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W.W.I., tribute fob in gold (0ct, 4.8gms, 33mm x 26mm) with loop mount, inscribed on reverse 'Presented / to / T.F.Bourke / by Campbelltown People / in recognition of / Services at / The Front / 20.3.19'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Military regimental and rank badges, buttons and shoulder titles, primarily New Zealand. Generally very fine. (100)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, assorted metal military insignia - trade badges, lot includes 16 buttons. Mostly fine. (59)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
World military hat, cap, collar badges and buttons, c.1890s - 1980s, mostly British Commonwealth countries, including RAAF, Royal Australian Engineers Royal Dragoons, Royal Engineers, RAF, Northumberland Hussars, Prince Consorts Own. All mounted on a felt belt. Very good - very fine. (53)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Metal dies (male), for badges, including 1st South African Infantry, shoulder titles, Gordon, Cadets. Very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Head Special Constable's badge, brass, round (45mm), legend HEAD / SPECIAL / CONSTABLE in three lines in black; another, Inspector's badge, brass, heart shaped (38x37mm), the word INSPECTOR in one line in black with a crown above, both with attached pins on the back for wearing. Both badges are of the same fabric and finish. Very fine - extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Buttons, c.1880s - 1990s, assorted, including Royal Australian Navy, R.A.A., New Zealand Forces, Royal Ulster Constabulary, West Yorkshire, Prince of Wales Own, U.S.A., all mounted and presented on a display board (560 x 290mm). Very good - extremely fine. (90)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Buttons, c.1880s - 1990s, assorted, including Australia, Victorian Local Forces, Commonwealth Peace Officer; Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, The King's Regiment, RASC, The Devonshire Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameroon Highlanders, U.S.A., all mounted and presented on two display boards (560 x 280). Very good - extremely fine. (168)
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
Buttons, c.1880s - 1980s, assorted, including U.S.A., Great Britain, Australia, Canada, all mounted and presented on a display board (560 x 280mm). Very good - extremely fine. (80)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Knights metal helmet, modern copy with wooden stand. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Lancashire Fusiliers, 9 carat tie pin. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, (72nd Foot) silver officer's cross belt plate, hallmarked 1885. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $1,500
Australian Soft Rank Insignia, VDC shoulder patches and rank brassards. Fine.
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
A group of badges, buttons, shoulder titles, epaulettes, ribbon bars, M.I.D. oakleaf, wound badge, atrributed to Major General L.E.Beavis CB CBE D.S.O. Good - very fine. (86)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Royal Flying Corps cap badge, Royal Flying Corps wings (modern), Gallipoli Star 1914-15. Fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
R.A.A.F., sweethearts badge in gold (9ct) and enamel, with safety chain. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Sweetheart brooches, an assortment of different designs, Army, Navy, R.A.A.F., some mother of pearl, plastic, silver, gilt and enamel, including Artillery, R.A.A.F. wings, Rising Sun. Good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Australian Light Horse, leggings(2), spurs(2), side arm holster and belt. Inert 3lb shells(2). Generally very fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Pith helmet, Worsley pattern 1939, maker R.Z.Bloomfield, London, handwritten inside band Chandler, Hadlow, Agnew. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australian Army, Officer's dress blue trousers, c.1950s; British Officer's Bedford cord riding breeches c.1915, calf ties cut down, leather knee padding. Very good. (5)
Estimate $110
SOLD $60
Japanese Midget Submarine souvenir, a small piece of copper pipe (15mm long) attached to the official Royal Australian Navy printed descriptive label stating. ' A Guaranteed Souvenir from the Japanese Midget Submarine Sunk in Sydney Harbour, Sunday, May 31st, 1942. (signed in fascimile by the) Rear-Admiral in Charge, Sydney (dated) July 30 1942. Proceeds to R.A.N. Relief Fund & King George's Fund for Sailors'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Germany, Third Reich, Sturmabteilungen (SA) ceremonial dagger, broad double-edged blade 219mm with nickel plated crosspiece and pommel and stained hardwood grip, blade etched 'Alles fur Deutschland' and with nickel national emblem and enamelled SA emblem on grip. Overall length 371mm with painted and steel sheath with nickel plated mounts and hanging strap with catch. Slight stain on cross piece of dagger, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
AK47 semi-automatic rifle magazine and carrying strap. Land mine (inert) of Russian manufacture; 2 Second World War hand grenades (inert) and two modern Minefiled warning signs (Cambodia). Generally very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
World War I., VP.5.15 gunsighting, maker W.Ottway & Co Ltd, Ealing 911, with wooden case, powder flash, powder measure, pen stand made from cartridge cases, leather pouch with date 4 November 1860. Good - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Gordon, Major L.L., British Battles and Medals, Spink & Son, London, 1979, 437 pp.; Williams, R.D., Medals to Australia with valuations, 1980; Nevin, David., The Pathfinders, Time-Life, 1980 illustrated throughout. Fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Newbury G., Mentioned in Despatches Australians World War I; Ward, G.E., Victorian Land Forces 1853-1883; Cassell and Coy Ltd., From the Australian Front; Williams R.D., The Victorian Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal; Arneil S., Black Jack; Laffin., Return to Glory; On the Western Front; Gammage B., The Broken Years; Rowell, S.F., Full Circle; Carlyon, N.D., I Remember Blamey; Australian Cadet Corps, Course Guidance Material Signaller Course; Australian Army Manual of Army Safety; The Soldiers Handbook; Cadet Training Volunes 1 and 2; Australian Cadet Corps Standing Orders 1980; AIDE Memoire for Regimental Officers and N.C.O.s 1971. Very fine. (17)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Australia in the Great War, No's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; The ANZAC Bulletin, No's 94, 99, 108, 115; Black & White Budget, No's 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 36, 37 March - June 1900; Review of Reviews, Jan, Oct, Dec 1893; Time Life, World War II, The Rising Sun; Battle of Britain; Battle of the Atlantic; Blitzkreig; Prelude to War. Very good - very fine. (26)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
First to Action - Life in the SBS. Soft bound pp430. Target Charlie - RAAF IN Vietnam. Hard bound pp136. Prisoner of War Roll - British and Commonwealth in Europe. Photocpy.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
(Canada & United States), assorted books, USA red books years 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980; USA blue books 1964, 1975, 1978; Shafer US currency 4th edn. Canada catalogues Charlton etc.; Gould, Hawaiian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money; Pelletier, Canadian Municipal Trade Dollars; Raymond, Silver Dollars of North & South America; Danaher, The Commemorative Coinage of Modern Sports, 1978. Many ex library copies, several fine. (25)
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
The Epic of Flight, a twenty three volume set, by the editors of Time Life books, titles include The Luftwaffe, America in the Air War, Knights of the Air, Fighting Jets, The Heliocopters, The RAF at War, The Giant Airships, The Soviet Air Force, The Carrier War. Very fine - extremely fine. (23)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0