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Germany (DDR). Volksarmee shoulder patch and enamelled lapel badge, both depicting the national flag. USSR. Army Officer's parade cap badge; O.R's cap badge; and O.R's forage cap badge. KGB border guards' breast badge. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $210
USSR. Rank insignia, shoulder boards for Captain of Intendance (2) and Administrative Services (2); Artillery Officer's lapel tabs (2); Army cap badges (11); Efficiency badges (4); Lenin Commemorative badges - various designs (9) and small commemorative plaque. Italy, Infantry officer's felt backed brass shoulder boards (2). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Princess Mary's Gift Box, Christmas 1914. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
U.S.A., World War II, sun helmet. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
U.S.A., militaria 1850s - 1940s, including a copper powder flask G & J W Hawksley, another., in leather James Dixon & Sons (British) both damaged, cloth shoulder titles, riding spurs, Veterans of Foreign Wars medal (2), buttons, belt, Round Heads tin New York, Smokeless powder tin (damaged), practise hand grenade. Fair - very fine. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $210
U.S.A. World War II, U.S.Navy 'Computer Dead Reckoning', two silk maps, Mindano, Philippine Island, Palau Island, also cloth map of the Philippine Islands, twin playing card set from Grumman Aircraft Company, incomplete surgical kit. Good - very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $210
Military Historical Society Bulletin No.149 (Aug.1987); 162 (Dec 1990); 163 (Feb. 1991). Military Collectors' Club of Canada Journal 152 (Spring 1988), 153 (Summer 1988); 154 (Fall 1988); 155 (Winter 1988); 158 (Fall 1989); 160 (Spring 1990). Military Medal Society of South Africa Journal 30 (May 1988); 31 (Mar. 1989); 32 (April 1990); 35 (April 1994); 37 (Jan.1997); Newsletter 203 (Summer 1996); 209 (Feb. 1998); 212 (May 1998); 213 (June 1988). The South African Journals contain articles on Breaker Morant and the Bushveldt Caribiniers. Very fine. (18)
Estimate $40
SOLD $80
Davis, Brian Leigh., Badges & Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-1945, London, (1983) 1997, 208pp., 64 colour plates, illustrated throughout; another Rosignoli, Guido., The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia of the 20th Century, Leichardt, Sydney, 1986 (1997), 224 pp., colour illustrations throughout. As new. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Certificate of Appreciation, World War I, Parish of Glencairn, to Private Robert Austin, Royal Scots, for his service during the Great War 1914-1919. Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Certificates of Appreciation, World War II, Shire of Braybrook, presented to W.C. Gibbings by the President, Councillors and Ratepayers for services with the Australian Armed Forces, dated 2nd August 1946 and signed by the President and Shire Secretary. Another, Shire of Alberton, for active service in the Australian Fighting Forces, unissued. Extremely fine-uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Certificate of Service in the Great European War, Private M.A. Campbell, 'A' Company 77th Battalion, C.E.F. Enlisted at Ottawa, November 17th 1915. Large (51 x 34cm) multicoloured, orante certifcate printed on heavy cardboard, depicting vignettes of the King, mounted rifleman and naval ship together with various arms, weapons and floral wreaths. Private Campbell's portrait inserted lower centre, nice item. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
U.S.A., Viele, Egbert L., Handbook for Active Service, New York, 1861; Instructions for Officers on Outpost and Patrol Duty, 1862; Souvenir Roster of the Sixteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, 1895; Aviation Training Division, U.S.Navy., How to Survive on Land and Sea, Annapolis, 1943; Air Force Manual - Search and Rescue Survival, Washington, 1962. Good - very fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $190
Diary of William Richardson (later, Major-General William Richardson), a diary and Sikh standard captured at Ferozeshuhur, India during the 1st Sikh War; an extract from his diary whilst he was Captain, 24th December 1845 'Through all this scene the only exhultation I felt was as carrying the camp which we did at a run: my company capturing a very handsome standard'. The diary and standard are both highly important historic relics (the standard contained in a box). Together with a brass pen, inkwell combination, a small dagger. Good - fine. (5)
Estimate $750
SOLD $5,400
Australian Army, brochures, pamplets, fieldworks manual 1921, 20th Light Horse Regiment Programme of Parades July - December 1939, cassette Australian at War, pennants 25th Anniversary 22nd Construction Regiment 1950-1975 (55), Royal Australian Engineers Gymkhana ribbons, Poland, publication 2nd Polish Armoured Regiment in Action from Caen to Wilhelmshaven., together with a small group of coins including Australia, fifty cents 1966 (9). Good - very good. (approx 200 items)
Estimate $80
SOLD $160
In Good Company - Being a record of the 6th Machine Gun Company AIF 1915-1919. Carne. Reprint of 1937 Edition. Hard bound pp.434. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
New South Wales 1882-92 Selection of mint SG Cat. £100. (17)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Queensland 1866-1905 Selection of 28 unused or mint includes 1866 4d lilac (no gum), type of 1880 mixed papers to £1 green and blue, later values to 2/- brown. SG Cat.£580+.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
South Australia 1863-1906 Selection of 25 mint includes 1863 1/- brown, various surcharges (5), specimen overprints (3), 1902-4 to 2/6 (4) etc. (25)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Tasmania 1899-1907 Selection of mint, various watermarks. (9)
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
Victoria 1892-1901 Selection of mint includes 1897, 1900 charities, 5/- red and blue perf 12«. (23)
Estimate $160
SOLD $250
Western Australia 1885-1902 Selection of mint, values to 10/-. (16)
Estimate $150
SOLD $210
Australia 1913, £1 brown/blue 1st wmk mint, disturbed gum (possible hinge removal) ASC 14. Cat.$1800.
Estimate $500
SOLD $820
Australia 1913-45, simplified collection of Kangaroos «d - £2 mint, every type except £1 brown/blue (see previous lot). «d-6d blue, 2/- brown are 1st wmk, 6d brown - 1/- green small multi, 2/- maroon (B) - £2 C of A. £2 overprint Specimen type D. ASC 1-7, 11, 27, 37-39, 48-52. Centring fair throughout. Cat.$1800+. (17)
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Australia 1914-36 Selection of KGV Heads mint «d - 1/4 mixed wmks. 1d red is single wmk die I, 3d blue is small multi, die II, 1/4 is C of A. ASC 56, 58, 61, 65, 67, 71, 73, 74, 82, 88, 89, 92, 94, 103, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120. About six lesser values slightly off centre. Cat. $375. (22)
Estimate $120
SOLD $60
Australia 1913-1965 collection of commems and defins, mint, includes 6d Claret Kooka, Robes (thick paper), Arms (£1, £2 appear MUH), pre-decimal defins (£1, £2 MUH) No OS overprints no 5/- Bridge, otherwise appears almost complete from 1927. A little duplication (275) plus BCOF to 6d, Dues (5), AAT (54), Christmas Island (18), Cocos (9 plus 1 m/s). Cat. $1500+.
Estimate $800
SOLD $0
Australia 1932 5/- Bridge lower right corner single mint small hinge remainder well centred, full perfs. ASC 145 $450.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Australia 1971 Christmas Pane of 25 cream paper mint no selvedge.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Australia, PNG, Cocos. Used collection Australia (102) 1955-1966 including pre-decimal Navigators, PNG (64) including £1 Fisherman, 1963-64 10/- and £1, etc, Cocos (18) (Decimals). Plus Australian postage dues, cutouts, duty stamps (23).
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
British Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, New Hebrides, Pitcairn Islands. Mint selection. BSI (15) including 1908-11 set complete, Gilbert and Ellice (18) including 1939-55 set complete, New Hebrides (17) including 1925 set complete, Pitcairn (14) including 1940 set complete except 8d.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Cook Islands/Aitutaki/Penrhyn and Niue. Mint accumulation 1892-1981. Cook Islands (102) includes earliest to 1/-, 1919 overprints (no 2d), 1920, 1932, 1938, 1949 sets etc. Cat.£200, Aitutaki (62) includes 1903 overprints to 1/- (not complete), 1917-20 overprints, 1920, 1924-27 sets Cat.£150, Penrhyn (30) includes 1903 overprints 3d, 1/-, 1914 «d green, no stop after Island. Cat.£80. Niue (38) includes 1938 set. Cat.£40. Plus Tokelau (4).
Estimate $120
SOLD $70