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Great Britain, Martini Henry bayonet, c.1880, Spike bayonet No.4 MKII with scabbard (2). Good - very good. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Great Britain, Baker style sword bayonet, blade length 567mm, brass hilt and knuckle bow, brass mounted scabbard. Small cracks in blade, blade has been sharpened, good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Britain, World War II, bayonet, India pattern No.1 Mk III, with false edge and round frog stud on scabbard G.R.I., R.F.I. Very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Great Britain. World War II, Fairburn Sykes fighting knife, unmarked variant of the B2 third pattern, standard blade, ribbed hilt, with plain top nut indicating World War II issue. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Royal Irish Constabulary, rifle pattern sword carried by Officers of the R.I.C., gothic hilt with cartouche of Queen Victoria crown over Irish harp, blade embellished with insignia including the R.I.C. badge, maker John Ireland & Sons, Ellis Quay, Dublin, refurbished in England, 1993.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,200
Ireland. Royal Irish Constabulary, rifle pattern sword carried by Officers of the R.I.C., gothic hilt the cartouche consisting of the Queen Victoria Crown over Irish Harp, blade embellished with insignia of the Queen Victoria Crown over the Irish Harp. Manufactured by 'Sexton, Dawson St, Dublin'. Dents in scabbard, sword fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $700
Germany, World War I, officers sword, by W K & C. Brass handle, Kaiser's monogram and eagle on guard.
Estimate $350
SOLD $260
Germany, World War I, trench fighting daggers (2), single edged blade, staghorn grip with nickel ferrule, leather sheath, overall length 285mm; smaller trench dagger, in a deteriorated fabric, metal tipped sheath with staghorn grip, overall length 250mm. Good - very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
Germany, Third Reich, police pattern sword carried by Officers of the German National Police, badge set in the grip, original silvering worn off to the bronze base metal, blade embellished with the SS runes on one side and on the other, head and shoulders of a helmeted figure over the letters WKC. Very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $1,200
Germany, World War II, bayonet with scabbard for use with mauser rifle, markings on both sides of blade '444J, SM72'. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Germany, World War II, late issue all metal bayonet and scabbard. Very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
India, Imperial Police, rifle pattern sword carried by Officers of the Imperial Police India, gothic hilt with cartouche of Imperial Crown over monogram IP, brown leather scabbard with original brown leather sword knot. Very fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $1,100
India, rifle pattern sword with brown leather scabbard, gothic hilt with cartouche of 'CPP' surmounted by Imperial Crown. These swords were carried by Officers of Superintendent rank in the Central Provinces Police Force of British India, pre 1947. Re-chromed and polished, otherwise fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Italian sabre, c1850, missing scabbard. With crack in blade, otherwise good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Japan, World War II, Army Officer's sword with metal scabbard. A few cuts in blade, otherwise very good.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Japan, World War II, Officer's sword with lacquered wood scabbard. Scabbard splitting at seams, also some lacquer missing, otherwise very good.
Estimate $450
SOLD $440
World War II, Japan, tang inscribed with makers name, blade for-shortened (probably after damage), sheaf and handle intact.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Netherlands, naval cutlass with leather scabbard, c.1900. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Hunting knives (3), African, one with curved blade and wooden handle embellished with nickel, brass wire and two red stones in a metal scabbard; another with carved metal blade with some engraving, animal horn handle; another with straight blade, engraved pattern, black wooden handle crudely shaped into a human head; miniature club, length 220mm with wooden handle. Good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Dagger, steel blade, wooden handle and sheaf with ivory bands, probably World War II period, also Middle Eastern dagger with decorated sheath and handle. Fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Award Certificate, Prince of Wales Victorian Volunteer Light Horse Castlemaine Troop, Tournament 1870, Prize for Sword Exercise, won by Trooper Alexander McGuffie, signed by George Ryland, Captain Commandant, together with British Cavalry Troopers sword, 1853 pattern. An extremely rare certificate. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,300
Wall plaques, (8) including Royal Australian Naval Police (2); Naval Police; RAAF Provost Unit; U.S.A., 43 Security Police Squadron; 16th Military Police Platoon, trench art, also Victoria Police Force, pair of 'Hiatt Best' 'Warranted Wrought' 'A' Grade handcuffs, numbered 16 with matching key. Very good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
World War II, The Call to Arms Certificate, framed and glazed, from the President, Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Oxley, to S.W.Bennett, who served in World War II, together with a framed and glazed photograph of Pte S.W.Bennett. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Royal Australian Navy, collection of photographs (73) of ships of the Royal Australian Navy from all periods, includes a wide selection of vessels destroyers, frigates, aircraft carriers, submarines, many with annotations on the back in pencil; includes the Parramatta in Port Phillip Bay in 1920, photograph states 'First vessel launched by RAN Feb 1910'. Also includes photographs of sail ships, postcards and press clippings.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
The Darwin Mobile Force, an album with photographs of Australian Army, Navy personnel and civilians, inside covers of album containing many autographs. Album damaged, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Soldiers diaries of 1941 and 1942, contained in a cigarette tin, for HJ Rickard NX22211, giving a detailed account of his experiences in North Africa during those years (2); a large metal name plate for HJ Rickard and an un-named British War Medal 1939-45. Very good - very fine. (4) Lance Sergeant Harold John Rickard, NX22211, 2/17th, 9th Division. Enl.28May1940 Disch. 30Apr1945.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Australia, WWI & WWII papers relating to 521 and S212239 Edward Richard Maxwell, Pte 10th Batt and WOI, 4th Australian Adv Amm Depot, including Certificate of Character (1914), identity card, AMF Warrant (1941), character reference from Lt Col Oke (1943), WWII Certificate of Discharge (1943) showing service from 3Oct1939 to 3Oct1943, leather wallet c.1940's. Very good. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Military Memorabilia and Ephemera, selection of naval and military cigarette cards (32); Royal Australian Army Pay Corps ten dollars facsimilie currency for training purposes; Bank of France World War I gold? Certificate of Exchange to banknotes dated 25th January 1918; Queensland World War II military rail ticket 'Defence Forces Camp' available Lowood and Brisbane dated 6th to 19th April 1945 (very rare); AMF 45th Battalion programme of Parades 1928; RAAF and military photos; HMAS Collins submarine postcard; set of six Air force aircraft cards; RAAF Comforts Appeal button; Australian Repatriation Fund 1917 appeal ribbon; Department of Government Transport, Ex Serviceman's Newcastle Bus Pass 1967, Police Officer's home and duty pass 1968, institute and first aid corps students bus pass 1968. Very good - uncirculated. (54)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
World Wars I and II onwards, ration book, Identity card (U.K), Commonwealth Australia Dependants allowance 1943, MPC (4), labels & packets of crests including Queen Victoria 1881 cloth badges in official packet, wooden musical box cigarette case with World War I period cigarettes, metal hat, collar and shoulder badges and brass U.K. belt buckle & Royal Australian Navy 1953 belt buckle. Royal Coat of Arms, mostly U.K. and New Zealand, mostly labelled on card and inside plastic clip seal bags, includes U.S.A 1939-45 army peaked cap badge by K.G.Luke Melbourne. Fair - extremely fine. (120)
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
Australia, World War II, 4 Australian Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Officers Mess paper checks for five, ten, twenty and fifty mils. Extremely fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,100