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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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20007 Click for more photos | Badges. Extensive collection of Club Membership Badges Majority Gilt & Enamel inc Rugby Leagues Clubs inc St George 1970s-90s, Souths Juniors, SCG Membership badges, St George Budapest Soccer Club, Transport Workers Union badges & various Bowling Club badges (c160 badges). Some RSL. Then stick pins, tie clips & others. Nice lot. (c250). | SOLD at A$220 | ||
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 | ||
20012 Click for more photos | Boxing Autographs four framed items all around 350mmx300mm. Inc Group photo of Mike Tyson, Jeff Fenech & Roberto Duran autographed by each of them. Also signed photo of Sugar Ray Leonard plus 'Great White Hopes' signed sketched print of Gerry Cooney & Chuck Wepner withboth autographs & an unautographed collage picture of Ali, Mancini etc. All VGC. (4). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20013 Click to enlarge photo | Boxing Autograph: Jake La Motta 'Ragin Bull' signed in silver on Auction photo of his bout with Sugar Ray Robnson Framed & glazed. Overall dimensions 350x300mm, with brass plaque. | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20029 Click to enlarge photo | Cricket: 1950s Australian postcard-size real photos (3) all with contemporary ink Autographs with Ian W Johnson (VIC) inspecting the wicket (45 Tests 1946-56), Graeme B Hole (SA) walking out to bat (18 Tests 1951-55), Gilbert R Langley (SA, Keeper) in the field (26 Tests 1951-56). Rev stain to Langley plus minor cnr creases o/w VF condition. (3) | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20030 Click for more photos | Cricket 1952-2000 Team Autograph selections inc South Africa 1952-53 Touring side to Australia signatures on pg out of autograph book in John Cheetham, Hugh Taxfield etc, Mosman 1st XI 1950s inc Ian Craig, Doug Ford etc, (with boxer Jimmy Carruthers autograph on reverse), Natal team sheet signatures 1979/80, Indian Touring team to New Zealand signatures inc Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev etc & India 1999-2000 Tour of Australia team signatures (inc Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh & Kapil Dev). (5 sheets, 73 auto-graphs). | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20043 Click for more photos | Cricket. Autographed Book Grassy Pitches & Glory Years - Grand Visions of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Medium size Coffee Table style tome, with 178 pgs & illustrated throughout. A limited Edition only 250 copies, this is No 210 with 5 diff Autographs/Signatures inc Sir Don Bradman, Richie Benaud & Mark Taylor. Brand New as published. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20049 Click for more photos | Cricket. Cigarette & Trade cards inc Arthur Mailey (4 diff), Alan Kippax etc, Scanlens Trade cards inc 1980-81 48 of 84 & 50+extras, 1993 World series comp 110 cards & part set 91/110, 1993 John Ireland Aus Cricketers set of 25, Cricket related retro postcards 50+. Various books/magazines inc Oct 1922 Ed The Cricketer (no cover) 1966/67 Sth Africa v Australia, The World of Kapil Dev various other items. (350). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20050 Click for more photos | Cricket. Framed photos (2) of 1930 Australian Cricket Team for Tour of England (inc Stan McCabe, Bill Ponsford, Vic Richardson, Sir Donald Bradman etc), also 1934 Australian Cricket Team for tour of England (inc Bill O'Reilly, Clarrie Grimmett, Stan McCabe, Sir Don, Bill Ponsford etc). Both reprints. Also framed uncut proof sheetlet of Alderney 1997 Cricket Club 'Role of Honour' stamp M/Sheet (SG A101) inc uncut vertical strip of 4 M/Sheets. Limited edition No 1214. Overall dimensions vary between 420x-380mm 420x500mm. VGC. (3). | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20052 Click for more photos | Cricket. Framed 'Friends of Cricket' Luncheon Menu at Parliament House Sydney with a list of attendees inc Cricketer Alec Bedser, Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwell, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Parkinson - all autographed alongside their name various others inc Broadcaster Alan McGilvray etc. Overall dimensions 450x350mm VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20055 Click for more photos | Cricket. Autographed Book Grassy Pitches & Glory Years - Grand Visions of the Sydney Cricket Ground. Medium size 'Coffee Table' book, 178pgs & illustrated throughout. A limited edition only 250, this is no.227 with 5 diff autographs/signatures inc Sir Don Bradman, Richie Benaud & Mark Taylor. New. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
20071 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League Framed Kangaroos Jersey autographed by 2005 Tri Nations Squad. Inc Darren Lockyer, Andrew Johns, Petero Civonicera, Willie Mason & others. Overall dimensions 850x890mm. Exc. | SOLD at A$250 | ||
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 | ||
20087 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta signed Footballs comprising 'Parramatta Eels Football' 1995 squad inc Paul Dunn, Justin Morgan, Chris Lawler & others, 2003 squad signed footballs inc Nathan Cayless & others. Parramatta Player's Reunion, Football signed inc 1950s-60s Players inc Brian Cox (also played for Cronulla in their first game in 1967), Matt Johnston, Peter Linde also a referee Laurie Bruyeres in presentation case etc. All need air. VGC. (3 footballs). | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20105 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1950 vol 31 comp hardbound volume of programmes for the NSWRL 1950 Season inc Grand Final Program Souths v Wests (Souths Premiers), also Great Britain tour two test programs. G-VGC. (28) | SOLD at A$250 | ||
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 | ||
20127 Click for more photos | Rugby League News. 1970 hard-bound volume comprising vol 50 no.38 Oct 1969, Nov 1969 & Dec 1969 eds. Then 1970 Season vol 51 no.1-44, with commem programs inc Great Britain v NSW, Great Britain v Sydney Colts (played at Endeavour Field, now commonly known as Shark Park). Also inc 2nd Test Great Britain v Australia, Third Test Great Britain v Australia, Grand Final Program Souths v Manly (Souths Premiers). Minor foxing to fly pgs & yellowing to page extremities. Slightest wear to binding, o/w VGC. | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20172 Click for more photos | Rugby League NSW North Sydney Bears group of 28 1965 plain-back cards (65mm x 135mm) inc John Ambrun (15 First Grade Games), Eric Barnes (50), Bill Cane (41), John Floyd (One First Grade match 1965), Bill Halstead (13), Peter Hanna (7 games). Mick Maher (125 matches), Jeff Simmass (6 games 1964-65), Lloyd Weir (115 games), Billy Wilson (Club Legend!!) & Sam Virgona (number 39). Mostly VF condition. An extremely rare group of unknown origin/maker. (28). | SOLD at A$1150 | ||
20173 Click for more photos | Rugby League Programs 1948 Australian Kangaroo tour of England Program together with autographed photo of Col Maxwell (with Cert of Authentication), 1948/49 Australian tour of France program contents in French, 1960 World Cup Program. Rugby League News 1962 NSW v Queensland edition program, Gr Britain v NSW June 1962, 1963 New Zealand v NSW program, do another autographed by Arthur Summons & Earl Harrison. Some aging. Retail would be c$500. (9). | SOLD at A$220 | ||
20184 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League Year Books, Official by E E Christensen editions 1953, 1961, 1963, 1964 & 1978 some typical aging, but scarce. Retail c$350. (5). | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20186 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League. Manly Warringah framed official photo 2011 Premiership squad. Overall dimensions 1090x500mm. Exc. | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20196 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby Union. Wallabies World Cup 1999 Winners Framed collage of 5 photos, showing Central image of player's elation at full time, then 4 action photos of Ben Tune, Matt Cockbain, Daniel Herbert & Captain John Eales, ea autographed. Minor fade but still attractive. Overall dimensions 500x670mm. VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
20198 Click for more photos | Swimming: Vintage amateur Swimming Club pennants (9) in red & white from Collaroy 1960-63 all 50-60cm long & in GC, also 3 Granville Swimming Club pennants in blk & white awarded 1943-45, some mothing. Plus Australian Surf Life Saving handbook. 1950s (??) Sydney edition. All diff. (13 items). | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
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 | ||
20201 Click for more photos | 1900-06 Victorian Field Artillery Gunner pre WWI framed & glazed photograph . Full length shot with nice uniform & insignia detail, dates between 1900 & 1906 plus 450mm x 350mm pre 1914 group shot of a cadet Unit carrying Lee Metford Rifles, slight fading, some names to border, in thin wooden frame with broken glass, 470mm x 370mm. 1st is very nice. 2nd interesting. (2) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20202 Click for more photos | 1900 Victoria Pre-Federation Boer War set of 2 stamps depicting Victoria Cross on 1d & VMR troopers on 2d (this faded) on locally addressed cover pmk Melbourne 23-7-(19)00. Stamps catalogue value used GB£350 x 3 (for on cover) = £1050=A$1900. Rare. Stamps were sold for 1/- & 2/- with the difference donated to charity. Because of the high cost, very few sold. | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20214 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Italian National Tricolour flag, with Savoy shield to centre. Reputed souvenir from Bardia, but not annotated. Applied, paper backed Savoy shield. Cotton tape hoist with 5 x separate tape ties 1500mm x1250mm. Fade, particularly to one side. Moth to areas of wool mix bunting cloth. Probably intended as an (office) wall hanging. Generally VGC. Overall. VGC. Nice veteran bring back. Scarce | AVAILABLE at A$350 | ||
20222 Click for more photos | ca 1950-90 Headgear (3). ca 1950 Royal Australian Navy cloth topped Rating's cap with tally band 'HMAS ACUTE' named; slouch hat, civilian contract type with pugaree, unblocked, size 59; ; ca 1960 Scottish Balmoral/Tam-O'-Shanter cap in khaki wool, Victoria, size 6 7/8 (less the tourle); plus selection of over 50 diff mostly defence cloth patches & insignia (Army, Navy, Airforce, cadets etc). (53+) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
20224 Click to enlarge photo | ca2003-2007 2nd Gulf war rank & insignia lot 14 prs of rank slides & 6 singles, pr of shoulder boards, 3 patches & medal of Iraqi military origin plus Iraqi M.P armband.. R.A.N. slip on rank sides in desert cam (3 prs, 2 diff) & USA escape/evasion map of Iraq dated 2002, very large approx 1500 x 1000mm VGC - Mint. Very interesting lot, would make a great display. (Total 48 items). | AVAILABLE at A$160 | ||
20226 Click for more photos | Army Nursing Service. 2 large framed & glazed portraits of a WWI Australian Nursing Service 2nd Lieutenant . 1st, lady wearing white head scarf with a red Nurse's cape over a grey tunic, with badge to right sleeve of the AANS. Rising sun clearly displayed at cape opening. 2nd same lady, this time wearing the grey nursing tunic, Nurse's pattern hat & rising sun to collar. Sizes, frames 770mm x 480mm, picture 300mm x 250mm. Matching frames. Not opened by us to check for names. 6cm scratch to bottom of 1st does not detract o/w very nice. 2 rare & desirable portrait photos. | AVAILABLE at A$300 | ||
20229 Click to enlarge photo | Army. ca Boer War, Mounted Soldier with slouch hat, dark collars, with white gorget patches. Circa 1902. Light horse other rank, patch pockets to chest, epaulettes of non braided pattern. Hand coloured excised portrait raised on pebble gold background. Not opened to check for name. In oval frame creating a 3D effect with glass, & Art Nouveau, arts & crafts style wooden frame with flowers. Overall size approx 380x550mm. Image VGC, frame some small losses/flts. Still impressive. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20231 Click to enlarge photo | Army 1939-45 AIF Recruiting poster by R H James, portrait of woman holding an A.I.F slouch hat titled 'Mister Here's Your Hat'. Minor stains & slight tear, but these do not detract. Nicely framed behind glass in acid free mounts, size Approx 565x475mm. Overall GC. Scarce with original cost ticket $450. | SOLD at A$220 | ||
20241 Click to enlarge photo | Army. Aust/GB, WWI black & white water colour/ink cartoon's of army life in WWI. (3). Largest 310x250mm, title 'An (Hair Raid at Hurckott' dated at top 4/7/15. 2 smaller frames 310x195mm 1st is Captain H O'Connell 'What is the Meaning of this Orderly Sergeant" There's a pin in the lines. 2nd 'Capt Akeroyds New Reveille Raid' featuring 2 officer & a bugler minus pants. Framed & glazed. Good. (3). | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
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 | ||
20267 Click for more photos | Fire Brigade items: Black leather axe head cover. Black leather spanner frog. 1950s brass hydrant point spanner (2). 1 marked hose couplings p/l. Axe cover, fair - good, other items G-VGC. (4). | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20273 Click for more photos | HMAS Sydney. Art Deco style ink-well & pen holder set made from the timber HMAS Sydney I (WWI era vessel) when it was de-commissioned in the 1920s. Comes with the 2 correct 2 piece ink-wells (lids are no longer present). Has the blue enamel plaque identifying the wood as being from the HMAS Sydney. Approx 385x150mm. GC. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
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 | ||
20281 Click for more photos | Merchant Navy, WWII? large red ensign flag as used on a merchant navy vessel. Made of cotton & measuring 2600mmx1250mm. Some minor repairs holes etc. Has some age. Overall GC. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20283 Click for more photos | Navy 1950 photograph collection of 'Brian Donnelly' sailor on HMAS Sydney in the Korean War. Over 200 photographs, mostly service related. Come in 3 photograph albums, 2 of which have picturesque hand painted Japanese cover but are mostly empty. Many good photos in this group. Very nice. A must for the Korean War collector. (200+photos). | SOLD at A$210 | ||
20285 Click for more photos | Navy 1900-1960 photographs (11) ranging in size from 300x250mm to postcard size. Some very good shots of Navy/Reserves/Cadets etc. Come with 2 pieces of ephemera, 1 to Navy cadet named & dated 1908. The other a letter from an officer to 'Keating' in 1897 with NSW Naval Volunteers badge logo asking him to attend a dinner for his long & meritorious service. Also 20 plus prints of which 17 are card backed & 3 pieces of ephemera, 2 are State related. VG. Some rare shots. (32+). | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20287 Click to enlarge photo | Photographs: Army, 8 mostly pre Federation, or just post, photos ranging in size from 200x150mm to postcard size. The largest is the Royal Australian Artillery working fatigue with Sergeant looking on. Hand-writing to rear states Hawthorn 1903. Also a faded NSW Medical Staff Corps with 3 men, 2 wearing slouch hats & central figure wearing Sudan ribbon pr. 3 shots, head & shoulders of Officers, Collins Street photographer. 1 is named J? Jones 1/12/02 & a Carte de Visite of full length pre Fed photo of soldier in Glengarry with snake belt by Melbourne photographer. Most with surround damage/flts. Photos mostly sound, Fair-GC. 8 very interesting early photos. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
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 | ||
20291 Click for more photos | Photographs: Army Cadets, 18 photos mostly 1900-14. Ranging in size from 300mm-250mm to postcard size. The 3 largest are Scotch College Melbourne Officers & Warrant Officers from 1953, 1952 & 1970. All named, the 1952 photo with autograph of all present on reverse. A must have photograph group for the Cadet collector. Some surround faults, odd photo flts, mostly G-VGC. Wonderful lot of rare early Cadet photos selected for quality. | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20300 Click for more photos | RAAF/Army Drawings photos & certificate. Original 1944 pen & ink artwork (few spots) of an Australian soldier celebrating what appears to be the end of the 3rd year of his service. Drawn by Dick Norman (Sapper R Charles Norman N450595) in August 1944. Some foxing, 2 light folds & 2 edge tears, 370x270mm. Plus 3 RAF/RAAF photos. One is a RAF airman framed & colourised, Sydney Grammar School ATC group shot, names below, 370x270mm overall plus a small group photo of pilots (most likely RAF). Plus a framed Commission Certificate to a female RAAF Officer from 1977. The artwork is impressive & would frame well. (5) | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20305 Click to enlarge photo | Share Certificates. Mining North Broken Hill Silver Mining Co NL 1900-04. Share certificates for 50 to 100 £1 shares paid up to between 2/- & 9/6. Generally VF or better. (10 certificates). | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20313 Click for more photos | WWII Middle East souvenirs. Large hand embroidered rising sun with scrolls 'Australian Military Force' & 1941 'Souvenir of Egypt'. Has a red diamond shaped patch to bottom corners. Approx 450mm square, probably made as cushion cover. Also a smaller one with rising sun badge & scroll 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces'. GC. 2 lovely souvenirs. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20316 Click for more photos | WWII Kitbag named to 'Phillips F.A' 'NX 503430' all stencilled also with stencilled rising sun. Come with 23 items of clothing & equipment. Inc pr of navy overalls to a leading Seaman in the submarine service with yellow embroidered twin dolphin badge. Fair-CG. Some items typical of age with stains. (24 items). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 20434 | WWII Banner. Triangular, 3 pce construction with black swastika on white, all on a red ground. Minor stains, 3 x 2cm tears & holes to tip area where it has worn thin from flapping in the breeze. Size approx 1000x450mm. | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
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 | ||
20451 Click for more photos | Cigarette Cards, The Story of (M Murray) 1987. Collecting Cigarette Cards (D Bagnall) 1973. Directory of British Cigarette Card Issuing Firms (pub circa 1950), Glossary of Cartophilic Terms (referring exclusively to cigarette cards, pub ca 1950). Plus 7 dated Card catalogues from 1947-95. (11) | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20453 Click for more photos | Fossils: Dinosaur Bone Fragments from Sauropod, Cretaceous Period found Utah, USA (50). Dinosaur egg shell fragments from Hypselasaurus, Cretaceous Period found Provence, France (57). Fossil shark teeth from Paleocene Period 50 million years ago (38). Many with descriptive cards/folders. (145) | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20457 Click to enlarge photo | French Colonial 1950 Algerian War Tuareg camel saddle 'RAHLA', Saharan Meharist Companies (serving alongside French & French Foreign Legion troops in Algeria). Made from palm wood overlaid with goatskin (dyed with green & red vegetables dyes) & gazelle skin. Studs & mounts of brass & nickel. Traditional pommel shape representative of the Southern Cross. Height 810mm, depth 770mm. Together with a set of tribe made iron camel hobbles (reminiscent of leg irons). Minor damage to areas. VGC overall. Saharan Meharist Companies were recruited from Tuareg tribesmen from the area of El-Oued / Tougfourt (Tunis/Morocco border). RARE. | SOLD at A$375 | ||
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 | ||
20462 Click for more photos | Great Britain. Navy, RFC, AFC, WWI souvenirs. Wooden cookie jar, tea caddy or tobacco jar, 150mm dia, 110mm high, with plaque under lid guaranteeing it was made from the propellers of a 1914-18 British Aircraft. Metal interior plus 2 small teak barrel shaped containers (80mm high) for pens etc. Both have brass plaques made from the teak of 1st HMS Iron Duke, Lord Jellico's flagship at Jutland, 2nd HMS Warspite. GC. A great desk set for the militaria collector. (3) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20471 Click for more photos | Great Britain. Merchant Flag, large 1880mm x1020mm red ensign silk/nylon flag. With attaching eyes & clips for mounting on parade. Comes with 2 smaller naval flag sets with 3 flags per set, ea being approx 500mmx300mm. Both are RN & 10 extra yellow divided by red of similar type. Last two with mounting ropes. Plus a Netherlands flag 1100mmx620mm. VGC. (14). | AVAILABLE at A$70 | ||
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 | ||
20491 Click to enlarge photo | Map of Asiaca.1860 by G H Swanston Edinburgh covers from Eastern Europe to Japan & down to parts of the East Indies. 500x390mm, country borders, hand tinted. Trace of toning & sl separation in margin at base of original centre fold not affecting map, o/w VF. | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20492 Click to enlarge photo | New Zealand ca 1918-45 UK 'Union' flag. 1600 x 950mm by 'Hutcheson Wilson & Co Ltd, Wellington' (name tag to hoist). Canvas hoist, frayed leading edge | SOLD at A$75 | ||
20496 Click for more photos | Postcards. Europe, Great Britain mainly , plus scattered USA accumulation with approx 1800 cards from Edwardian era colour cards to 1950s black & white real photo types. Vast quantity inc City/Town/Urban Areas, Rural Views, Seaside Scenes, plus odd Glamour, Comic or Ship, plus 8 booklet types inc 1917 Kriegs album. Then another 2300 1970s-80s mostly full colour from Australia to USA inc GB, Europe, plus Asia, Africa & Pacific Islands sighted. Mostly Postally U with great variety of Tourist Destinations. Also box with 1960s Souvenir booklets, oversize cards & assorted ephemera. All neatly packed in 4 boxes for comfortable viewing! (4100 + cards) | SOLD at A$500 | ||
20499 Click for more photos | Postcards. Theatre: Collection of 50 diff , mainly Actresses with Australian Productions (18) inc Mary Fuller (Gunnedah), graphic real photos (10) inc embossed (3) & Talma (4) inc Merry Widow (2). Then mostly British real photo with good variety inc half-size, plus 3 other cards. UN/U. (53) | AVAILABLE at A$70 | ||
20501 Click for more photos | Postcards. Work & Leisure: An eclectic range of activities inc Royal Mint (10), Whaling, Turtle Trapping, Lifeboat, Cox, Fishing, Open Air Book Seller, Flanging Stetson Soft Hats (USA advertising), Tea Picking, Husking Coconuts, Sheep Shearing, Welsh Cockle Girls & much more inc London Bobby outside 10 Downing Street. Mixed eras & conditions, mostly F-VF. (50) | AVAILABLE at A$90 | ||
20508 Click to enlarge photo | USA. Army. Military badges & buttons. Inc Westerly High School titles Rhode Island (3). WWII US Army Women's Weather Corps. 350th American Infantry Regiment 205 Air Defence Artillery. 17 collar discs, 1 NC buckle (not old) & 36 US buttons of various types. Mostly GC. (18) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20510 Click to enlarge photo | World. Wonderful group of scarce cloth patches etc, mostly Australian, GB, Canada & USA, c.1950-2000 inc many with retail prices up to $20 each, some even higher, ranks slides, trade & specialist badges, unit identification badges & more. Too numerous to list. EF. (About 250 pieces in total). | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
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 | ||
20520 Click for more photos | Manuals, books & ephemera. Inc Mountain Artillery Drill, 1897; Artillery Training Vol 2 Gunnery, 1928; Handbook Q.F 18 pdr MK IV Gun, 1924, Artillery Training Vol 1, 1963; Manual of Ceremonial, 1935; 3 Naval Signal Cards (1930s-50s). Army service books inc 2 cadet for 1913 & 1917. The other is a demob book for AIF. Book on 'Treaties of Service Ordinance', 1908, is very interesting. Complete but spine heavily faded. Plus other items ACF WWII diary, certificates (poor condition), modern Army message books, signalling mirror & metal box. Poor-VGC. (23 items) | SOLD at A$140 | ||
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 | ||
20525 Click to enlarge photo | Army. Cadets. Manuals & documents dating from 1908-80. Also inc a manual on Army Rifle Clubs Reserves & on Bugle Calls. Manuals are all used although some are near new (mostly WWI manuals). There is also a Cadet Parade Card from 1929 & a Record of Service book (Cadet) from 1950s. Unissued ATC identity/Service book. One manual (British issue) badly damaged. (19 items in total). | SOLD at A$120 | ||
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 | ||
20535 Click for more photos | Australia: WWII POW Collection (20) inc Prisoners of War From Gallipoli to Korea (Patsy Adam Smith, 600 pgs, hard cover with DJ, pub 1992). The Diggers of Colditz (Jack Champ, one of 19 Aussies imprisoned there, hard cover with DJ, pub 1985). Dangerous Days - A Diggers Great Escape (E Brough, 2009). POW-Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich (Monteith, pub 2011). Hellfire, The Story of Australia, Japan & the POW's (Forbes, hard cover with DJ, pub 2005). The Changi Brownlow (R Perry 2010). The Rats of Rangoon (Wing Commander L Hudson). Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence (Ramsay-Silver). The Duke, A Hero's Hero at Sandakan-Caption Lionel Matthews GC MC (D Matthews, pub 2008). Hells Heroes - The Forgotten Story of the Worst POW Camp in Japan (Maynard, pub 2009). Plus 11 others. Mostly VG-near new, retail $550. Also 10 others, mostly British inc 'The Wooden Horse (Williams), Miracle on the River Kwai (Gordon) & Return from the River Kwai (retail $150). Great lot of good reading, total retail/original cost $700. (30) | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20546 Click for more photos | Canada. 1873-93 'The North West Mounted Police' 2 vols, by John Peter Turner, 1950. Rebound H/C, vols 1 & 2, text with photographs & illustrations & fold-out map. Vol I: 686 pgs, Vol II: 610 pgs. Together with a US Civil War Novel, 1903.' The Southerners' by Cyrus Townsend Brady. VGC. Early history of the 'Canadian Mounties'. Scarce. (3) | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
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 | ||
20553 Click to enlarge photo | Great Britain: The Household Cavalry H/C 1952;The Brigade of Guards H/C 1952; 'The British Army' S/C 1980 by Jock Haswell; Biographical Dictionary of World War 2, H/C D/J 1972 by Christopher Tunney; 'Manchester Photographic Collection' S/C 2003 by Chris Makepeace; 'It Can Now Be Revealed' S/C 1950; 'Liddell Hart's History of the First World War' S/C 1972; 'A Bridge Too Far' H/C D/J 1974 by Cornelius Ryan. VGC. Good lot. (8 books) | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20559 Click for more photos | Vietnam War USA Point of View (25) inc Vietnam-A History (Karnow 1983), Vietnam-The Ten Thousand Day War (Maclear 1981), American Soldier (General Tommy Franks 2004), A Bright Shining Lie (John Paul Vann) & America in Vietnam (Sheehan 1988), Anatomy of A War (Kolko 1985, Vietnam-Conflict & Controversy (Elliott 1996), Air America from WWII to Vietnam (Robbins 2001), Spies & Commandos-How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam (Conboya Andrade 2000), Line Doggie-Foot Soldier in Vietnam (Gadd 1987), Steel My Soldier Hearts (Col. Hackworth 2003), Cheating Death-Combat Rescues in Vietnam & Laos (Marrett 2006), Tiger Force (Sallah & Weiss 2006). Plus others of interest inc 'Coffee Table' size books. Roll Call Thud-A Photographic Record of the F-105 Thunderchief (Campbell & Hill 1996) & The Vietnam Experience - Images of War (Fisher & Stone 1986). Very diverse group inc strong Political overtones. Mostly F-VF condition inc some near new. Retail around $500. (28). | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20606 Click for more photos | RAAF 1950s Officer's peaked cap with KC buttons holding chin strap & gilt brass QC RAAF badge. Size 7½. GC. | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
20735 Click for more photos | Army Cadet Unit plaques (15) , some are attributed to a Senior Officer. 6 Cadet serviette rings, 1 match holder. Cadet or school pennants (7), 2 of which date to the early 1950s, some mothing & age wear. 30 pieces in total. Fair-GC. Scarce lot of Cadet memorabilia. (30) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20780 Click for more photos | Army. binoculars, French , centre focusing in a J Cripps 1917 binocular case stamped with the arrow & '505 RGA' with strap. WWI other ranks pistol holder & pistol lanyard. Pistol ammunition pouch, 1 broken 5 pouch bandolier, Infantry etc. Pair private purchase leather leggings. Good-Fair. A nice group for display. (6) | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20800 Click for more photos | Army. post 1950 Artillery Officer's blues uniform with Staff gorgets to collar, these with KC AMF buttons. All Staybrite KC gun buttons throughout. Gilt rank of Colonel to epaulettes, matching belt. Ribbon bar for 1934-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal & efficiency decoration. With a pair of red striped Artillery Officer's jodhpurs. Also RAA cap for ranks below Major, this heavily mothed. Also with KC mess dress vest in dark blue & another unknown with gold bullion edging on a scarlet vest. Braid mostly detached. Blues tunic is GC, other items Fair-Average. Nice tunic. (5 items) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20801 Click for more photos | Army. Lieut Colonel ca 1950 4 pocket, dark blue wool dress blue jacket for an Artillery Officer. Tailored by 'Randall Tailoring 199 Castlereagh St, Sydney'. No date or owner's name. Has all KC map of Australia buttons & enamel KC gilt rank badges & gilt Artillery collar badges. Ribbon bar shows WWII service: Pacific Star & Africa Star, Defence Medal & BWM, ASM efficiency medal. The jacket has an open neck collar & retains its cloth belt. Excellent condition with no mothing or damage/stains. Desirable jacket. | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20812 Click for more photos | Army. Battle dress jackets (3) & 1 pair trousers. 1st to a Captain in the Royal Australian Artillery. 3 red backed pips to right, only 1 remaining on left. RAA titles, MTX label, size 15. With 3 pairs 1950s dated battle dress pants. 2nd Royal Australia, Infantry Corps, named & numbered on 1968 Dunlop label. R.A.I. title to sleeve. 3rd by Evercraft Clothing, named to W01 Physician, no insignia. 4th battle dress trousers by A.D.I. 1990. 3 nice condition battle dress jackets. (7 items) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20815 Click for more photos | Army Cadet wool, khaki 4 pocket service dress tunic worn in the 1950s-60s to a cadet lance corporal from Taroona High School. The jacket is made in 1941 by "Korn & White" & is the pre 1942 pattern. A soldier's name has been blacked out but is readable. Has wool shoulder titles for Taroona High School & the blue QC "Australian Cadet Corp" arm badges. The buttons are oxidised KC map of Australia. The collars are KC oxidised rising suns. With 1946 dated service dress trousers. VGC. (2). | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20820 Click for more photos | Army Tunic Officer's dress blues tunic with belt & slip on epaulettes. Made by Randall tailoring, Sydney. WW2 medal ribbons for Africa & Pacific theatres. With RAASC trousers plus a white summer tunic for office cadet or corporal attached to RMC Duntroon. Corporals stripes removed both arms. 1 collar badge only & a Korean Era battledress blouse to RAA early type embroidered RAA titles, made by J Sackville very neat condition. With 1950 dated battle dress trousers. GC. (5 items). | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20828 Click for more photos | Army. Korean War era Battledress tunic & trousers dated 1951 & 1950. Royal Australian Army Service Corps threaded & bordered shoulder titles. A few minor moth holes but they do not detract. Large Warrant Officer's Crowns to both lower sleeves & medal ribbons for 1939 star, Pacific star, Defence, War & Australian Service medals. Overall VGC. (2 items). | SOLD at A$60 | ||
20830 Click for more photos | Army. Light Horse Officer's mess dress jacket & vest/tie to a Lieutenant in the Northern River Lancers. Maroon coloured shell with black lapels & cuffs. Maroon vest & maroon bow tie. Tailored jacket by H. G. Newton, Uniform Tailors Sydney'. Complete with all white metal rank, KC buttons & QC collar badges for N. R. Lancers (bottom tip of lance broken or mis- struck on one collar). Included is a vest (with all KC buttons) & a bow tie. The vest has the rear bottom of the seam open. 3mm moth hole to front of jacket. Vest has 1 pin-head size moth hole. Maroon bow tie in vest pocket, unnamed. A Light Horse Officer's (LT) mess dress jacket & vest. Badges to this unit have become difficult to find. KC buttons, QC unit collar badges, hence 1950s/60s vintage. | SOLD at A$200 | ||
20834 Click for more photos | Army. Post WWII uniform lot inc 2 1950s battle dress jackets, Kings School Cadet jacket, Auscam Cadet shirt, trousers & a bush hat, polyester uniform jacket with Royal Australia Infantry Corps buttons. Plus pants. Mostly GC. Bargain basement lot. (8 items) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20840 Click for more photos | Army RAAC 1950 dated Korean War era dress blues tunic & belt, with Bullion crown above sergeants strips. Only 1 button. No other insignia. Plus a 1997 poly blend tunic & trouser to RAAPC missing 4 buttons from front. Cpls stripes & all other insignia attached & a 1968 Vietnam era greatcoat with brown plain AMF buttons, size 5. (GC). (3 items). | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
20860 Click for more photos | Army Great Coat, 3 x Wool khaki, first with MTX label, bakelite AMF buttons some minor moth holes. Second has all staybright RAEME buttons, 1946 patterns with label dated 1950 plus. Officers pattern with green poly lining. Only 2 plain brown buttons remain. Fair-GC. (3). | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
20875 Click for more photos | Army, Navy, RAAF. Kitbag to 'R.A.A.F. 412509' filled with 27 items of uniform. Inc RAN overalls, pair Auscam size 6 boots, St Aloysius College Cadet jungle shirt etc & lots more. Overall GC. (28 items inc kitbag to Aircrew). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20885 Click for more photos | Navy, ca WWII uniform items inc M + X labelled battledress jacket, 2 pairs dark blue trousers, 2 pairs Navy bell bottoms, navy blue jumper, pair tropical khaki bell bottoms, blue jeans collar. All pre 1950. GC. Inc some scarce items. (8 items in total) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20888 Click for more photos | Navy, Australia, 1950s Captain's dark blue cotton tunic. Bullion lace to cuffs for Captain. Australia & anchor Stokes gilt metal buttons. Made by Glenstace Menswear, George St, Sydney. Unattributed but has ribbon bar for Distinguished Service Cross, Atlantic, Pacific, Korea & UN Korea Stars & other WWII medals. Shoulder board attachment point on left shoulder only. No shoulder board present. With a pair later trousers. GC. A beautiful tunic which it may be possible to attribute. (2 items) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
20939 Click for more photos | Army. 1939-45 Greatcoat to Pioneer Oberfeldwebel, Helmsman & Fortifications Specialist. Standard pattern Army greatcoat (15cm cuff turn backs) in field-grey wool with dark blue-green cloth collar. By R. Schmidt, Ehrfert 1938 (sizing:'43-50/94/119-65'). Name tag to interior breast pocket: 'HILD'. Sewn-in shoulder straps of dark blue-green facing-cloth, black Waffenfarbe with silver aluminium NCO tress, 2 aluminium rank stars with gothic script 'Sp' aluminium insignia. Specialist patch in aluminium bullion on dark blue-green facing-cloth of Steuermann (Pioneer Helmsman) to left sleeve & Wallfeldwebel (Fortifications Sergeant-Major) with bullion trim to right cuff. All buttons (grey-green painted alloy) intact. A beautiful, near mint example. VGC, seldom offered for sale | SOLD at A$700 | ||
20947 Click for more photos | Bundesmarine. ca 1950-60 'U-Boat' Officers Leather Deck jacket. Similar design to the WWII. grey leather issues, but in black leather. Scalloped front seam. All gilt alloy buttons by Overhoff & CIE. Black blanket type material lining (elasticised wool inner cuffs) with internal zipper to add further lining. Rank boards of aluminium wire braids with 1 x gilt pip on (Lieutnant-sur-zee) backing of light 'cornflower' blue. VGC | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20948 Click for more photos | Bundesmarine.. ca1950-60 Officer's Full length leather 'great' coat. similar design to WWII issue. Dark grey, near black, leather with quilted, polished cotton lining. All gilt alloy buttons by Overhoff & Cie. Almost identical in cut to WWII issue examples. Rank Boards of twisted aluminium wire cords with gilt 'pip' (Korvetten Kapitan) with light 'cornflower blue' underlay. Impressive. VGC | AVAILABLE at A$400 | ||
20963 Click for more photos | Navy. Chaplain's jacket to Commander rank. Double breasted - buttons Tailor's off the rack tag to Monnerys Ltd of London, Liverpool, South Hampton. Wool-cashmere blend. Possibly RN chaplain on visit or exchange to RAN. Pr late issue trousers. VGC. Commander rank, circa 1950s. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20998 Click to enlarge photo | Army Officer shoulder boards & insignia. Inc mostly WWII era, a few later. Inc 4 pairs of khaki cotton slip-on Officer ranks, 2 pr bullion dress boards, pr removable boards khaki cotton, pair sew-in boards khaki cotton. Also single shoulder boards, 2 diff khaki cotton Officer boards, 3 diff khaki cotton slip-ons, 1 dress blues removable board ca1950/60s & 2 diff 1950s/70s slip-ons (one is Pacific Island Regt, the other possibly Nursing). Also 2 cloth KC crowns on red & blue & an Australia slip-on. Mostly used condition, some showing wear or staining. Useful lot of insignia for display or restoration of uniform. Mostly diff (19). | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21019 Click to enlarge photo | Army. Aust/GB. Parachute & related badges (17) & a late 50s parachute regiment stable belt with chromed buckles. Inc GQ parachute wing badge. Bullion parachute wing for sleeve. Royal Marine para wing in blue & red. GC. Some nice para gear. (18) | SOLD at A$130 | ||
21027 Click to enlarge photo | Army. 1914-18 Colour patch pr 4th Aust Pioneer Battalion 1916, original. Locally produced variants. Chain stitched crossed axe & pick & numeral '4' in purple on black ground. Near matched pr - 1x piece with more fade & edge wear. Glyde 0250. Extremely scarce. (2) | SOLD at A$275 | ||
21041 Click for more photos | Army Cadet, metal/Staybrite & cloth cap & shoulder badge collection. Inc 23 cloth cadet badges. Metal badges inc Mudgee Cadets, Toowoomba & Ingleburn Cadets. Also 45th, 12th, 10th, 222nd Regional Cadet units & 123rd Army Cadet unit. Also 13 metal shoulder titles inc some prs. Mudgee Cadet badge has no lugs & pins blued to back. Odd duplicates, mostly G-VGC. A nice collection of modern badges. (50 items) | SOLD 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 | ||
21107 Click for more photos | RAAF. Huge & probably the most comprehensive collection of Australian Air League, Air Training Corps & RAAF Cadet badges, hats etc ever assembled. Over 650 items in total inc sidecaps, hat badges, wings, cloth badges, literature, Australian Air League flag in heavily used/worn condition. Too much to describe, even the photos can't do this collection justice. Would be impossible to replicate. (650+) | AVAILABLE at A$2500 | ||
21115 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Baden. 1914-18 Artillery Oberleutnant shoulder strap pair. 3rd Baden Field Artillery Regt no. 50 (attached to XIV Armee Korps). Flat, silver cords with black chevron pattern on red cloth ground. Each set with large gilt brass flaming bomb over numerals '50' over single gilt brass 'pip'. Stitch-in variety of strap. Moth to backing cloth. gVF | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21127 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Prussia 1847-1895 Belt Plate, Enlisted Ranks. Large, early version 64mm x 53mm (to accommodate 50mm wide belt). W/M, large state disc with rayed Cross to Crown. Brass, stepped side plate with brass roller & prongs & brass tip end bracket, 4 x solder points to rev (some evidence of Epoxy repairs to solder). Type in use from 1847-1895. VGC. Scarce | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
21136 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Prussia. 1900-18 Major-General Shoulder Board pair. Gold bullion interwoven round cords, the central cords being silver with black chevron pattern. All set on a yellow cloth ground with yellow cloth securing tabs. Moth to cloth underlay & securing tabs. Overall gVF. Scarce. A large & impressive pr of boards. Current retail US$750+ | SOLD at A$250 | ||
| 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 | ||
21275 Click to enlarge photo | Luftwaffe. 1939-45 Luftwaffe ID tag, Headquarters Unit. Aluminium, ovoid, horizontal slots. Impressed: 'A 2501.Fl H Kdtr A 20/x1 Rotenburg/Hann'. Flieger Horst Kommandantur A20/XI (HQ unit of airforce base) was raised April 1944 & ceased May 1945 based at Rotenburg/Hannover. Corrosion to areas. aVF. | SOLD at A$60 | ||
21315 Click to enlarge photo | Army.ca 1900-50 Malta Regt Hat badge lot of 3 diff. All bi-metal, King's crown & all with lug damage: 'Royal Malta Militia' (repair to rev); 'King's Own Malta Regt of Militia' (lead repairs); 'King's Own Malta Regt' (evidence of lead repairs). The title 'King's Own' was granted in 1903 by Edward VII, thus No. 1 pre-dates 1903, but bears a true 'King's' crown. Minor damage as described. VF. Scarce individually, let alone as a set | SOLD at A$75 | ||
21326 Click to enlarge photo | 1914-50 Sweetheart Brooches with Scottish Regimental Interest: 1/ Royal Scots Fusiliers, silvered brass & enamel, brooch fitting, 35mm; 2/ Black Watch, officers bronze collar or sporran badge, 37mm, brooch fitting rev; 3/ Highland Light Infantry, silver & brass, multi piece construction, brooch fitting (minus pin) - probably a ca 1900 Officer's Dress collar badge; 4/ Seaforth Highlanders, chrome & enamel, 28mm. gVF (4) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
21344 Click for more photos | Dagger: ca 1820-50 Cult Knife 'Black Forest Knife'. Double edged blade with broad ricasso, based (in smaller scale) upon 16th cent Germanic Hunting types (blade form later adopted by SA, NSKK & SS knives). 150mm grip of cast bronze featuring a winged Gargoyle seated upon an urn, with integrally cast floreate guards. Overall length 242mm. An impressive Cult Knife & desirable. No scabbard. Blade with minor nicks. VGC. Rare | SOLD at A$350 | ||
| 21349 | Dagger. 1933 Sturmabteilung (SA) Model 1933 knife. Manufactured by 'RZM M7/85' (Arthur Evertz). Etched blade motto 'Alles fur Deutschland'. Gilt nickel plated alloy fittings. Brown wood grip set with zinc National emblem (possible replacement) & enamelled 'SA' plaque. Minor grip wear . The blade was subsequently engraved 'Fallschirmer 1942'. Blade with service wear. Brown paint finish scabbard VGC with only a few small mks, also with gilt fittings ( starting to show wear). Johnson Militaria USA offered a similar gilt knife describing it as 'Scarce SA Marine Dagger with Gilt Fittings, Maker: RZM M7/42, Price US$2,450.00' Overall GC. With leather hanger. This variation not seen by us before | SOLD at A$2400 | ||
| 21365 | Hewer. 1933-45 Red Cross DRK subordinate's Model 38 Hewer with original scabbard. The scabbard has a shallow ding & is missing a screw on the metal tip. Painted finish has deteriorated, about 50% remains. Knife has a checkered grip. Plating on the fittings of the knife handle shows minor bubbling under the plate in places. The blade (no maker's mark) is near unused condition with nice sharp saw teeth. It is nice and clean. Overall GC. | SOLD at A$700 | ||
| 21368 | Knife: 1914-18 Fighting Knife. Field conversion from a German Seitengeweher Model 1884/98 bayonet. Blued blade stamped at ricasso '5019K' & 'S.178G'. Ground down to a fine edge & with 'Bowie' clipped back edge. Grip has been ground back & re-shaped to fit the hand & with 'skull crusher' point to pommel. In its original, unaltered, steel scabbard (now with silver frosted finish). Minor surface rust to areas. VGC. Probably a piece captured from the Germans & trench converted by an allied serviceman as a fighting knife. Scarce & highly unusual | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21373 Click for more photos | Bayonet 1842 Spike Socket Bayonet with triangular blade engraved '18', perhaps unit numbering. No other markings visible. Brass & leather scabbard marked 'WD' on scabbard & stamped 1164 on lug. Blade in good order with minor discolouration & surface rust. Leather scabbard bent above brass tip. Prevents 50mm of blade fully seating in scabbard. Other than this bend, brass fittings leather in good order. Bayonet LOA 55cm. Overall GC. Scabbard needs repair. | SOLD at A$140 | ||
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 | ||
21394 Click for more photos | Indonesia. Kris: Traditional Javanese Kris dagger with old, straight-etched blade with surface rust to blade. Carved dark stained timber handle & timber scabbard with decorated brass sheath. LOA 50cm, blade 38cm. Estimated vintage early C20th. Comes with protective cloth cover. Minor repair to sheath handle. Fair-GC. | SOLD at A$80 | ||
21401 Click to enlarge photo | Persian (Luristan) , Spear: Ca.1500 BC bronze Spear or Lance Head, 268mm. Broad, tapered blade with distinct medial ridge, short 'Tab' like tang with 2 holes to ricasso for fastening. 45mm, broad at ricasso. Minor fissures & edge chips, pleasing patina. VGC. A scarce & visually appealing item of ancient weaponry. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21408 Click to enlarge photo | USA. Pocket Knives. Three are Military issue (WWII Corp of Engineers, another with no name plate & a post WWII Army issue) & 3 are Commercial versions. The US Army Engineer's pocket knife is marked 'USA' on the bone handle name plate. It has the pre 1943 can opener (old style) & is complete & undamaged. Blade is faintly maker marked (?Camillus?). Another US Army knife has the 1943 2-piece can opener. It has no name plate. All steel construction (war time) & bone handle. The blade has been well sharpened. Marked made in USA. This type was sold in Army PX stores & possibly used in Air Force survival kits. The third pocket knife is 'US' marked, all metal type dated 1975. Serial production began in 1950s. The bail is broken. The 3x Commercial pocket knives are versions of the US Boy Scout knife, which is what the US Army knives in WWI & WWII are a copy of. The first is an official US Boy Scout knife of WWII vintage, bone handle. Has the 1943 bone handle. Has the 1943 can opener & the Scout emblem name plate. Blade is shortened by sharpening. The other two are based on this knife but one in British made (IXL branded) & the other is unmarked (but has metal handles in simulated bone). All knives are used & show wear. Interesting group of knives showing the history of US Army knives. Instant display. (6) | SOLD at A$190 | ||
21417 Click to enlarge photo | Papua New Guinea. ca1990 PNG Defence Forces Observer ½ Wing, Air Operations Element (Airforce /branch). Oxidised sterling silver by Perfection badges. Clutch-grip reverse 50mm. PNG Coat of Arms with ½ wing. EF. Rare. | SOLD at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
21464 Click to enlarge photo | USA. 1950 USAAF Pilot Wings by 'N.S. Meyer Inc, New York, Sterling', full size in oxidised silver with clutch-grip reverse, 78mm. Together with a miniature set, also for pilot. Reverse stamped: 'Sterling/S21'. Clutch-grip, oxidised silver, 52mm. EF | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21467 Click for more photos | 1914-50 Zeebrugge Raid Distinguished Service Medal, Croix de Guerre & 1939-45 RAN Officer's MID. group of 12: DSM, GVR - impressed officially 'LZ3892 C.E. PAGE, SIG., RNVR, ZEEBRUGGE - OSTEND, 22-3, APL, 1918'; British War Medal 'LZ3892 C.E. PAGE, SIG. RNVR.'; Mercantile Marine 'Clement E. PAGE'; Victory 'LZ. 3892 C.E. PAGE, SIG, RNVR.'; 1939-45, Africa & Pacific Stars unnamed as issued; War with MID emblem & ASM 1939-45 'C.E. PAGE, RAN' (c/1970 impressing); 1937 Coronation engraved 'C.E. PAGE, C.Y.S., ON 13583'; RN. LSGC, GVR (type II): '13583 C.E. PAGE, CH. YEO. SIGS., RAN.'; French Croix de Guerre, 1914-18 dates, with Palme (unnamed as issued). Clement Edward Page, born Grays, Essex 1897, enl Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Royal Naval Division) Nov 1915, 'Merchant Service as Seaman' stated as trade. To 'Victory VI' Signal School to 1916. Ships HMS's 'VIVID' (Jan-Mar 1916); 'Attentive III' (Mar '16 - June '18); 'Arrogant' (June '18 - Mar '19). Awarded DSM, LG 23/07/1918, pp8586/93 as 'Sig. Clement Edward Page, RNVR, ON London/Z.3892' under listing for 'Picket Boats, Motor Launches and Motor Boats'. To Sydney NSW & enlisted RAN (previous RNVR, service allowed to count as RAN service), Nov 1922. Awarded LSGC 1934; GVIR Coronation 1937. Signalman Service aboard HMAS' 'Cerberus', 'Sydney' (1925), 'Australia', 'ANZAC', 'Stuart', 'Hobart', 'Shropshire' etc. To RAN College 1929, Chief Yeoman of Signals. Signal Boatswain HMAS 'LADAVA', Milne Bay. discharged 1949. No copy of citation to hand, unresearched but with a huge amount of original documentation inc RNVR & RAN, enlistment & discharge certificates, service sheets, Appointment Parchments (19), promotion cert's; Coronation Medal parchment, signal training work & note books; orig photo as Leading Signalman c/1920; copy photo as Officer RAN; his orig rank shoulder boards, buttons, 2 cap badges, Returned from Active Service Badge etc. A wealth of accumulated material relative to Page's service. All mounted as worn on original ribbons, gVF-EF. A scarce complete Victoria Cross Action DSM, to a later RAN Officer with badges & ephemera. Provenance: by descent to son $10000 - | AVAILABLE at A$10000 | ||
21472 Click for more photos | 1914 Western Australia HMAS Sydney Victory over the Emden silver medal & ribbon, 32mm by Whittenbach. gVF. Unnamed as issued. Rare. Johnson cat value $2500. | SOLD at A$1600 | ||
21483 Click for more photos | 1950-83 Cadet Forces Medal, QEII, Type II Die Gratia. Scarce unnamed example. Mint condition. | SOLD at A$240 | ||
21491 Click to enlarge photo | 1985 Jewish Veteran's medal (unofficial) top clasp 'Australia', service clasp 'Korea 1950-53' by Sole Badges, gilt. EF Scarce. | SOLD at A$50 | ||
21523 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Kokoda track group of 4. 1939-45 Star, Pacific star, WM & ASM. All impressed to 'NX175041 L. F. Wade'. Together with Identity Discs, Medal Entitlements Slip & Research. Pte Lyle Wade enlisted in the AMF (AAMC) 9/12/41. Operations New Guinea inc the Kokoda Track with 14th Field Ambulance. Later amphibious operations British North Borneo, June 1945 with 1st Beach Group. EF+. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
21546 Click for more photos | 1950-53 Korea pair. Korea Medal impressed ('1/1193 D. S. IRLAM') UN Korea medal (unnamed), US Presidential Unit Citation. Pte Douglas Irlam enlisted 20/11/49. Operations Korea with RAR from 28/9/1950. . C/W research notes. EF. | SOLD at A$500 | ||
21547 Click for more photos | 1950-53 Korean War Group of 4 to Royal Australian Navy. Aust Active Service Medal 1945-75 clasps: 'KOREA' & 'MALAYA'; Aust Service Medal 1945-75 clasp: 'PNG'; South Korea War Medal; Pingat Jasa Malaya, 1st, 2nd & 4th medals pantographed officially, 3rd medal engraved: 'A.A. MARTIN, R27948'. Alan Albert Martin, Leading Ships Cook, born Brisbane 1927. Service aboard HMAS 'Sydney' 31/8/1951-22/2/1952 in Korean waters. EF. Unusual group. | SOLD at A$350 | ||
| 21604 | 1941 War Order of the German Cross in Gold, 5 main piece construction, some wear to gilding, enamel swastika with small crack, 4 rivet construction, tapered pin. Not maker marked. Looks good but pin on reverse does not match known examples. Cost vendor $3500. gVF. In reproduction case. | SOLD at A$450 | ||
| 21605 | 1941 War Order of the German Cross in Silver, 5 main piece construction, wear to silver plate of wreath exposing tombac underlay, swastika evidently re-enamelled, now with domed appearance, 4 rivet construction. No maker's mark. Broad flat pin marked 800, gVF. Quality cross. Looks correct but pin on reverse does not match known examples. In its box of issue. Cost vendor $2750. | SOLD at A$400 | ||
| 21619 | 1938 Civil Defence Decoration, 1st class cross, in gilt brass. Post 1957 version without swastika. Suspended from a 2nd class medal ribbon & loop. Only 150 awards. aEF. | SOLD at A$95 | ||
21700 Click to enlarge photo | WWII 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon, 25 metre roll. Ink number on sticker in ball point pen so probably not period issue. Enough ribbon to mount 150+ medals | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
| 21709 | WWII 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd Class, maker marked 19 for E.Ferd Weidman, Frankfurt Main. Another maker marked 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, & a third maker marked 136 for J.Wagner & Sohn, Berlin. (3). | AVAILABLE at A$130 | ||
21756 Click to enlarge photo | 1798 Davidson's Battle of the Nile medal. Hope standing holding an oval medallion of Nelson rev British fleet assembled in Aboukir Bay prepares to engage the French. Awarded to ratings. AE, 47mm by C H Kucher. Minor eks, contact mks aEF. Eimer-890 cat EF £450. | AVAILABLE at A$500 | ||
21787 Click to enlarge photo | 1930-50 Efficiency Medals, Territorial suspender, GVR. Impressed officially: '2211184 SJT. E.J. RICHARDSON, RE.'; & GVIR '1430612 SPR. A.G. HOLLAND, RE.' gVF. (2) | SOLD at A$120 | ||
21806 Click for more photos | 1882-1914 A Superb Royal Navy Killed in U-Boat Action 1914 Ratings group of 6. Egypt 1882 Pair, LCCM Fire Brigade Jubilee & 1914-15 Star. Egypt, 1882 reverse, clasp: 'ALEXANDRIA 11TH JULY' engraved officially 'W. BURBIDGE, SIG'LM. HMS 'TEMERAIRE' '; 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals impressed officially '103586 W. BURBIDGE, AB, RN', London Country Council Metropolitan Fire Brigades 1897 Jubilee Medal engraved officially 'WALTER BURBIDGE'; Khedive's Star 1882 date, unnamed as issued. Walter Burbidge, born Clerkenwell, Middlesex, UK, 1862. Joined RN as Boy 2 class 1878, full time service from 1880. Numerous Ship appointments inc HMS's 'Impregnable', 'Ganges', 'Temeraire' (15 Dec '79 to 14 April '82); 'Duke of Wellington', 'Excellent', 'Rodney'. Time expired 1890 & disch Royal Fleet Reserve 1903, re-enrolled RN 1907 & again 1911 and to HMS 'Hawke' 7/8/1914. 'Hawke', Commanded by Captain Hugh P.E.T. Williams, was engaged in various operations in the North Sea. On 15 October, on Patrol, 'Hawke' was torpedoed by the German submarine U 9. Her sister ship HMS 'Theseus', which was in company, was attacked at the same time but was undamaged. The 'Hawke' sank in a few minutes, with the loss of her Captain, 26 officers & 500 men - only four officers & about 60 men were saved. Burbidge is noted on his service sheet as having been 'drowned in North Sea when HMS 'Hawke' was sunk', aged 52 at death, commemorated Chatham Naval Memorial. With copy of service sheet & some interesting research. Not entitled to LSGC due to broken periods of service. Usual contact pit to Egypt from Star, court mounted for display. gVF/aEF. Extremely scarce early combination to a victim of the U-boat War 1914. 950 awards of the LCC.MFB. Jubilee Medal. | SOLD at A$1200 | ||
21827 Click for more photos | 1939-50 Efficiency Decoration / Africa Star group of 5 to Welch Regt. 1939-45 & Africa Stars; Defence & War Medals (all unnamed as issued); ED, GVIR Type 2, rev engraved officially: '1950' together with associated ID tag pr (fibre, on cord) To: '71331 RV Jones, CE/ Blood group 04', a cap, collar & shoulder title & association lapel badge of the Welch Regt; 3 x brass crown & 2 brass 'pip' rank insignia, ribbon bars & a miniature set of medals as above, but with addition of 'Territorial' clasp to ED. Mounted as worn on original ribbons. gVF. All contained in a small ca 1920 cash tin. Unresearched but attributable via the ID tags. | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
21828 Click to enlarge photo | 1950-53 Korea pair to Royal Army Service Corps. GB Korea impressed officially: 'T/22111063 DVR M DUFFY, RASC'; UN Korea unnamed as issued. gVF. Unresearched. | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
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 | ||
21869 Click for more photos | World. Japan Order of the Rising Sun 8th Class, cased. Russia WWII Medal for Bravery Type II in silver, no ribbon. Medal for Valiant Labour During Great War 1941-45. Jubilee Medal 50 Years Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-95. Plus miniature 60 Years Great Patriotic War. Austria War Medal 1873 in bronze. France Ministry of Labour & Social Security Medals 1967 & 1968 both named. Also The Highland Regiment Scottish Glengarry cap badge (copy) & ribbon bars, one NZ Naval Volunteer (2), others (3). (14) | SOLD at A$140 | ||