Catalogue
World police, hat badges, rank titles, cloth shoulder patches and other memorabilia including, Australia, Northern Territory Correction Services, New South Wales Highway Patrol, Brunei, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Nepal, Malaysia, Royal Papua New Guinea, Singapore. Fine - extremely fine. (105 approx)
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
World military and police, hat, cap, collar badges, cloth shoulder titles including, Saudi Arabia Air Force Pilots wings, padded type, pilots wings in metal, Oman, Sultan's Land Forces cap badge and parachute wings, Singapore, France, cap badges, cloth shoulder title, U.S.A., Department of the Air Force Security Police, breast badge (2), Ghana. Very good - extremely fine. (74)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Cook Islands/New Zealand, Police cap badge, c.1954, in silver. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
Germany, police hat badges and cloth shoulder patches, assorted States including Bremen, Bayern, Hamburg, Saxon Anhalt. Very fine - extremely fine. (42)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Germany. World War II, Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst) Officer's gorget (Ringkragen) complete with neck chain, chrome plated with service crest in centre and 'X' & '9' in gilt on either side. Slight edge knock, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $420
U.S.A., Police Officers, cap, outer coat, metal badges and cloth shoulder patches, including City of Vermillion Police Department, Ohio, Department of the Air Force, Air Police. Very good - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
U.S.A., police hat/breast badges in various metals including, California Highway Patrol, Deputy Sherrif Bernalillo County, new Mexico, Palm Beach County, Florida, Captain, Sherrif Department State of Florida, Deputy Prides Parish Coroners, State of Louisiana, Deputy Sherrif, Pottawatomie, Kansas, Park Ranger, Lincoln, Nebraska, Detective, Lewiston Police, State of Idaho; also Philippines, National Customs Police. Very fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $170
SOLD $250
World militaria badges, ribbon bars, medallions, including Australia, Female Relatives badges (2) both with single stars; U.S.A., Life Saving Service, hat badge; Canadian Corps of Commissiares Medal; Great Britain, RANAS hat badge, Lusitania Medal, British Red Cross Society, three years service medal with three bars, Proficiency in First Aid with six bars; South Africa Bush Corps, hat badge; British West Africa, collar badges, Trucial Scouts, Colonels rank insignia in silver; reproduction miniature medals; Mewar Government District Court Saharan, bronze plaque (130mm x 112mm). Good - very fine. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
World miniature medals, including Austria, Belgium, France, India, Italy, two groups mounted. Good - extremely fine. (27)
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
France. Miniature medals, group of eight. Very good - very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Germany. Miniature medals including Prussia 1870-1871, 1886 Campaigns, Wilhelm Centenary 1897, Iron Cross non combatant. Some groups mounted, very good - extremely fine. (25)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Masonic Lodge medals, in gilt and enamels, including Independent Order of Oddfellows / Manchester Unity, 1910, 1920; King Arthur Lodge No.6593, 1950; Westminster Lodge No.766, 1955; N.L.L.V. and B.S.P.S. 1906, 1908; The Star of the South No.198, 1921; Freemasons Homes of Victoria , 1944, 1945, 1954; Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria. Fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Masonic medals and felt sash or vest in leather case awarded to J.A. McCartney, Hurstville 1947-1959 Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia plus a British Queen Victoria Jubilee 1887 medal in white metal with original ribbon see lot ( ). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Major General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), portrait plaque in nickel (243mm x 170mm). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Hand embroidered cushion cover World War I 1916, souvenir of Egypt (18 x 20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
World War I, Post card from Liverpool Concentration Camp for W.L.Kupin, Trial Bay March 9th 1916, addressee in Wellington, New Zealand Post mark 'Free Prisoner of War letter'. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Great Britain, World War I, Liverpool Prisoners of War, Lords Mayor's Million Shilling Fund, Tombola Ticket, two shillings and sixpence, drawn 30th September 1918, prizes include 'Å“1 a week for life'. Rare. Good Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
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 $180
SOLD $170
U.S.A., Decoration & Service awards, framed collection of miniatures, citations and emblems, by Cary Corporation, Sans Souci.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Republic of Vietnam, Decorations and Awards, chart on board.
Estimate $30
SOLD $10
Austin, Ron., Bold Steady Faithfull, The History of the 6th Battalion, Royal Melbourne Regiment, Melbourne, 1993; As Rough as Bags, The History of the 6th Battalion, 1st AIF, McCrae, 1992; Our Dear Old Battalion, The Story of the 7th Battalion AIF, McCrae, 2004; Cobbers in Khaki, The History of the 8th Battalion, 1914-18, Rosebud, 1997; Hay, David., Nothing Over Us, The Story of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion, Canberra, 1984. Near new. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Aviation, an illustrated History, by Christopher Chant, London 1983; Halifax/Wellington 256pp, printed in China, 1994. Kitchener's Sword Arm by Archie Hunter, UK 1996. All three in dust jackets. Fine. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Barzilay, David., The Britsh Army in Ulster, Vols 1, 2 & 3, Belfast, 1978, Vols 1 & 2 are reprints. Near new. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Canadian related books, Turner, J.P., The North-West Mounted Police, vols I & II, Ottawa, 1950; Douthwaite, L.Charles, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Glasgow, 1943; YoungD.A., The Mounties, London, 1968; Haydon, A.L., The Riders of the Plains, Covent Garden 1910; Chambers, Capt. Ernest J., The Royal North-West Mounted Police A Corps History, Toronto, 1973, facsimile; Macbeth, R.G., Policing the Plains, Toronto, 1931; Clarke, Tom E., The Mounties Patrol the Sea, Philadelphia, 1969; Clark, Cecil., Tales of the British Columbia Provincial Police, Victoria, 1971; Boulton, Major., The North West Rebellions, Toronto, 1886; and others. Good. (16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Canberra War Memorial., publications 1942-1950 including titles, H.M.A.S., Mk II, III, IV, Soldiering On, Jungle Warfare (2), Khaki and Green, Active Service, Signals, RAAF Log, RAAF Saga, Stand Easy, Victory Roll, As You Were 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, These Eagles; Cassell & Company, The Anzac Book. Good. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Corfield, Robin S., Hold Hard Cobbers, Vols 1 & 2, Glenhuntly, 1991, 1992; Holloway, David., Hooves, Wheels & Tracks, Fitzroy, 1990; Mollison, Lieutenant Colonel Charles S., Long Tan and Beyond, Nambour, 2005; Pirie, Andy., Commando-Double Black, 2nd Ed., Loftus, 1996; Trigellis-Smith, S., Britain to Borneo, A History of 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion, Sydney, 1993. Near new. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $280
Hudson & Kearns, London., Navy & Army Illustrated, Vols I - XII, from Dec 1895 to Sept 1901, hard bound; The Transvaal War Album - The British Forces in South Africa, hardbound. Some books with foxing and spine damage, otherwise generally good. (13)
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $700
Military and Constabulary books, mostly relating to Ireland, including Latham, Richard., Deadly Beat - Inside the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Edinburgh, 2001; Ryder, Chris., The Rug A Force Under Fire, London, 1989; Sinclair, R.J.K., & Scully, F.J.M., Arresting Memories, 1982; Foy, Michael., & Barton, Brian., The Easter Rising, Phoenix Mill, 1999; Bennett, Richard., The Black & Tans, London, 1959, and others. Good - near new. (29)
Estimate $130
SOLD $170
Military and police related booklets, manuals and magazines, including Great Britain, Manual of the Corps of Military Police, 1931; Drill (All Arms) 1951; Tanganyika Police Force Riot Drill Manual, 1953; Tanganyika Territory, Police Standing Orders, 1934; Canada, Small Arms of the Mounted Police; The North-West Passage Voyages of the Royal Mounted Police Schooner 'St Roch'; and others. Good. (39)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Titles relating to Military and Police, including Royal Irish Constabulary, 1911, Dublin; Uys, Ian., Rollcall The Delville Wood Story, Johannesburg, 1991; Doherty, Richard., The Thin Green Line, The History of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, Barnsley, 2004; Tucker, Philip Thomas., Burnside's Bridge, Mechanicsburg, 2000; Fraser, George MacDonald, The Steel Bonnets, London, 1995; Gardner, Brian., Mafeking A Victorian Legend, London, 1966; and others. Good - near new. (28)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280