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Australian Army 'walking out' dress cap. Named on underneath of visor. United States Marine Corps ceremonial dress cap. Two caps. Near very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Three 10lb MK III mortar shells (inert) in original carrying container circa 1945. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $10
Twenty five Army jungle green Vietnam period jackets - new -in selaed carton.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australian Army Battledress tunic and trousers. 1942. Australian Army polyester shirt with soft rank insignia for Captain; metal army aviation wings; cloth 'rising sun' and paratroop badges. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
New Zealand. 23rd Mounted Rifles Re-inforcements. Two lapel badge struck in 9ct gold. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Army belt with various Australian and British Commonwealth badges, buttons etc., attached, carved wood items including two Maori and an ivory ruler inscribed 'R. Stubbs/19.11.93'. Fine-very fine. (5)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Collection of Medal ribbons - dealer's stock - 82 different ribbons of various lengths (primarily Victorian era), a number of top brooch bars and two bars for 2nd World War stars. Generally very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $80
Polished cedarwood cabinet (circa 1900) 51x44x37cm with front opening doors, containing ten deep drawers 5x38x32 cm, each divided into two or four sections. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
Ian D. Skennerton, Australian Service Longarms, Brisbane 1975, 217 pps, illustrated throughout; Ian D. Skennerton, A Treatise on the Snider (The British Soldier's Firearm 1866-c.1880, Margate Qld, 1977, 181pps, illustrated throughout; James Ladd & Keith Melton, Clandestine Warfare, Weapons and Equipment of the SOE and OSS, london 1988, 153pps; Keith Isaacs, Military Aircraft of Australia 1909-1918, Canberra, 1971, 190pps, illustrated throughout. All hardbound, first three with dust jackets, very fine, first two scarce. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Maton, Michael., Imperial Honours and Awards to Australians, 1901-1992, St. Ives NSW, 1997, 276pps. As New.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World War II, The War in Pictures, years 1 - 6, Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne; The Wars Best Photographs, London; The Second Great War, Vols 2, 3 and 4, London; Bean, C.E.W., Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Vol VI. Fine-very fine. (11)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
The War Pictures, World War II, six volumes published by the Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne. (6)
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Mericka, Vaclav, Orders and Decorations, London 1967; Battles of the Nineteenth Century, London; Penrose E.H., Catalogue of Collection of Firearms in the Museum of Applied Science of Victoria, Melbourne, 1949; Rowell, S.F., Full Circle, Melbourne, 1974; SMith, James., The Cyclopoedia of Victoria, Vol I, Melbourne, 1903. Spine torn on last book, otherwise good. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, a series of books published between 1942-1950 covering Royal Australian Navy (4 vols); Australian Military Forces (4 vols); Volunteer Defence Corps (1 vol); Royal Australian Air Force (4 vols); R.A.N., A.M.F. and R.A.A.F, As You Were 1946, 1947, 1950; together with Signals, Story of the Australian Corps of Signals. Dust jackets torn, otherwise books generally in good condition. (17)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Newbury, G., Mentioned in Despatches, Australians World War I (2); reprint 1989; The Australian Commonwealth Horse, 1990; No 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron Jubilee 1940-1990; No 23 City of Brisbane Squadron 1937-1987; Parsons, R., The Navy in S.A.; The Guards, Regimental Histories, Trooping the Colour. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Dickson, Gregory, C., The Romance of the `Edina', The World's Oldest Screw-Steamship, with chapters on the Auxiliary Steamship 'Great Britain', and the Port Phillip Steamers past and present, Melbourne, 1935. With some foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States - James J. Peterson. Photocopy of O.M.S.A. Monograph No.1 in ring binder. Orders, decorations and medals of Japan. Photocopies of extracts from various publications; in card folder. Two volumes. Fine.
Estimate $20
SOLD $30