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| Lot | Description | Status | ||
20002 Click for more photos | Autograph book c1950s containing a range of Sporting signatures. Cricketers inc Maurice Leyland Yorks + England Postcard personally endorsed 'To David Best Wishes' (played in bodyline series), Herbert Sutcliffe, Wilfred Rhodes Yorks + England, Eric + Alec Bedser Surrey, England, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Somerset CC, Hampshire cc 1954 Teams. Athletics Royer Bannister (first man to break 4 minute mile), boxing Randolph Turpin (boxer, World Champion). Personally signed postcard, various others. (40+ autographs). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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20004 Click for more photos | Autographs. Collection in 2 autograph books both begun in Sydney in the 1940s. One inc Boxers noted Vic Patrick, Frank Kennedy (boxer, & Sport broadcaster), Cricketers inc Paddington 3rd XI noted Jack Pollard (Sports author), St George cricket team inc Bill O'Reilly. Then the other book including St George cricket team inc Ray Lindwall & Bill O'Reilly, underworld hit 1951) Johnny King British boxing champion & others. (3 books). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20008 Click for more photos | Basketball Cards. 4 Shop display albums with approx 1400 cards, all mid 1990s, high percentage comp sets inc Upper Deck 'Rookie Standouts 1993-94' (20/20) inc Anfernee Hardaway, 'Triple Double 1993-94' (10/10) inc Michael Jordan, 'Locker Tack 1993-94' (15/15) inc Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, 'Flight Team 1993-94' (20/20) - retail $100, Fleer Jam Session, 'Slam Dunk Heroes 1994-95' (7/8) inc Shaquille O'Neal & Chris Webber 'Rookie Standouts 1993-94' (20/20). Fleer Ultra 'All Rookie Team 1994-95' (10/10, retail $220) inc Anfernee Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn & Chris Webber, 'Scoring Kings 1994-95' (10/10) inc Shaquille O'Neal. Stadium Club 'Clear Cut 1994-95' (27/27, $180), 'Super & Team 1994-95' (27/27, $200), 'Rising Stars 1994-95' (12/12, $150). As new, apparently without duplication. Retail of the few mentioned $1000+. (approx 1400) | SOLD at A$275 | ||
20010 Click for more photos | Boxing Autograph Mohammad Ali framed photo of him standing over Sonny Liston (reprint) signed in silver pen 'Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay' with All Star Legends Certificate of Authenticity. Overall size approx 400x340mm. VGC. | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20014 Click for more photos | Boxing Framed & signed pictures. Mostly 40cm x 30cm. Including Jeff Fenech autograph on picture of him fighting Azuma Nelson. Kostya Tzuyu autograph on collage of pictures of Kostya. Larry Holmes signed photo of him in boxers stance plus Lennox Lewis framed picture (signed). VGC. (4). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20015 Click for more photos | Boxing: Autographs Roy Jones Jnr (World Champion) Autographed framed picture with various images of Roy. Plus a second framed picture in promotion of his fight v Glen Kelly (Australian Boxer), signed by both boxers. Both approx 400x330mm. VGC. (2). | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
20042 Click for more photos | Cricket. Autographed photos & Autographs on programs/menus & other items. Noted inc Doug Walters (luncheon Club folder), Pura Cup Final Program 2000 signed Andrew Symonds, Jim Maher etc, Ian & Greg Chappell, Doug Walkers, Alan Davidson on menu, other inc Steve Waugh, Paul Reiffel, Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes, Graeme Hick, Alvin Kallicheran, Michael Vaughan, Rod Marsh, Denis Lillee, Ian Botham & others. Also an interesting selection of unsigned action. photos of Adam Gilchrist & the Australian Team during the Steve Waugh captaincy era.(40). | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20053 Click for more photos | Cricket. Framed 'Shane Warne's 300th Test Wicket & signed photo of Shane, alongside action photo of him taking the 300th Wicket plus a list of his 300 'victims' also framed collage Shane Warne personalised stamp sheet alongside trade card. Overall dimensions 540x420mm & 530x340mm. VGC. (2). | SOLD at A$110 | ||
20061 Click for more photos | Olympics. 1996 Atlanta Australian Olympic Legends framed set of the 6 diff Legendary Sports People - stamps depicting Murray Rose, Shirley Strickland, Herb Elliot, Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert & Marjorie Jackson. Each individually framed with large image of the stamp & first day cover, each autographed by relevant athlete (Betty Cuthbert Finger print only). All VF & unopened as issued. Each 340x460mm. High cost/retail complete sets scarce. (6 items). | SOLD at A$140 | ||
20068 Click for more photos | Olympics. Autographs inc Ian Thorpe signature across large photo of him winning World Championship 400m 1998 overall dimensions 430x600mm, Sally Pearson signed action photo/poster LE 40/200 (approx 250x550mm), Michael Klim signed framed photo, Jana Pittman signed, framed photo. Then multiple signed swimming cap, framed signed by Petria Thomas, Giaan Rooney, Share Gould, Libby Lenton etc. (5 items). | AVAILABLE at A$140 | ||
20077 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League. Parramatta 1982 framed photo Premiers First Grade Squad. Second Premiership in a row, noted Eric Grothe, Peter Wynn, Ray Price, Steve Ella, Brett Kenny, Peter Sterling. Overall dimensions 400x350mm. VGC. | SOLD at A$110 | ||
20080 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta 2005 + 2006 two framed National Rugby League First grade squad photos. Inc Players & Officials. Similar squads across both years inc 2004 Timana Tahu, Jason Taylor, Rod Reddy, Nathan Hindmarsh Mark Riddell. 2006 inc Jarryd Hayne, John Morris, Glenn Morrison, Fui Fui Moi Moi, notably Sean Abbott (Cricketer) is ball boy. Overall dimensions. 500x400mm & 560x450mm. VGC. (2). | SOLD at A$90 | ||
20081 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta 2007 Framed Official NRL squad & officials photo. Inc Eric Grothe (jnr), Jarryd Hayne, Fui Fui Moi Moi, Mark Riddell, Nathan Hindmarsh, also 2007 framed sponsor's First Grade squad photo. Overall dimensions 400x330mm & 450x380mm. Exc. (2). | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20084 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta Ken Thornett 'The Mayor' framed picture showing him being chained from the field by 2 other Legends Graham Langlands & John Raper, with players stats & autograph. Another framed collage of 2 photos showing action photos of Ken playing for Leeds. Also framed portrait showing Dick Thornett. Dimensions vary between 340x490mm & 340x420mm. VGC. (3). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20092 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta Framed team photos comprising 1997 First Grade squad inc Jason Smith, Jim Dymock, Aaron Raper, Jarrod McCracken etc, 1999 Club Champions framed photo comprising entire Grade squad & officials also 2002 Club Champions framed photo entire grade squad. Overall dimension varying from 430x270mm & 400x340mm. VGC. (3). | SOLD at A$90 | ||
20096 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Big League 1974 Grand Final Program, Easts v Canterbury, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 also 1992. Annual (total retail $490). State of Origin Programs between 1988 & 2009 some extras (c40 Magazines 30 diff). (48). | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20114 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1959 Bound Volume comprising vol 39 no.28 Oct 1958 to vol 39 no.33 March 1959, 1959 Season vol 40 no.1-28 inc Commem Editions NZ v NSW, NZ v Australia 1st Test & 3rd Test programs. Also NSW v Qld x 2, & Grand Final Program St George v Manly (St George Premiers). Remarkable as it is the year St George went through the season undefeated. Contents G-VGC, minor wear to cover, fly leaf toned, signed. (34). | SOLD at A$425 | ||
20126 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1969 hard-bound volume comprising vol 49 no.40 Oct 1968, plus ed 41 & 42 Nov & Dec 1968. Then 1969 vol 50 no.1 Jan 1969 to vol 50 no.37, inc Commem Programs for NSW v Queensland, Grand Final Program Souths v Balmain (Balmain Premiers) in massive upset. Some yellowing of pgs as expected & minor wear to binding. Ex D Thompson MBE collection. (40) | SOLD at A$190 | ||
20129 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1972 hardbound volume comprising vol 52 no.37 Oct 1971 no.39 Nov 1971 & no.40 Dec 1971. 1972 Season vol 53 no.1-37, inc Commem Programs Australia v NZ 1st Test (torn front cover), NSW Colts v Queensland. Grand Final Program Manly v East (Manly Premiers) their 1st Premiership. Some light page yellowing as expected. Overall VC ex Dr LL Greenberg coll'n. (40). | SOLD at A$170 | ||
20130 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1973 Hard Bound Volume. Comprising vol 53 no.38 Oct 1972, vol 53 no.39 Nov 1972, vol 53 no.40 Dec 1972. 1973 January Ed 1973 Season through to vol 54 no.38, inc Rep Programs Country v Sydney, Semi-final Programs & vol 38 Grand Final Program Manly v Cronulla (Manly Premiers), Cronulla's 1st Grand Final. Minor page yellowing as expected, VGC. (41). | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20171 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. Test Match programs. 1954 Australia v Great Britain First Test. 1957 World Cup programs, Great Britain v France Program & Australia v Great Britain program, Great Britain v NZ program. 1962 Australia v Great Britain Second Test Brisbane, 1964 France v Australia Second Test Brisbane, 1970 Australia v Great Britain Second Test SCG, & Australia v Great Britain Third Test Programs (2). Selection of other Rugby league News, 1957 vol 38 no.5, December 1959 vol 40 no.30, January 1960 vol 40 no.31 & vol 40 no.33, Sept 1963 vol 44 no.28 Ampol Cup Final Program Wests v Parramatta, 1970 Great Britain v Sydney Colts Program, & few others inc Keith Holman Testimonial Program. (18) | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20175 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League. Scanlens Football cards 1986 Series 103 of 132, plus 43 extras (35 diff). 1990 154 of 156 (ex 115, 119). Plus 2019, 2020 part sets, 1970s cards, all written names or initials etc in upper margins o/w VGC - Mint etc. (400+). | SOLD at A$300 | ||
20178 Click for more photos | Rugby League Trading Cards inc various part sets inc NSWRC 1995 Tazos sets of 40 (2), part sets (2), 1995 Classic Kangaroos set of 18 (3 sets), 1995 Club logo sticker sheet (2 of ea) inc Gold Coast Seagulls, South Qld Crushers. Also 1981, 1994, 1995 NSWWRL footy card sets & others (c400). | SOLD at A$160 | ||
20189 Click for more photos | Rugby Union. Framed 1947-48 Wallabies Framed photo & signed Team sheet (copy). Includes Nick Shehadie, Ken Kearny Trevor Allen & others. Overall dimensions 400x590mm. Together with original autograph, sheet separate to framed item. VGC. (2). | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
20190 Click for more photos | Rugby Union Framed and/or autographed items inc NSW 1988 Team photo to play England (NSW 23 def England 12) noted Ewen McKenzie, Eddie Jones, Peter Fitzsimons, Glen Ella, Simon Poiderin, Nick Farr-Jones, also Mark Ella framed collage 2 action photos & original autograph plus David Campese frame photo. Also Toohey's promotional caricature of Topo Rodriquez in Wallabies Jersey autographed. Overall dimensions between 350x360mm & 340x480mm. VGC. (4). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20193 Click for more photos | Rugby Union 1948-2017 Programs Almanacs Collection inc 1948 Barbarians v Australia, other programs inc Australia All Blacks, Home Nations & South Africa, inc 1991 RWC semi-final Program All Blacks v Australia, (40+ Programs etc), other items inc Springbok Rugby by Teddy Shnaps. Housed in medium carton. (40+) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20195 Click for more photos | Rugby Union. Wallabies 1999 World Cup Winners framed photos comprising Tim Horan framed large photo, with signed trade card, Toutai Kefu framed collage titled 'Match Winner' showing panoramic photo of Toutai scoring match winning try against the All Blacks, alongside a signed Trade Card. Also Toohey's caricature on board of Phil Kearns in Wallabies Jersey, autographed. VF. Overall dimension vary 340s480mm to 390x550mm. All VGC. (3). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20200 Click for more photos | Varied Collection of Sporting related items inc framed Boxing Ted 'Kid' Lewis signature, two time World Welterweight Champion, Max Schmelling autograph on card with photo (famous for fighting Joe Louis), Kostya Tszyu signed photo, Larry Holmes signed card, AFL collection/accumulation of trading cards, Tazos (mostly 1990s) part sets. Some programs, Magarey medal (SAFL award) autographs inc Michael Aish (1981) Tony Antrobus (1983) George Johnston (1934). Soccer 1982 World Cup collection of photos in album (67 of) various Sporting Life. Mags 1940s to 1950s. Various others inc Athletic autographs on pg from 1940s inc John Treloar (Aus Sprinter). John Bartram both Olympians. Baseball inc Don Mattingly autograph, 'The Babe Ruth' collection of trade cards. Plus 100s of tinny badges many with expletives etc. (large carton - qty). | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20206 Click to enlarge photo | 1914-18 War AIF Rising Sun badge embroidered 'Soldier Art'. Colour embroidered badge design of high quality on white 'duck' (light canvas) material 530mm x 440 mm. Made by 4781 Pte Daniel Joseph Fitzgerald, 15th REOs to 9th Inf Bn, AIF whilst recuperating from influenza at St Anne's Hall (Berkshire UK) 1917. Embroidered title below 'Rising Sun': 'March 1917 - D Fitzgerald - St Anne's Hall'. A labourer from Esk QLD, Fitzgerald enlisted 1/10/1915 in Brisbane. Only 5 months after his influenza hospitalisation Fitzgerald was again sent to hospital suffering from shock caused by lightning strike! He returned to Aus 3/9/1919 & disch Brisbane. With copy of archive file. Exc. Eminently suitable for framing. | SOLD at A$140 | ||
20209 Click to enlarge photo | 1915-16 Australian patriotic embroidered hanging. White open-weave cloth 670mm x 440mm. Geometrical edge designs with central design of upright kangaroo, 2x interpretations of Gallantry Crosses (1x presumably the VC) & the wording. 'ANZAC - FOR VALOR - BRAVO AUSTRALIA'. All designs in coloured cross-stitch embroidery. An intriguing patriotic piece, possibly a young lady's sampler or trial piece. Minor stains. VGC. | SOLD at A$250 | ||
20210 Click for more photos | 1917 Souvenir Gold Ring: Conquest of Jerusalem 9 XII 17. Stamped 9K 2.40g. Allied troops inc the Australian Light Horse captured Jerusalem on Dec 9, 1917. An extremely rare memento of this important battle of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. VGC. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20215 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 original pencil caricature sketch of Army Officer seated at desk. Titled: 'Capt Linton at Work, Court of Enquiry - 1945' by 'Gordon '45'. Framed & glazed. 400mm x 295mm. John Fred Linton, NX106921. Born Nth Sydney 2/1/1907. Enl AIF 22/7/1942. Posting at disch 29/11/1945, 5th Aust Div ASC as Captain. Minor stains. VGC | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
20216 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Pacific/Northern Aust Theatre Personal Items lot: Pr of AIF fibre ID tags 'NX46372 / S. M Clark/P/A2'. On original leather neck string & set with a good luck charm of what appears to be a wishbone bound in green hide leather bundle; Pr of trench art serviette rings cut from perspex in the shape of rabbits; emergency ration tin (without contents); rubberised fabric (tropical) personal document cover (intended for service pay-book etc) NX46372 Swales Clark was from Singleton, born 1901. Enl 2/AIF 8/7/40 in Newcastle. Noted as Sergeant, 12 Coy AASC. Disch 22/12/43. Overall VGC. Unusual good luck token on ID tags. (5) | SOLD at A$65 | ||
20217 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Western Australian Prisoner of War, Crete, 2/11th Inf Bn Ephemera lot. Comprising photo, letters, books & notebooks, POW Camp made patch & a 2/11th Bn colour patch etc. All attributed/named to WX561 Sgt John Charles Edwards, 2/11th Inf Bn. 1/ Hand embroidered in Rising Sun badge design wool on cotton pocket patch in brown & 'Saxon' blue with grey surround (ie colours of the Bn). 120mmx98mm. 2/ B/W photo in tin frame with AIF Rising sun badge at top of Sergeant in KD shirt & shorts wearing slouch 260mm x 205mm. 3/ Colour patch 2/11th Inf Bn. 4/ Book, 'Italian Conversion-Grammar' 1932 with stamp of 'Stalag VIIIB - Gepruft. Nr 53'. Named to Edwards. 4/ New Testament & two note books containing names & addresses & a register of parcels received whilst POW. 5/ Aust Red Cross Society Aid parcel label. 6/ Original copy of 'POW' Tues Feb 15, 1944 (incomplete), pub by Aust POW Relatives Assoc. 6/ Numerous pre-war letters. 7/ Various POW & rehab related doc's inc claim for Campaign Stars & Medals with handwritten details of Edwards' War Service. John Charles Edwards, born UK, resident Harvey, WA. Enl Northam, WA 9/11/39. To Middle East on SS 'Nevaja' 20/4/40. To Palestine 19/5/40 - 12/11/40. Egypt then Libya 31/12/40. Battle for Bardia 4-5/1/41. Tobruk 7-23/1/41. Derna 25/1/41 - 3/2/41. To Greece 10/4/41. Crete & Ops against German Para's 25-26/4/41. 2/11th Inf. Forced to surrender (535 All Ranks), Edwards amongst them, on Crete 30/5/41. To Stalag VIII B. Repatriated after POW exchange 1944. Mentioned & photographed in Bn History (Johnson, 2000). Overall VGC. A scarce & interesting ephemera lot to this much blooded WA Bn | SOLD at A$500 | ||
20218 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 An interesting RANR officer's commissioning certificate with connection to the French Merchant ship Pierre Loti who was taken over by Free French force in 1940. Commission certificate to Allan Creswell Keating Esq. to be a Engineering Lieutenant (Temp) in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. Dated 14/9/40. together with a rare original tally band 'Pierre Loti' (almost in mint condition) stuck to a 'Messageris Maritimes' (Merchant Shipping Company) official letter head, with a hand written message addressed to Mr Keating. 'From Pierre Loti Oct 17 1940' - From & signed by the Chief Officer, Chief engineer, Purser & the ships doctor. The 'Pierre Loti' Built 1913- Ex-Russian Emperor Nicholas I, purchased by Messageries Maritimes in 1921 & renamed Pierre Loti, Seized by the Free French in 1940, grounded on operations in the Gabon estuary 1943. VGC | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20219 Click to enlarge photo | ca1940-71 RAAF oriented lot. Inc post war peak cap, naval avionics instrument, blue enamel water bottle, spare lens kit for aircrew goggles 22C/167,'R.A.A.F. Log', WWII Christmas Book & 'RAAF SAGA' companion volume. Also inc extremely rare 'PERT-O-GRAPH II' critical path computer. Average - GC. (7 items) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20223 Click for more photos | 1950s Australian Soldier's North Korean Army Souvenired Flag. Red silk with Gold threaded Star, Hammer & Sickle. Minor mothing which does not detract. Brought back by Pte K McGregor VX140924 & 3400570. With service details. Size 620mmx400mm. Fair-GC. A rare surviving example. | SOLD at A$525 | ||
20227 Click to enlarge photo | Army 6th Royal Australian Regimental flag / banner, khaki drill material with Roman Numeral VI to one side, & the Phantom to the other. Large embroidered Regimental badge to the centre above '6PL' T ea side of this the operations 'Hobart' & 'Bribie' from the Vietnam War. Size 860mmx440mm. Immaculate. | AVAILABLE at A$400 | ||
20253 Click for more photos | Badges. Collection of Club Badges inc RSA, RAG, AJC, Bowling Clubs, Sydney Trade Union Club etc (80+), also Tie Pins/Clips Bowling Clubs, Melb Cricket club School Badges etc plus collection of stick pins. Also a collection of Soviet Union era inc KGB border guards badges & similar. Then a collection of Tin Badges (90+) various Charity & Political. some vintage, others more contemporary. (approx 400). | SOLD at A$230 | ||
20258 Click to enlarge photo | Badges. Tinnies, mostly 1940s-50s inc Patriotic, other WWII related, Red Cross, 'Rose Day' etc few stick pins type. Mostly GC. (100+) | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20259 Click for more photos | Badges. Tinnies collection 1940s-60s inc Patriotic, Charity, some political etc. Mostly GC, appear all diff. (118). | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20264 Click for more photos | Cigarette Cards: Wills 1910 'Types of the Commonwealth Military Forces' (100 assorted, cat £240). 1916 War Medals, silk (32, cat £112). 1916 Crests & Colours of Aust Universities, Colleges & Schools (190 mixed, cat £143). 1929 School Crests, silk (85 mixed, cat £240). Player Cigarettes (GB) 1939 Uniforms of the Territorial Army (36, cat £30). Also odds & sods (220) inc VC Winners (30). Wills Cricketers 1926 (real photo, 21). Ogdens (real photos, 30) & American Tobacco Co 'Beauties' (18). Approx 660 cards in total inc 4 albums. Murray cat approx £900 = A$1600. | SOLD at A$275 | ||
20265 Click to enlarge photo | Communications equipment lot: 1940-60 Radio Set CPRC-26, 1954 by Rogers Majestic, Canada. Complete & in its web case with instructions, receiver/transmitter, collapsible antenna, hand piece & head set; 1940 dated Lamp, Signalling, Daylight, Short-range, Projector MK II by Stromberg Carlson (only partial cord attached); ca 1960 large bakelite telephone handset incorporating dialling disc; ca 1960s miner's headlamp & battery pack for wear on belt 'Oldham type' T megalite UK made. Overall VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
20278 Click to enlarge photo | Merchant Navy, flag, medium size Australian red ensign. Made from cotton with steel figure 8 attaching hooks. A very nice condition flag. Size 1400mmx700mm. | SOLD at A$50 | ||
20279 Click for more photos | Maps: WWI GB Ordnance Dept Survey Maps. France sheet 62D First Edition. Inc Villers-Brettoneux & Hamel. Pub March 1918, scale 1:40,000. Sheet 66D, NW Edition April 17. Showing enemy trench, British front line trenches found cut up by artillery fire, mine craters etc. Scale 1:20,000. Belgium Valanciennes 2nd ed. War Office 1916. Inc Cambrai. Scale 1:100,000 & March 1912 showing German & Luxembourg borders. Scale 1:100,000. All multi-colour printed on linen lacked paper, overall size 850mmx610mm. The last with some flts, others some age stains, minor faults but generally GC. The first map a must have for any WWI collector. (4 maps) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20290 Click for more photos | Photographs: Army Cadets, 20 pre Federation to 1940s photos ranging in size from 250x200mm to ½ postcard size. Many great Cadet photos, some are group shots & some portraits. Selected for quality of uniform shots. Some surrounds damaged as are a few of the photos. Overall Fair-GC. 20 great photos plus 5 reprints. | SOLD at A$400 | ||
20309 Click for more photos | Trade Cards: Shell Oil: 1960s Project Card albums (5) with misc cards (1-60) inc Flowers & Native Wildlife. Shells, Fish & Coral (61-120), Birds (121-80), Butterflies & Moths (181-240), & Australian Beetles (301-360, missing 3). Some damage to covers, cards VF or better. CTC (2022) cat £175. (297) | SOLD at A$60 | ||
20317 Click to enlarge photo | WWII Middle East souvenirs. Large hand embroidered cushion cover/table runner to the 2nd AIF in Egypt. In black velvet with large rising sun & scrolls 'Australian Imperial Force' above letter V. Also features pyramids, palms, flags & date 1941. Approx 1m long & 400mm wide. Some losses to stitching but this does not detract. Good. A very nice example of its kind. | SOLD at A$140 | ||
20319 Click for more photos | WWII Female Relative Badge with bar & 2 stars. A second bar attached below with additional 2 stars. Badge A48100 by G & E Rodd 1940 with vendor's research with 4 family member's name & details of their service. Additional badges with one Star, one Angus & Coote 1942 & other Amor, Sydney WWII 1939-45 War medal officially impressed VX51723 C.A. NEWTON. Miniatures WWII Defence medal, a GSM Malaya clasp & 1991 ASM. Plus period Korea 2 place ribbon bar. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20329 Click for more photos | Imperial Flag. An original Imperial German naval flag mounted on a short tapered wooden staff with ropes & bronze fitting to screw to boat. The printed German flag is made from a coarse linen white, colour is now a deep shade of cream. There is an attached auction label from Wallis & Wallis in England. Flag 560x370mm, staff 940mm. GC. Very nice item especially with original staff. Rare. | SOLD at A$400 | ||
20330 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial: 1914-18 Framed lithographic print & original enlisted man's 'pork pie' field cap. Printed by Daryl Lindsay entitled 'The Diggers Prize' (from the 'Digger' book ca 1919 by D Lindsay & C Dutton, Sun Art Studios, Melbourne, limited edition of 450 copies & 30 artists proofs). Depicts a newly captured German soldier in mod 1910 field uniform (less equipment) & steel helmet. Framed & glazed 400mm x 270mm. Original, relic condition field cap of grey-green wool cloth with red piping to crown & with red band. National & state cockades complete to front (rusted) still with piece of its original grey-green cloth camouflage band set below the lower. Evidence of name to left side of cap in ink. Late war manufacture. Cap with heavy moth & damage overall. Relic condition. The print a scarce limited edition war art piece. In excellent condition. | AVAILABLE at A$220 | ||
20333 Click for more photos | WWI magazine of the War Victims Welfare Organisation February 1935. The organisation assisted those whose needs were related to WWI. Inc full length photo of Goering. Comes with a stamped envelope dated August 1940 from a cookery supply company. Magazine printed on newsprint, bit aged overall GC. (2 items). | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
| 20347 | WWII Flag/Banner, cotton. Black swastika on white circle on red background (double sided). On metal post with brass ferrules on ea end (these look like door knobs). Several areas of small moth holes but these do not detract, white background now dulled back to a cream colour. Size approx 1040x630mm. Fair-GC. | SOLD at A$250 | ||
20350 Click for more photos | WWII POW Camp ID Tag Stalag XB near Sandbostel northeast of Bremen 'Kr Get Lg XB', Nr 102651' rectangular 60x40mm & another ID. Sicherheits und Hilfsdienst (Security & Assistance Service) 'XII12 439 SHD' oval. 70x50mm. VF. (2 tags). | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20351 Click for more photos | WWII POW Camp ID tag 'F Stalag 133 Nr 929'. Frontstalag 133 was a temporary German POW camp near Rennes in German occupied Northern France operating from late 1940 to October 1943 housing French Colonial Forces. | SOLD at A$160 | ||
| 20360 | Luftwaffe 1941 large Certificate of Promotion from Government Inspector to Senior Government Inspector. Large embossed seal with Nazi Eagle in wreath, hand signed, central fold, VGC. Also an untranslated 1940 certificate in fairly clean condition with swastika underprint, minor creases. Size approx 390x290mm. G-VGC. (2) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
| 20362 | Luftwaffe WW2 original portrait of a Luftwaffe pilot in flying helmet & goggles. In glazed framed, overall size approx 500x400m. Few knocks to frame o/w GC. | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
20373 Click for more photos | Concentration Camp. Auschwitz, 1944 dated folded official printed lettersheet with long message with Auschwitz postmark (stamp removed by censor to ensure nothing forbidden underneath). Aged, water stain & edge bit tatty but scarce plus 3 Polish 1940s postal cards depicting Auschwitz Camp, another with map of the camp plus 2 postcards postmarked Litzmannstadt (site of another camp) & 5th Anniv of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising cover. Unless mentioned all VF. (7) | SOLD at A$160 | ||
20375 Click for more photos | Concentration Camp. 1940 Sachenhausen - Oranienburg Concen-tration Camp official printed letter sheet with long message in ink. Postmarked Oranienburg, stamp removed from front, probably to check no message underneath. Camp censor hand stamp on front. Ink stain overall GC. | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20376 Click for more photos | Concentration Camp. 1940 Sachenhausen - Oranienburg Concentration Camp official printed folded letter sheet (4 pgs) with long letter in ink housed in official printed camp provided envelope, stamp partially removed to check nothing forbidden written underneath. Bit roughly opened, with camp censor mark. Aged, overall GC. | SOLD at A$170 | ||
| 20381 | 1933-45 Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) detachment flag. 1940mm x 1180mm double thickness red field with applied white bordered black Swastika. Heavily embroidered wheat wreath circlet to centre, both sides, with RAD Emblem within. Aluminium braid fringe to edges. No moth, only minor stains evident. Scarce & impressive | AVAILABLE at A$700 | ||
20385 Click for more photos | Interesting collection. ca1939-60 Inc original WWII officer's shoulder boards (4) inc a panzer officer's, plus one other shoulder board also the following badges - cloth panzer cap cockade, cloth panzer cap eagle. A repro 'Hermann Goring' cuff title patch, w/m Nazi hunting association badge & a N.S.D.A.P golden party badge. 2 original brass 'tinnie' badges, 2 ribbon bars, 1940 dated 'Beobachter' newspaper, great coat with fire police officer's shoulder boards, a West German visor cap plus 3 WWII German books. All German text & an English S/C book titled 'Herr Hitler's self-disclosure in Mein Kampf'. (21 items). | SOLD at A$150 | ||
| 20417 | Propaganda Postcards. 1940-41 Hitler & Mussolini cards, 1 with glue mks on reverse. All VF. (3). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
| 20435 | WWII 1940 Deutsche Bank Berlin Saving book with Reich Mark 1000 donation from Herman Goering for children of dead Airmen plus 1937 German federation for physical exercise blue book. Both with cover soiling, first with ink name, contents GC. (2 item). | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
| 20436 | WWII Reichskriegflagge (War flag) Double sided screen printed cotton. with leather triangular reinforcement to mounting string corners. Appears genuine but impossible to tell plus a modern sidecap with swastika stamp on the inside. Both VGC. Flag size approx 530x340mm. (2 items). | SOLD at A$300 | ||
| 20439 | WWII medals. 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class with magnetic centre. 1940 General Assault badge unmarked (has possibly been buried). Wound badge blackened, magnetic. 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords & without swords this maker marked 77 for Bayer Hauptmunzamt, Munchen, 1939 Eastern Front medal (Ostmedaille). 1939 West wall Medal in packet of issue for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen. 1938 Commemorative medals 13 March 1938 & 1 October 1938. 1939 War merit medal with replacement ring. 1938 Mothers Cross Gold class (enamel damage). (11 items). | AVAILABLE at A$500 | ||
| 20441 | WWII Panzer enlisted rank's sidecap. Date 1940, manufacturer Robert Lubstein. Africa Korps WWII DAK side cap, stamped 842 (August 1942), by Hans Brandt, Magdeburg khaki green. Red lined for turning inside out to be recognised from the air, size 54. WWII Army Bread bag & black leather & bayonet frog. No makers marks on dates. 1938 Luftschutz medal. SS 4 years loyal service medal in oxidized bronze. Reich's Luftschutz badge, white metal & enamel. Also a Deutches Yungvolk badge for 10-14 year olds. Both marked Gesch to the rear. Hitler Youth cloth triangle arm badges (11) all diff district badges, 4 in yellow thread for HJ & 2 in silver/white thread for BDM. Plus 5 diff slightly smaller cloth arm badges, with near consecutive numbered paper RZM labels to rears. All reproductions. VGC. (19 items). | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20449 Click for more photos | China Bond : £100 Imperial Chinese Government 5% Hukuang Railways Sinking Fund Gold Loan of 1911. First series for £6,000,000. (370 x 550mm) with 40 interest coupons. Signed by the Chinese Minister in Washington 15 June 1911. Usual edge flts, but these do not extend into the printed bond, overall VF. Scarce high denomination bond. Advertised retail $800 to $1200. Rare. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
20452 Click to enlarge photo | Ethnographica: Papua New Guinea: ca1900-40 scarce Sepik River tribal statue. Carved wooden tall elongated spirit statue. 80cm tall. Early C20th. Ochre painted face & stripes running down body, has a hump in the back & a tail like a lizard. Interesting piece. VGC | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
20467 Click for more photos | Great Britain. Army. WWII Royal Artillery soldier pay book & soldier's release book. Served 1940-45 entitled to 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star & War Medals together with a 1944 dated Australian ration card to a female inc a quantity of unrelated post WWII literature, with approx ½ of this related to Northern Ireland in the mid 1970s & Battle of Britain booklet plus a small frame with 4 badges of the Royal Observer Corps. Fair-GC, typical of age. (20 items) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20468 Click for more photos | Great Britain. RAF, 1940 Battle of Britain commemorative plates, complete set of 6, by Franklin Mint. All individually numbered, excellent condition. High original cost. 2 brass WWII Spitfire trench art type pieces. 1st is climbing Spitfire, 2nd is a small Spitfire mounted on a 1940 One Shilling coin, all on a brass column. Plus 3 golden era collector's cards displaying the Avro Shackleton, Short Stirling & Avro Lancaster, in a well displayed glass & timber frame. GC. (9 items) | SOLD at A$110 | ||
20477 Click for more photos | India: Bank of Bengal Inc under act 1876. One 500 Rupee Share No 14001, 6 Jul 1876. Numerous endorsements & dividends paid notated on reverse. 3 revenue stamps. Old-time ink stain. VF. Scarce. | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
20484 Click to enlarge photo | Japan: 1939-45 Personal battle flag. White silk 860mm x 640mm with printed Sun disc to centre. Leather tab reinforcing to corners of hoist with silk cord ties. Covered overall with signatures & titles. Translated as 'From the Women's Patriotic League' & bearing the signatures of both male & female members. Exc. | SOLD at A$240 | ||
20500 Click for more photos | Postcards. Trains, Cars & Carriages collection (85) from golden-age to modern era, strength in Trains (40) inc British Edwardian era Steam Trains & Interiors, Motor Cars (35) again with some vintage pre-WWII types (Horse Drawn) Carriages (20) inc some close up real photos. A nice lot, mixed UN/U, generally VF. (95) | AVAILABLE at A$170 | ||
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 | ||
20511 Click to enlarge photo | Greek: ca.500 BC. Bronze bowl 'Fiale'. Turned bronze. Probably a votive item. Diameter at rim 140mm & height 50mm. Attractive green patination overall with encrustation. 1 small dent. VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$400 | ||
20517 Click to enlarge photo | 1914-18 . Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 by C W Bean et al. Complete set of 12 volumes. Some fading to maroon covers of some volumes & insect damage to Vol VI cover, minor edge stains o/w reasonable condition. Vol XII published 1935, others 1940-42, mostly 1941. Monumental work with page numbers varying between 500 up to more than 1000. A must own for anyone who has an interest in, or who collects, WWI Military items. (12 volumes) | SOLD at A$400 | ||
20521 Click to enlarge photo | Manuals Inc 1896 Field Artillery Drill, GC & Cadet Musketry Training, 1917. Army Cadet Record of Service books (3). Two are issued during WWI, the third issued 1928 (very late for Compulsory Training Scheme). Very light-weight construction, unusual. ACF writing pad, used. Nine issues of 'The Highlander' (30th Bn Ass'n magazine). Mostly 1939/40. Two are several years earlier (those two show much age). An interesting & eclectic paper grouping. (15) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20523 Click for more photos | Military Training Pams WWII era - Demolitions - Field Engineering PAM. 1940 named to VX50143, 14x21cms. Manual of Field Engineering (RE) Part VI Accom + Water Supply, 1942. Engineer Training Part I, 1940, Australian Edition. Engineer Training Part II (WAR), 1941. Australian Edition. Manual of Field Engineering (RE) Part III, 1943 Bridging & Watermanship. Royal Engineers Training Memorandum No I, 1942. Manual of Elementary Drill (All Arms), 1935, H/C. Staff Duties in the Field, 1949. Generally GC. (8) | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
20524 Click to enlarge photo | Military Training Pams WWII era: The Complete Lewis Gunner, 1941, first published 1918. Training in Field craft and Elementary Tactics, 1940. Manual of Elementary Drill, 1935, hard cover. US Rifle, Calibre .30, M1, 1943, 190pgs. Small Arms Weapon Training, 1937, Aust edition. Small Arms Practices, 1943 (Australia). Small Arms Training - Vol I Pam 3 Rifle, 1943 (Australia). Training in Handling of Mines and Traps, 1943, 88pgs (Australia). Mostly GC. (8) | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20526 Click for more photos | Australia: (18) inc WWI Official History Vol VIII 'The Australian Flying Corps' by EM Cutluck. 1983 Edition & WWII (16) with Penguin reprints (5) inc Behind Bamboo, Coast Watchers & We Were the Rats. Then A Bastard of a Place, The Australians in Papua, ANZAC Fury Battle of Crete 1941 (Thompson), Kokoda (Ham), Tobruk (Fitzsimons) & The White Mouse by Nancy Wake. FB (18) inc Baden-Powell - The Two Lives of a Hero pub 1964, WWII RAF (6) inc Bomber Boys (Bishop), Eagle Day (Collier), Hurricane - Victor of the Battle of Britain (McKinstry) & The Battle of Britain, July-Oct 1970 (Parker), Spike Milligan's Memoirs (3 hardback) with Adolf Hitler, Monty & Rommel. 1982 Falklands War (3) inc 2 Para Falklands (Maj-Gen J Frost) & Battle of the Falklands (Hastings). 1992 Gulf war, Storm Command by Gen de la Billiere. Plus others inc Six Days of War - June 1967 (Oren) & Secret Soldier - The Six Day War - Golan Heights - Entebbe.. By Col M Betser. Odd minor edge toning, mostly VG-excellent condition with some near new. (40) | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20527 Click to enlarge photo | Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol III, 'The AIF in France 1916' of C E W Bean's Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18. 11th edition 1940, 1036 pgs, hard, cloth bound. Covers practically unmarked but some toning to pages. Overall VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20534 Click to enlarge photo | Australia: WWII 1939-45. Australia In The War of 1939-45 Official AWM publications RAAF set of 4 'Royal Australian Airforce 1939-42' (Gillison), Air War Against Japan 1943-45 (Odgers), Air War Against Germany & Italy (Herington), Air Power Over Europe (Herington) all VGC comp with DJ. (Retail $400). Also 'Pictorial History of Australia of War 1939-45' set of 5 (retail $125). Worn spines, GC, plus 'With The Australians In Korea' (Bartlett) with orig DJ. All official AWM publications, total retail around $550. (10) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20539 Click for more photos | Australia: Biographies (8) 'Charles Kingsford Smith' by Fitzsimons, pub 2009, 'Peter Cosgrove - My story' pub 2006, 'Weary, the life of Sir Edward Dunlop & The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop' pub as single vol 1997. 'My War 1939-45' by Michael 'The Breaker' by Kit Denton (1987 edition) large VX 123, missing frontispiece Self pub 1990. 'Brothers in War' by M Walsh, pub 2006, (brief History of 8 brother who served in WWI inc Gallipoli), 'Letters Home 1939-45' Stuart & Arnold 1987, 'Darwin 1942 by Hall, 1980). Some edge foxing on earlier works, later vols near new retail $240. Then large size paper backs (14) inc 'Roden Cutler, VC' by McCullough, 'Nancy Wake' by Fitzsimons, 'The Tiger man of Vietnam' (the story of Barry Petersen), 'Gallipoli - The Extraordinary life of Alec Campbell', 'Colin Murray - Journey to Tobruk', 'Warrior Brothers' & 'Warrior Training' (life in the Australian SAS) by I. McPhedran, 'Four Australians at War, letters to Argyle 1914-19', 'The Bombing of Darwin, the diary of Tom Taylor'. Plus 4 others inc 'Memories of Vietnam' by K Maddock. All F-VF or better condition, with a total retail over $500. Plus video 'The Light Horseman'. (22 plus video) | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20542 Click for more photos | British Commonwealth Bayonets by Skennerton & Richardson, 1984 1st ed, 404 pgs. As new, the standard reference. .Selling $150 - $200+ on the internet. (1 book) | SOLD at A$190 | ||
20550 Click for more photos | Great Britain: WWII RAF group of 10 with Bader-The Man & his Men (Burns, 1990). Bomber Crew - Taking on the Reich (Sweetman, 2004). Claims to Fame - The Lancaster A History of the 34 Aircraft that Flew 100+ Missions, (Franks, 1994) Churchill's Few - Battle of Britain Remembered (Willis, 1985). Fight for the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire & Hurricane (Douglas Bader, 1973). Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940 (Bishop, 2003. Fly - True Stories from the Airmen of WWII (Veitch, 2008). The Few - Americans Who Fought in the Battle of Britain (Kershaw, 2006). With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain (Korda, 2009). The Reconstruction of Warriors (Mayhew, 2004). Also Tigers - The Story of No 74 Squadron RAF (Cossey, 1992). Whirlwind - The Air War Against Japan 1942-45 (Tillman, 2009). MIG Pilot (J Barron, 1980), The Story of the Escape & Defection of Lieut Belenko with his MIG-25 from the USSR to USA via Japan. Hell-Fire (Ed Macy, 2009) plus 3 paperbacks inc Bomber Offensive Sir Arthur Harris Marshall of the RAF & The Spitfire 50 Years On (1986). Except for the last 3, all hardcover with dust jacket, mostly VF-near new, retail $500+ (17) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20552 Click for more photos | Great Britain/Australia. Special Air Service Regiment collection (32) from foundation in WWII to operations in Iraq 2005 inc David Stirling, The Authorised Biography of the Creator of the SAS (Hoe, 500pgs hb pub 1992), Ghost Force, the Secret History of the SAS (Connor, 375pgs hb, pub 1998), Who Dares Wins, The SAS 1950-Gulf War (Geraghty, 600pgs, pub 1983), Eye of the Storm - 25 Years in Action with the SAS (Ratcliffe DCM, 336pgs, pub 2000). The Complete Encyclopedia of the SAS (Barry Davies, BEM, 375pgs, pub 2001), SAS - The Soldiers Story (Ramsay, 250pgs hb, pub 1996). SAS Sniper (Rob Maylor, 330pgs, pub 2010). Seven Troop (A McNab DCM, 420 pgs hb, pub 2008). Warrior Bros, My Life in the Australian SAS (Fennell, 334pgs, pub 2008). General Sir Peter de la Billiere - Storm Command, a Personal Account of the Gulf War (350pgs hb, pub 1992). Willie Apiata VC - The Reluctant Hero (Little, 255pgs hb, pub 2008). Also contemporary books (18) inc Phantom (Warner, 200+pgs hb, pub 1982). PARA! Fifty Years of the Parachute Regiment (Harclerode, 400pgs hb, pub 1992). 3 PARA - Afghanistan Summer 2006 (Bishop, 280pgs, pub 2007). Squaddie - A Soldier's Story (McLaughlin, 320pgs, pub 2006). SBS, The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service (Parker, 310pgs hb, pub 1997). First into Action, A Personal Account of the Life of the SBS (Falconer, 338pgs hb, pub 1998). The Gurkhas (Parker, 276pgs hb, pub 1999). The Gurkhas-Special Force (Bellamy, 414pgs, pub 2011). A great lot of military history from WWII to recent Middle Eastern conflicts. Mostly VG to near new, total retail/original cost $1650. (50 books) | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20555 Click to enlarge photo | Great Britain. 1828: Constables Miscellany, vols 33, 34, 35. 'Revolutions in Europe' parts I, II & III. 'From the Subversion of the Roman Empire (406AD) to the Abdication of Napoleon (1815). Total of 1000+ pgs (3in x 5in) with emphasis on more recent events with the 3rd vol devoted almost exclusively to the 1789-1815 Napoleon Wars. Foxing & aging to end-papers, contents mostly clean VF condition. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20558 Click for more photos | Library reduction - 28 books inc 'The Russian Revolution 1899-1919' (940 pgs, Pipes 1990). 'The Secret War against the Jews' (656 pgs, Aarons & Loftus 1994), 'The Voyage of Their Life - SS Derna & its Passengers (480 pgs, Armstrong 2001), 'The Gehlen Memoirs (General Reinhard Gehlen'. Then a mixture of 'un-orthodox titles' inc 'Beer Glorious Beer' (Cyril Pearl, 1969), 'Aust Cigarette Cards & their Values' (Skinner, 1984), 'Tough 101 Australian Gangsters', 'South with Scott (Evans, 1956), 'The Ghost of Flight 401' (Lockheed Tri-Star Crash, Florida, 1972) & 'Good Morning Hanoi' (Findlay, 2006). Plus 18 others. Lots of good reading here & high original cost. Mixed good - VF condition. (28) | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20562 Click for more photos | WWII Major Battle Histories (14) inc Inside the Third Reich (Albert Speer), The Years of Extermination-Nazi Germany & the Jews 1939-45 (Friedlander), Hitler's War 1939-42 (Irving). Plus Mein Kampf (A Hitler) English translation, 640pgs, pub 1992. Dunkirk-The British Evacuation (Jackson). D-Day (The Battle of Normandy), Stalingrad & Berlin (The Downfall) all by Antony Beevor. D-Day (Abrose). Armageddon (The Battle for Germany 1941-45) & Nemesis (The Battle for Japan 1944-45) both by Max Hastings. Arnhem (L Clark). Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (English translation of the original Russian book, P Poselov Editor) pub Moscow 1974 inc illustrations & maps. The last battle (Ryan). Infamy-Pearl harbour & its Aftermath (J Toland, 2001 Penguin Edition). Other WWI history books (7) inc Wings of War-Airborne Warfare 1918-45 (Harderode), Mostly VG-excellent/near new. Retail/original costs $650. (22) | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20566 Click for more photos | Army. Berets All different colours & ages. Of note 1940s Army beret in khaki with leather edging. Light blue aviation coloured beret with square dark blue patch. Average-GC. (9 berets) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20572 Click for more photos | Army Peaked Barathea cap unissued WW2 era missing 1 button. KC map. 1940 sidecap KC map button, unissued. Indian pattern pith helmet in white cloth some stains. Made Grose Bros. Average - GC. 3 WW2 hats. | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20574 Click for more photos | Army. Peaked cap , WWII with separate chin strap, no buttons to sides, unusually of Officer quality with leather trim around front peak. Small moth holes to top. Also 1940 dated Army wool sidecap plus Navy rating caps (2). Post war with grey lining 1940/50s with owner number & name but hard to read. No buttons to front, heavy mothing. Fair-VG condition. The peaked cap nice. (4) | SOLD at A$160 | ||
20600 Click for more photos | Navy. Cap WWII Ratings cap round shape with grey lining. This type of cap was used between 1939-45 & for some years prior. No sweatband ever fitted, cotton top. Plus Navy peaked cap, cloth top by Segraves Sydney. Another peaked cap, vinyl top by Keepshape dated 1940 & a Navy Ratings cap by Mountcastle. Discolouration on 3 of the 4, Fair-GC. First is quite hard to get. (4) | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
| 20626 | Army. WWII Panzer Afrika Korps 1940 peaked cap, service faced made on cotton twill, lined in red for air recognition, size 56 Schlesische, Mutze fabrik, company logo & Frankenstein 1942 stamped to interior 3 out of 4 air eyelets retain their olive finish. Pink colour soutache is factory stitched, inside of cap shows wear & the peak is somewhat misshapen with minor stains but o/w undamaged. An almost identical cap with similar characteristics & markings was sold retail on the web for US$10500. | SOLD at A$10000 | ||
| 20633 | Army. 1939-45 Mod 1935 single decal steel helmet. Retains near all of the original pea green parade finish. Tri decal removed as per regulations of 1940. Army eagle decal with some light wear. Maker marked ET64. Good original liner but missing chin strap. A very good original example of the type. EF | SOLD at A$1100 | ||
| 20634 | Army. 1939-45 Mod 1940 Steel helmet. Single decal, army. Paint finish toned to rust brown. Army shield with toning that makes it appear to be a Navy shield (still a possibility) approx 60% intact. Size 56 liner. chin strap comp (dated 1940). Shell inner flare stamped: '4850-ET64'. Light fracture evident to front. Overall GC | SOLD at A$500 | ||
| 20638 | Army. 1939-45 Mod 1942 steel helmet ('flared rim'). Rear rim stamped 'CK(?)64/4285'. Liner size 57. 40% original finish intact, no decals. Surface pits (minor) overall. chin strap with aluminium fittings. Liner complete & with owner's surname in ink. Quite presentable M42, worthy of restoration. Nice toned overall. VGC. | SOLD at A$400 | ||
| 20656 | Luftwaffe. 1939-45 Mod 1940 single decal steel helmet. Q66 - batch run DN257. Size 59. Liner & chin strap comp showing little wear. 99% original blue/grey paint finish intact, decal 99.9% intact. Light scuff to surface paint areas. VGC. | SOLD at A$1250 | ||
| 20657 | Luftwaffe. 1939-45 Mod 1940 single decal steel helmet. Size 64. Liner comp, only partial chin strap in situ. 70% original Luftwaffe dark blue/grey finish & 85% original 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Eagle decal. Overall VGC, presents well. | SOLD at A$600 | ||
| 20660 | Luftwaffe WWII Model 1940 double decal helmet. Eagle to one side, shield to the other. Dark green to grey paint with brown leather liner. Stamped ET68 & 546. Chinstrap stamped Berlin 1939. A well made copy of heavy steel construction with aged liner. VGC. | SOLD at A$180 | ||
| 20664 | Luftschutz steel helmet with eagle & swastika decal to front still intact. Stamped to shell RL2 40/14. Size 56. Original chinstrap present but broken o/w nice condition. | SOLD at A$220 | ||
20671 Click to enlarge photo | Army/Navy belt buckles/buckle halves (11) with 3 snake clasp buckles/buckle halves & a Pattern-03 belt buckle. Together with over 25 useful belt related pieces of hardware. Dating from 1880s-caWWII. Inc a complete General Service brass Army buckle with QV crown (worn in Australia), nice condition. The female buckle halves inc a blank generic motto example, as worn in Australia. The Pattern-03 buckle is useful, as is the brass snake clasp set. There are 3 half RAN Dockyard Police buckles in nickel, a KC RN/RAN Officer's half buckle & half RAN band buckle. The Turkish Navy half buckle is a nice cast example & there are 2 Indian Navy buckles also. (40) | SOLD at A$210 | ||
20676 Click for more photos | Army WWI Officer's travel pannier case to 'F.H. Naylor Camel Corps" Broad arrow over 15 all under the letter 'A'. In black capitals. Captain Frederick Henry Naylor served in the Boer War with the 4th Victorian Contingent. He embarked for WWI in May 1915 with 21st battalion HQ staff & in March 1916 transferred to the Camel Corp. While servicing with the Camel Corp he was mentioned in dispatches for Gallantry Captain Naylor was killed in Action near Gaza on 19th April 1917. Heavy wooden board & steel chain loops to bottom. Made from leather & canvas materials. When rolled measures approx 930mmx240mm. Size 930mmx520mm when unrolled. A very desirable Camel Corps casualty item. | AVAILABLE at A$800 | ||
20687 Click for more photos | Army. WWII 1940 dated leather leggings (2) for mounted troops & motor cycle despatch riders named to 2 diff people & an unmarked officer pattern WWI pr leggings. G-VGC. (2 prs) | SOLD at A$50 | ||
20721 Click to enlarge photo | Army WWII Lot, pr 1940 Stohwasser leggings. One is size 14 other size 15. 4 rifle slings. 1941 D^D torch. Pistol lanyard. WW2 pattern pocket knives (2). Pr MTX khaki jodhpurs. WW2 khaki Australian sidecap. WW2 gas mask & bag. Pr WW2 Australian boots with jungle cleats. Overall GC. (15). | SOLD at A$325 | ||
| 20745 | SA Sturmfahne (Sturm flag, or company flag). This is a very scarce Sturmfahne for an SA Group (apple green insignia) The flag was for Sturm 5 of the 252nd Standarte, meaning the 5th company of the 252nd Regiment. The unit numbers on the patch are machine loop embroidered, & the flag is a 100% original. The flag suspension rings are still attached, which is also rare to find, soldiers usually either tore or cut the flags off the poles, leaving the rings. This is a stunning example of a rarely seen SA company flag, & would make a splendid edition to any SA collection. Approx 52 inches wide & 45 inches deep (1400mm x 1125mm). Overall GC. Very rare. | AVAILABLE at A$2500 | ||
20747 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 Waffen-SS Ski-Troops ('Prinz Eugen' Division etc). Snow ski fittings in box of issue. Civilian acquired item with Waffen-SS property stamp to parts: 'EIGENTUM d WAFFEN-SS'. Some items with apparent date '40' & Waffen-SS ownership stamps. Comp in card box of retail. Unissued. Comprises pairs of plates, brackets, clamps, springs, bolts, leather boot straps etc. All with chromed or galvanised finish. Box with damage (tears to folds/corners). VGC. Rare - probably the buyers are, too€ | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20752 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 Model 1935 Dispatch Case ('map case') in pebbled finish black leather. Early buckle-strap fastening. Maker stamp under flap indistinct, but date '1940' clear. Comp with rear belt-loops & buckles. VGC. Scarce | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20796 Click for more photos | Army Greatcoat WWII. 1940 dated coat, faint name to label H.G. Sturday. Number NX31939. Herbert Gwynne Sturday final unit was 2/6 survey battery. He joined in 1940 from Paddington NSW. Another coat 1968 dated with brown bakelite AMF buttons. Made by Dunlop NSW. GC. WWII dated coat not easy to find. (2). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20802 Click for more photos | Army. ca WWII/Korean War, Royal Australian Artillery Officer's great coats, wool (2) with buttons updated. 1st has all Staybrite KC RAA buttons, is made by H.J. Cooney, Sydney, D D with name. Has RAA titles & previous rank for Lieutenant no longer present. GC. 2nd has Staybrite QC RAA buttons to front & Staybrite KC buttons to rear, rank holes to epaulettes, stitched closed. Considerable wear & small faults. Originally named on 1940 tailor's label FW24461 E.SYKES ESQ (label no longer present). Some minor mothing does not detract. Potentially researchable. (2) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20831 Click for more photos | Army. Lot of 3 cotton khaki WW2 jackets. One is a 2 pocket patrol jacket, the other 2 are work/giggle jackets. Unissued 2 pocket patrol jacket made by Chic Mfg Co 1940. With tear out stores label stating 'khaki drill jacket, permanent forces size 14' No insignia or button. Used khaki cotton fatigue (giggle) jacket. Label present bun not very readable. Shows wear. Unissued, khaki cotton fatigue jacket. Dated 1943, with tear-off stores label. Beautiful condition. VGC-GC. (3). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20845 Click for more photos | Army. Royal Australian Infantry scarlet wool tunic of a Bandsman. All insignia has been removed & epaulettes no longer present. Aged CGCF label & D arrow D. Looks 1940s/50s, perhaps earlier. With Infantry trousers. Service wear but reasonably good condition. Scarce tunic. (2) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20886 Click for more photos | Navy. WWII (ca 1940s) Officer's dark blue wool mess type jacket to a Lieutenant. Fine wool, quality short double breasted jacket with all RAN gilt buttons. Rank has white underlay for Paymaster. No provision for shoulder boards. Never had gold loop above rank bars. The double button closure is made form 2 Dutch? Naval buttons. No label or name found. Rank cuffs may have been period altered. Clean & undamaged, no mothing. Slight aging to gilt fittings. Wear to one button hole. Nice, clean RAN jacket. Interesting variant. | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20922 Click for more photos | RAAF WWII 1940-45 Flight Sergeant's medical department service dress jacket & trousers. MTX size 15 label named to 33128 Sheidow. Plus trousers in VGC named as above. Tunic, with matching belt & all insignia still present. Minor mothing to right sleeve. Basil Sheidow enlisted RAAF 1940. | SOLD at A$210 | ||
20940 Click for more photos | Army. 1939-45 Army WWII mod 1940 great coat to an infantry Lieutenant ca 1942. Tailor made in Munich, it has a plain field grey collar & provision to wear a sword/dagger. It is in beautiful condition with no apparent signs of mothing or damage of any kind (except for 1 broken should board button - now in coat pocket). The front buttons show almost no wear, & the cloth has almost all of its nap. Quality made. There is a 'name' stamped twice on the internal lining 'HEILLER'. VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$700 | ||
| 20942 | Army. 1939-45 Original WWII Officers wool tunic with medals to a Colonel Signals Reg 604. Fine gabardine wool with only very minor moth grazing, full lining. Tunic is named & dated 1940. It has provisions to wear a dagger. Fine quality made. Breast eagle is pre-war type in great condition & quality. The ribbon bar is for 8 medals. Comes with EK 1 class (unmarked) Inf Assault badge (L/10) & black wound badge (unmarked). Small size, which is typical. VGC. | SOLD at A$1500 | ||
21003 Click for more photos | Army. Collection of 40 badges, chevrons etc. Inc 9 prs of diff chevrons, 1 pr being Navy. 9 single diff rank chevrons, 6 Proficiency stars, Bandsman's & Drummer's cloth badges & 3 large CSM crown badges. The bullion on black Sgt's chevrons are most likely pre 1900, as are both yellow or red chevrons. Also 2 Quartermaster star badges of WWI era. Fair-GC. (40) | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21031 Click to enlarge photo | Army. 1914-18 Colour patch, original. 3rd Aust Mobile Veterinary Section, AAVC 1916-19. Deep maroon oval cloth. EF. Glyde 0340. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21036 Click to enlarge photo | Army. 1940-45 colour patch 2/22nd infantry battalion (moth nips) & 2/19th Infantry battalion colour patch . These 2 patches are quite scarce. GC. (2). | SOLD at A$400 | ||
21078 Click for more photos | Navy RAN/RN cloth insignia 1940s through to current times. Inc rank badges, shoulder titles various trade badges & service stripes. Noted 2 KC badges (Gunnery & Physical Training), 5 QC badges for trades such as Artisan, Communications & Aviation. Also a Torpedo Man's rate badge, a pr of Midshipman's gorget patches, & 3 x Bullion 'AUSTRALIA' titles & nice lot of communications related. Some are used & show wear, mostly in un-used condition. (55). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21086 Click for more photos | Navy: RAN/RN. Collection of cloth insignia dating from the 1940s to modern times. Inc a nice selection of women's uniform badges. Badges inc many rate badges (some with a small puncture hole, having been a sealed pattern), rank badges & shoulder titles. Inc 8 women's RAN badges, 5 with KC, 7 bullion wire rate badges & 4 additional badges with KC. Interesting grouping of WWII & post badges inc many scarce/rare types. (33) | AVAILABLE at A$180 | ||
21095 Click to enlarge photo | Navy Large accumulation of approx 500pcs of post 1952 naval cloth insignia, comprising over 100 ratings badges, & over 400 shoulder titles. Includes titled for blues & whites, cadet & regulars. GC. Ideal reseller's lot. (500+). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21104 Click to enlarge photo | RAAF 1939-45 Sweetheart 'Trench-Art' brooch, lot of 2. 1/ RAAF Sleeve Eagle in gilt bronze set on clear perspex backing cut to same shape, brooch pin rev with safety chain, 70mm; 2/ Heart shape below inverted wing shape in clear perspex with silver overlay to each, engraved: 'New Guinea, 1945' & 'To my dear mother' over palm tree, pin back, 40mm. | SOLD at A$60 | ||
21110 Click for more photos | Commonwealth of Australia 1925 Peace Officer (Guard) Cap badge. King's Crown, silvered/chromed bronze & enamel by Stokes & Sons, Melb, unnumbered. Early version ca 1925-40 (pre-1948 Stokes & Sons maker mark). Note: Formed initially in 1925 when NSW Police refused to serve Commonwealth Warrants on striking Dock Workers. Also worn by members of the Defence Establishments Guard (DEG) during WW2. Minor wear to finish. gVF. Scarce | SOLD at A$450 | ||
| 21184 | 1938 Deutsche Jagerschaft 50 Year Membership Badge, East Prussia. Silvered bronze & enamel with separately affixed silvered Prussian Royal Elk 40mm. Scarce. | SOLD at A$130 | ||
| 21186 | WWII 1940-42 Black Wound Badge Type II (tombac) with maker's mark L/11 for Wilhelm Deumer in Ludenscheid, in LDO box of issue. 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords, also War Merit medal. Plus Commemorative Medal for 1 October 1938 (Sudetenland Medal). EF. (4). | SOLD at A$180 | ||
| 21213 | ca 1940-44 Hitler Jugend belt plate. 1x Piece nickel plated iron. By 'RZM-M4/30' (Berge& Norte AG). gVF/aEF. | SOLD at A$130 | ||
| 21214 | 1934/5 Hitler Youth Armband, applied cotton 3 piece construction 99mmx405mm. An unissued example reputedly for a leader (this type not seen by us before) plus Hitler Youth bevo cloth Proficiency Badge silver grade. (slight stains). (2). | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
| 21230 | ca 1940-45 Army belt plate enlisted ranks. 2x Piece aluminium, not maker marked. gVF. | SOLD at A$65 | ||
| 21237 | 1939-45 Panzer Assault Badge 1940 in 'silver'. Grey alloy with silver wash. Flat back, not maker marked. gVF. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21257 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial 1914-18 Kaiserliche Marine Officer's dirk belt plate. Gilt brass wreath (40mm) with Imperial Prussian crowned anchor overlaid with 'W:. Reverse with single belt loop & hook. Minor gilt wear. gVF. Scarce. | AVAILABLE at A$180 | ||
| 21261 | Kriegsmarine.1939-45 War Badges. U-Boat War Badge, 1939. Lead alloy with gilt wash (85%) & horizontal pin; Destroyer War Badge 1940. Lead alloy with oxidised wash finish; Blockade Runner War Badge 1941. All postwar reproductions. Grey metal with oxidised & silver wash finish. All pins intact. gVF. (3) | SOLD at A$85 | ||
21314 Click for more photos | Army.ca1902-40 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders plaid brooch. White metal quoit of Celtic design with 4 bosses & bearing regimental devices of cat, coronet, Princess Louise' cypher & boars head. Retains most silver coating. Good solid brooch pin. nEF | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21321 Click to enlarge photo | Army.1940-90 Royal Marines Insignia: Cap badge, King's Crown, brass on lugs (K&K 2100); Cap badge, 1954 to current in oxidised brass, Queen's Crown; Cap badge, Queens Crown; gilt anodised aluminium (last 2 x both K&K, 2101); Para Qualification Wings, red embroidered on khaki-drill cloth ground; curved cloth titles, red on black wool 'Royal Marine Commando, 1 x with original 'Sealed Pattern' no. still intact; another, straight line embroidered, 'Royal Marines'. Lug damage to 1st. gVF/aEF. (7) | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
21324 Click for more photos | Army. Cavalry related badges (15) inc a mix of original with some later struck badges. Of note are post 1952 Fifth Dragoon Guards silver plated Officer's badge. Machine Gun Corps, Tank Corps, post 1940 17th Lancers Sgt's arm badge. Also a Royal Tank Regiment feather OR's plume. Comes with a pair of Officer King's crown Cavalry shoulder chains, scales. GC, shoulder scales would benefit from a clean. A good group to Cavalry Regts. (18) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
21340 Click for more photos | Pocket Knives. Collection of 40 diff inc 3 British /Australian Military pattern. Wide variety inc pearl handles, all metal grips, multi function etc. Many are British made. Condition varies, all knives show wear. Some are sharpened/shortened, corroded or have cracked/damaged grips. Inspect! (40) | SOLD at A$375 | ||
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 | ||
| 21366 | Hewer. 1933-45 Red Cross DRK subordinate's Model 38 Hewer with original scabbard. The scabbard is in VGC. Painted finish has numerous light scratches .Checkered grip GC. Nickel plating on knife and scabbard is GC. The sawback blade has a squared off tip and is in excellent near unused condition (no obvious runner marks). The saw teeth are sharp. Comes with original leather frog by Carl Busse, Mainz, dated 1940. Except for the light scratches to the scabbard paint, a very nice knife. | SOLD at A$1050 | ||
21380 Click to enlarge photo | Pocket Knives. GB/Aust Army & Navy folding pocket knives spanning 1800s-1970 (Vietnam War). All are Military with the early Royal Navy knife being rare. There are 2 naval neck knives. The white bone handles knife is made by Hunter, Sheffield. Michael Hunter & Sons was in operation from 1870-ca1910. It never had a marlin spike. The blade has some edge nicks. In quite nice condition with no damage to the bone & some light age pitting as is to be expected. Blade is nice & tight. Rare knife probably dating to around 1860s. The second deck knife is a WWII pattern Sailor's knife as issued to the Royal Navy & RAN (& some 2/AIF Units). Nice blade that is tightly fitted. Steel bail. Made by Rogers, Sheffield. The last two knives are British Army issue. The Bakelite handled knife is well used. Blade has been sharpened. Dated 1940 (last digit faint). Copper bail. The last is an all metal clasp knife by Joseph Rogers, dated 1970 (Vietnam era). Nice condition. The early Royal Navy deck knife is impressive & presumably rare. (4) | SOLD at A$250 | ||
21386 Click for more photos | Swords: ca1910-40 Pr of Fencing Foils. Quite similar in appearance to lightened versions of the Pattern 1912 Cavalry sword. Thin blades of triangular section with rounded-off (rolled) points. Bowl guards with checked wood grips. Guard, counterfoils & hilt mounts chromed. Padded chamois lining to inner guards. VGC. An attractive matched pr of foils with a military based design. (2) | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21387 Click to enlarge photo | Cambodia. Pole Arms: ca 1500 Khmer Empire pole-arm heads (2). Spear head, iron. Blade leaf shaped with low medial ridge, double edged 280mm, on round, iron tang 160mm D440mm overall); Lance head, iron. Solid diamond cross section base tapering to leaf shaped blade 325mm. Round, tapered tang with 'cork-screw' twist 165mm (490mm overall). Browned with age, surface pit. GC. Scarce early Cambodian weaponry, possibly pre-dating the above age estimate. (2) | AVAILABLE at A$300 | ||
21390 Click to enlarge photo | Congo. Knife: 'Zapozap' tribal knife. c.1900-40 Also used in the Congo Region as Money & for Trade. 43 cm long. Made from steel & brass adornments. Double sided decorative blade. Steel bound & studded grip. A very interesting & unusual ethnographical item. EF. | AVAILABLE at A$400 | ||
21393 Click to enlarge photo | France. Fighting Knife: 1939-45 Vichy French alloy fighting knife. 1940/41. Cast alloy hilt & short steel blade stamped 'Depse'. No scabbard. nEF Very Rare. | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
21399 Click to enlarge photo | Laos. Crossbow quiver from the Laos region. c.1900-40 Bamboo & basket weave rattan & shell adorned cross belt. Dark bamboo pipe for holding arrows & wickerwork basket on side. A very well made tribal item. EF. | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
21411 Click to enlarge photo | Canada. 1900-40 Boer War to WW2. Sweetheart brooch lot a/ Bar brooch in sterling silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1901, hand cut lettering to bar 'Good Luck' with shield bearing maple-leaf to centre, minus its pin 48mm, b/ Gilt & enamel maple-leaf 20mm by Kilpatrick scroll 'Edmonton' across, c/ silvered & enamel bar brooch composed of 3 x maple leaves 'BANFF' to centre scroll 39mm, d/ similar but with 'Canada' to scroll (minus its pin), e & f/ gilt maple leaves, one with script 'Canada' across 21mm. gVF. Colonial Boer War sweetheart brooches. Scarce. (6) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21418 Click to enlarge photo | Rhodesia. ca 1940-60 Rhodesian Regt Hat badge lot: King's crown in blackened brass with red cloth backing to centre; King's crown in silvered brass with red cloth backing to centre; Queen's crown in blackened brass with 'Royal' in title, with red cloth ground; large (53mm) black anodised aluminium 'The Rhodesia Regt'; as previous but in silver anodised. (5) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21428 Click for more photos | 1940-45 Danish Resistance Armband 'Saxon' blue felted cloth (140mm) overlaid centrally with red wool cloth band (43mm) with central white tape stripe (11mm). Applied to the centre of this is a white bronze disc bearing the 3 lions & hearts within a shield from the Danish Royal Coat of Arms (40mm dia). A scarce & original armband from a Resistance Veteran who later settled in Sydney (name withheld by family request). gEF. Scarce & desirable | SOLD at A$150 | ||
21442 Click for more photos | Poland. ca 1930s Falcon Squadrons Breast badge. Eagle in flight holding 'dumbbell' in talons. Silvered brass, screw post rev, 40mm. Screw plate with maker details: 'W. Gontarczyk, Warszawa, Miodowa 19'. On green cloth ground. gVF. Scarce | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21446 Click for more photos | Romania. 1940-45 Pilot badge, Coat of Arms variety. Silvered bronze & enamels. 2 x piece construction. Solid, vertical pin rev with safely catch (locking 'C' catch). gVF. Scarce | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21468 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Air Force Cross & King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air recipient Log Book, original citations, pilot licence & investiture documents. To Wing Commander Egbert Ralph Griffith, 260440, RAAF. Log Book with entries from Jan 1942 to Sept 1945 indicating a grand total flying hours of 2555hrs, 20mins. Born 1905, resident Mosman. Gained Pilot Cert/Licence Feb 1937. Enl RAAF 1940 as Flying Instructor at Parafield, Narromine & Benalla. S/Ldr 1/10/42. Wing Commander 1944. Disch 21/9/45. Awarded King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air per citation: 'Griffith Egbert Ralph, Squadron Leader (260440), 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF. After a 6 mth conversion at Camden in Feb 1942, he was posted to No 3 SFTS & on the 5th Apr 1942 to No 1 SFTS. On the 1st Oct 1942 he was posted to No 11 EFTS as Chief Flying Instructor & Officer Commanding Flying Squadron. In this post, his skilled judgment & experience together with his keenness & determination have made a most valuable contribution to the high std of training achieved. Squadron Leader Griffith's devotion to duty has at all times been outstanding. (LG 8/6/1944 p2647)'. AFC awarded per citation: ' Griffith Egbert Ralph, Squadron Leader (260440), 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF. After 6 wks conversion in Feb 1942, he was posted to No 3 SFTS & on the 6th Apr 1942 to No 1 SFTS. In Oct 1942 he was posted to No 11 EFTS as Chief Flying Instructor & in this post, his sound judgment, long experience & skill have contributed considerably to the excellent std of training achieved. Squadron Leader Griffiths has at all times displayed outstanding enthusiasm, determination & devotion to duty. (LG 1/9/1944 p4077).' Paperwork inc original signed copies of the above (with further detail); Comm of Aust Pilot Licence 1937-40 (with ID photo); letter of congrats & signed by Air Vice Marshal G. Jones, Chief of the Air Staff & enclosing an original length of AFC ribbon; letters relevant to his investiture & of notification of awards; Co No I (T) Group address 11/5/45 (5 pgs). Griffith's medals (AFC, War & Australia Service medal) were donated to the Australian War Memorial by the family, who later sold this paperwork. VGC. Extremely scarce documentary grouping to double decoration RAAF pilot. Only 146 GVIR AFC awards & 145 WW2 Commendation awards | SOLD at A$500 | ||
21469 Click for more photos | 1861-1866 dated reverse New Zealand War Medal. Impressed officially: 'E. SMITH, 2ND WAIKATO REGT'. No 202 Private Edward Smith, born Surrey, England, 1840. Enl Sydney, NSW 21/8/1863. To NZ aboard the Barque 'Kate' arriving Auckland 3/9/1863. He was discharged 'medically unfit' 15/4/1865, apparently returning to Australia to settle. With copies of archive file & some research. Sl ek to 6 o'clock. EF. | SOLD at A$1000 | ||
21479 Click to enlarge photo | 1916 Killed In Action Fromelles Memorial Plaque 'HENRY LOCKETT'. Born 1891, Manchester UK. Enl AIF, resident in Kew, Melbourne 27.07.1915. Number 3400, 11th Reinforcements to 7th Infantry Bn. To 59th Inf Bn as Corporal, March 1916. To France 18.06.16. Killed in Action 19.07.1916 near Fleurbaix in the Fromelles attacks. Buried VC Corner Cemetery. With research notes. gVF. | SOLD at A$550 | ||
21480 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 Africa Star to Middle-East Theatre Tasmanian Prisoner of War. Impressed officially: 'VX35653 R. WILMOTT'. Roy Wilmott, born Latrobe, Tas, 1905. Enl Melb 3/7/40. Private with 2/5th Aust Inf Bn. Noted as POW on DVA site. Not a POW of the Japanese. gVF. Research potential | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21481 Click for more photos | 1897 Queensland Police Force QV Diamond Jubilee silver medal. Edge engraved 'ACT Sergeant R Hart'. Came with suspender & ribbon, so small hole at top, these no longer present. Silver, 35mm. C-1897/101 cat $1200 without suspender. Johnson cat $1400+ with suspender. Very scarce only 368 silver minted. | AVAILABLE at A$500 | ||
21501 Click for more photos | 1914-18 Wounded In Action, Bullecourt, 2nd Bn, later 53 Bn trio. 1914-15 Star impressed officially "3409 PTE. F. SEWELL, 2/BN. AIF."; British War & Victory the same. Frederick Sewell, from Grafton, NSW, enl 9/8/1915, 11th Reo's 2nd Bn, to Egypt Nov 1915, then to 53rd Bn, 5 Div at Zeitoun 16/2/1916, Canal Defences then to France from 28/6/1916, WIA shrapnel neck & chin, Bullecourt 9/5/1917, rejoined unit for OP's Ypres/Passchendaele, RtA & disch med unfit 25/4/1919. On original ribbons. gVF. With research notes & archive file printouts. | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
21507 Click for more photos | 1914-45 Tobruk Mentioned In Despatches Major's 2 Wars group of 7: 1914-1918 BWM (also entitled to Victory) impressed officially:'3955 A-CPL. H. E. D. ROGERS, 52 BN. AIF'; 1939-45, Africa & Pacific Stars; Defence, War (bronze MID oak leaf) & Australian Service Medals. All impressed officially:'QX6080 H. E. D. ROGERS'. Harold Edward David Rogers, born 1898, Irvinebank QLD. Enl AIF, Cairns May 1917. To France with 52 Bn April 1918 and to 49th Bn May 1918. To Aust Army Pay Corps Oct 1918 & AIF HQ London 1919. Ret to Aust & disch Brisbane Nov 1919. Enl 2/AIF 1939 as Lieut. Middle East 1940 9 Div, Ops North Africa inc Tobruk. Major. To New Guinea 1943-44. Disch 1945. MID for the period Feb-July 1941 with 9 Division at Tobruk. gVF. Lot comes with a ribbon bar, WWI Silver War Badge and Rank Badges. Also, research notes. | SOLD at A$2000 | ||
21509 Click for more photos | 1914-15 Star Trio to Remount Unit, AIF, Star, British War & Victory Medals impressed officially: '1837 PTE. H.H MORTON, 2 RMT. UNIT AIF' (Victory with '?..2 ARU., AIF.'). Henry Morton, born c/1865, Sydney, previous service 13 years with Aust Engineers (Militia) & intriguingly 'NSW. CONTINGENT TO LONDON FOR 140 DAYS' enl AIF 18/10/15 6th Squadron, 2nd Remount Unit to Egypt RtA & disch 17/6/1916. Some interesting research potential. gVF. | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
21514 Click for more photos | 1914-45 Australian Army Medical Corps & 1st Australian Railway Survey Company Africa Star group of 7. British War & Victory Medal pr impressed officially '18718 PTE. E. J. MULCAHY, 2 AGH, AIF.' 1939-45 Star & Africa Star unnamed as issued, Defence, War & Aust Service Medals impressed officially 'NX12695 E.J. MULCAHY' - Defence Medal unnamed as issued - an unusual, but recorded happening. Together with a set of miniatures as above, card, boxes of issue & comp with Dept. of Army cards & official eligibility slips confirming awards. Edward James Mulcahy, born 1898, Kyabram, Vic, enl Bendigo 2/5/1917, Army Medical Corps, August 1917 Reinforcements, to UK, via Taranto, Italy 21/11/1917, to France & 2 Aust General Hospital 2/4/1918, RtA 12/7/1919, re-enl 13/4/1940, Cootamundra, NSW, disch 10/10/1947 as Sergeant, 1st Aust Railway Survey Company. With Research. Miniatures mounted as worn, all on original ribbons. gVF/aEF. Provenance - by direct family descent. | AVAILABLE at A$450 | ||
21516 Click for more photos | 1914-45 Father & 3 sons groups, inc Wounded In Action, 2/7th Infantry Bn, Buna & a Darwin Air Raids Trio. (1) Father: 1914-18 British War & Victory Medals impressed officially: '4883 DVR. S.F. PHILLIPS, 11 FAB. AIF' - Stephen Frank Phillips, born Callington, SA 1892, enl AIF 11/10/15, 6th Inf Bn to Egypt & 4 DAC, France & Flanders inc Pozieres, Somme, Ypres & Hindenburg Line, 43 Bty, 11 FAB 4/12/17, RtA & disch 23/7/1919. (2) Son No 1: 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War & ASM, all impressed officially ' VX 37046 E.J. PHILLIPS' - Eric John Phillips, born Windsor, Vic, 1920 enl 11/7/1940, 2/7th Inf Bn, to Palestine 3/5/41 to 12/3/42, Ceylon from 28/3/42 to 12/7/42, to New Guinea 13/10/42, Wounded In Action at Buna 21/12/42, disch med unfit 9/10/1944. Medals issued 1954. (3) Son No. 2: Defence, War, ASM, all impressed officially: 'V186047 R.T. PHILLIPS'. Roy Trevor Phillips, born 1923, Prahran, Vic. A munitions worker, enl AIF 6/1/1942, to AASC, to Qld 12/5/42, 130 Aust Gen Transport Coy 8/3/43, to Darwin during Air Raids 5/5/43, to 118 GT Coy 18/4/44, disch 3/7/45. (4) Son No.3: War medal 1939-45 impressed officially: '147916 N.C. PHILLIPS'. Norman Charles Phillips, born South Yarra, Vic 1926, enl RAAF 17/3/1944, 9th Transport & Movements office, RAAF, disch 11-4-16. All on original ribbons. gVF/gEF. Scarce Buna WIA. (10) | SOLD at A$700 | ||
21518 Click for more photos | 1939-45 KIA 39/45 Star, Africa Star, War & ASM group of 4 named NX 3271 K J Fyfe. Fyfe enlisted Paddington 26-4-40, Unit at time of death 6 Cav Regt, KIA Syria 10-6-41 by a French ambush at Adloum on the way to the Litani river, buried Sidon War Cemetery, Lebanon. Comes with mother's badge, 1 Star, Number 326 & small rising sun & artillery sweetheart badges plus original medal boxes & entitlement slip indicating KIA. | SOLD at A$1800 | ||
21520 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Africa/Pacific, group of 6 to 2/25th Infantry Bn. 1939-45, Africa & Pacific Stars, Defence, War & Australian Service medals. All impressed officially: 'QX7995 A Walker'. Albert Walker born Lawnton QLD 1901. Enl Cairns 2/7/1940. To Middle East 7/4/1941. Suez & Egypt May 1941. To Palestine 25/5/1941 & Ops in Syria against the French 10/6/1941. RtA 10/3/1942. To New Guinea 31/8/1942, L/Cpl 1/2/1943. Disch med unfit 27/1/1944. On original ribbons. gVF. With copies of service records. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21525 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 Syria & Kokoda Track 2/5th Infantry Bn & 2/5th Field Ambulance Group of 5: 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War, Aust Service Medals. All impressed officially 'VX 54012 H.P. WAGNER'. Harry Pacific Wagner, born Mildura, Vic, 1919, enl AIF 22/7/1941, to Middle East 3/9/1941, Palestine & Syria with 2/5th Inf. Bn. from 23/9/41 to 25/11/41, to 2/5th Fld Amb. RtA 28/3/42, Cook 7/7/42, to New Guinea & operations inc Kokoda Track & Gona 16/8/42 to 12/3/43, Corporal Cook 3/7/43. OP's Finschaffen & Nadzab Areas from 17/8/43 to 17/5/44, Morotai, Borneo from 21/5/45, RtA 22/11/45, disch 6/12/45, medals issued 1955. All on original ribbons. aEF. | AVAILABLE at A$350 | ||
21526 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Tobruk, Wounded in Action El Alamein, Died on Service 2/17th Infantry Bn & 9th Carrier Coy group of 6 with Mother's Badges & paperwork. 1939-45, Africa (with '8th Army' clasp) & Pacific Stars; Defence, War, Australian Service Medals. All Impressed officially: 'NX 17385 A.F. Booth'; 1936 Amateur Athletic Assn, NSW bronze medal named to Booth; Mother's & Widow's badge No. 'A 10342' Bar with 1 x star; Female Relatives Badge, Bar & 1 x star; 2/17th Inf Bn Colour patch, original type (Glyde #954) 1940-42; Miniature colour patch & an enamelled Sweetheart brooch of an (unlisted in Glyde) Armoured Unit. Anthony Felix Booth, born Rose Bay, NSW 1919. Enl Militia 1939, 30th Inf Bn. To AIF & 2/17th Inf Bn 27/5/40. To Middle East 19/10/40. To Palestine (Camp Kilo 89) Nov/Dec.1940 Ops North Africa inc Cyrenaica & Tobruk from 27/1/41. L/Cpl 7/6/41. To Syria 7/1/42 thence to Nth Africa from 2/7/42. WIA, GSW left foot, 24/10/42 at El Alamein. RtA 27/2/43. To 9th Carrier Co 31/5/43. New Guinea & Ops. Lae & Finschaffen from 9/8/43. Cpl 24/1/44. Died from Scrub typhus 9/2/1944. Buried Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby. Together with original Dept of Defence Award documents x 3. gEF. Scarce complete lot including attributable Mother's badges & research | SOLD at A$850 | ||
21528 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Pacific Star group of 4. Impressed officially 'NX112240 JK Duncan'. Sergeant John Kenneth Duncan born Hurstville NSW 1916. Enl Chatswood 4/8/42. Disch 11/1/46. Posting at disch 4 Aust Ships Staff AIF. | SOLD at A$120 | ||
21530 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Mentioned In Despatches & Killed In Action, Syria group of 4. Late, but only issues. 1939-45 & Africa Stars, War Medal, with MID oak leaf, pantographed officially; Australian Service Medal, impressed officially:'NX34521 C. E. STOPPS:. Medals issued to daughter 1974. Claude Ernest Stopps, born 1900, Gundagai. Enl AIF, Paddington, 1940. To 2/15th Field Company Engineers Nov 1940. To Middle East Feb/Mar 1941. Ops Syria/Palestine against Vichy French from 19 June 1941. Killed in Action, Battle of Darmour, 10 July 1941. Awarded MID per Comm Gazette 17/42 for service in Middle East 1941. No citation available. Buried British War Cemetery, Mezze. With copies of service docs/archive file confirming medal issues. Extremely scarce to Syria fatal casualty. Near mint condition. | SOLD at A$800 | ||
21532 Click to enlarge photo | 1939-45 14th/32nd Militia Infantry Bn Darwin Air Raids, New Guinea & New Britain Pacific Star group of 5. 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War & Aust Service medals. All impressed officially: 'S22992 J.C.ASH'. James Clyde Ash, born Bowden, SA 9/2/19. Enl 'A' Coy 43 Inf Bn 3/1/40. To Darwin 18/12/41 & Garrison during Jap Air Raids. To Lae & Ops 24/9/44 14/32nd Inf Bde 1/10/44. New Britain & Ops Clutarp, Sampur, Kief & Kalilip. Disch Med unfit 31/8/45. Medals issued 1951. Together with a 14/32 Inf Bn Commemorative Association badge 1942-92 in gilt & enamels. On original ribbons & mounted as worn. gEF. Scarce militia unit | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21535 Click for more photos | 1939-45 RAAF Flying Officer Pacific Star group of 5, together with his original set of miniatures, disch certificate & Dept of Air Eligibility letter 1949: 1939-45 & Pacific Stars; Defence, War, Australia Service medals all impressed officially: '11299 C B Searl'. Clifford Burton Searl, born Croydon NSW 1913. Enl RAAF 25/7/1940. Appointed Pilot Officer 24/4/1943. Disch 'surplus to present personnel requirements' 20/8/1945. Disch certificate lists campaigns Stars & medals, dated 6 Dec 1945. Dept of Air Medal Eligibility letter dated 5/1/1949. Miniatures with wear. All on original ribbons. Stars retaining original gilt wash. | AVAILABLE at A$350 | ||
21536 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Tobruk/El Alamein group of nine. 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, WM, ASM (all impressed to 'QX7738 I. E. PICKETT'), Tobruk Siege Medal 1941 (T-shape) engraved to 'I. PICKETT'. Infantry Frontline Service Medal engraved to 'QX7738 PTE I. E. PICKETT 9TH AUST DIVISION HQ COMPOSITE INFANTRY PLATOON'. All mounted as worn, c/w Replica Dutch War Cross engraved to 'QX7738 PTE I. E. PICKETT 9TH DIV HQ'. Pte Ian Pickett enlisted in the AIF, June 1940. Operations Tobruk March -October 1941, operations El-Alamein July-November 1942. RTA & later operations New Guinea, Tarakan Amphibious Operations & Inland Advance & Morotai. C/W research notes. | SOLD at A$2000 | ||
21540 Click for more photos | 1940-51 Tasmania 40th Infantry Bn, Darwin Air Raids & British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan & 'BCOF Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes' group of 9: Pacific Star (unnamed); Defence, War, ASM (all impressed officially: 'TX10245 L.L. CARR'; UK, Korea Medal (impressed officially); Aust Service Medal 1945-75 clasp 'JAPAN'; Aust Defence Medal (last two pantographed as issued). Together with a scarce Japan BCOF Chapter RAOB, GLQ, GLE. Medal in gilt & enamel & a Grand Lodge of Qld, Jewel named to Carr, 1951. ASM & ADM, issued 2009 & in boxes of issue. His RAOB. GLQ, membership card dated Kure, Japan 21/6/51. Leonard Luke Carr, born Castle Forbes, Tas, 1916, enl Geeveston, Tas. 21/8/1940, L/CPL, 30/5/41, to Darwin (during Air Raids) 24/6/43. To Japan & 66th Inf Bn, BCOF 18/11/46, St/Sgt, 13/3/48, BCOF Press & Printing Unit 1949. WO II 25/10/51, disch in Japan 20/12/51 - club manager of Kobe Country Club. First 5 mounted on original ribbons as worn. EF. With research. Scarce complete lot including current issues. | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
21571 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Prussia 1840 Officer's Long Service Decoration for 25 years , type III, cypher of Frederick William III. Frosted & polished gilt. EF. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21603 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial 1914-18 SMS EMDEN. 'Von Muller Medal'. obv. Bust of Captain von Muller facing, rev: SMS Emden steaming right. Silver, 33mm, Zet-4051. Minor contact marks, prooflike UNC. Scarce. | AVAILABLE at A$375 | ||
| 21616 | 1939-45 Pioneer, Killed in Action Ukraine Grouping, with photographs & letter. Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class; 1941-42 Russian Front medal; Mother's Cross of Honour 3rd Class (Bz) & (inexplicably-but came as part of the grouping from vendor) a Panzer Assault Badge in 'bronze' (hollow back, war metal, vertical round pin damaged but hinge & 'C' catch intact). All attributed to Reichs Arbietsdienst (RAD) Pioneer Johann Jankovi, born 11/9/20, killed 27/8/41. 9 x original photo's inc photograph of Jankovi's original grave. The other photos are all of Jankovi ca1940 in RAD Uniform in the field, barracks etc. With original letter from an Army Catholic Padre, Dr Alois Beck to Jankovi's family dated 4/9/41. Letter states that Jankovi was wounded by Grenade fragments in the back & thigh at Cherkasy, Ukraine on 27/8/41, dying the same day. He describes Jankovi's place of Burial & states that a photo fo the grave will follow - evidently he followed up on that promise as the photo of Jankovi's grave (along with other comrades) is included. A poignant & interesting group. aEF. (14 items) | SOLD at A$500 | ||
| 21620 | 1938-45 Faithful Service Decoration 1st class for 40 years. Gilt bronze & enamel. Most gilt worn, but traces evident, slight en chips. gVF. | SOLD at A$85 | ||
| 21645 | 1938-45 Third Reich Faithful Service Cross in silver gilt & gold gilt, with black swastika for 25 & 40 years long & faithful service. (2) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
21701 Click to enlarge photo | WWII 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon, near full 25 metre roll. Comparison with a full roll, estimate 3 metres gone = 22 metres. Ink number on sticker in ball point pen so probably not period issue. Enough ribbon for 140 medals. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21767 Click to enlarge photo | 1882 Egypt Medal to Malta Auxiliary Transport Corps. '1882' dated rev, clasp: 'Tel-El-Kebir'. Engraved officially: '4045 DRVR. J. Henstridge, 6th? Aux. T.C.' (partial contact erasure). Contact pit to obv & rev from Khedive Star. Generally aVF. Scarce to Malta Aux Transport Corps | SOLD at A$250 | ||
21773 Click for more photos | 1896-1908 Khedive's Sudan Medal, silver, 2 x clasps: 'The Atbara' & 'Khartoum'. Engraved officially '3403 PTE. HOYLE. I CAM. HIGH'RS.'. Unresearched. Sl ek's, on original ribbon, aEF. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21815 Click for more photos | 1914-60 Three Wars Family group of 9. Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Royal Airforce. (1) 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals, impressed officially '15734 2.CPL.W. JENKINS, RE' ('L.CPL.' on Star), William Jenkins, born Limerick, Ireland 1889, enl 1906 service with Cav.Corps Bridging Park & noted on MIC as '2 Fd. SQDN', disch 1919. With copy of MIC & his original Discharge Certificate. (2) 1939-45, Africa & Italy Stars, Defence & War Medals, all unnamed as issued but with supporting documentation in form of a Record of Service card (1083386 PTE. J. M. JENKINS, RA, 1/10/40-30/6/44 & ACC 1/7/44-10/5/46), a postcard (1942, 172 Fld, Regt, RA) & 2 photos. Also an ID tag '13553 Jenkins, J'. (3) General Service Medal 1918-62, EIIR, clasp 'MALAYA' impressed officially '4182829 SAC. J.M. JENKINS, RAF.' Together with Class photos, Service School Diploma 1957, Certificate of Service 1956-61 as Engineer Mechanic. gVF/aEF. A great, three-generation service grouping. | SOLD at A$450 | ||
21816 Click for more photos | 1914-52 Acting Brigadier Royal Army Medical Corps group of 9: 1914-15 Star impressed officially: 'LIEUT. J. H. G. HUNTER, RAMC'; British War & Victory Medals: 'CAPT. J. H. G. HUNTER'; General Service Medal 1918-62, GVR clasp Iraq: 'CAPT. J. H. G. HUNTER'; India General Service Medal 1908-35, GVR clasp: 'NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1930-31':'MAJOR J. H. G. HUNTER, RAMC'; 1939-45 Defence & War Medals unnamed as issued; 1937 Coronation & 1953 Coronation Medals unnamed as issued. Service as per RAMC Roll of Officers:' John Henry Graham Hunter; Born 14.03.1891, Argyll, MB, ChB Edinburgh 1913. Lt 11.09.14. Capt 11.09.15. PRAC-Capt 01.08.19 (11.03.18), Maj 11.09.26. Lt Col 09.11.37. A/Col 19.10.42. T/Col 20.04.43, Col 21.02.44 (09.11.40). A/Brig 12.08-21.12.46. Ret 29.03.57. Died 09.11.62 London. Services-RMO 6/Bedf Regt 1914-15. France 1915-16 (invalided). Italy 1918-19. Mespot 1920-21. India 1921-25. Shanghai-Surg Spec 7 Gen Hosp 1927-29. India 1934-36. Surg. To H.E.C-inC AHQ(I) 1937-41. CO PW Gp Hosp. Bangalore 1941-42. CO 4 CGH May-Oct 1942. CO 127 IBGH (BT) 1942-44. CO 133 INGH (BT) 1944-45. ADMS HQ 11 (EA) Div 1945-46. E Africa May-Jul 1946. MELF:DDMS HQ LF Greece Aug-Dec 1946. CO R Victorian Hosp Netley 1947-48. PSMB Northern Cmmd 1948-57. Specialist in Surgery 1927. Medals - 1915 Star, BWM, Vict, GSM & Cl Iraq, IGS'08-NWF.31, Def, War, 1953 Coro'. gVF. | AVAILABLE at A$1200 | ||
21823 Click to enlarge photo | 1914-18 Royal Garrison Artillery Long Service Group of 3. 1914-18 British War & Victory Medals impressed officially '28389 SJT. W.H. JUNIPER, RA.'; Army LSGC, GVR, impressed officially '1403570 SJT. W.H. JUNIPER, RA'. William H. Juniper, noted as Sergeant, Royal Garrison Artillery on Ministry of Information Card, no other details. Mounted on pin bar with original ribbons as worn. gVF/aEF. With copy of MIC. | AVAILABLE at A$160 | ||
21846 Click for more photos | Japan.1914-15 Parade or Court mounted group of 11: Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th class; Order of the Rising Sun 8th class; 1914-20 War Medal; Taisho Enthronement 1915; 1st National Census 1921; Showa Enthronement 1928; Manchurian Incident 1931-34; China Incident 1937; 2600th National Anniv Commem Med 1940; Manchukuo National Foundation Merit Medal 1933; Red Cross Member. All on original ribbons with rev hooks/eyes. All mounted on aluminium pin back 'parade frame' for wear. The whole contained in their unique velvet lined leather wallet with hook suspension & chromed clasps. gEF. A scarce & impressive long service group, probably for a Junior Army Officer or Senior NCO. | SOLD at A$900 | ||
21863 Click for more photos | USA. Silver Star, name machine engraved Jack R Grieve for Service in Korea (citation Nov 22, 1951). Grieve single handedly assaulted a 120mm mortar emplacement & killed its 5 man crew. He was preparing to assault another position when he was felled by small arms fire (awarded Purple Heart which is no longer with the Star). Comes with copy of his US National Archives & Records Administration Record & details of the action. Previously offered ( & sold) at auction in the USA, est US$400-$500. | SOLD at A$350 | ||