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Australia, Navy dress uniform in dark blue wool with gold braid on each sleeve to show the rank of Lieutenant, with eight gilt Navy buttons (QC), and on each shoulder is a gold embroidered 'Australia' patch, on the left breast are ribands for Vietnam Medal 1964-73, Defence Force Service Medal and South Vietnam Campaign Medal 1964-72, together with a pair of trousers, a brass buckled trouser belt and a black necktie, the label inside the jacket reads, 'Batty & McGrath/Tailored/Sydney/Australia', also in the breast pocket is a spare button and spare joined riband for the first and last riband. Good very fine. (jacket, trousers, belt & tie)
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Military helmet, a Brodie Mark I pattern WWI steel helmet with lining but no chinstrap. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Australian sun helmet, Wolsley cork and cloth hat with puggaree and attached to this is a large colour patch of black, thin dark blue stripe and maroon (very worn and colours faded), inside marked by maker, 'Manufactured By/Embelton & Co/Melbourne/Australia'. Some paint spots on outside and some broken cork in brim, needs some restoration, otherwise good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Army helmet, Australian/USA Model M1 stamped on inside, 'Cat. No. 8415.50.753.5792', Vietnam era, fully lined with intact chinstrap and the outside with full camouflage covering. The camouflage covering fine, the helmet good very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
Army helmet, Australian/USA Model M1 stamped on inside, 'Cat. No. 8415.50.753.5792', Vietnam era, written on the inside is the number, '47881', with lining and chinstrap. Chinstrap broken, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Australia Centenary, 2015 Anzac medallion (42mm); British Red Cross Society War Service Medal 1914-18; Lapel badge for Loyal Service (GVIR); RAAF sweetheart lapel badge; silver fob with 9ct gold centre piece; cigarette/cigar holders in sterling silver (2); Napoleon Brand pocket knife; USA Marine Corps medal; unfinished English copper badges (3); Boer War 100th Anniversary, 2002, medal; Kimberley Star, jewellers copy; South Africa, a group of cast metal African warriors (15mm ht); Japanese sweetheart mirror with photograph enclosed; Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th class. Good - extremely fine. (25 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Great Britain, Combat Vehicle Crewman's Helmet, by National Plastics, tan coloured, sticker inside with broad arrow states, 'Size: Large (in pencil 207128)/Nato Stock No. 8415-99-652-3860/Contract No. FVE 118/453' and below the broad arrow is pencilled, 'Sig', with liner and strapping. Much loss of paint on the outside of the helmet and the leather lining damaged and deteriorated, otherwise good.
Estimate $20
SOLD $30
Australia, Rising Sun hat badge and a pair of collar badges (all KC), and a pair of AUSTRALIA shoulder titles, all badges in oxidized bronze and with lugs, the first badge by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, the collar pair by K.G.Luke, Melbourne and the titles with no maker. Good very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Royal Navy, Mine Clearance Service badge (KC), c1920s, in white metal with brass backing plate. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, unit badges (5), one with a collar badge, noted 10th Light Horse, all QC, some title bars (6), a few metal rank badges (2), also a St John Ambulance Service medal named to A34158 Evelyn May; Great Britain, Royal Warwickshire hat badge. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (16)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Australia and British metal badges, shoulder and hat badges mostly, George V to Elizabeth II period, described on sale cards as purchased msotly from Status International. Fine - uncirculated. (approx 90)
Estimate $800
SOLD $650
Australia, Warrant Officer 2nd Class bullion embroidered crown; Lewis Gunner's badge worsted on khaki; Marksman's badge woven on khaki; another on white; another on dark blue; and another in gilt plastic; officer's pips in silvered (4) and bronze (5). Very fine - uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Australia, Royal Australian Navy, rank badges for Chief Petty Officer (6), Petty Officer Marine Technician (3), MTP3 Marine Technical Propulsion 2 Star (3, two red on black and one blue on white), Naval Airman Safety Equipment (SE) Rate, Combat Systems Operator, Electronic Technician - Communications, Stoker (3, one red and dark blue, two blue and white), Boatswains Mate (category FC), Leading Seaman (6, one red on dark blue and five blue on white), Able Seaman, also an Able Seaman Australia shoulder slide in embroidered yellow on black; an unidentified badge; also Australia titles (5 blue on white), a Marksman badge in red on black felt and a pair of Army Corporal's rank stripes in gold bullion on black; small embroidered white ensign Australian flag. A few with marks or damaged, otherwise mostly fine - extremely fine. (37)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Australia, Rank badges, a small collection of Warrant Officer's (12, all QC) and officer's pips (8), mostly embroidered but three in dress bullion; also various service riband bars (6, single, pair, trio [4], and unit citation bars (10). A few fine but mostly good very fine - uncirculated. (36)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, RAAF, ATC (Air Training Corps) slip on shoulder titles, winter issue, c1940-50s (2); RAAF/RAF small bronze button (KC); Warrant Officer crown in gilt (KC), missing lug; lead model of a WWII bomber, appears to be a Lancaster, severely damaged and bits missing (said to have been brought home from WWII so probably trench art); badge featuring crossed British and French flags in gilt and enamel, missing suspension pin and some damage to enamel; also an embroidered patch, possibly The Society of the Crossed Keys. Poor - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
Nearest Female Relative's Badge (AIF), in silver and enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back, badge number 178795, with two bars, one numbered 57294 and the other one marked, `A.J.M.'; another, in silver and enamel by Wm McLean & Co, Melb, pin-back, badge number 20287. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australia, WWII, Female Relative badge with one star, by G & E Rodd, 1940, pin-back, reverse numbered AF.7918; another with one star, by G & E Rodd, 1944, pin-back, reverse numbered AF.53899; another with one star, by G & E Rodd, 1944, pin-back, reverse numbered AF.55919. The first with resoldered lug on pin-back fitting, otherwise fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Plaster casting of Army badge, features a grave headstone type casting (approx 15.5x16.5x3.3cm) and featuring the British Pioneer Corps badge (KC), and on the reverse is written in black texta, 'May Last Regt/After World/War II./Palistine (sic) 2 ? yrs/(signed - looks like) I McKinnon Capt'. A few small chips and some dirty marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
Certificate of Discharge, a parchment document dated at Dunedin on 20 November 1913 and confirmed on 26 November 1913 for the discharge of No. 100 Gunner Thomas Fitzpatrick of Royal N.Z. Artillery having reached the age for retirement after an unblemished record of over 34 years service. Very fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
New Zealand, World War II, small b&w photograph of three soldiers marked on reverse, 'Snowy Gillespie, Captain Harry/Barnett, 2nd L/T A.B.Cottrel (sic) M.C./Fuka,/Western Desert/Egypt/Xmas Day 1941'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Royal Lancers, helmet plate in brass, with two pins on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Seventeenth Lancers, helmet plate in brass, with two screw fittings on reverse. Very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Great Britain, General Service Corps hat badge (KC) in brass; also collar badge (KC) in oxidised bronze; and another fitted to a leather wrist band; The King's Own Royal Regiment hat badge in bi-metal (slide back missing bottom half); Coldstream Guards hat badge in brass; Notts & Derby Regiment hat badge in bi-metal (missing crown and also slide back fitting); Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) hat badge (KC) in brass; RGA metal title; artillery collar badges (2 different); other damaged badges (2). Good - very fine. (12)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Great Britain, 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, 1830-55, officer's shoulder belt plate in gilt and white metal. Some hairlines and marks on back plate, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
British India, I.E.M.E. (Indian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers) officers' service dress cap badge (KC), a large version cast in gilt white metal (13.5x15cm), securing fittings on back missing, probably for fitting to a shield. Much gilt worn off, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $30
Passed in
Boxer Rebellion 1900, Military Order of the Dragon, modern jewellers copies, without ribbons. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
National Rifle Association medals, in bronze (47mm) uninscribed, (38mm) with loop mount and ribbon, inscribed on reverse 'Class H/1964'; Royal Air Force Rifle Association, award medal in silver (38mm) edge engraved 'S.R. (B) Match 1st 1937'; City of Edinburgh & Midlothian Rifle Association, Caledonian Challenge Shield, in bronze (37mm); Transvaal War 1899-1900 Peace (2); Queen Victoria Jubilee, 1897, in bronze (36mm); Army Temperance Medal, India, in silver (34mm) with loop mount and ribbon; Royal Army Temperance Association, in silver and enamel (34x47mm) with loop mount; Imperial Challenge Shield, in bronze (48mm); BSA Company's Shield, 1951 silver plaque (41x72mm) mounted on wood (74x100mm); Interstate Challenge Shield, fob in silver (20mm); Rifle club medal in bronze and enamel (29mm), inscribed on reverse '1930/2/Lt B.J.G.Palmer'; NRA lapel badge. Good very fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Military observation scope, angled at one end, side marked with King's crown above A M/REF. No 6B/110/No 136/38. Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
World War I and II, military kit bag locks, a pair of brass D shaped locking devices, one with a small padlock attached but no key. Fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Binoculars, small pair of opera style binoculars marked by maker, 'Lossl & Cie/In Wien', in small leather purse-like holder and this fits into a small khaki bag with flap and khaki cloth shoulder strap, the flap has two closing clips but both loose and one missing a stud, the inside of the flap has the penned name, 'TAIT'. The binoculars very fine, the leather purse poor and the shoulder bag very fine except for missing bits. (lot)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30