Catalogue
France, trench map (880 X 564mm) dated 8.2.18 of the region Bellicourt/Beaurevoir/Fresnoy/Levergies, together with France Automobile Club map of Northern France (965 x 690mm) dated 10 Feb 1917, marked 'No.4 Command Camp / Worgrate / Wareham / Dorset. Very good.(2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
U.S.A., photographs of the wreck of the U.S. Battleship 'Maine' in Havana Harbour, Cuba, the sinking of the U.S. Maine on the 15th February 1898 with a loss of two hundred and sixty lives. A navy court of enquiry in 1898 gave the cause as a large mine blew up the ship. In 1911 a second inquiry decided a smaller mine was the cause. Admiral JHyman G.Rickover placed the cause of the explosion as accidental due to a fire in a coal bunker. Together with photographs of U.S. personnel on the transprt ship 'Michigan' and scenes around Havana. Very good.(17)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
U.S.A., Spanish-American War, Army Officers peak cap with bullion badge and chin strap attributed to Lieut James McGee. Minor damage to chin strap around button.
Estimate $250
SOLD $2,300
Pith Helmet, khaki, c.1903, made in England for A.Bowley & Co., Melbourne. Minor hole, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Kreuzer EMDEN cap tally (circa 1917) black silk with gilt cotton thread. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
World War II, U.S.A., pilots leather flying jacket as worn by Lieut Harry A.Goodman in the Pacific region. Some damage to lining otherwise generally good condition.
Estimate $400
SOLD $640
U.S.A., Navy uniform World War II, sailors jumper, shirt and collar, trousers, blue; shirt and collar, trousers, white, with gunnery instructors rank cloth badges, clothing marked L. Goodwin. Good conditions (6 items)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Sword, Anglo-Saxon 6-8th century, iron sword, 73 cms long including handle, carefully packaged in box for exhibition and storage; attached to the box is and illustrated Sotheby's advertisement of this sword and sale details in the London Daily Telegraph, December 18, 1978. Fair and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $0
Victorian Officers, sword, slightly curved single edged blade, 900mm spear point by Hawkes & Co / London / Manufacturers / to the / Queen, etched with crown, The Prince of / Wales / 3rd / Dragoon / Guards, wirebound fishskin covered slip in its metal scabbard. Some rusting on guard and scabbard, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Victorian Officers, presentation sword, slightly curved single edged blade, 900mm spear point by Henry / Wilkinson / Pall Mall / London, etched with crown 'V.R., R.S.G. / From / The Officers / 2nd / Life Guards / March 1869', wire bound fishskin covered grip, in its metal scabbard. Some rusting on guard and scabbard, otherwise fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
An ornate sword and scabbard c.1920's, civil ceremonial type as worn by the Knights pf Pith, McGoldrick etched on blade, manufactured by M.C.Lilley & Co., Columbus Ohio. Handgrip with repairs, some rusting on the scabbard otherwise good.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
World War II, British officers naval sword and scabbard, blade stuck in scabbard due to shrapnell damage. Poor.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
U.S. Non Commissioned Officers Cilvil War sword, stamped U.S.A.H.C. 1863/Ames Mfg Co...Mass. Good.
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
List of the officers of the Army and Marines 1794. Hard bound 440pp. Includes officers of the New South Wales Corps. With contemporary pen and ink corrections, and some water staining and deterioration in binding, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Remnants from Randwick, No.'s 1 and 2, written and illustrated by patients at No.4 A.G.H. Randwick, 1919. With some wear, generally very good condition.(2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australian Winners of the Victoria Cross. Cramp, K.R. A record of the Deeds that won the decoration during the Great War, 1914-1919, Sydney, 1919, approx. 80 pps. Fine, soft covers, scarce.
Estimate $30
SOLD $70
'Porthole'., a Chronicle of the Operations, Experiences and Peregrinations of H.M.A.S. Shropshire in the Second World War, 1939-1945, published by John Sands, Sydney, 1946. With three newspaper clippings adhered to inside front cover. Some wear to dust jacket.
Estimate $50
SOLD $140