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| Lot | Description | Status | ||
20459 Click for more photos | Great Britain. Army 1858 & 1868 British Indian Army Commission Scrolls. (2). 1 is East India Company for rank of lieutenant in 1850 dated 1858. This has separated at a fold & been repaired. 2nd for captain in the Bengal staff Corps, this in very nice condition dated 1868 with rank from 1858. Both to Edward Lempriere Earle. By 1880 he was a Colonel in the Bengal staff corp. (2). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
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20505 Click to enlarge photo | USA: c/1872-1890 Indian Wars group - US Army circular galvanised tin water bottle with canvas cover stamped 'US' with tin mounted cork stopper & brass chain; an 1873 Infantry socket bayonet with steel Mod.1886 scabbard with its leather bayonet frog with swivelling brass belt clip with 'US' disc (named 'H.B.BLACK'); an English 1853 Enfield rifle socket bayonet, socket stamped '403', no scabbard. Overall VGC. (3 items) | SOLD at A$300 | ||
20541 Click for more photos | Australia:: Larger 'Coffee Table' size books (12) inc Australians at War - A Pictorial History (McDougall 2002), German Military Aircraft (Philpott 1981), Rust in Peace - South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited (Adams 1976), Bomber Command 1939-45 (Overy 1997), Spitfire - A Complete Fighting History (Price 1991), This is the SAS (Geraghty 1982), The Art of War (Churcher 2004, pub AWN/SBS) & World War II on Land (Chandler 1990). Then others (14) inc Norfolk Island & its 3rd Settlement 1856-1956 (Nobbs 2006, brand new retail $60), Images of Air War 1939-45 (Bowyer 1983), WWII The Axis Assault 1939-42 (Brinkley 2003), Amazing (Australian) SAS (McPhedran 2005), SAS Sniper (Maylor 2010), Bomber County - The Lost Airmen of WWII (Swift 2010 retail $50) & Eureka - Unfinished Revolution (Fitzsimons 2014, as new retail $60). Mostly F-VF condition inc near new as noted, total retail around $600. (26). | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20619 Click for more photos | Imperial Prussian infantry enlisted ranks 1856 pattern pickelhaube, c1860, original black leather body refinished in a high gloss finish, with some age, retaining a good shape & original square cut to the front peak & rear neck guard, original front brass peak mount with old solder repairs to ea corner of the square cut, original post 1856 pattern flat brass chin scales for other ranks, original polished brass helmet plate with c1860 Prussian motto, original brass other ranks pattern spike & cruciform spike, brass rear spine with external studs, one reproduction state cockade to the left side only, original leather liner intact with heavy wear & aging. Overall age & wear, however still retaining many good features of this short service helmet An early & rare example, very fine. | AVAILABLE at A$1600 | ||
20665 Click for more photos | ca1855. Army. Shako. A beautiful dark blue shako to a Military Officer. Quilted finished body with aged silver braiding all around. Silver plated rosettes to side & white metal chin chain attached. White metal Militia General Service pattern QVC badge to front, missing one lug. Black ball plume in beautiful VR mounted holder. Leather headband attached but most silk lining worn/missing. Fair, needs some TLC, some braid loose but well worth the restoration time. A rare item of head gear, displays beautifully. | AVAILABLE at A$750 | ||
20852 Click for more photos | Army - Victorian Era 1855-1873 Royal Artillery OR/Gnr parade blues jacket ¾ length. QV Crown RA 3 cannon gilt brass buttons 1855-1873. Large, 9 to front, 8 to back. Small, 2 on epaulettes. Red felt collar, yellow cord trim + yellow cord scroll to sleeve cuffs. Red piping to jacket front, rear + epaulettes. Buttons are later replacement/copies. No name tag, remnants of tailors tag on liner. Liner OK. Brass 'D's to support belt when worn. With early jodhpur dress trousers with red stripe. (2) | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
21294 Click for more photos | Army. 1854 West Suffolk Regiment. 1844-1855 Pattern 'Albert' Shako plate, Enlisted Ranks, Centre Companies, 63rd Regt of Foot. Relic dug in the Crimea c/1990's, but comp with its original iron loops to reverse. Cleaned & expert repaired. The 63rd formed part of the 4th Div of the Army of the East 1854-56. Present at the actions of Alma 20/9/1854, Inkerman 17-18/6/1855 & Siege of Sevastopol from >08/9/1855. gVF. An attractive & scarce comp 'Albert' plate with Crimean War provenance. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21295 Click for more photos | Army.1854 Crimean War Royal Artillery 1844 'Albert' Pattern shako plate. Enlisted ranks. Relic, dug in the Crimea. Lugs no longer present & holed at Queen Vic crown & gun wheel-hub areas. Plate bearing Royal Arms, gun & title scrolls. Excavated c/1990s. Cleaned overall to obverse. A poignant relic of the siege of Sebastopol. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21296 Click for more photos | Army.1854 Scots Guard Crimea War period ammunition pouch badge. The original 4 lugs to the reverse have been removed c/1870 for wear with the valise equipment. Solder to centre indicates where the valise bracket (now removed) was added. Later struck badges were identical in design, but without the 4 x lugs to reverse for ammo pouch flap. gVF. An excellent addition to a Scots Fusilier Guards Crimea War display. | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21341 Click for more photos | Bayonet: ca1840-1850's sidearm. One piece brass hilt with brass cross guard & brass retaining piece. The blade is in GC for its age, has the manufacturer's markings 'P.D.L.' (Peter D Luneschloss) & is 486mm long & 35mm wide. The black leather scabbard has a rear central stitched seam & brass fittings, black finish on the leather now showing wear / age, but still a solid scabbard. The lower brass scabbard fitting is dented at it' base, consequently the blade does not fit completely in the scabbard. Still a nice early sidearm in GC considering it's age. | SOLD at A$325 | ||
21429 Click to enlarge photo | France. ca1850-70 2nd Empire Enlisted Man/NCO Pouch or Pouch belt badge. Gilt brass. Stippled oval ground with raised Imperial Eagle on 'Thunder-Bolts' below Imperial crown. Replaced Lugs. 77mm. gVF | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21430 Click to enlarge photo | France. ca 1870-71, 2nd Empire Officer's model 1851 waist belt plate. 2 x piece brass. Missing belt loop-bracket from reverse, but with tip-end hook in situ. Appears to be an excavated example, cleaned. 60mm x 55mm. Allegorical figure of Victory to centre flanked by scroll: 'Honneur - Patrie'. Type of plate used in both the Crimean & Franco-Prussian Wars. Pins absent from reverse. Crack to LL. gVF. Scarce | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21760 Click for more photos | 1854 India General Service Medal, Bronze issue. Clasp Burma 1885-7. Engraved officially: 'Puskali Pihyman, 3rd Cavy Hybd Contgt'. gVF. | SOLD at A$220 | ||
| 21761 | 1854 India General Service Medal to the Seaforth Highlanders. With clasp: 'Hazara 1888'. Engraved officially: '1580 Pte D. Fraser, 2nd Bn Sea High'rs.' Duncan Fraser born Inverness. Enl, aged 20 at Fort George 13/4/1885. To India 29/1/1886. Ret to UK. 1893. Disch 1899. With copies of service doc's & medal roll. gEF. Scarce this condition | SOLD at A$220 | ||
21762 Click for more photos | 1854 Baltic Medal. privately engraved: ' ADAM CAIRNS, BOY 2ND CLASS, HMS HASTINGS'. Adam Cairns, born 1839 Edinburgh. Joined HMS 'Waterloo' as Boy 2nd Class May 1855. To 'Hastings' 1855-1857. With copies of attestation papers & Ship's Description Books. Medal thins at 12 & 6 o'clock as struck but is not renamed. gVF. On original ribbon. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21763 Click for more photos | 1857-58 Died On Service Indian Mutiny Medal, 2 clasps: 'Lucknow' & 'Relief of Lucknow'. Impressed officially: 'G. ASHTON, 2ND. BN, MIL'Y, TRAIN'. George Ashton, Regt, number 883, enlisted 2nd, Dragoons, 1854 (Rgt'l number 1388) aged 25. To 2nd Bn Military Train 1856, served with the Force under the Commander in Chief at Lucknow in November 1857 & with that under Maj. Gen. Sir. J. Outram at Alumbagh. Died 12 April 1859 on service. Toned EF. With copies & muster & medal rolls for both this Regiments. | AVAILABLE at A$1000 | ||
21802 Click for more photos | 1854-56 Wounded in Action Crimea pr to Gunner & Driver John Mays who was struck in the jaw by a 32 pound Artillery Round. Crimea Medal, clasp 'Inkermann'. Regimentally engraved to 'GR & DR JOHN MAYS ROYL ARTY'; Turkish Crimea Medal (Sardinian issue), unnamed as issued, silver loop suspension. A veteran of the Siege of Sebastopol & the Battle of Inkerman, May's lost most of his lower Jaw when he was struck in the chin by a 32 LB Round whilst in the trenches. With copies of medical records, service docs & research. Minor contact marks, gVF. Scarce severely Wounded in Action pr for the Crimea. | AVAILABLE at A$1200 | ||
21803 Click to enlarge photo | 1854 Crimea pr to the Border Regiment. Crimea with clasp 'Sebastopol' impressed officially 'DAVID CUTHBERTSON, 34TH, REGT'; Turkish Crimea, British Issue, on custom suspender, engraved (partially erased): 'David H Cuthbertson, 34th, Regt', both on original faded, ribbon. 3890 Private David Cuthbertson, born Edinburgh, enl Sterling 2/2/1854, aged 17 years & six months on enlistment, disch 28/3/1857. Area of acid pit or mount removed at 9 o'clock to obverse of Crimea, ek's. gVF. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21814 Click to enlarge photo | 1914-18 Royal Engineers Long Service, 1914-15 Star group of 4: '14-'15 Star impressed officially: '11933 SPR R Lancaster, RE'; British War & Victory Medals: '11933 A2 CPL R Lancaster, RE'; Army LSGC, GVIR: '1851513 CPL R Lancaster, RE' Robert Lancaster. Entered French Theatre of Operations 28/6/1915. All on original ribbons & swing mounted on custom bar. EF | AVAILABLE at A$275 | ||