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US Civil War, 1861-65, confederate badge/brooch, possibly an officer's sweetheart brooch, in gilt with a small enamel section in centre, pin-back.
Estimate $50
War Service Australia, WW I silver (44 x 27 mm) and enamelled badge, pin brooch mounted Womens, WWI AIF Hallmarked London awarded to a nurse, by T.F. (Fattorini) Birmingham hallmark.
Estimate $200
AIF, WW I, For Duty Done, to Women of Australia, Issued by the Department of Defence, silver and enamelled badge with second award clasp (loose) (25 x 35 mm) by Stokes & Sons Melbourne, awarded "Mrs June Pople (118579) two others 174272; 151984/10965. (3)
Estimate $300
WW II, Commonwealth of Australia, To The Women of Australia, by G & E Rodd one star (5), three stars (2); by Amor Sydney one star (2) two stars (1); by Angus & Coote 1942 onew star (2) two stars (1), second type "For Australia", 1942; by G.E Rodd 1940; National Emergency Service NES New South Wales (9), in bronze; red enamel by Angus & Coote; by Millers Ltd Sydney (3, one with Warden clasp), by Amor First Aid clasp, no maker (3 plain, warden, First Aid clasp) all in silver metal except the bronze (scarce) described on 2 x 2 cards. (24)
Estimate $100
War Workers, Australia, issued by the Department of Defence, Navvies & Labourers by Stokes & Sons Melbourne in silver (39 mm) lug mounted as issued.
Estimate $250
War Worker, Australia, issued by the Department of Defence, in bronze (39 mm) Navies & Labourers, by Stokes & Sons Melbourne, one numbered 326, another 620 (this ex Kevin Foster Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 107B, lot 4417 ($450)). (2)
Estimate $300
War Widow's Guild, pin brooch badges in silver (33 mm) (4) and (23 mm) (2) first by Pinches London, second K.G. Luke Melbourne third and fourth by Pyamid all pin brooch mounted. (4)
Estimate $250
For Services Rendered, WW I, honourable discharge, in silver (33 mm) pin-brooch mounted.
Estimate $80
RAN, WWI, enamelled silver badge for Duty Done to Women of Australia, (28 x 12 mm) by Stokes & Sons Melbourne (3695), pin brooch mounted.
Estimate $100
Australia, WWI, War Chest Day, badge in voided gold and enamel (9ct; tot wt 2.38g; 24mm), pin-back.
Estimate $150
WWI - WWII and later, badges, many enamelled, mostly Australian, 11 British one India, various sweetheart badges, includes WWI Rejected Volunteers Assn NSW in silver, 1960-80, Israli (ex Kevin Foster Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 107B, lot 4420 $270), HMAS Sydney (6 one for WWI) Centaur War Nurses Memorial Fund Empire Day by A.W Patrick N. Fitzroy VIC in 9 carat gold frame; Anzac Club Singapore, all in 2 x 2 cards, described in 5 album pages. (107)
Estimate $1,500
WWI - WW II and later, services badges including Merchant Navy (3); Homeland (2); Hailburg Cadet Corp by Stokes A/Asia; Air Force Assn by Locke Melb; RAN sweetheart badges; Royal Corps of signals (2); Royal Ordnance 1915 (HK); Australian Army Ordnance; Rising Sun hat badge; AMF by Amor Sydney; Edward VII, George and Queen Mary badge (5); Peace medalet South Australia 1903. (20)
Estimate $100
Slouch hat badge, made from an Australian 1942 penny, pin-back; silk handkerchief, embroidered with a Rising Sun badge; WWII Returned from Active Service badge, by Amor, Sydney numbered on reverse, A 394911; Leading Aircraftman embroidered badge; sleeve eagle embroidered badges (2 different); clip-pin back double ribbon bar featuring WWII ribbons and UN ribbon and other medal ribbons. (7)
Estimate $50
WW II, School Patriotic Fund, South Australia, service awards, enamelled gilt badges with service bars added 1942-3 (2) 1944, 1944-5 (3), 1948, by Schlank Adelaide. (7)
Estimate $100
Sweatheart badge, Trench Art, Lockheed Hadson aircraft, pin brooch mounted.
Estimate $70
WWI WW II, various badges patriotic and specific support services; RAAF hatbadge by Amor Sydney; "Imshi Allah" boomerang badges (2 Anzac Day 1916 by Angus & Coote), "Our Captive Boys" by Stokes & Son Melbourne; Commonwealth of Australia Munitions Establishment No F35S by Wallace Bishop Brisbane; Emergency Raids Precautions Services E.R.P. Canberra by Amor Sydney Oakligh Technical Cadet corps by A.T. Webb & Sons; Inspection Branch Army 221; Volunteered for Actice Service, Navy by Stokes & Sons Melb (gilt), each described on 2 x 2 card. (9)
Estimate $150
Tin Hat Day, Appeal badges, described on 2 x 2 cards 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 5/-, 10/-, last by Amor, RSL/ACF by K.G. Luke Melb, one "Memorable Order of Tin Hats 1927, made in South Africa. (15)
Estimate $100
Queensland Military Badges, 1859-1912, includes Queensland Defence Force helmet plate in brass; Queensland Mounted Infantry hat badge in brass; Queensland Medical Department hat badge in brass; Queensland Rifles Officer's enamelled hat badge in brass; Queensland Rifles hat badge in white metal; Queensland Volunteers hat badge in white metal. (6)
Estimate $1,000
Various badges, includes 1914-1915 flag badge in cupro-nickel and enamel, featuring the flags of the Russian Navy, France, Great Britain and Belgium, pin-back but missing retaining clip; USA Army U.S. Letters Branch insignia, with screw back; US H Coy Infantry badge, with screw back; US Army miniature metal rank badges, includes Private, Private 1st Class, Specialist, Staff Sergeant, and Sergeant 1st Class, all with clip-pin fittings; also US Presidential Unit Citation. (9)
Estimate $50
Germany, WWII Kriegsmarine Submarine badge, in bronze, with pin-back but missing closing clip.
Estimate $200
Badges, Great Britain, South Lancashire Regiment, missing lugs; Worcestshire Regiment, missing lugs; 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, with backing plate and lugs with pins; also post WWII Soviet Russian Army Officer's cap badges (2); Russian (Soviet era) Volunteers Combatant badge (2) . (7)
Estimate $50
Hat Badge, Rising sun in silver (40 x 28 mm). Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, awarded to staff Nurse Nellie Ethel Bromley AANS (1918-1920) hallmarked crown and star.
Estimate $300
Mexico, First Republic, silver dollar, 1895 Go RS (KM.377.8).
Estimate $50
Charge at Beersheba, 31 October 1917, medallion in brass (47.5mm), features a charging Light Horeseman with enamelled unit colour patches at side, reverse also features the same enamelled unit colour patches, the design based artwork by Ron Marshall, with descriptive printed ticket.
Estimate $50
Australia Senior Cadet Competitions, in voided silver, reverse inscribed, "Cadet C.Goldberg. N. Coy. 4th Battn, Brigade Series. 1913-14.".
Estimate $500
The Australian Army Rifle Association, Monthly Medal, in bronze (39mm) (Shooting Awards and Prize Medals to Australian Military Forces by John O'Connor, p19, Fig44), by A.J.Parkes, reverse inscribed, "1ST B GRADE/JUN 03/(WTSS)" (WTSS is Weapon Training Simulation System), with ribbon and clip-top enamelled ribbon suspender "AARA"; another identical but reverse inscribed, "2ND B GRADE/MAY 03/(WTSS)". (2)
Estimate $100
Commemorative Medal, 2005, in bronze (50mm), obverse with soldier bayoneting an object on the ground and the wording, "Proudly Serving/Australia In/Peace And War,/At Home And/Abroad, For/90/Years", reverse design of two crossed bayonets in centre with 2 above and around this is the date of issue "2005" and the unit names "8 BDE 4 BDE 5 BDE 9 BDE 13 BDE 8 SIG REGT" and in the outer circle are more unit names and the commemorated date, "5 BDE 26 JULY 1915 6 BDE 7 BDE"; WWII desert campaign allied postcards (8) featuring b&w military scenes, all unused. (9)
Estimate $50
Australia, Deployment for United Nations embroidered brassard, name penned onto inside is FLT (looks like) Stephens.
Estimate $50
Militaria, includes RAAF Leading Aircraftman (LAC) rank badges (2), both with metal backing plate; WWII General Service badge (KC), (2), both by Amor, Sydney, both marked 1948, one for A43370, the other for AF1226; Australian Corps of Transport (EIIR) hat badge, missing one pin on reverse; 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II medal, 1945 - 2005, in gilt (38mm), in box of issue. (6)
Estimate $50
Australia, RAAF Military Skills Instructor embroidered brassard.
Estimate $50