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Bankstown Soldiers Relief Committee, return from the Great War presentation medal in silver (24,5mm), with ring top suspension, reverse engraved, "G.Landers". Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $240
Tribute Medal, in bronze (27mm), ring top suspension, obverse, post office building in South Australia, reverse, "J.A.Lewis./M.M." from fellow officers/P.M.Gs. Department/S.A./in appreciation of services/in the Great War/1914-19. With damaged red, white and blue ribbon attached, toned very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Narratives Of Operations In France, 1916-17-18, prize medal in gold (9ct; 36.97g; 45mm), by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Coy Ltd, London, obverse, Rising Sun badge with Fleur de Lis below, reverse, an open laurel wreath around the engraved details, "No.3077/L/Cpl.D.Horton/1st. Bn.A.I.F". Edge nicks and surface marks, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,000
Prize Medal, in bronze (44mm), Imperial School of Instruction Zeitoun 1918, obverse inscribed, "Machine Gun Transport./Limber Driving/2nd (Prize)/Driver W. Bell". Appears to be blue tack residue on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Army Rifle Association British Armies In France, WWI, shooting medal in bronze (44mm), inscribed on reverse, "No.1 Platoon/2nd Battalion/5988/Pte Cusack.T.A./1918". Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Australia, Rising Sun hat badges (KC) in bronze and another in silvered (some repairs to reverse; Rising Sun collar badges (KC) (2), another in sterling silver by K.G.Luke, Melb, pin-back; War Widows' Guild silvered badge (23mm),Property of War Widows' Guild of Australia, by Pyramid, pin-back, number 2021; War Widows' Guild badge in cupronickel (32mm), pin-back, by Pinches, London; Returned Services League Australia badge (3-figure type) with crown overlay 92, clip-pin back, by Swann & Hudson, Vic, number N/A68090; British Forces Commonwealth Association badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, one fitted to a tie clip, and one with a pin-back, both by Pitcher, Melb. All Rising Sun badges cleaned except the silver, otherwise fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $140
SOLD $120
Royal Australian Navy, Sea Readiness Service badge, in gilt and silvered, double clip-pin back; Petty Officer with three good conduct stripes rank badge (QC) woven in gilt on black; Petty Officer badge (QC) woven in gilt on black shoulder slide; Chief Petty Officer, Underwater Medicine Rate, woven in gilt on black shoulder badge (QC); Diver badge woven in gilt on black; Australia shoulder titles woven in gilt on black (2); uniform buttons in gilt, large (8), small (4); Merchant Navy Lt Commander shoulder titles (2), woven in gilt with gilt button. Very fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $70
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N.S.W.R.S.L Bowls Section, Returned Services League, Australia, Interstate badge woven in gilt and coloured stitching (QC), on a large navy blue clip-back patch (15x16cm). Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Tasmania Police, helmet plate (KC), c1911-45, in gilt (94x84mm), reverse with three suspension lugs. Centrepiece has been re-soldered at reverse and base has been trimmed to fit helmet, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
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Canada, various hat and cap badges (29); brass belt buckle for Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; slide belt buckles for Canada Commissionaires Corps (2); cloth shoulder slides for (Canada) Commissionaires (3); army cloth arm fitting featuring 49th The Loyal Edmonton Regt Canada and a Corporal's stripe. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (36)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
France, Gendarmerie Champagne Regional Command unit badge affixed to a leather fob; another Gendarmerie Aquitaine Region unit badge affixed to a leather fob. Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
France, WWI, Adrian M15 Infantry combat steel helmet, badge missing, with brown leather liner and. Wear to leather lining, much paint missing from the steel and these areas with oxidation, otherwise very good and an intact souvenir of the Great War.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Great Britain, cap badges, Royal Armoured Corps in cupro-nickel (KC); 5th Dragoons in cupro-nickel and brass (QC); Manchester Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass; Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass (KC), (slider broken); The Welsh Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass; Gloucestershire Regiment in cupro-nickel; Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry in cupro-nickel, (missing slider); Northamptonshire Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass (missing suspension); Durham Light Infantry in cupro-nickel (KC); Scottish Gordon Highlanders Regiment officer service dress collar badge in bronze; Gordon Highlanders shoulder title in brass. Very fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $140
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Great Britain, cap badges, The King's Royal Rifle Corps in blackened brass (KC); The Rifle Brigade in cupro-nickel (KC); British West Yorkshire Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass (break at horse's legs needs repair); The Royal Sussex Regiment in cupro-nickel and brass; Royal Tank Regiment in cupro-nickel (KC); British Army Reconnaissance Corps in cupro-nickel; Army Educational Corps (2, one in brass, the other in darkened brass); Royal Armoured Corps (3, two in cupro-nickel and one in plastic), all KC; 7th Cameronians Scottish Rifles fob badge in silver, with ring top suspension; also Air Training Corps lapel badge in cupro-nickel. One fine, the rest very fine - good very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
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WWII Royal Armoured Corps, black wool beret by Supak Manufacturing Co Ltd, with British War Department mark 7 with an upright arrow over the top, and fitted at the side is a Royal Armoured Corps hat badge (KC) in plastic by A Stanley & Sons, Walsall, attributed to I.C.Dunlop; WWII Identification Tag in metal, marked on one side, "Ian C.Dunlop/25/Bowers Way/Harpenden" and on the reverse, "DEFA.157.6", with short chain; dog tags in fibre compound (3), marked "14480543/CS/I/Dunlop" (one missing I) . Beret with moth holes, otherwise fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
British Army, cloth or embroidered badges, includes crown (KC) sleeve badges (4); Wireless Operator's badges (2); 4th Armoured Brigade formation badges (5, two with "desert rat" right facing and three left facing); Royal Armoured Corps shoulder titles (7); WWII British Royal Armoured Corps Arm of Service stripes (2); Royal Tank Regiment Armoured Corps cloth formation sign patches (2). Fine - very fine. (22)
Estimate $50
SOLD $170
USA, airborne badges, 82nd Airborne shoulder patch, rocker and Combat Infantry badge ASA(Army Security Agency) unit beret flash with senior jump wings and shoulder patch, basic Vietnamese jump wings(belonged to a former active service member). Also 1945 victory tin(South Africa) with uniform buttons, Australian Boer War medalets(C.1900/7)(C.1899.00/3) Rhodesia Independence Medal in bronze 1965, South Africa coronation bronze medal 1937. Fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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World, includes Australia, Vietnam Moratorium badge, pin-back; Great Britain, ratings tally band marked, "H.M.S"; also a London coat-of-arms embroidered souvenir badge with some gold braid; Netherlands, ratings tally band marked, "KONINKLIJKE MARINE" (Royal Netherlands Navy); United States of America, US Navy Ordnance Battalion Striker white on black patch; US Navy Gun Captain Striker dress white patch; also eagle badge emblem of the German Empire (used 1935-45), with Third Reich symbol removed, missing one suspension lug. Poor - very fine. (7)
Estimate $50
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Military buttons, in metal, various sizes and various British units but mostly artillery and mostly WWI and mostly attributed to Capt H.R.Dunlop, also noted five WWII issues attributed to his son, Ian Craig Dunlop, and noted three German Army WWI buttons and another plain metal issue possibly from an American Civil War uniform. Packaged in groups with identification, fine - very fine. (35)
Estimate $70
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British Army accessories and equipment, includes leather folio with belt suspension, marked on the top right on back is the faded name in ink, 'H.R.Dunlop"; British Army officer's door nameplate in painted brass with name, "H.R.DUNLOP/4th LOW. (HOW.) BGd. R.F.A." (lugs on reverse removed); WWI Field Officer's sword knot in leather (leather strap broken); officer's compass by "F.Barker & Son, London, 1917", (glass cover broken), with defence broadarrow on reverse, scratched on reverse is the name, "H.R.Dunlop Capt. R.F.A" and also on the top side, "H.R.Dunlop R.F.A", in leather holder by "French & Son/London/1917", with attached leather shoulder strap; WWI lanyard possibly for attachment to a whistle; another lanyard but very worn; various belts and leather straps, possibly horse tack, and various boot/shoe laces; all of the above are mostly attributed to Capt H.R.Dunlop. Poor - fine. (lot)
Estimate $100
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Mark V Military Pocket Watch, by Omega, black dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, marked, "30 Hours/Non-Luminous/Mark V" and "B.K. 4482", reverse with broadarrow beneath an underlined A. Not in working order, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Vintage black cupro-nickel whistle by Amor, Sydney, with attached woven leather cord; Rising Sun collar badges in bronze (2), one lug back and the other pin-back; Australia should title in voided bronze; RAAF officer' crown (KC) and eagle cap badge in bronze, with backing plate; VAD Australia shoulder badge in voided white metal, lug back; Australian Army Medical Women's Service badge in gilt and enamel, pin-back, by Perfection, Sydney; b&w photo of Army ladies; negative that appears to feature men and women soldiers. Fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
British Army Officer's crop/whips, with hand carved bone handles, two in cane (55cm and 43cm), both with leather thongs intact, the longer one marked on the upper silver bracket "Geo. Schomberg. Maker. Brompton Rd. S.W" and this bracket with silver mark by William Bullock (1909-1910) and one in timber (68cm), missing leather thong, this engraved on the silver fitting at the top, "Andrew Dunlop/26th April, 1892", the silver maker's mark on the fitting is aged and difficult to read. Fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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British WWI Military Swan Neck Spurs, in nickel; military spur boot hooks in metal with timber handles; also leather loop with eyelets, possibly for boot spurs; another leather strap with buckle, possibly for boot spurs. Oxidation on the two first sets, particularly the spur boot hooks, otherwise very good. (2 pairs + 2)
Estimate $100
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Powder flask, for rifle, in brass, probably pre WWI. With dents and oxidation, otherwise very good.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
WWII Bayonet, by Sanderson, inscribed on one side of blade, "H.R.Dunlop D.Section 1940", missing scabbard; also a sword with decorated blade (approx 81.5cm) and with markings of George VI and Royal Artillery, in leather covered scabbard and attached to a leather Army service belt, both bayonet and sword attributed to Capt H.R.Dunlop. Leather aged and deteriorated, sword handle with some oxidation and some markings on blade, otherwise bayonet and sword fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
WWI War Souvenir, Lutz Weiss silver cigarette case with intricate floral pattern and in the centre of the lid is the Ottoman Arms, inside is inscribed, "10.1.19/H.R.Dunlop". Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $440
Miscellaneous WWII militaria, includes a small packet of Japanese cigarettes; a metal container filled with matches; a small pair of scissors; a very small compass with some damage; an Australian Army enameled pin-back colour patch badge for 2 Battalion; an unidentified cloth colour patch; Japanese bullets (9) and empty cartridges (2); odd Japanese wartime souvenirs (4); pamphlet with Japanese print; pamphlets printed in Indonesian (2) (all pamphlets with English translation); together with a note that reads, "From/F/L H W J McDonald 271010/Group 544/RAAF Pacific/Souvenirs/Jap pamphlets/"safe" Jap cartridges/etc", all stored in a damaged box marked, "48/Cartridges/S.A. Ball/.303 Inch/4 Dec 1940/VII". Poor - fine. (24)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
British nose cone fuse, (detonated), probably WWI, with markings 1/15; 87; No 80 V; EOC; WWI German detonated nose cone fuse with timer set to 72 seconds and marked K.Z.11.I.G(?) Sb16 and 13 5 2; WWI detonated nose cone fuse with timer, marked R upright arrow L and 302 and P 143; WWII tail fin from a German incendiary bomb found at London/Harpenden vicinity. Good - very good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
WWII, wreckage from aircraft, probably crashed aircraft or bombs includes a piece of an incendiary bomb that was dropped on Buckinghamshire in about 1940 with label written by I.C.Dunlop, also a US identity plate impressed with the details, "Cannon With/Projectile and image of a bomb above U.S." and two 0.380 revolver Mark 2 spent bullet shells. Poor - good. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40