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Photo frame, handcrafted in oak, Victoria Cross photo frame (325mm x 315mm, depth 22mm), Dec 26.1899, with photo inset of H.R.Martineau. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
British Commonwealth, c.1900-1930, hat, cap, collar badges and buttons, including Australia Volunteer Cadet Corps, Victoria, hat badge, rising sun collar badge; Great Britain, The Devonshire Regiment, The King's, Worcestershire, Royal Artillery. All mounted on a vinyl strip. Good - very fine. (32)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
British Commonwealth. 1900-c.2000, hat, cap and collar badges, including Australia, The Macquarie Regiment, Australian Army Psychology Corps, Melbourne University Regiment, RAASC, WRAAC; Great Britain, Royal Welsh Fusileers, Connaught Rangers (QVC), Leicestershire Regiment, Hertford Special Constable, Hertford County Long Service Special Constabulary (KC); Pacific Islands. Fair - Extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $110
SOLD $120
World militaria and medals, including Great Britain, WWI Princess Mary gift tin, Army General Service belt buckle (VR), sword belt buckle, 2nd Bn The P.A.Somerset Light Infantry, award medallion in silver, inscibed 'E.Coy / 1912-1913', Royal Society Safe Driving Competition, five years Drivers award, three bars 1967, 1969, 1970; Siam/Thailand, medals (3); Germany, Fire Service award. Good - very fine. (9)
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
Militaria, a group of modern copies, medals and badges including, Germany, WWII, Iron Cross (2), War Merit Medal, Blood Order; badges, bronze Tank Battle badge, General Assault badge, Coastal Artillery badge, High Seas Fleet War badge; Great Britain, Victoria Cross; Australia, Cameron Highlanders of W.A., 23rd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Camel Corps, 27th South Australian Scottish Regiment, AMF belt buckle in brass. Poor - very fine. (21)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
British Commonwealth. Military and school hat and collar badges, WWI-c.1990, including Australia, ANZAC 'A', Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army Catering Corps, A.I.C., R.A.A.M.C., A.C.S., Hamilton College Cadet Corps; New Zealand, 3rd (Auck) Regiment N.Z.Infantry, New Zealand Regiment, N.Z. Women's Land Service, NZE, New Zealand Corps of Signals; Great Britain, assorted copy/relica medals/specimen medals including V.C., G.C., Waterloo, Indian Mutiny Medal, Victory Medal 1914-19, Gallipoli Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Efficiency Decoration (EIIR), Australian Fire Service Medal, also Germany, medals, Berlin olympics, WWII party badge. Some badges with lugs missing, chipping on enamel. Good - extremely fine. (59)
Estimate $300
SOLD $580
World flags, various sizes including Australia, Bicentenary; Germany, WWII modern relicas; U.S.A., also photograph frames, Centenary of the Australian Army 1901-2001, commemorative set of tea spoons (6) cased, WWII metals signs (2), War Savings St, A.R.P.Warden, cigarette cards (18), pre 1939, in two glazed frames. Fair - extremely fine. (28)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Military hats and field side caps, including Australia, Officers peak cap and slouch hat with Royal Australian Army Pay Corps badge, Royal Australian Artillery, Australia Tramways Board peak cap; Germany, Great Britain, Artillery field side cap. Good - very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Hunters trophy, with pocket watch holder, c.1890, a hawk atop mountain with crossed shotgun, sword and horn below, in cast bronze, on a wooden base (w.210mm x ht.175mm x 153mm). Fine.
Estimate $110
SOLD $0
Militaria, including Australia, Sam Brown belt and fittings, pair of spurs, wooden plaques (3), 132 Div Loc Bty, Monash University, Australian Army Pay Corps, leather chin straps (6); Germany, W.W.I leather belt with buckle, W.W.II ammunition pouches (2). Good - very fine. (20)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
World militaria, including trench art ashtrays, cigarette lighter (not in working order), whistles (2), pocket knife, handcuffs, gunpowder measures (2), powder flasks (2), single stirrup, pair of spurs, Anti-Dim stick for gas mask, eardrum protectors, clay pipe, water canteen, machine gun barrel viewer by Gilbert, W.W.I picklehaube, plate damaged. Good - very fine. (55)
Estimate $170
SOLD $300
Assorted militaria, including Australia, R.A.N. silhouette of battle ship (ht.163mm x w.130mm), badges, assorted tally bands (modern) (6); Germany, Great Britain, cloth sailor, wooden pipe. Good - very fine. (16)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Iron cannon and base, barrel length 220mm. Fine.
Estimate $130
SOLD $0
World War II, NES helmet plus gas mask with cloth bag. Fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $140
Military steel helmets including, U.S.A. c.1970 (2), spare inner shell, WWII Italian helmet with stencil badge of 16th Infantry and bullet holes. Good - fine. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Military prints, Robert Taylor (2), titled `The Lancaster VCs', signed by Norman Jackson VC and Bill Reid VC; and `The Dambusters' signed by Air Marshall Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB, DSO, DFC, AFC., both framed and glazed (750mm x 550mm); also WWI German and French troops at battle (2), unsigned, both framed and glazed (530mm x 450mm). First two with some foxing. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Antique and Historical Arms Collectors Guild of Victoria Inc., Caps & Flints magazine, 1966-2003, bound into seven volumes; Australian Gunner magazine, Vol 1 No.1 - Nov 1981, bound into one volume; N.S.S.A., Nasho News, June 1997 - Dec 2003, bound into two volumes; Ballarat Nasho Newsletter, 2000 - 2003, bound into one volume; Standby News, bound into one volume; RAE (Victoria), Sapper Summit, 1992 - 2003, bound into two volumes. Good. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $20
Assorted military. Bates, P., Japan and The British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1946-52, London, 1993; Hinchliffe, L.G., Trust and Be Trusted, The Royal Army Pay Corps and its History, Winchester, 1983; Horton, D., Ring of Fire, Australia Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in WWII, South Melbourne, 1983; Monash, General Sir John, KCB., The Australian Victories in France in 1918, London, 1920; Wall, D., Sandakan The Last March, Mona Vale, 1989; Winter, B., Stalag Australia, German Prisoners of War in Australia, North Ryde, 1986; and others. Fair - very good. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Assorted military. Hamilton, J., Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You, Sydney, 2004; Hull, W., Salvos With the Forces, Mont Albert, 1995; MacDonald, D., How we Kept the Flag Flying, London, 1900; Wilmot, C., Tobruk 1941, Sydney, 1944; The Naval and Military Club Melbourne, Melbourne, 1962 and 1981; and others. Hardbound and paperback. Fair - very good. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Assorted military. Publications on military history, regiments and equipment, including The Story of The Twenty First; The History, Customs and Traditions of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; Australian Awards of the King's South Africa Medal; Glimpses of Colonel Tom; London Gazette (Falklands Awards); Humorosities; Australian Army Badges; Purple With a Green Strip; The Coo-ee March; Australia and the Commonwealth in the Malay Emergency 1948-60; Australian Military Equipment vols 1, 2, 3; 50 Years of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps; Royal Australian Army Pay Corps; and other titles. Fair - very good. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
Australia. Bowden, T., Changi Photographer, Sydney, 1984; Cronin, K., Colonial Casualities, Carlton, 1982; Ham, P., Kokoda, Sydney, 2005; MacDougall, A.K., Australia at War a Pictorial History, Rowville, 2004; McKinlay, B., Australia 1942 End of Innocence, Sydney, 1985; Timelife., Australia at War For Queen and Commonwealth, Surry Hills, 1987; and other titles. Good - near new. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Australian Army, Colour Patch Register 1915-1949, bound into one volume; Ferstberg, A.N., Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1903-1930, Melbourne, 1981; Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1930-1948; Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1948-1971 (photocopy); The Lineage of the Australian Army, Melbourne, 1972; Australian Army Guidons and Colours, Melbourne, 1972; Australian Army Insignia 1903-1966; Melbourne, 1967; Australia in Uniform 1943, Melbourne, c.1970 (spiral bound); Grebert, R., Rising Sun Badge Origin Theories and Evolution, Sydney, 1994; Glyde, K., Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915-1951, Hobart, 1999. Good. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Australian military. Adam-Smith, P., Australian Women at War, Melbourne, 1984; Austin, S & R., The Body Snatchers, McCrae, 1995; Barker, B., Police as Peace-keepers, Melbourne, 1984; Charlton, P., The Unnecessary War, South Melbourne, 1983; Howard, A., You'll be Sorry, Refections of the AWAS 1941-1945, Sydney, 1994; Keogh, Col E.G., The River in the Desert, Melbourne; Scott, J., Girls with Grit, North Sydney, 1986; Thomason, W.E., Marching On, Bendigo, 1989; also War Memorials of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994 and booklets on Poems from the Desert, The Pacific War and Norfolk Island, Fijians at War. Some books signed by authors. Good - near new. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Australian military. Adam-Smith, P., Prisoners of War, Ringwood, 1992; Callinan, B.J., Independent Company, Portuguese Timor 1941-43, Melbourne, 1954; Fitzgerald, L., Lebanon to Labuan, Melbourne, 1980; together with publications on Aircrew in the Battle of Britain, 3MD RAA TEWT, Stories of Australians at War, History of the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps in South Australia, and RAAPC historical collection (6), Australians Remembered maps (2), The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, The National Serviceman, Australian Aldershot, Weekend Warriors, 2 Commando Company, Federation Frontline, 50 Years of Duty, History of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment 1965-85, ECOSOC Resolution 1503. Good. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Australian military. Avery, Lt-Col B., In the Anzac Spirit, McCrae, 2002; Bruce, P., Tassie's Fighting Pay Corps, 1995; Cranston, F., Always Faithfull, Spring Hill, 1983; Donovan, P., Waltzing Matildas , Blackwood, 1988 (signed by author); Crouch, J., A Special Kind of Service, Chippendale, 1986; Fairclough, Colonel H., Equal to the Task, Melbourne, 1962; Gorman, Capt E., With the Twenty-Second, reprint; Likeman, Lt-Col R., Men of the Ninth, McCrae, 2003; Mad Mick's Mob, A History of the 15th Australian Field Company R.A.E., 1995; Muirden, B., The Diggers Who Signed On For More, Kent-Town, 1990; Smith, A., Convoys Up the Track, Plympton, 2000 revised edition; Sublet, Lt-Col F., Kokoda to the Sea, McCrae, 2000; Smith, Lt-Col N.C., Tid-Apa, Melbourne, 1992; Tanner, T.W., Compulsory Citizen Soldiers, 1980. Good - near new. (14)
Estimate $220
SOLD $440
Australian military. Books, magazines, journals and handbooks including, Small Arms Training No.13 1945; The Bren Light Machine Gun; Gun Drill for Mark IV Gun or Mark IVP Field Carriages 1939; Infantry Training Vol I 1966; Military Financial Regulations and Instructions 1935; Standing Orders for Drivers of Mechanical Vehicles 1945; Range Tables (6); Gun Drill for QF 13 Pounder Gun 1928; Rifle Exercises Simplified 1941; Army journals, magazines, paper back books; Gunners of Victoria 1948 - 2000 R.A.A.P.C. Historical Collection (14). Contained in two cartons. Good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $40
Australian military. Calder, W., Heroes and Gentleman, Melbourne, 1985; Cox, L.C., The Galloping Guns, A History of the Victorian Horse Artillery, Pascoe Vale, 1986; Stanley, P., The Remote Garrison, The British Army in Australia, Kenthurst, 1986; Wedd, M., Australian Military Uniforms 1800-1982, Kenthurst, 1982. Very good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australian military. Firkins, P., Australians in Nine Wars, Waikato to Long Tan, 1971; Bean, C.E.W., The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, soft cover reprints of Vols III, The AIF in France, Vol IX, The Royal Australian Navy, Vol X, The Australians at Rabaul, St Lucia, 1993; Longmore, Capt C., "Eggs-A-Cook" The Story of the Forty-Fourth, reprint; Butlin, S.J., War Economy 1939-42, Canberra, 1961 reprint; Budden, F.M., That Mob, The Story of the 55/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, Ashfield, 1973; (booklet) North Queensland WWII 1942-45, Brisbane, 1988; Ayliffe Bem, K.R. & Posener, J.M., Tracks of the Dragon, A History of Australian Locating Artillery, Loftus, 2004 (signed by authors). Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Australian military. Kuring, I., Redcoats to Cams, Canberra, 2004; Grey, J., A Military History of Australia, Cambridge, 1999 edition; Barker, T., Signals, A History of The Royal Australian Corps of Signals, Canberra, 1987; Wood, J., Chiefs of the Australian Way, Loftus, 2006 (signed by author); Cubis, R., A History of 'A' Battery, N.S.W. Artillery 1871-1899, The Royal Australian Artillery 1899-1971, Sydney, 1978; Vernon, P.V.(ed)., The Royal New South Wales Lancers 1885-1985, Parramatta, 1986; Burch, I.(ed)., History of the School of Artillery 1885-1996, Manly, 1996; Holloway, D., Hooves, Wheels & Tracks, A History of the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment, Fitzroy, 1990. Good - near new. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Australian military. Wray, C.C.H., Timor 1942, Hawthorn, 1987; Smith, N.C., Nothing Short of War, Melbourne, 1999; Horner, D., Strategic Commands, Melbourne, 2005; Perrin, A.E., The Private War of the Spotters, Foster, 1990; Vane, Dr A., North Australia Observer Unit, Loftus, 2000; Donnelly, R., The Officer Training Unit Scheyville, St Lucia, 2001; Mulholland, J., Darwon Bombed, Loftus, 1999; Bannister, C., An Inch of Bravery, Canberra, 1994; Moore, D., Duntroon 1911-2001, Canberra, 2001. Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100