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Tasmanian Local Forces (QVR), helmet plate, c.1881, in white metal (100mm x 87mm). Virtually as struck and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $0
Ballarat College Cadet Corps, hat (44 x 38mm) and collar (36 x 25mm [2]) badges in gilt and enamel by Swan & Hudson. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $170
SOLD $0
Hobart City Police (QVR), helmet plate, c.1857-1898, in white metal (106mm x 81mm). Small pin missing from centre piece, otherwise uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $0
War Department Constabulary (GVIR), 1937-1952, hat badge in white metal (52mm x 40mm). Lug broken at back, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Sweethearts brooch, mother of pearl with rising sun badge overlay; locket (29mm x 18mm) with RAAF wings. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Various buttons including prison, St. Helena (2 sizes, by Stokes 7 Martin c.1890) VR Queensland (2 sizes) Queensland Police force (4, 2 sizes), P M G, C.D (Civil Defence); Shoulder badge Moreton bay Regiment (after federation) plus colour pack , Papua New Guinea, constabulory (by A.J Parks Aust Wide0. Fine- very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Russia, college badge, 1856- 1906, M on crossed cannons; Fire Brigade. Both in bronze. Together with WWI Turkish belt buckle and eleven various British and Canadian regimental badges. Mostly very fine. (14)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Souvenir cloth belt with assorted badges (53), including Papua New Guinea Defence Force hat badge; Our Sailors Day, ANZAC Day, Legacy. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Argyll Mountain Battery, 4th Highland Mountain Brigade Gallipoli 25.4.15, medallion in silver and enamel (25mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Battle of Long Tan - Vietnam, 25th Anniversary, medallion in silver (70mm) by the Royal Australian Mint. In box of issue. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Royal Australian Navy, contemporary large bronze plaque of HMAS Sydney, by Amor & C.H.Eccles, undated, 295x210mm. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $620
Australian Flying Corp, bronze 'wings' 340x120mm. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, large 'Australian Sun' bronze plaque, 470x330mm, weight over 6kg. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $640
Returned Soldiers' & Airmen's Imperial League Australia, large bronze plaque, 170x220mm. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
World War II, tin sign plate, 'Red Cross' at top, 'This Street Supports an Australian Prisoner of War' below, red writing on blue background, 245x355mm. Fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $110
World War I, large souvenir cloth map of Turkey with primary of Gallipoli showing Australian, Scottish, British, Irish, New Zealander and French landing points. Also shows 'The Narrows', Chanak, Turkey in Asian and The Plains of Troy, 615x480mm. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World War I, large colour return from active service certificate, to Pte John Macryanns, 7 Oct 1919, Shire of Turon, NSW. Laminated, one of the finest known.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Municipality of Manly, framed certificate to Trooper Stanley Anderson, Jan 28 1919, 540x700mm.
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
Royal Australian Navy, framed facsimile of the destruction of the Emden, Nov 9 1914, 420x250mm.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Accumulation of posters, including Battle of Waterloo by D.Dighton; Warsaw Pact field uniforms; Victoria Police rank insignia; Reward Kelly Gang; Eureka Stockade; box of picture/photo frames; trench art, Nauru Police old lava (laplap), cigarette tins. Good - very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Australian military Forces- 3rd military District, two W.W.I letters regarding Maryborough, Victoria camp site; two unused letterheads; group of envelopes (7) with a selection of advertising cancellations for recruitment into the military forces; group of ration cards and coupons including clothing (5) and meat (4) as well as loose coupons; two 1942 identity cards; a 'Special Clothing Ration Book- Young Child's Issue' 1945 and a U.S.A 'War Ration Book Two'. Good- extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
World War II letters and telegrams, from Lieut W.T.Foo VX107469 (V32390) detailing his service in the army whilst in Australia and New Guinea, together with newspapers. Good. (hundreds)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Discharge Certificate, VX132610 Pte L.T.Thorpe A.A.C.C., photos (5) of VF389664 Rita Nicholson, signalman, A.W.A.S. from scholldays to war service, also a photograph of I.A.Johnston 1/3/1898 riding his bicycle and wearing his Bendigo Ramblers shirt. Very good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia, Royal Australian Air Force, Certificate of Service and Discharge (1941-1946); Defence Department, 3rd Military District, W.W.I railway ticket order 1919, hospitals; Queensland Railways W.W.II Berth or Seat order 1943; C of A. W.W.II Enrolment Form for Military Service for Home Defence 1941; Australian Military Forces - Army, early rising sun insignia transfer sticker; World War II, Commonwealth of Australia, Ministry of Munitions, folder containing copies of letters, reports relating to the production of lenses, optics and the optical industry 1941-1946 (60 letters). Very good - very fine. (65)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Warner, O., A Portrait of Lord Nelson, Bungay, 1959; Dugan, J., The Great Mutiny, London, 1966; Oman, C., Nelson, London, 1950; Evans, W.P., Deeds Not Words - The Victorian Navy, Melbourne, 1971; Brownrigg, B., The Life and Letters of Sir John Moore, New York, 1923; and others. Good. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Bennett, J., Highest Traditions - The History of No 2 Squadron, RAAF, Canberra, 1995; Cooper, M., The German Air Force 1933-1945 An Anatomy of Failure, London, 1981; Ellis, J., The Fightin Man in World War II, The Sharp End of War, Newton Abbot, 1980; Young, Brigadier P.(Ed)., The Almanac of World War II, Sydney, 1981; and others. Good. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Dupuy, R.E. & T.N., The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present, 1970; Rankin, K., Top-Hats in Tobruk, Odiham, 1983; Snelling, S., VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli, Trowbridge, 1999; Taaffe, S.R., MacArthur's Jungle War, Lawrence, 1998; and others. Good. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Moffitt, A., Project Kingfisher, 1989; Spencer, B., In the Footsteps of Ghosts - With the 2/9th Battalion in the African Desert and the Jungles of the Pacific, St Leonards, 1999; Evans, W.P., Port of Many Prows, Melbourne, 1969; Johnson, D.H., Volunteers at Heart - The Queensland Defence Forces 1860-1901, St Lucia, 1975; Westman, S., Surgeon With the Kaiser's Army, London, 1968; and others. Good. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Wiliams, R., W.W.I. Decorations and Orders to Australian Army Personnel, five volume set, stamped inside No.1 of 27 copies. Good condition.
Estimate $750
SOLD $760
Orders & Medals Research Society, England, journals, 1994-2000. 32 volumes.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70