Catalogue
Two early nineteenth century military monochrome lithographs, 'The attack on the rearguard of the French at Salamonde' (London, April 2, 1812); and 'The Attack on the French Corps Commanded by General Laborde on the 17th August 1808' (London, January 1 1813), each print framed and glazed 370x300mm. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
USN on anchor brooch, Military Forces NSW button, Scottish badge in silver and gilt 'Menin Nov 1918'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Metal military insignia, a large assortment including badges and buttons. Mostly very fine or better. (73)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Victorian Railways - Investigation Officer's badge, numbered 191. Pin missing. RAAF airman's Cap badge, no lugs. Women of Australia - A.I.F., Badge, some enamel missing. 'SS-NRA' pin backed badge, numbered on reverse. Nearly very fine. (4)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Royal Australian Navy, Naval Dockyard Police cap badge (KC)and breast badge. Naval Police breast badge (QC), enamelled. Three badges, good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $170
Japan, Military Head band, Second World War. Military veterans' cap badge, with maker's mark on reverse. Near very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $150
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Wardroom Mess, Canteen Chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue), and ten cents (yellow), all with black print, unpublished and very rare.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 $0
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Wardroom Mess, Canteen Chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue), and ten cents (yellow), all with black print, unpublished and very rare, Uncirculated.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 $60
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 Unpublished and very rare, uncirculated.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 $60
World War I identity disc, inscribed 'J.Mc.M.Smith / No.5 A.D.S.C. / A.I.F. / C of E / 5689', on the obverse of a Belgium five francs, 1873. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
World War I, Australian/Great Britain Welcome Home banner, flags, Australia, Great Britain, W.W.II. Navy Ensign, pennant, Welcome Home 2nd A.I.F. Very good - very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
N.S.W. Housekeepers' Emergency Service badge, legend in four lines, crown above, blue enamel, (25mm). Rare, extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
A collection of military postcards, written by a soldier participating in World War I in Europe, Egypt and North Africa, to friends and relative in Australia. Gives some details of his part in the war during 1915-1918, includes a number of censor, army post and field post office markings. Fine - very fine. (51 postcards)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
A collection of inscribed photographs of service personnel, local scenes and a series of postcards mainly acquired by a member of the 2nd AIF in the Middle East in 1941, together with a small number of military badges.
Estimate $30
SOLD $70
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 $100
SOLD $0
Charlton, Peter., The Unnecessary War, South Melbourne, 1983; Laffin, John., Anzacs at War, London, 1965; Pack, S.W.C., The Battle of Matapan, London, 1961; Phillips, C.E.L., The Greatest Raid of All, Kingswood, 1958; Ward, George F., Victorian Land Forces 1853-1883, Sunshine, 1989; Joslin, E.C., Catalogue of British and Associated Orders, Decorations and Medals, London, 1983; Lang, Walter N., The World's Elite Forces, London, 1987; Law. P., and Bechervaise, J., Kingsgrove, 1957; Australian Army Catering Corps, 1970, handbook. (9)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Mackenzie, S.S., Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, Volume X, The Australians at Rabaul, tenth edition, Sydney 1941, pp.412, with 55 maps and 91 illustrations.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Military Literature, Wilkinson, Collecting Military Antiques, London 1984, pp.208; Rosignoli, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia of the 20th A Comprehensive A-Z guide to the badges, patches and embelishments of the world's armed forces, London 1986, pp.224; Greene, War at Sea, Pearl Harbour to Midway, New York 1988, p.184; Bigold, Badges of the Canadian Forces (1940), Ryde, N.S.W., 1975, p.22; Calder, Glimpses of Colonel Tom, A Collection of Addresses and Letters by Colonel Tom Price, Melbourne, 1985, pp.56; Small Arms of World War I 1914-1918, N.S.W. Military Historical Society, Ryde N.S.W. 1970; Mottoes and Inscriptions on Orders and Decorations, Ryde N.S.W., pp.12; plus a group of the Despatch (10) the Journal of the N.S.W. military Historical Society 1986-1991, most books well illustrated. (18)
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Military Literature, including Inglis, The Rehearsal, Australians at War in the Sudan 1885, Sydney 1985, pp.176; Chamberlain, History of the Bathurst Contingents 1868-1987, Bathurst 1987, pp.192 together with supplement (pp.6); Cossum, Buttons of the Defence Forces in Australia, Sunbury, VIC, 1988, pp.72; Festberg, The Lineage of the Australian Army, Melbourne 1982, pp.118, first three books well illustrated. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $170
Auction Catalogues, largely war medals and militaria, Spink 1997, 1998 (2), 1999-2000, Bonhams 1996-1998, DNW November 1996 (2) and 1996-1997, John Burridge price lists 1993-1998 also various other medallic literature items (8). (30)
Estimate $90
SOLD $70
Germany, W.W.II., Railway enlisted mans visor cao, badge eagle and swastika within wreath below cockade. Sweat band showing signs of wear, some congealing on peak, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Royal Engineers, O/Rs parade cap, c.1914, original brass badge and buttons, age congealing to peak, Beauchamp marked in biro on head liner. Inside headliner torn, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Great Britain, The Life Guards, W.W.I., Officers parade cap with badge and brass regimental buttons and gilt on peak, maker Rogers & Company, London. Lining with wear on centreline, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Great Britain, East Lancashire Regiment, Officers forage cap, c.1920s, metal and bullion two piece badge, with carved blackened bronze and gilt regimental buttons. Maker Hawke & Co Ltd / 1 Savile Row.W. / late / 14 Piccadilly, marked inside 540 Pope. A.N.1025 1/E.Lanc. Cap in near mint condition and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Royal Corps of Signals, O/Rs khaki forage cap, 1940, with blackened bronze badge (has not been slotted into cap) with general service buttons. This cap is in mint condition as is the badge.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Royal Army Service Corps, forage cap, c.1945, with gilt and enamel badge and brass buttons. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Royal Norfolk Regiment, Officers parade cap, c.1937-1945, bronze badge one lug missing, correct and original brass buttons, gilding on peak, maker J.Daniels & Co Ltd, Woolwich, Chatham. Some age congealing to chin-strap and peak, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Great Britain, The Royal Marines, green beret, 1945, with War Department issue stamp, silvered badge. Rim leather in excellent condition, some mothing evident, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Great Britain, Grenadier Guards, c.1950, with badge and buttons. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Great Britain, Auxillary Territorial Service, Female Officers forage cap, c.W.W.II., with badge and brass general service buttons. Some mothing, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0