Catalogue
Australian Flying Corps, 3rd Squadron, A.F.C., Officers' Mess paper chit for ten cents, printed by Mark & Lee, Aylesbury. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Commonwealth of Australia, invitation card from the Right Honorable William Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia to Alan L Wooltan for a dinner at the Hotel Palais d'Orsay, Quair d'Orsay, Paris, 19th April 1919 to commemorate the landing of Australian troops in Gallipoli, April 25th 1915, signed W.Hughes. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Australian Defence Canteens Service, Canteen Order N/I 527805 for the value of two shillings, stamped Mil.Ro.Cowra N.S.W. Australia 2.Jy.45. Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $270
Victorian Mounted Rifles, photograph c.1901 (60cm x 48cm) of thirteen mounted troopers in front of Victoria Barracks. Mount glazed and framed (77cm x 67cm). Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Australian Light Horse C.M.F. Victoria, No.5 Squadron Garrison Troops, copy of original composite photograph (42cm x 29cm) 31.8.1907. Framed and glazed (73cm x 57cm). Very good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Australia. WWI, handwritten diary, 29.9.1915-19.11.1916 by Jack Edmonds, excerpts 1915 'Thursday 23rd, great excitement on board a U boat torpedoed, just behind us all hands saved all the boats crews sleeping alongside the boats 'Monnopolis''; 1916, 'June 22nd, guns going strong on both sides go over parapet and get some strawberries for Jim', 'June 26th, great excitment our Flying men have a day out, fire 3 Observation Balloons the boys in the front trenches cheer the huns hear the cheering and open with their Big Guns but our boys mix it with them and we have a lovely time standing to in the Rain all Night'; together with postcards, letters, photographs, souvenir booklet, magazine 'Australia in the Great War' (3), Y.M.C.A. wallet with envelopes, part note pad, pocket watch, Railway Lever Q Nielson Hobart, camera, vest pocket autograph Kodak with close up lens attachment, shoulder rank badges, buttons, souvenir brooch, Returned from Active Service badge double headed penny, magnifying glass, British and French flags, the ANZAC book, cloth Welcome Home banner, banknotes, enamelled battalion badge, cartridge case, sand filled marker. Good - very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $640
Booklet, souvenir of the return to Australia per T.S.S."Nevasa" March-April 1919, souvenir brochure of the 4th Infantry Brigade, South Australian Ambulance Brigade Certificate to W.K.Jones 8.5.1932, photographs (2). Good - fine. (6)
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
A selection of military related items and ephemera, includes YMCA Field Service Department, Military Camp Liverpool, NSW 1913, illustrated six page leaflet setting out detail of work done in the camp by the YMCA; Melbourne YMCA Giant Gym Display, programme dated 20th Novgember 1913; ANZAC Dawn Service, Cenotaph, Martin Place Sydney, programme ANZAC Day 1943' colour copy of an aerial view of the "German Concentration Camp, Liverpool..."; Highrer Elementarey School, North Fitzrioy, Patriotic Fund Contributions Pupil's Pledge and Receipt Card for monthly contributions of two shillings dated 20.12.1918; World War 1 photograph of large Australian military contingent in Europe; immitation Australian ten shillings note photograph with digger and girlfriends? photo superimposed; India postcard dated 1911 with Company drills, class firing and uniforms infomation printed on the back; plus four reprints (1960's) newspapers featuring among others, the German Surrender and Armistice Day. First item rare. Very good - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Australia. WWI, Camp Pocket Candlestick tin, complete with matches and candles. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Australia. First field dressing pack by Elliot Bros Ltd Sydney N.S.W. January 1916; Hoadleys butterscotch tin - Australian Branch British Red Cross Society; A.I.F. Military note book holder. Good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $170
Australia, assorted militaria, including puggaree c.1930, stable belts c.1960, lanyards, 3MD cloth car pennant, cloth rank badges, also Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and U.S.A. cloth insignia. Very good - extremely fine. (112)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Australia. Puggarees, 1930-c.1969, including Light Horse, Armoured Car and Veterinary Regiment, Artillery, Light Horse N.S.W. Lancers, 1930-36, RAAF. All mounted on a framed board. Very good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $250
SOLD $580
Australia, bugles (2), Hume Bros / Makers / Adelaide / Richard Correll / Sole Agent / Australia; Henry Potter & Co / 36 West St / Charing Cross Road / London / 1908 / A.A.O.D. Very good. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Australia. Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade, brass helmet with chin strap, c.1950. Fair.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Australia, State Police buttons, c.1855-1970, various manufacturers, including Australia Commonwealth Territory, Commonwealth Peace Officers Corps, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania (Launceston, Rural), Victoria, Western Australia. Very good - extremely fine. (275)
Estimate $350
SOLD $1,000
Australia, Germany, Great Britain, c.1900-1990, photographs, postcards, letters, paybooks, W.W.I map, France, sheet 3GB, Notes on Pay and Allowances of British Service Officers, paid under the Indian Pay Code. Good - very fine. (100)
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Australian and foreign militaria, including Australia, cloth shoulder titles, cuff links, R.A.N. flying ration tin (empty), W.W.II bicycle lamp with blackout cover, rifle cleaning pull throughs, chrome tobacco case, motor spirit ration tickets, New Testament, wound stripe, buttons, also toy cannons by Crescent, Dinky, field artillery tractor, trailer and gun, U.S.A., C.S.A. belt buckle, S.S.Orsova, New Zealand cruise 1956 souvenir letter opener. Good - very fine. (70)
Estimate $130
SOLD $170
Badges, British and Australian, a small accumulation including rising suns (4). Fine - very fine. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
British Commonwealth, 1908-1990, Artillery hat, cap, collar badges, shoulder titles and buttons, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. All mounted on two boards. Good - very fine. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
British Commonwealth. WWI-2000, badges, hat, cap, collar, shoulder titles, rank insignia including Canada, Fiji, Great Britain, Long Range Desert Group, Royal Artillery, East Surrey, Hampshire, R.F.C., Army Pay Corps, Cornwall, The Queen's Own Hussars, also Thailand, U.S.A. Good - extremely fine. (133)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Bengal Presidency Rifle Association, Army V. Volunteers Central Meeting, 1892, medal in bronze (55mm). With light corrosive spots, extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Germany. WWII, campaign medals, badges, cloth insignia, gorgets (2), mostly modern reproductions. All mounted on a framed board. Poor - very fine. (77)
Estimate $250
SOLD $420
Germany. WWII, assortment of medals, ribbon bars, mainly modern reproductions, Iron Cross WWI, WWII; Winter Campaign in Russia; War Merit Cross; Blood Order; Life Saving Medallion; German Defences Medal; 25 Years Faithful Service Medal; Cross of Honour for the German Mother; Olympic Games, 1936, commemorative medal; German Red Cross decorations; Spanish Cross. Good - extremely fine. (69)
Estimate $400
SOLD $750
Germany. WWII cloth epaulettes (16), cuff titles (7), some modern copies. Good - very fine. (23)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Germany, 1933-1945, Army and Airforce cloth insignia, assorted cuff titles, arm bands, car pennants. All mounted on five framed boards. Very good - very fine. (94)
Estimate $350
SOLD $580
Germany. Prussia, WWI, felt spiked helmet (pickelhauber). Some reburbishment, no chin strap, very good.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Germany. WWII, water bottle, stamped SMM43 (1943) complete with aluminium cap. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Germany. WW II, Waffen-SS fez, with standard issue BeVo quality insignia (eagle, swastika and totenkopf) as worn by any rank of personnel, officers or rank and file. It was the official head-dress for wear by personnel of the 13.SS-Freiwillige Gebirgs Division (kroatien) (Oct 1943) renamed in May 1944 13.Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS 'Handschar' (kroatische Nr.1). Some mothing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $0
World War I, German-Turkish green silk bookmark (62mm x 395mm) printed with Turkish soldiers for March-April 1915 Dardenelles Gallipoli. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Germany. Belt buckles (2) WWI, Got Mit Uns, InTrene Fest, also metal shell detonator tin. Very good. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100