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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
WWII Hawker Hurricane, machine gun cartridge case and parts from an aircraft that crashed in Spean Woods, Buckinghamshire in 1940, with labels made by I.C.Dunlop who collected the items. Good. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
WWII items recovered from air crashes in Britain and other ordnance, includes metal tag with impressed details on the left, "3 Rounds/Shell,/75MM Guns/With Fuze,/P.D.,M48/Lot Rop" and on the right, "C.W.M./Complete/H.E.,M48/M1897,M1916,/M1917,M2,M3&T7/Reduc ed/11 - 1"; Butter Scotch tin with crumpled strips of paper/textile presumably remnants from plane crashes; Butter Scotch tin with a large quantity of spent bullet heads and cartridges; Butter Scotch tin containing metal fragments from plane wrecks and a name plate marked, "Gothaer Waggonfabrik A.G.Githa/Abt. Flugzeugbau 56" and other impressed details (This was a German company that made the Gotha aircraft used principally as a night bomber). Good. (lot)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Australia, WWI, Souvenir of Voyage on an Australian Transport, a small folder featuring a photo of an Australian Transport ship and on one page is printed a message from Pte. H.W.Cuffe, 19th Reinfs., 21st Btn., Australian Imperial Forces, On Active Service, and inside the front cover is written in pencil, "To Miss Hazel Coleman, from Pte. H.W.Cuffe, 21st Battalion, A.I.F., Abroad, 22:7:17". Good very fine.
Estimate $50
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Wartime newspaper, The Sydney Mail dated 5 January 1916 devoted to war news and photos of troops, German losses and listings of war dead and wounded plus photos found on battlefield to see if anyone could identify them; British Campaign Medals 1914-2005 by Peter Duckers; 2008 edition; British & Foreign Ribbons by Captain H. Taprell Dorling DSO, RN, 1946. The first in a battered condition but interesting, the second very fine, the last fine but with some loss of colour on cover. (3)
Estimate $50
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Changi, Prisoner of War Camp Staff signatures on textile, centre title CHANGI / P.O.W / CAMP STAFF, surrounded by camp staff signatures in Japanese and English; with the book Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific by Gavan Daws. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
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
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Shooting Awards and Prize Medals to Australian Military Forces 1860 - 2000, by John O'Connor, 186pp and 48 full colour plates featuring hundreds of badges and medals, A4 size with hard cover and dust jacket, copy no.330 of a limited print run of 500, printed by Ligare Pty Ltd, Riverwood, NSW, 2002. As new, uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australian Airborne, The History and Insignia of Australian Military Parachuting, by John O'Connor, 440pp, A4 size with hard cover, hundreds of colour images of badges, patches and certificates, as well as colour and b&w photos throughout, printed by Rose Graphics, Marrickville, NSW, 2005. As new, uncirculated.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Van Diemen's Land, currency note, Lempriere & Company, one spanish dollar, Hobart Town, No N24, 25 June 1823, imprint 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney' (MVR p.86). Top left corner off, edge losses, heavy centre fold, mounted to backing paper, very good.
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
The Bank of Van Diemens Land, Hobart Town, cheque dated 27 April 1835, fifteen pounds, signed James Kelly. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Van Diemen's Land, Derwent Bank Hobart Town November 22 1832 cheque ?7.5.6 John Brown; Commercial Bank Hobart Town 22nd March 1839 cheque ?73.5.11; handwritten cheque Derwent Bank Hobart Town 5.0.0; Derwent Bank Campbell Town (altered to Hobart) 25 April 1837 ?270.9.9 made out to C.S. Henty (of Portland); Commercial Bank, 9th Dec 1841 ?12.16.0. Fine - very fine (5)
Estimate $200
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Western Australian Bank, one pound, Perth, Jan 1844, unissued remainder on watermarked paper (MVR.1); Facsimile of Western Australian Bank one pound note. First trimmed, perforation in middle right, otherwise fine/very fine, other nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Bank of New South Wales, black and white printers' proof five pounds, Bathurst pencilled 'to this June 27th 1860' (MVR 7c). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $320
Bank of New South Wales, black and white printers' proof one pound Sydney 18, pencilled '20th Feb 1863 to this 2nd plate' (MVR 7c). Right corner off otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
The Bank of New South Wales, cheque or Third of Exchange, Balmain; 3rd September 1887 ?71.7.5; unissued cheque "Tattersall" Brand, 138 Castlereagh Street Sydney 19-; Institute of Bankers of NSW subscription receipt to G.S.D. Cole Esq 1st December 1908 for 10/6; Commercial Bank, Carcoar cheque due October 26 1881, date July 23rd 1881 ?28.4.10; Amy Gold Mining Company, Limited, near Bathurst share certificate for 100 shares of 10/- each 17/9/1872, No 44; Federation cloth pendant, Bank of Australasia 1901. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Kennedy District Queensland, Byerwen 15/1/1870, John Frazer & Co (altered to Frazer & Manson) sight or draft note two pounds, two shillings No 77 (see MVR page 59) another cheque form, Alpha Oct 18th 1869 for seven pounds, nine shillings, No 26; cheques; Hobart Town 27 June 1834 (entirely hand written); Bank of New South Wales Circular Note for twenty pounds specimen Christchurch 18- specimen form C. Skipper and East, ESA Lismore 11th September 1935, The Western Australia Bank, Busselton 19 (3 unissued forms). Very good - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Bank of New Zealand, specimen ten pounds, Sydney 18 No 04001/05000 (MVR 3) pencilled Jan 28.91. Uncirculated.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $1,800
The Provincial and Suburban Bank Limited, five pounds, Melbourne 18 No 08398 (MVR 2a). Unissued form, very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
The City Bank of Sydney, blank banknote (unknown date), watermarked but not printed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
London Chartered Bank of Australia, specimen one pound, Melbourne 1st April 1889, S00001/S50000 (MVR 2d) pencilled top left Mar 13.59. Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $850
London Bank of Australia Limited, specimen one pound, Melbourne 1st September 1896 A75001/A100000, discordant serials (MVR 2g). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
The Australia Joint Stock Bank, one pound, Sydney 1st January 1907 A641151A (MVR 4a). Pin holes otherwise nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $4,000
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The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney limited, five pounds, Sydney, Oct 1901, No C 266764(MVR2c). Very fine and very rare as issued note.
Estimate $8,000
SOLD $6,500
The Bank of Australasia, Prahran, bearer's cheque for ?17, Oct 17th 1903, A.281577, rubber stamped PAID 21 Oct.1908. Pinhole and small tear in middle third, third folds, very fine.
Estimate $50
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One pound, superscribed series Collins/Allen (1910), London Bank of Australia Limited Melbourne S 356584, superscribed number J 652417 (R.S45). Good fine.
Estimate $5,000
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^One pound, superscribed series, Collins/ Allen (1910), superscribed on The London Bank of Australia Limited, one pound, Melbourne, undated, Z 755633, superscribed serial H 620368, (R.S45). Quarter folds, horizontal and vertical centrefold, edge losses, pinholes, very good.
Estimate $2,000
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