Catalogue
Australia Training Manuals, includes Signal Training (All Arms) Pamphlet No 7 Radiotelephone Procedure, 1969; Manual of Land Warfare Part Two Signals Training Volume 1 Pamphlet No 1 Land Force Tactical Communications (All Corps), 1981; Training Information Bulletin Number 18 Laying, Recording and Marking of a Minefield, undated; Manual of Land Warfare Part One Volume 1 Pamphlet No 5 Fire Support (Provisional), 1977. Fine. (4)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australians in Action, with title page Australians in Action in New Guinea, by Signaller L.C. Reeves, photographs by Signaller H. Ellis, with introduction by Lieut. Col. Paton, published by W.C. Penfold & Co Ltd, Sydney, 1915, 97pp + ads; Riders Of Destiny, The 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance 1917-1918, An Autobiography and History, by Patrick M. Hamilton OBE, second edition 1996, hardcover with dust jacket, 189pp, b&w photos and some maps throughout, with recommendations for awards and a nominal roll; Australian Imperial Force, Staff, Regimental, and Gradation Lists Of Officers, January, 1916, official booklet, 272pp, top right hand corner marked Lt. Bond. The first with damage to cover, foxing, otherwise good, the second good very fine, the last with foxing and some damage to lower right corner of the first few pages, otherwise very good. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Morale, A Story of Australian Light Horsemen, by George Berrie, first edition 1949, 252pp, foreword by Lt.-Colonel M. F. Bruxner, D.S.O., Croix-de-Guerre, M.L.A. Some spotting on spine, minimal foxing, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $50
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 $30
Passed in
Numismatic stationery, coin albums (3, one a red Renniks penny album); stamp album. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Vintage book-style storage box, in timber (approx size 22.5x27.5x7.5cm) with catch-clip lock, front with crowned monogram of RW, inside felt lined. Wear to outside and a few digs on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Coin cards, embossed cards showing a range of coins, plus flags and conversion rates, wide range of countries, including China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and 2 different USA cards, all housed in a photo album. Very fine. (56)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Collectable cards, mostly cigarettes but some matches and small posters also; extensive world collection sorted by theme, features dozens of themes including mechanical, historical and societal, many doubles; stored mostly in bags, albums and envelopes; collection of base metal minors of various nations; small collection of communist medals from the 1970s, likely Chinese.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
F & J Smith's, Medal Album, Glasgow, 50 medals in colour. Hard cover loose otherwise fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Coin/gold scale, made in india, with weights from 1mg to 50 gram, in original case; Bicentenary celebrations facsimile collection of historic Australian coins, by Ibis Imprints, Sydney; Bronze cross NRA battalion recruit, by Elkington & Co. Ltd., in original case; Queens Prize gold medal, awarded to Greame Woolley, 800 yds C-grade, Bendigo 1992 shooting medal mounted in frame; a box of empty medal cases. Fine - FDC. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Vintage money boxes, predominantly plastic, with a few glass and ceramics included, including State Bank Big Game NSWRL team tin money boxes with covers (Bulldogs, Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles, St George (pre-Illawara), Balmain Tigers, Broncos); Sydney 2000 Olympic mascot money boxes (Olly the Kookaburra, Millie the Echidna, Syd the Platypus); 60 years of Popeye money tin; Paddington National Mutual Building Society, and many more. Some in original packaging, most loose, fine - extremely fine. (49)
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
Vintage money boxes, predominantly plastic, some tins, all bank related, including Commonwealth Bank, NAB, St. George, State Bank, Advance Bank, First National Bank, and others. Some in original packaging, most loose, fair - extremely fine. (86)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Vintage bicycle lamp, a Jos. Lucas Ltd, Birmingham, Acetyphote 317 carbide brass lantern. Aged and with oxidation, otherwise very good and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles, belt buckle in solid brass (83x56mm), 1981, by Baron Buckles. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Car Memorabilia, Mobile Racing, BMW, Peter Brock, and 3 other Mobil dealer race car drivers auto signed signature of all drivers, with frame; Craig Lowndes, Auto Barn Holden race car, 2018, hand signed photo collage, limited edition 61/500 produced, with frame and certificate of authenticity; David Renault, Penrite racing, 2018, hand signed photo collage, limited edition 4/500 produced, with frame and certificate of authenticity. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $150
Passed in
Wheels Magazines, May 1953 to August 1963, only missing a handful of issues otherwise complete. Most are dog earred, fair-fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Collection of pen knives, a wide variety of types ranging in size from 2.5cm to 12.5cm, many with mother-of-pearl covered handle and one with a bone handle, one with heavily patterned silver handle and with silver maker's marks on blade, one with rolled gold cover and a rectangular one incorporating a belt slide-on fitting and with an ivory plaque featuring a bird on the opposite side. One damaged, otherwise mostly good - very fine. (22)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Dagger, modern casting in silvered metal, double sided blade (length 16cm), with guard and silvered metal handle in the shape of a standing medieval knight, no scabbard. With pitting from casting, otherwise fine.
Estimate $30
Passed in
Knife and Fork, in white metal pocket knife format, by Singleton & Priestman, Sheffield; also a small penknife with Mother of Pearl handle and blade hallmarked for Sheffield 1909 by maker T.M (Thomas Marples). The first very fine, the second with blade worn, otherwise good. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Emergency Survival Tool, a vintage multi tool axe hammer in cast metal with timber coated metal handle. Fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Philippines, hand made knife with steel blade (length 9.5cm), with wooden handle wrapped in wire at top, bottom and middle, no guard, the scabbard is wood with a turned tip, and is also wire wrapped at top, bottom and middle, the belt fitting is carved in wood. Pitting to the crudely made blade, otherwise fine.
Estimate $30
Passed in
Daggers, both without any markings for identifying, includes small spike dagger cast in steel, no guard, with timber handle and scabbard, these both with painted decoration at the base of the handle and top and bottom of scabbard; also a small curved steel bladed knife with timber handle and no guard or scabbard. The first with heavily pitted blade and the second with damaged handle and heavily toned blade, otherwise good. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Veterinary fleam, a nineteenth century blood letting knife in brass with three steel blades, each blade stamped with details but only one legible and it reads, 'No 6/Norfolk St/Sheffield'. The blades pitted, otherwise good.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Spear Head, no identifying marks, crudely made steel spiked spear head. Very good.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Germany, vintage DGM multi-tool survival hatchet marked on one side, 'OGM/Nr./5654-87', and on the opposite side, 'Germany', with screw driver at base of handle, in a leather waist band holder with provision for a small knife on the inside. The blade with some oxidation and the leather holder well aged, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Gun cleaning kit, for .303 calibre, in rusty tin of issue; brass powder measure with long brass handle, the base of the measure stamped, 'Kynoch/.38'. Very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Airgun pellets, Black Boy airgun pellets in metal in a branded cylinder; antique gun powder refill tools (3 different). Very good - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World War II documents and posters; Japanese propaganda leaflets (3); Lusitania medal box and information poster; copy of a German propaganda poster, and a ?1 'Marks of Defeat' leaflet; documents relating to the 'Selarang Incident' 1942; dispatches relating to misconduct by Japanese POWs in an Australian POW Camp, all housed in large plastic sheets. Fine. (11 sheets)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Stationery and banknote ephermera, two sheets of watermarked and embossed letterheads c.1913 from the New South Wales Parlimant House; two blank sheets of official WWII Japanese Military stationery; a sheet of linen paper used for printing the George VI 5 shilling note. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Thornbury Cricket Club, printed invitation to attend the 1875 annual meeting, Signed by the Hon. Sec. W.C. Grace, brother of G.C. Grace, with an undated newspaper clipping on the history of the Sheffield Shield. Fine. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20