Catalogue
An Original copy of Colonel (later Brigadier Sir Frederick) Galleghan's speech. Typewritten in blue ink on what appears to be a former order book. This document was found among the papers of Captain Alan Shearing a W.W.I. veteran and a Changhi inmate who died in the late 1970s
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $0
World War II., Prisoner of War, postcard, to Gordon Pickering, Officers Mess R.A.F. Wigtown Scotland, from F/O/ J.G.Stower, Stammlager Luft 13 (P.O.W. Camp), dated 30.9.43. 'Dear Pick, Thanks for all your letters you old bugger. I have learned of you though I trust you are O.K. ... I'vebeen a P.O.W. a bloody long time now, I'm a little fed up ... Be careful old lad, yrs Johnny'. Flying Officer J.G.Stower was shot after 'the Great Escape'. A highly emotive and very desirable piece of the Great Escape. With letter from RAF Museum dated 26.5.1998.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $2,100
Framed Navay related prints, photoes etching 'The White Emige over Darwin, glass print HMAS Derwent, wall mplaques in metal and navel HMAS vDerwent and brass Battle of Australia 50th anniversary 1992. (5)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Colonial percussion pistol, 1855 Tower model by Hollis & Shealt and J. Smith, crowns above 33 (twice) and 36, arrow above BO (ordnance) Believed to have been used by the Tasmanian Police. Wooden ramrod mechanism intact.
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,250
Local Forces, black leather pouch/cartouche (2), c.1870s, one stamped inside flap 'C.M. S.D. S.11.', th eother stamped 'M.S. V43.' Leather blistered on outside of both, good. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
World War II, trench art ashtrays made from 25 pound shell 1940, 1942, 105mm dated 1940, also 37mm cartridge case.
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Divers Helmet, U.S Navy 1941 model mounted for display in bar, Excellent condition replica.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $0
China, straight sword, ivory and brass handle, circa 1935.
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Germany, World war I and third Reich reproduction daggers with sheathes and ornate brass and inflationary hoards. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Germany, third Reich, army dagger, stansdard pattern.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Great Britain World War II, naval officers dirk (circa) (GVR) Kings crown above anchor on langet and lion head ponnel by Wilkinson (London).
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
India, dagger in decorated silver sheath straight very pointed blade.
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
India, Gurkha knives, one marked made in India, other decorated on blade with dragons e.t.c, both sheaths. (2)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
Japan, World War II, soldiers award in sheath, as found by Australian soldier.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Japan, sword, handle loose.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Europe, needle bayonet, with brass hilt. Some surface rusting.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
World War II, U.S.A, long bayonet in sheath.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
World war II, U.S.A. bayonet for M16 rifle, black plastic composistion handle with two screws. (8)
Estimate $240
SOLD $0
Post World war II, U.S.A, M5-1 bayonet for use with M1 Garand rifle in 1950's (Korean War). (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Great Sword of Charlemagne, modern replica with gilt handle and engraving, mounted on wooden backing plate.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Modern replica by martindale & Bell, England of an oriental sword with brass handle with snake decoration.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Active Service with Australia in the Middle East Canberra AWM 1941/ Khaki and Green. With the Australian Army of Home and Overseas. Canberra AWM 1943/ M. McKibbin. Barbed Wire. Memories of Stalag 383. New York, 1947. (3)
Estimate $30
SOLD $0
Australia in the War of 1939- 1945 series I (Army) Vol I. To Benghazio by G. Long Canberra 1952; Vol II; Greece, Crete and Syria by G. Long Canberra 1962; Vol III Tobruk and El Alamein by B. Maughan. Canberra 1966; Vol VI: The New Guinea Offensive by D. Dexter. Canberra 1961. Together with series S (Medical): Middle East and Far East by A. Walker. Canberra. 1962. 5 Volumes in all.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Australians in the War 1939-44 Army; South West Pacific Area, first year, Kokoda to Wau, Vol V; Royal Australian Navy 1942-1945, Vol II; Royal Australian Air Force 1939-42, Vol 1; Air War Against Japan 1939-45, Vol 11; Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Vol III; Medical - Clinical Problems of the War, Vol I; Medical - Middle East and Far East, Vol II. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Bean, C.E.W., Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-18, twelve volume set.
Estimate $750
SOLD $0
Brickhill, Paul., Reach for the Sky - The Story of Douglas Bader, London, 1954; Ellis, E.S., The Dragon of the Skies, London; Coble, H., & Payne, A.R., Famous Aircraft, London, 1937; S.B.A.C., The British Aircraft Industry, Lonodn, 1948; Cook, Hartley Kemball., Birth of Flight, London, 1941; and others. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $10
Napier, W.F.P. Major-General Sir., History of the War in the peninsula, Vols I, III-VI, missing Vol II, London, 1862. Vols I, III and V with tears in spine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Royal Airforce Training Memorandum, TEE EMM, Vols I & II (March 1941 - April 1943), facsimile reprint. Mint. (2)
Estimate $30
SOLD $20
Belize, specimen five dollars (057) (P.35). Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Bermuda, one to one hundred dollars specimen set 1st May 1984 (P.28b-33b) missing fifty dollars. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0