
Estimate $150
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Australia, various tie pins, lapel badges, title bars, a pair of cufflinks and other miniature badges, mostly in gilt or silvered metal and enamel, mostly police issues but also includes a few military related and world items. An interesting assortment, mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (approx 70)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Australia, shoulder patches, mostly policing related and mostly embroidered with some duplications, also shoulder titles and some State issues and some from Christmas Island and Norfolk Island. Mostly uncirculated. (80)
Estimate $250
SOLD $170
Australia, Police Insignia Collectors Association, tie bar in chrome and enamel; another collector's medal for the same association, in voided white metal and enamel (40mm), in plastic capsule; Commonwealth Police, tie bar in chrome and white metal; Parliamentary Security PSOR (Parliamentary Security Operations Room) lapel badge in gilt and enamel (22x30mm). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $60
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Australia, police badge related Police Insignia Collectors Association embroidered shoulder patches, also two large patches to commemorate Victoria Police Shrine Guard. Uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $100
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Christmas Island Police, hat badge (QC), in voided silvered metal and enamel (60x74mm), marked on reverse, COPY, with two lugs on reverse; also Christmas Island title bar in silvered metal, by Stokes & Sons, two lugs on reverse; C.I. (Christmas Island) button (KC), in chromed metal by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, with lug on reverse. The second with some loss of plating, otherwise very fine, the other two extremely fine, the last item extremely rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Great Britain, Metropolitan Police helmet badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (93x120mm), with three lay over pins on reverse, one broken; British Transport Police, helmet badge (QC), in silvered (91x115mm), no lugs; West Sussex Constabulary, cap badge (QC), in voided chrome and enamel (42x50mm), with two lugs on reverse. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
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Iran, Police Academy, elite officer badge in silver and enamel (35.5x47.5mm), with two clip pins on reverse. Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Norfolk Island, Customs ID badge in gilt and enamel (44.5x52mm), affixed to a leather tag with button fitting hole at top. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Palestine, Police badge (KC), in voided white metal (30x44mm), with two lugs on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Royal Papua & New Guinea Constabulary, hat badge (QC), in nickel plate and enamel (38.5x50mm) (Mira p240), by Bertram Bros., Melbourne, reverse with two suspension lugs. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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US, Naval Investigative Service, Special Agent badge in gilt (43x62mm), slide back. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $60
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USA, Border Patrol, Patrol Agent lapel badge in gilt and enamel (28x38mm), pin-back; Senate of Pennsylvania, 1937-1938, Officer lapel badge in gilt and enamel (31x32mm), pin-back; Canada, Assemblee Nationale (Legislative Assembly of Quebec) lapel badge in white metal and enamel (39x17mm), pin-back, Fabrique Au Quebec (Made in Quebec). The first and last extremely fine, the second with an enamel chip, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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USA, Department of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania, Deputy Secretary badge in gilt and enamel (34x39mm), pin-back, by S.E.Eby & Co, reverse inscribed, `S.G.Braucher'. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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USA, Department of the Air Force, MCMXLVII (1947), Office of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Special Agent badge in gilt and enamel (40x54mm), slide back fitting; another smaller version of the same badge in gilt and enamel (32x44mm), with suspension loop with form of suspension ring attached. Uncirculated; very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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USA, Department of the Air Force, Security Forces, 1948-2001, Honoring the Millennium, Security Police badge in gilt and enamel (55x84mm), numbered 290, pin-back, in relief on reverse, "Six Star Salute/to the Millennium/Honoring Those Who/Have Served", also, "Defensor Fortie - Defender of the Force", also `I am a Security Policeman. I hold allegiance/to my country, devotion to duty and personal/integrity above all./This badge is unofficial and is intended/for novelty or a collectors item.', made by G.R.Davis Ltd, Made in U.S.A., July 22, 1999. Uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
U.S.Customs, The Department of the Treasury, Special Agent badge in gilt and enamel (49x65mm), with slide fitting on reverse. Some marks on second and third letters of Special, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $120
US Department of Justice, Immigration Inspector badge in gilt and enamel (44x64mm), pin-back, reverse numbered SO40449 and the message in relief, `This Badge Conveys/No Authority/Unless Accompanied/By/Proper Credentials'; another similar Immigration Officer badge in gilt and enamel (55x76mm), numbered on obverse, 7501, slide back fitting on reverse, also the incuse message, `This Badge Is Not Valid Unless/Accompanied By Proper Credentials' and also the number, 10757. Extremely fine; uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
USA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice badge in gilt (47x67mm), pin-back, on reverse in relief, `This Badge Conveys/No Authority/Unless Accompanied/By/Proper Credentials'; also a miniature of the same badge fitted on a clip bar for use as a tie-pin, in container of issue. Extremely fine; toned good very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50