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Union badges, Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia, 22mm x 22mm Silver (S193); another Boilermakers Society of Australia 22mm x 22mm Silver (S195). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $450
SOLD $520
City Tattersall's Club Life Member, blue enamel and 9 carat gold (25x30mm) '202/ W.H.Browning/ 1.1.40' C.T. (Commercial Travellers) For Loyalty Five Years in gilt bronze (26mm) by (Stokes). S.E.C. (Stock Exchange Club) 1s (one shilling) in copper (23mm) by Stokes. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Conductor/ 4853 badge in tin (80x56mm) Mobil pin; 748 aeroplane pin; ESR S&S Club 1957 badge; (G.B.) Coppersmiths 40yrs member badge; tin badges; Total; Weeping Rock Blue Mountains; A.R.I.T.A. Sydney 1960, Alf Griffith NSW; May Day 40 hour week 1944, 1945, 1946 and undated. Fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Fed. Electrical Trades Union of Australia in 9 carat gold, voided, reverse inscribed 'Pres. To President A.Makin BY MEMBERS TASMANIAN BRANCH 1923', entirely hand engraved. Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Federation of Millers & Mill Employees Association of Australia, in enamalled gold, and another silver 'LG Symons' by GA Miller (9 carat) by Miller & Morris (silver) (Smith 300). Very fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $750
SOLD $780
Federated Society Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders Australia, in silver, enamelled, by Amor (Smith 335). The Trolly, Drayman & Motor Drivers Union of NSW 1926, in silver (Smith 662). Tramways Board, Melbourne pass & employees pass in brass, both by Stokes. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Federated Storemen & Packers Union, a series of issues, 1933-1963. Fine - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Fremantle Lumper's Union (Smith 394). Federated Carters & Drivers Industrial Union of Australia (cf Smith 257 but in aluminium, by Wittenbach, legend above clapsed hands). Trolly Draymen & Motor Drivers Union of NSW, 1923 (Smith 659). Queensland Colliery Employees Union (Smith 550). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Institute of Queensland Projectionists enamelled badge by Myers & Co. Tasmanian Railways Institute enamelled gilt badge by Swann & Hudson Frankston. Royal National Association Brisbane membership badges, 1925, 1941, by Wallace Bishop & Sons, 1951 by A.J.Parkes, NSW L.G.U. (Ladies Golf Union) (2). Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Melb. 8 Hrs Anniversary Committee 1912, in enamelled silver (29x34mm) by Stokes & Sons Melbourne (Smith 443). Good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Protect Australia League, enamelled badge with a white Australia, (White) Australia badge. Bathurst Jubilee 1912 Tug of War E.Hill' on reverse of voided silver badge. Back to Bathurst 1924 enamelled silver badge. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $210
Railways; Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen enamelled badge by Bertram Bros. Melb. (Smith 93 var), NSWR Ambulance Corps silver badge '1945 Efficient H.F.Lennon' Homebush and Sydney Second (Class) M pass (V.W.Cordukes Sep 1927) in silver (illus.). SA Railways 43 years service badge by A.J. Parkes Brisbane, NSWGR 45 years service medal in bronze (50mm) 'P.R.Woods'. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Various union badges including Painters & Decorators (NSW); Timber Workers; Transport Works; House & Ship Painters; Furnishing Trade; Federated Clerks Union; Fed. Gas Employees Industrial Union 1911; Firemen Deckhands Union NSW by Patricks Sydney. All in 2x2 holders. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Transport Workers Union, NSW, badges, a range of types 1947 to 1973. Very fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
United Commercial Travellers Assn of Australia, fob in gold (9ct, 6.3gms, 34 x 22mm) inscribed 'A.R.Hannon 26.2.60'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Victorian Railway Union, fob in silver (33 x 26mm), Federated Engine Drivers & Firemens Ass'n of Australasia, in gilt and enamel with chipping (30 x 26mm), Ironfounders Employees Union, in gilt and enamel (28 x 20mm) 5/6/18 3288 scratched on reverse, A.P.I. Mail Exchange Branch 55 in gilt and enamel (22mm). Good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Union Badges, a small collection covering a wide selection of unions, also includes several political and union club badges. Fine - uncirculated. (47)
Estimate $180
SOLD $0