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Australian Army, dress blues tunic, trousers and cap with rank and collar badges, c.1950, also khaki issue peak cap with RAAOC badge, originally issued to Major J.W.Snelling formerly the Australian Army's Chief Inspector of Fire Services in Canberra, service details of Major Snelling - Governor Taiping Prisons Malaya H.Q., Commandant Changi Prisons, War Crimes and member No.7 War Crimes Court 1946, H.M.Convict Prison Taiping Official Visitors book and Prison Orders book (rare), attached inside Standing Order No.1/45 'It is hereby ordered that all Prison Standing Orders ... signed Major Snelling'. Very good - very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
W.W.II., pilots double sided silk excape maps (51mm x 46mm) of Cyrenaica, K1/K2, K2/K1. First map with 5mm hole bottom left, very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
W.W.II., Pith helmets (2) made by Peninsula Hat Mfg.Co. Calcutta 1938, the second made by S.M.Co Products; Civil Bandmans peak cap, made by Miown Cap Co. Melbourne; Russian Army side cap 1992. Very good - very fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Australian Contingent 1937 Coronation, personal scrapbook of Gnr T.D.Cunningham including newspaper clippings, invitations, Certificate of Discharge No.1, 470002 Thomas Duncan Cunningham, Australian Coronation Contingent, 12/7/1937, leave passes, photographs Colonel Lind OIC - T.D.Cunningham, pocket patch. Good - very fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $200
Canada, World War II, Ration books to Julia Mark (2) Julia and Samuel Crawford., each partly used, mostly meat rations. Fine. (4)
Estimate $40
SOLD $0
New Britain, World War II souvenir, original artwork in watercolour and crayon? of the Lords Prayer in Pidgin with Greetings from New Britain (165x112mm) (signed) 'Pte Cox R.' nice souvenir item. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
New Zealand, W.W.II., Officers cap with K.C. bullion embroidered badge. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
South African Constabulary, hat and cap badge, c.1910, in white metal (67mm x 57 mm and 43mm x 29mm). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
South Africa & Active Service, badge in gilt and enamel (30mm x 24mm) by Stokes, No.104, date 1929 on reverse. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Germany, World War I U Boat badge in gilt. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World military badges, including Italian Parachutist, arm badge, Portugal Air Force, Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force Officers hat badge, Thailand, Netherlands. Very fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Assorted world badges, buttons and medals, including Boer War bars, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, W.W.I., patriotic tinnies, rising sun badges, Federated Railway Loco Engine Drivers Assoc N.S.W., in silver, brass belt buckle, Youth League of Australia badges, Vic Roads Enforcement Department cap badge, the National Medal for Service (not to final production stage). Good - very fine. (62)
Estimate $130
SOLD $140
Germany, W.W.I., Prussian infantry, other ranks spiked helmet (picklehaube) black leather body with brass fittings and front plate, roundels unpainted. Part of inner lining missing, very good.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Germany, W.W.II. issue luger pistol holster, leather, complete with spare magazine; Australia, Army revolver holster, leather, written inside of flap 'E.Rogerson'; Australian Army, W.W.II. issue, revolver holster, leather, with Government markings, made by Morris Conn & Co, Adelaide, 1941, as issued to Military Police. Very good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Zulu assegais (3), with a small Zulu shield brought from Natal, c.1906 by William Hutchinson. The assagais were cut in half to fit into the luggage before boarding the 'S.S.Afric' for the journey to Australia. Very good - fine. (4 items)
Estimate $270
SOLD $0
Trench art, W.W.I., Artillery shell base made into an ashtray in the shape of an Army hat. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
World War I, framed tapestry of Egypt depicting flags of the allies 580 x 580mm, with English and Arabic script.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
W.W.II., a tracing drawn by VX88453 Sergeant Norman Roy Hayward, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion, 2nd A.I.F., of operations of the Battalion for the period 26/06/1945 to 21/08/1945, consists of a map together with comprehensive details of Operations for A, B, C and D Companies, also lists Battalion and Japanese casualties and Air Strikes with casualties. Hayward also served in the Victorian Police Force, Shrine guard, reg No.11884. Rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
World War II and after, Captain's jacket, RAE black beret; army kit bag with brass handle; two cummerbunds, one RAADC circa 1950, the other health battalion (current); VDC hat- band (1942); Russian Army forage cap with tank corps badge, sundry badges, all in Reserve Bank canvas bag.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
W.W.I. - W.W.II., military and Victoria Police memorabilia of Major Thomas Duncan Cunningham V81362/VX9778, details of his Military-Naval and Police service, was MID Middle East / South West Pacific Area, includes rank badges, belt, gloves, spats, maps, newspaper clippings, scrapbook, photographs, pocket patches (2), riband bars, New Testament, sewing kit, First Field dressing pack 1941, Australian flag. Good - very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $210
Naval Dockyard Police, hat badge in white metal (45mm x 53mm) c.1940. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $420
W.W.II., armbands, cloth, R.A.F.P. (2); SS P (2); vinyl S P (R.A.A.F.); S G. Very good - fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Pith helmet as worn by the South Australian Police, c.1940, no badge, made in India expressly for Cook, Son & Co.Ltd, Adelaide. Some external water marks, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
R.A.A.F. Police, fob badge, No.000, Army Quality Assurance Service Working Sample, submitted by Stokes (Australasia) 12.11.86, complete with tag. Uncirculated.
Estimate $120
SOLD $300
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - North West Mounted Police, constables scarlet tunic with yellow braid, 1882 pattern, trousers, pill box hat, '1861 H.P.' printed in ink on head liner, buff leather belt hat and one spur. Considerable mothing to jacket inside liner, some mothing to trousers and hat, good - very good. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $210
World police badges, metal and cloth, including Australia, U.S.A., Germany, wooden plaques, pennants (small), brass binoculars, mulga wood ashtray, barometer, Holeproof Hosiery poster, issued 1940, of badges, medals, colour patches as worn by the A.I.F. in W.W.I., other posters include French National Gendarme, Battle of Waterloo, Police public relations, and Victorian Railways Loading Diagrams, 1927 reprint. All items contained in two boxes. Fine - extremely fine. (hundreds)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Handcuffs, Victorian Police Force issue, pair of 'Hiatt Best' 'Warranted Wrought', no key; pair of 'Hiatt', nickel plated, with key, stamped numbers '72' and '336' are kit numbers. Very good. (2 pairs)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Police truncheon, painted wooden (length 46cm), the shaft painted dark blue and with 'S.C.' in yellow, used by the Special Constabulary during the strike by the Victorian Police Force in 1923. Special Constables were appointed uner the 'Unlawful Assemblies Act' and sworn in by Justices of the Peace, they had similar powers and authority to permanent sworn personnel. Very good. (6 items)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Police black leather covered truncheon (length 52cms), with original metal fittings, used by the Colonial administered Police Force in Portugese Goa on the west coast of India, also used in Macao, Portugese Timor; plain black wooden baton (length 37cms) with black shoe lace thong; plain light brown wooden baton (length 39cms); another (length 43.5cms); South Australia Mounted Police, wooden truncheon (length 62cms). Very good. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Swagger sticks, the Northern Rhodesian Regiment, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, and a standard leather one. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200