Catalogue
Rhodesia, General Service medal Pte J. Michael. Impressed; United States, Armed Service Expeditionary; Australia, C.E.N.E.F. bronze medal; Germany - Third Reich, Balkan Shield - modern reproduction. Four Awards, generally very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
U.S.A., Grand Army of the Republic 1861-1866 Veterans Medal (Bishop & Elliot 102b). Missing suspender and ribbon, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
W.W.I, fob in gold (9ct, 5.1gms, 37mm x 28mm), 'F.W.P' engraved on front; inscribed on rev. 'Presented to / F.W.Pohlner / Flying Corps / As a token of Esteem / For Courage / Duty Bravely Done / From Friends at / Mt Bryon East / 1919'. Good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Australian Army Nursing Service, 1916, appreciation badge in gold and enamel (9ct) made by P.J.King, No.961. Some chipping to enamel, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Hawthorn-Kew Regiment, 39th Infantry battalion, hat badge (53mm) hat badge in brass and enamel, lugs missing; WWII rising sun collar badges (300 (2); shoulder titles (4). Some chipping on first badge, otherwise good fine and rare, others very good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
World War I, Mothers and Widows Ribbon (badge), one star, bar above and below, ribbon with sprigs of wattle above Australian Military Forces emblem and the words `for Australia' below. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
N.S.W. Housekeepers Emergency Service badge, legend in four lines, crown above, blue enamel, (25mm). Rare, extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
A group of Australian military badges, medals, checks, dog tags, tinnies, pins and other related items. Commemorative medals include, Sudan Centenary 1885-1985 (2), Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary and 50th Anniversary of the A.I.F.; British Ex Service Legion Australia and Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps badges noted; also a small group of memorial and tin hat day badges from the Amor Archives and attatched to their original descriptive work cards, some showing the original colour finishes etc. Plus a few British and foreign badges. Very good - uncirculated. (72)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Australian and world military medals, badges, buttons and related items, includes an Africa star, a 1939-45 star, NSW Ambulance Corps silver Efficiency medal 1942, `dog tag'inscribed on the smoothed reverse of an Indian Queen Victoria rupee (1862-1901) with legend 'Walter Murray/ 1557/ 3rd A.C.C./ A.I.F.' Plus a wide selection of other items. Fine - extremely fine. (43)
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Palestine, W.W.II? Sterling Silver Cigarette Case (210 grams), (137x82mm) engraved with the map of Palestine and the Holy Land on the front case. Interesting military related ephemral item. Good/VF and Rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Dardarnelles, W.W.I ANZAC's souvenir from Cape Helles Lighthouse in the form of a piece of copper formed into the shape of a horseshoe (66x64mm) and stamped 'PART OF THE CAPE HELLES LIGHTHOUSE. 1915'. A rare ANZAC souvenir. VF.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
H.M.A.S. Kuttabul, naval base, Sydney Harbour, Wardroom Mess, Canteen Chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue), and ten cents (yellow), all with black print, unpublished and very rare, Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
H.M.A.S. Penguin, naval base, Sydney Harbour, Wardroom Mess, Canteen Chits for two cents (white), five cents (yellow), and ten cents (blue), all with black print, `valid for two months from ....' (date to be added). Unpublished and very rare, uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
H.M.A.S. Watson, naval base, Sydney Harbour, Wardroom Mess, Canteen Chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue), and ten cents (yellow), all with black print, unpublished and very rare. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
First Battallion NSW Scottish Rifles and 25th Infantry, Parade programme cards for June 1911, June and December 1912; programme for the Welcome Home and Presentation of Address to Brigadier-General H.E. Elliott by the South African and Active Service Association A.I.F. at Melbourne Town Hall, 12th August 1919, programme; Memorial service leaflet for Feild-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, July 2 19??; Royal Air Force leave pass from RAF Windrush, 19/6/1944; RAF Personnel railway ticket, Edinburgh to Brighton 9/11/1944, another overprinted 'Naval Rail Transport Officer Plymouth' for travel Plymouth to Edinburgh 26/9/1944; Soldier's pay book, Australian Military Forces 1960. The second and third items mailed in 1912 and tied with NSW halfpenny stamps perforated 'OS'? Very good to Very fine. (9)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Certificate of Appreciation W.W.II, City of Coburg, presented to R.W.Smith by the Mayor, Councillors and Citizens for his patriotic response by enlisting for active service in the fighting forces, dated 1st May 1947; ornate multi colour certificate (36x55cm) with army, navy and airforce scenes at the top. Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
WWI, WWII, mostly WWI group of letters, postcards, photographs and albums, dictionary, badges, buttons, books, warrant temporary, James Cooke Kelt, second Lieutenant Land Forces, 13/1/1918 beret, glengary cap with Argyle and Sutherland badge, binoculars cased, tobacco tin, razors (4), money pouch. Good - very fine. (40)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
WWII, A.I.F., tunic marked 1943, with collar badges, shoulder titles, cloth patches 57th Battalion, gaters, belt, slouch hat 1978, boots 1964, ribbon bar, also Reefer jacket with colours of the 57/60 Battalion on pocket. Very fine. (9)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Uniform, Trooper, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, comprising black leather lance cap (czapska), brass helmet plate with Queen's cypher, and battle honours from Sobron to South Africa 1899-1902, brass fittings, plume socket chin chain, King's crown (Lancer cap needs restoration), marked 1897 inside crown of cap, black and white regimental horsehair plume, yellow cap lines on tunic, yellow and red lancer girdle, blue lancer tunic, red facings, welts, label dated 1914, regimental buttons of 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, blue overalls/pantaloons with double yellow stripes, white leather gauntlets, black leather knee boots fitted with box spurs, wooden boot stretchers. Very good - very fine. (11)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $0
Cast metal statue, on wooden oval base (315mm), of an Australian soldier in Vietnam, 'Presented to / WO2 I Felton / From the PMC & Members / MSSM / Sept 88'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $620
Binoculars (4 pairs), including WWII by Kershaw (110mm high), 'Nautic' Marque by Iris of Paris (130mm high), Juvenile Theatre, Paris (65mm high), another pair with no makers name (145mm high), all brass or brass with leather cover, pocket knives (3), bugle, brass and copper, missing mouthpiece. Good - very good. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
WWII, French flag (790mm x 530mm) and official handstamp from the French Embassy in Madagasgar. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Japan, WWII, Japanese naval signals band book, diary, small statue (105mm). Good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Sword, Japanese WWII sword naval 1937 kai-gunto, hilt with gilded brass fittings, decorated ensuite with cherry blossoms and leaves, all matching serial numbers. Some chipping on black lacquer, otherwise fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $1,100
Briggs, F.S. and Harris S.H. Joysticks and Fiddlesticks. The Unofficial History of a Flying Kangaroo. A Fascinating Account of the Rise of Aviation in Australia, Hutchinson, London (N.D. C.1936), 222 pages, well illustrated, from the library of Lal E. Story R.A.A.F. Dustjacket a little worn otherwise fairly clean and complete, rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Smith & Chappell, Army Uniforms Since 1945 HB, 165 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; Taylor, Arthur, Discovering French and German Military Uniforms SB, 91 pages, illustrated; Fowler, William, Identifying Military Insignia HB, 80 pages, in full colour; Mollo, McGregor, Smith & Chappell, World Army Uniforms Since 1939 SB, 165 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white; Rosignoli, Guido, Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of World War II HB, 167 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white; Davis, Brian L. British Army Cloth Insignia 1940 to the Present, An Illustrated Reference Guide for Collectors HB, 60 Pages, 600 Illustrations; Campbell and Reynolds, Marine Badges & Insignia of the World, Including Marines, Commandos, and Naval Infantrymen HB, 191 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white; Lloyd, Mark, The Concise Illustrated Book of Military Badges and Insignia HB, 46 pages in full colour; Cole, Lieut-Colonel Howard N. Badges on Battledress, Post-War Formation Signs and Rank and Regimental Badges, 218 pages, illustrated throughout; Joslin E.C. The Standard Catalogue of British Orders, Decorations & Medals, Second Edition HB, 115 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white; another, Third Edition, 100 pages including 61 plates; Spink's Medal Supplement 1991; Dixon's Gazette No. 1, September 1992; The Dardenelles, Am Epic Told in Pictures, soft bound 110 pp., contains nearly 100 vivid photos of this epic battle, together with description of the operation. Fine. (14)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Austria, ducat 1915 (restike); Saudi Arabia pound (1951); Tunisia, twenty francs 1903 (KM 234). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $270
SOLD $240
Austria, Franz Joseph, four ducats (2), one ducat (2), all 1915 as restrikes (KM.2267, 2276). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Austria, Franz Joseph, one hundred corona, 1915 restrike (KM.2819). Extremely fine.
Estimate $440
SOLD $460
Bahamas, proof fifty dollars 1973; British Virgin Islands proof one hundred dollars 1975. Not in cases otherwise FDC. (2)
Estimate $220
SOLD $210