Catalogue
Australian Army hat badges, Infantry, 1930-42, 1 Bn (East Sydney Regt) brass (voided), 2 Bn (City of Newcastle Regt) brass, 3 Bn (Werriwa Regt) (type 2) brass, 4 Bn (Australian Rifles) brass, 5 Bn (Victorian Scottish Regt) oxidised, 6 Bn (Royal Melbourne Regt) with collar pair, brass, 7 Bn (Northwest Murray Borderers) oxidised, 10 Bn (Adelaide Rifles) brass. Good very fine - extremely fine. (10 pieces)
Estimate $300
SOLD $1,100
Australian Army hat badges, Infantry, 1930-42, 11 Bn (City of Perth Regt) brass, 13 Bn (Maitland Regt) brass, 15 Bn (Oxley Regt) oxidised, 16 Bn (Cameron Highlanders of WA) white metal, 17 Bn (North Sydney Regt) with collar pair, brass, 18 Bn (Kuring-gai Regt) oxidised brass, 19 Bn (South Sydney Regt) brass, 20 Bn (Parramatta & Blue Mountains Regt) oxidised. Very fine - extremely fine. (10 pieces)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,100
Australian Army hat badges, Infantry, 1930-42, 22 Bn (South Gippsland Regt) oxidised, 23 Bn (City of Geelong Regt) brass, 24 Bn (Kooyong Regt) oxidised, 25 Bn (Darling Downs Regt) blackened brass, 26 Bn (Logan and Albert Regt) brass, 29 Bn (East Melbourne Regt) oxidised and enamel, 30 Bn (NSW Scottish Regt) (type 2) white metal, 32 Bn (Footscray Regt) brass, 33 Bn (New England Regt) brass, 34 Bn (Illawarra Regt) (type 2) brass, 35 Bn (Newcastles Own Regt) brass, 36 Bn (St George English Rifle Regt) non voided brass, 37/52 Bn (Henty - Gippsland Regt) (1941) white metal (same as Cameron Highlanders), 38 Bn (Bendigo Regt) (2, blackened brass and white metal), 40 Bn (Derwent Regt) brass. Very fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $400
SOLD $900
37 Battalion, The Henty Regiment, collar badge, 1930-42, in enamel on brass. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Australian Army hat badges, Infantry, 1930-42, 41 Bn (Byron Regt) brass, 42 Bn (Capricornia Regt) (non voided) brass, 43 Bn (Hindmarsh Regt) brass, 44 Bn (West Australian Rifles) brass, 45 Bn (St George Regt) brass, 46 Bn (Brighton Rifles) collar only, oxidised, 47 Bn (Wide Bay Regt) brass, 48 Bn (Torrens Regt) brass, 49 Bn (Stanley Regt) brass, 51 Bn (Far North Queensland Regt) brass, 53 Bn (West Sydney Regt) (voided) brass, 54 Bn (Lachlan-Macquarie Regt) brass, 55 Bn (NSW Rifle Regt) brass, 56 Bn (Riverina Regt) brass, 57 Bn (Merri Regt) brass, 58 Bn (Essendon Rifles) enamel on brass, 58 Bn (Essendon-Coburg-Brunswick Rifles) enamel on brass, 59 Bn (Hume Regt) enamel on brass, 59 Bn (Coburg-Brunswick Regt) enamel on brass, 60 Bn (Heidelberg Regt) enamel on brass, 61 Bn (Cameron Highlanders of Queensland) oxidised, Sydney University Regt, oxidised. Some enamel chips on first 58 Bn and both 59 Bn badges, very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,400
52 Battalion, The Gippsland Regiment, hat and collar badge set, 1930-42, in enamel on brass. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $450
Australian Army hat badge, 1930-42, 1st Armoured Car Regiment, type 2, in brass (59mm). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $350
Australian Army hat badge, 1930-42, 2nd Armoured Regt, in oxidised. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
Australian Army hat and collar badges, Corps, 1930-42, Army Chaplains Department, hat badges, Christian and Jewish; Tank Corps, hat and one collar badge; Army Ordnance Corps, collar badge; Staff Corps, cap badge; Army Veterinary Corps, hat and one collar badge; Army Medical Corps, hat badge in brass and another with collar pair in oxidised; Army Service Corps, hat badge; Engineers, (GV) hat badge and one collar, (GVI) hat badge and one collar; Royal Australian Artillery (Siege Brigade), collar badge; Royal Australian Artillery, hat badge and Artillery Sergeant badge; Corps of Signals (scroll at base), hat badge and one collar, two types, one with Mercury's hand at C in Corps and the other at N in Australian. Mounted on individual cards, the Tank Corps badge rare, very fine - extremely fine. (24 pieces)
Estimate $300
SOLD $550
Australian Rising Sun badges, hat (KC) post WWII by Amor (45mm) in gilt bronze; collar badges (9) all oxidised WWI and WWII type; Administrative & Instructional Staff Corps, 1903-1912, type 2 collar badges in gilt, silver and enamel (3); Australia shoulder titles in oxidised bronze (8). Very fine. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Australian Army hat badges, 1948-53, 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers, 4/19 Prince of Wales LH (one lug missing), 12/16 Hunter River Lancers, 5 Bn (Victorian Scottish Regt), 41 Bn (Byron Scottish Regt) (2), 42 Bn (Central Queensland Regt), Royal Australian Regt, Adelaide University Regt, Royal Military College, Royal Australian Infantry Corps, RAEME; 1953-60, 3/9 South Australian Mounted Rifles, Royal Australian Regt, Pacific Islands Regt, 21 Bn (City of Newcastle Regt), 12 Bn (Launceston Regt), 13 Bn (Macquarie Regt) 27 Bn (South Australian Scottish Regt), 28 Bn (Swan Regt), 34 Bn (Illawarra Regt), 43/48 Bn (Hindmarsh Regt), Commando Companies, Western Australia University Regt, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; 1960-85, 10 LH, a number of other hat and collar badges and shoulder titles including 17/18 Bn B Coy (Gosford) c.1958. Mostly extremely fine. (40)
Estimate $200
SOLD $650
New South Wales Military Forces, other ranks belt buckle, white metal badge on brass buckle (48mm) (Grebert p98). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Anzac 'A' badge, in brass, attached to original 22 Corps Cavalry (formerly 13 ALH Regt AIF) shoulder patch. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Anzac Leave badge, c.1918, red, white and blue rosette worn home to Australia by soldiers on furlough who had embarked from Australia in 1914 / early 1915 (Cossum 57a). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $180
AIF colour patches, WWI (47) and WWII (63), includes a few puggaree patches, some duplication. Very fine. (110)
Estimate $200
SOLD $2,300
Rank badges, multiples of all for GSO, Warrant Officer, Major's crowns, officer's pips, in metal (blackened and dress), bullion, embroidered, a few other badges, overseas service chevron (2 stripes), cloth shoulder titles, ribbons, riband bars, belt fasteners, 2nd Infantry Division patches c.1950 (5), badge split pins and backing plates, buttons (100s); cards for Christmas 1943, a memento of Christmas Communion received while on Active Service with the Australian Military Forces, another a Christmas / New Year card marked on back, Aitape NG, Xmas 1944; other odds. Fine - very fine. (100s)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Regimental signs in metal, Royal N.S.W. Regiment (QC) (250mm x 190mm) voided, in bronze; Italian Ro Eto facist unit sign within cog wheel (130mm) in white metal. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Marksman badge, New South Wales Military Forces, 1873, in gold bullion on original red cloth backing. Moth eaten areas on cloth backing otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Australian Army skill-at-arms badges, a range of badges, mostly 1930-42 and mostly different, in oxidised, copper, silvered or gilt, many on cards with full description including Standing Orders for each award, covers twenty four different skills; also, metal rank badge for Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant, 1930-42. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (38)
Estimate $300
SOLD $150
Imperial Challenge Shield Medal, for Cadet shooting competitions, in bronze (47.5mm) edge engraved 'P.F.Holmes R.A.N.R. L'ton 1919'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Memorial plaque WWI., Thomas Farrell. Fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Memorial plaque WWI., William Henry Hardy. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
Silver pencil holder, bearing the crowned initials EA (Edward Albert, The Prince of Wales) hallmarked for 1924, in a fitted red Cartier case with the same gold blocked Royal cypher on the lid. Very fine.
Estimate $350
Passed in
Identity disc, in aluminium (40mm), Egypt scene on front, with 'Cairo', reverse inscribed '1141/Tpr R.G. Pigou/ 11th A.L.H./A.I.F./C.E./1915'. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
WWI dog tag, 3688 Payne, O.G., 26 Bn; H.M.A.S. Platypus sweetheart badge, in silver and enamel (28mm) ship's symbol of a platypus in centre, ship's name above, with blue border, pin missing from suspension, by O.T.& S.; RAAF Air Training Corps enamel badge (QC) (30mm x 19mm); Tasmania ARP Civil Defence Legion badge in enamel (31mm x 32mm), reverse impressed E at top, 740 at bottom; Rising Sun collar badge WWI; Australian Army Medical Corps (KC) collar badge in gilt. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Victoria Cross, oversize copy; Distinguished Service Medal (GV) miniature; Returned from Active Service badge WWII; Bastille Day enamel and silver lapel badge with French and Australian flags; 'Pacific' ribbon clasp; 1939-45 Star riband bar; 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII medallion, 1945-2005, cased, by Royal Australian Mint; FNCPG Medal, honouring POWs, in bronze, inscribed to Mme Raymond Mauge. Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
King's Silver War badge, WWI (2), one with safety chain, impressed A57233 and one without safety chain, impressed A64622; Nearest Female Relative's badge (AIF) WWI, missing bar, impressed 170813; Female Relative's badge WWII, one star on bar, impressed A54164; Returned from Active Service badge WWII, impressed A127064; Victoria ARP / AL388 badge, by Bentley; AAL (Australian Air League) wings badge in silvered, by Angus & Coote. Very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia WWII, Female Relative Badge, one star, number A165993 on reverse, by Angus & Coote 1942; Mother's and Widow's Badge, two stars, number AF155 on reverse, by G & E Rodd 1940. Both with safety chains intact, good very fine, the second scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
Australia, Female Relative badge WWII with one star, number A7930, small suspension ring missing at left side; General Service badge 2nd type WWII, number A27028; miniature QEII Coronation Medal 1953; WWI Rising Sun collar badge, Australia metal shoulder title, officer's pips and badge and lapel pin; naval bosun's pipe, modern issue in brass and copper in timber presentation box. Fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
War Widow's Guild, lapel badge (22mm) by Badger Hobart, pin missing from suspension; The Services Nurses Welfare Association of Tasmania, in gilt and enamel (28mm x 35mm) by K.G.Luke, Melb. Extremely fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400