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Royal Exchange Assurance, badge in silver and enamel (24x38mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1942 by maker 'HCF Ld (H.C.Freeman Ltd), pin-back, obverse Queen Victoria Crown over Royal Exchange Building with R.E.A.1720 bar below (50 years since rebuild in 1670), reverse in relief, 'From The/R.E.A/To/ engraved 'I - M'/A Souvenir/Of/Good Services/Rendered/In/Time Of War'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $55
SOLD $70
The Church Benefit Society, medal in oxidised bronze, with pin-back suspender 'The Church Benefit Society', obverse, Founded 1878, plain reverse inscribed, 'Medal of Honour/1958./Sister./Dorothy Williams.'; Salvation Army Nurses Fellowship, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, pin-back. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Badges, all with enamel finish, includes HW Century Run; V.A.C.U (Victorian Amateur Cycling Union) Century Run 1941; St George Amateur Cycling Club; Wagga Aust Rules Football Club; Arnotts Bowling Club; C.Q.R.A (Central Queensland Racing Assoc) T (Trainer) 1927-28 (some loss of enamel); I.O.R Queensland; shipping line related, includes Sea Princess; Iberia; Oriana; Uganda; ribbon suspension bars for Nat:Agric:Brisbane 1910; Nat.Assoc.Brisbane 1912; National Association 1913; also Great Britain, Butlin's Re-union Royal Albert Hall 1948. Fine - good very fine. (15)
Estimate $110
SOLD $220
Badges, mostly with enamel, includes Olympic Tyres 15 Year Service in gold and chrome (9ct; tot wt 1.33g), missing one pin; 5AD - 5PI badge in gilt (see note); 2BH 5 Milers Club; Kipling 5DN Boys Club; Tristrams Young Queenslanders Club 4BK-AK Member; N.S.W. LGU (Ladies Golf Union) in silver and enamel; The Hobbies League; Nestle's Car Club; Ford Powered by Chevrolet; Dunlop Road Race. The last badge with loss of enamel, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Badges, mostly in gilt and enamel with pin-backs, includes N.S.W. R.I.B.A. (Railways Institute Bowling Association).; Railways Institute Bowling Club, Goulburn; N.S.W. Railways Institute B.C. (Bowling Club) Dubbo; North Ipswich Bowls Club, Silver Jubilee 1980; Fruit Industry Bowlers; 100 Club Social Bowling Club, Vice President; Fire Brigade Social Bowls; Q.R.I.S.B.C. (Queensland Railways Institute Social Bowling Club) 40th Anniversary 1988; Railway Institute Bowling Club Taree; Balonne St G BMD Dist. B (Bowling) Assn Councillor badge; Tattersalls Racing Club 86-87; also Oxley Golf Club tie bar in silver and enamel; AGMA (Australian Gymnastics and Martial Arts) Australian (Figure Skating) Championships, Sydney 1969 with Display suspender. Very fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Club Badges, includes football clubs namely, Western Suburbs Newcastle Leagues Club 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979; Queanbeyan Leagues Club 1975, 1977, 1979; South Adelaide Footballers Club 1971-72; West Gambier Football Club, Life Member; North Sydney Leagues Club 1968; Penrith Rugby League Club Ltd 1980; also Palm Beach Currumbin Sports Club 1985, 1986; and lapel badge for Essendon and another large Supporter badge for Essendon; also VFL Park Season 1978 badge in brass. Mostly fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Soldiers, Medical and Fire Brigade Badges, in various metals and enamel, includes Blinded Soldiers Bowling Club Victoria; Queensland Civil Defence Welfare Service; Ravenshoe Memorial B.C. 1939-45; ACF War Chest 1918; Rising Sun gilt sweetheart badge; NSWR First Aid Corps; V.R.A.C. Victorian Railways Ambulance Corps) 1925; Victorian Railways Ambulance For Efficiency; QATB Centre Committee; Victorian Fire Brigades Ladies Auxiliary; also France-Libre (French Liberation WWII) badge in brass. Very fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Union Badges, a few in silvered but mostly in gilt and enamel with pin-backs and some with ring top suspension, includes A.L.P. Unity of Labor is the Hope of the World; S.A. Builders & Contractors Assoc 1938; Australian Society of Carpenters & Joiners; The Institution of Engineers Australia; Victorian Farmers Union; Fed Gas Employees Industrial Union 1911; The Federated House & Ship Painters & Decorators Employees Association of Australia; Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen; Federated Storemen & Packers Union of Aus; Australian Railways Union 1921; Tasmanian Railways Institute; also a tie-bar in gilt and enamel for Australian Jewellers Association. Very fine - good very fine. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Badges, all with enamel finish, includes Far West Children 5/- donation pin; McWhirters' Young (dog) Companions; Nambour & District Patriotic Fund 1941; NSW Gould League of Bird Lovers 1964 (some loss of enamel); QIF (Queensland Industry Fair) Fair Manager; Warana (Queensland) Festival. Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Railway Steam Engine and Diesel Trains, tie bars (7) and pin-bars (2), seven in gilt and enamel and three in silvered and enamel, also a Railway Crossing lapel badge in chrome and enamel. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Union Steam Ship Co, (USS Co) officer's hat badge, 1930's-40's, in gilt, enamel and bullion thread; another for SCA Co, officer's hat badge in gilt, enamel and bullion thread. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Royal Easter Show badges, includes issues for Sydney Royal Easter Show 2005 in silver; another identical but 2008; another identical for Supporter 2007 (3, gold, silver & bronze); another identical for Supporter 2009 (3, in gold, silver and bronze); another identical for Supporter 2010 (2, silver & bronze); The Great Australian Muster (3, gold, silver & bronze); The Great Australian Muster 2001 (2, gold and silver); The Great Australian Muster Supporter 2001 in bronze; another identical but 2003; The Great Australian Muster Volunteer 2002 in silver; The Great Australian Muster Olympic Park 2000 in silver; He's Back The Man From Snowy River in gold; He's Back The Man From Snowy River Supporter 2004 (3, gold, silver & bronze). Uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Commonwealth Car Transport, (47x30mm) no maker shown. Small piece of enamel missing and missing one lug, otherwise very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
New South Wales, S.T.A. (State Transit Authority), Chargeman badge (KC), in chrome and enamel (52x46mm), with two lugs on reverse; another but Shed Supervisor badge in chrome and enamel (55x33mm), by AION, pin-back, hand etched on back, 92; another S.T.A. Driver Training Instructor badge in gilt and enamel (55x33mm), by AION, pin-back. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
(Australia), Department of Civil Aviation badge (KC), in gilt and enamel (35x61mm), by Stokes, Melb, with two screwbacks but missing nuts; Department of Aviation badge in chrome and enamel (41x50mm), with two lugs on reverse. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Aviation And Maritime Search And Rescue, 15 Years, 1997-2012, badge in gilt and enamel (49x51mm), by L Pins R Us, with two clip-pins on reverse. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
(NSW), M.S.B (Maritime Service Board) hat badge (QC), in gilt and enamel (52x55mm), missing lugs; (Victoria), T.R.B. (Transport Regulation Board), Driver Metropolitan hat badge in chrome and enamel (39x40mm), numbered on obverse, 23570, maker's name, Stokes, on reverse is almost unreadable, with two lugs on reverse. Uncirculated; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
N.S.W., R.S.P.C.A Inspector badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (58x67mm), numbered on reverse, 048, with three screwbacks, one missing and the other two missing nuts. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
Passed in
New South Wales Fire Brigades, hat badge in chrome and enamel (50x60mm), by Amor, Sydney, with two lugs on reverse; another but different format, hat badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (50x79mm), with two lugs on reverse; also A.C.T. Fire Brigade, hat badge in cupronickel and enamel (51x61mm), with two lugs on reverse. Nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
New South Wales Fire Brigades, hat badge in chrome and enamel (50x60mm), by Amor, Sydney, with two lugs on reverse (one damaged); another but different design, hat badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (50x79mm), by Millers, Sydney, with two lugs on reverse; Fire Officer N.S.W. Health badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (63x65mm) with three screw fittings on reverse. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
New South Wales Fire Brigades, hat badge in cupronickel and enamel (50x60mm), by Amor, Sydney, two lugs on reverse; Australia, Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting badge in chrome and enamel (39x53mm), two lugs on reverse; Fire Officer N.S.W. Health badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (63x65mm) with three screw fittings on reverse; another identical but sized (49x50mm), no lugs on reverse but a 3M electronics sticker. Extremely fine; the second with some chrome missing on reverse, otherwise extremely fine; the last two uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
NSW Fire Brigades, vintage hat badges in voided brass (43x38mm). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
N.S.W. Bush Fire Brigades, Fire Control Officer badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (56x67mm), with two lugs on reverse; N.S.W. Rural Fire Service, badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (52x60mm), with two lugs on reverse. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $110
N.S.W. Health, Fire Officer badge (QC), in chrome and enamel (62x65mm), with two lugs on reverse; another different style, Fire Officer badge (QC), in cupronickel and enamel (59x62mm), by Hunter Badges, with three screw fittings on reverse. Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Victoria, Ambulance Service badge in gilt and enamel (46x45.5mm), by Stokes, Melb, with two lugs on reverse; Victoria, Local Government badge in chrome and enamel (53x52mm), with two lugs on reverse. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Victoria, State Emergency Service badge (QC), in chrome and enamel, with two lugs on reverse. Uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Melbourne, Metropolitan Fire Brigade badge in chrome and enamel (62x76mm) (2), one with number 1102 on a fitted disc on reverse, and with two lugs but both missing, the other with maker's name on reverse but hard to read, also with two lugs on reverse; another Metropolitan Fire Brigade badge in voided chrome and enamel (47x45mm), by Stokes, with two lugs on reverse. The first with glue remnants on reverse, otherwise very fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Queensland Fire Service, Brisbane, hat badge in chrome and enamel (62x61mm), by A.J.Parkes, two lugs on reverse. Enamel chip, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
South Australia, St John Ambulance hat badge in silvered and enamel (63x47mm), by A.J.Parkes, with two lugs on reverse; South Australian Railways Ambulance badge in gilt and enamel (35.5mm), by Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd, Melbourne, pin-back; another identical badge but in silvered and enamel (36mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back; S.A. Metropolitan Fire Service, hat badge in silvered and enamel (59x60mm), with two lugs on reverse. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Municipal Tramways Trust, Adelaide, cap badge in chrome and enamel (64x47.5mm), voided number 869, by Stokes, with two lugs on reverse. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $50