Catalogue
Japanese Midget Submarine, a piece of black bakelite with attached label, "A Guaranteed Souvenir / from the / Japanese Midget Submarine / Sunk in Sydney Harbour / Sunday, May 31st, 1942", dated July 30, 1942, proceeds to R.A.N.Relief Fund & King George's Fund for sailors; three souvenir postcards relating to the same event all dated 30th July 1942, Serial No.2, "Complete Japanese midget submarine", another from Serial No.2, "Torpedo tubes of Japanese midget submarine with caps in position", and Serial No.7, "Centre section of Japanese midget submarine". A few spots on front of first postcard and some rust spots on the label otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Military Prints by Monty Wedd, Ranger, Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment 1870; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Tasmania Volunteer Rifle Regiment 1887; Gunner, New South Wales Volunteer Artillery 1873; Trooper, Queensland Mounted Rifles 1893. All prints (37cm x 45cm) in colour and framed under glass. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $20
Model Police of the British Commonwealth, assembled from kits and hand painted, approximate height 165mm base included, Barbados Constable 1963; British Palestine Police 1945; Canada R.C.M.P. 1939; City of London Constable 1930; Hong Kong Marine Police 1960; Victoria Police Mounted Constable 1962 (standing). Very good - very fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Model soldiers, vehicles and kits, including Britains Eyes Right models, Scots Guards with Pipers, 7234, unboxed; Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, 7232, boxed; Ducal Royal Mounted Police, male, M38; Barton Miniatures, Royal Ulster Constabulary (2), male and female in pewter; Corgi Classics, The Connoisseur Collection, London Transport, Routemaster RM254 set, 3503, boxed; Corgi, D983, Morris J Van, boxed; The Peel Collection, Somerset Constabulary Jaguar, PC11, boxed; Paradise Garage Models, Victoria Police TOG Pursuit car by Code Ninie Models; Air Fix kit, 1st Duke of York's Own, Bengal Lancers (2) series 7 1:12, both boxed. Very fine - mint. (11)
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
South Africa, Boer War trench art, voided 1896 halfcrown, "N(ew) Z(ealand) R(ough) R(iders), pin back. Very good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
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.Africa' for the journey to Australia. Very good - fine. (4 items)
Estimate $170
SOLD $0
Menu for Farewell Dinner, to the Officers and Sisters at Sea, 9th March, 1918 with numerous autographs including several Light Horse and medical and nursing members; postcard featuring King George V and individual photos of Royal Family members; postcard to Cadet S.H.Perry of Orange dated 1911, on reverse advising re presentation of Coronation Medals to Australian Commonwealth Coronation Contingent of New South Wales Cadets; three others including one featuring three A.I.F. soldiers with names inscribed thereon. First and third items rare, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Original photo, 1941, 2nd A.I.F., members of 2nd and 9th Battalions aboard the wooden screw steamer, Kulgoa, the Sydney Harbour ferry used to transfer them from the dock to the transport ship, Malaya, moored in the Harbour, together with attached research information on the Kulgoa. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $30
SOLD $40
World War I, assorted letters, postcards and photographs from 1917, 1918, mostly from Palestine and France, written by 2505 L/C P.L.Smith 58th Battalion A.I.F. and 60670 Pte H.T.Dickson C Coy 7th Battalion A.I.F., to Miss A.McWaters in Fitzroy, Victoria. Housed in an old chocolate box. Very good - very fine. (40 items)
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
WW1 postcards, featuring A.I.F. soldiers mostly in Egypt. Fine - very fine. (16)
Estimate $80
SOLD $140