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| Lot | Description | Status | ||
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 | ||
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20041 Click for more photos | Cricket 1984-2001 Autographs - Collection of international Team Sheets, or team signatures. 1984 South Africa ODI team (inc Clive Rice, Graeme Pollock etc), 1992 South Africa team sheet (for ODI v India 1992) (Inc Kepler Wessels, W Cronje, Jonty Rhodes, Allan Donald), another contemporary South African team sheet (inc Allan Donald, Kepler Wessels), New Zealand v Sri Lanka ODI team sheet (inc Jeff Crowe, John Bracewell, Richard Hadlee), Sri Lanka (inc Arjuna Ranatunga Asoka De Silva), New Zealand 1994 UK Touring Team (inc Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming, Danny Morrison), do 1997/98 Aus Tour Team Sheet (inc Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan etc), Sri Lanka 1999 Tour of Australia team sheet inc Muttiah Muralitharan, Arjuna Ranatunga etc), Zimbabwe (v India), Inaugural Test Match signed team sheet & Test Program, Zimbabwe (v Bangladesh), 2001 team sheet, West Indies team sheet (undated) (inc Jeffrey Dujon, Jimmy Adams). (12 sheets, 170 autographs). | AVAILABLE at A$160 | ||
20060 Click for more photos | Olympics. 1972 Munich Olympic Games Participation medal (no box), 1972 Sports Star Maureen Caird Sporting Argus broad sheet poster, 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games official badge (no ribbon) & a group of Mexico 1968 stamps. | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20070 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Framed 1963-64 'The Eleventh Australian Rugby League Touring Team' large original photo of the 1963-64 Kangaroos in suit & hat. The first all Australian team to win the Ashes in England, plus another 1963-64 squad framed photo (copy) in their playing kit. This squad includes some of the greatest players to play the game inc John Raper, Graham Langlands, Ken Thornett, Reg Gasnier, Arthur Summons, Ken Irvine, Noel Kelly etc. Also 1962 Country team original photo featuring Graham Langlands who was part of the team that defeated City 18-8. Overall dimensions between 380x330mm & 670x590mm. All GC. (3). | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20083 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta - An extensive collection of Parra Eels related articles some original, some copies. Then 16 binders of articles, Team photos (from Junior Reps to First Grade) extensive from 1948 to c2000, with Premiership Term photos across the grades. Many action photos, often printed photos many action of players from 1960s, 1970s, 1980s many of Ken Thornett plus also National & Interstate team photos. The Eels club magazine from 1980s to post 2000. Autographs inc Ken & Dick Thornett, Brian Hambly, Ian Johnston (Parramatta's first international) John Pearce c2000 players inc Jamie Lyon, Brett Hodson etc. Much more. For the Parramatta fan. (2 cartons - heavy). | SOLD at A$575 | ||
20085 Click for more photos | Rugby League. Parramatta signed Kookaburra football ca late 1970s signatures inc Ron Hilditch, Peter Wynn, Mick Cronin, Geoff Gerand & others. Some minor fading, needs air. | AVAILABLE 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 | ||
20098 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League Club Membership badges NSW Leagues Club (Phillip St) 1953, 1957, 1960, 1961 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972,1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979. (21) | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20102 Click for more photos | Rugby League Life 1968 (5 diff), Rugby League World 1969 (5 diff), 1970 (3 diff), 1971 (1), Big League 1975 annual, Rugby League Week mags (19 diff inc 1967 to 1993 inc 1987 (10 diff), 1990 (3 diff), Rugby League 1978 No 30. Retail ca $1300. (34). | SOLD at A$200 | ||
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 | ||
20146 Click for more photos | Rugby League Big League Magazine 1989 hardbound comp vol 70 no.1-28. Noted Programs for Sydney v Country, Grand Final program Canberra v Balmain (Canberra Premiers) in extra time. Canberra's first Premiership. VGC - binding exc. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
20179 Click to enlarge photo | Rugby League World magazine-style official publication. March 1969 to July 1970, 6 diff, a wide range of articles, colour photos etc. Also Rugby League Review 2003 7 diff, Sydney League News, Rugby League News (Junior Reps programs). 2002-2014 (31 diff). Mostly VGC. (44) | SOLD at A$180 | ||
20180 Click for more photos | Rugby League Week. Collection from the classic 1970s/80s, inc 1976 (13) March to August, 1977 (18) Feb to Oct, 1979 almost comp from ed no.1 to Christmas Special (27), 1980 March to May (11) & 1981 (3). All diff. (72). | SOLD at A$130 | ||
20181 Click for more photos | Rugby League Week collection of special editions & others inc 1977 Christmas annual, 1981 First Immortals ed, 1985 Masters ed 1970-1985 Best Aust Team, 1986 Kangaroo Tour Guide, 1989 Grand Final Preview & Grand Final review (Canberra Premiers), 1992 Top 100 Players, 1999 Year Book with extensive coverage of the NRL comp, 1999 July ed announcing Immortals W Lewis & Changa Langlands, 2000 (4) inc Grand Final ed, 2003 15 editions May to October inc Grand Final editions (Penrith Premiers), 2004 Grand Final Preview & Review ed, 2005 (3 inc Grand Final Review ed), 2006 (4 similar). All VF. (43) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20239 Click for more photos | Army Aust/GB Rare 'tissue paper' 'Souvenir of Commemoration of the Australian March around London on ANZAC DAY 25th April 1915. Has been laminated to protect it. But would not have survived without it. (wrinkles). Plus 3 framed WWI love related postcard of Soldier, in uniform, loved one in frame & sentimental poem & 3 framed Old Bill cartoon pictures in glass frame Approx 470x220mm. All are typically humorous scenes of trench life. Typical of Age. Overall GC. First is very rare survivor. (3 items). | SOLD at A$110 | ||
20261 Click for more photos | Cartoon Artwork Wally & The Major by Carl Lyon (Australian 1970s Newspaper Comic Strip) Nine diff original artists drawings of the cartoon strip (49cm x 16cm) in black ink on artist paper, plus 7 reduced size Printers Proofs inc 'fixed price', reversal & 'too good'. Also booklet 'An Introduction to Carl Lyon' & 3 published cartoons cut from newspapers. Would look great framed. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20262 Click for more photos | Cartoon Artwork: Wally & The Major by Carl Lyon (Australian 1970s Newspaper Comic Strip). Ten diff original Artists Drawings of the Comic Strip (49cm x 16cm) in black ink on artists paper, plus 8 reduced size printers proofs inc 'Tricky' Personal Opinion, 'No doubt' & 'Cover Up'. Also 2 published cartoons inc 'cover up' from newspapers. Would look great framed. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20263 Click for more photos | Cartoon Artwork: Wally & The Major by Carl Lyon (Australian 1970s Newspaper Comic Strip), ten diff Original Artists drawings of the comic strip (49cm x 16mc) in black on artists paper, plus 8 reduced size printers proofs inc 'Bounce Back', 'True Blue', 'Efficient' & 'Slow Coach'. Would look great framed. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
20284 Click for more photos | Navy. Life buoy shaped circular frame, to suit Postcard size photograph. Forget Me Not to top & bottom, red ensign to the left, Australian flag to the right. Made of hard resin. Minor paint loss to some details, but a very attractive piece. Rope hanger finishes the look. Plaque approximately 270mm GC, age unknown but not modern. | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
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 | ||
20301 Click to enlarge photo | RAF Air Ministry marked night gunnery goggles. ca1939-2000, still in supple condition with instructions, RAAF 1960s OR's cap with Gilt QC cap badge, WWII RAAF map of Australian surrounds with bearing locations plus duplicated collection of approx 70 RAAF insignia. VG.-EF | AVAILABLE at A$200 | ||
20312 Click for more photos | Vintage/Antique Gestetner Diaphragm Duplicator No 70, reasonable condition for age, in its original wooden box. Scarce. | SOLD at A$50 | ||
20320 Click to enlarge photo | 1871 'Cassell's History of the War between France & Germany 1870-71'. Vol 1 & 2. Ea approx 600pgs. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates of high quality inc frontispieces of Marshal Bazaine & William I, King of Prussia. Quarto, tooled leather & cloth bindings. High standard, excellently illustrated contemporary history of the Franco-Prussian War. Covers loose, 1 x spine fragmented. GC | SOLD at A$220 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
| 20361 | Luftwaffe. c1944 Original portrait of Luftwaffe Recon/Air-Sea Rescue Gefreiter. Framed (no glass). Frame 320x270mm, image 230x170mm, not opened by us to check if named. VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$120 | ||
20378 Click for more photos | Imperial: WWI German Naval Chart of Hawaii (1913), dated (Pacific Ocean NE sheet) with Jan 1914 violet navigation bureau cachet. Approx 700 x 1000mm. VGC with undamaged edges. Rare. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
| 20382 | 1933-45 Belt plates. 1/ Waffen-SS Officer of high quality, aged centre disc & rev mount only. Heavily aged, scratched & with corrosion rev stamped 'RZM-M4/70-K&F' & 'SS' in diamond. 2/ Commercially produced Belt plate, probably for a woman. Plain brass circlet with static brass Swastika set into centre. Rev with hook & belt loop that would suit a cloth or elasticised belt. Overall VGC. The first a convincing fake | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
| 20442 | WWII Die Wehrmacht magazine 3 original issues dated Feb 1941, March 1941 & March 1944. All in quite nice condition for these rare Wartime surviving copies. Average Newspaper size being 375mmx270mm. GC. (3). | SOLD at A$75 | ||
20445 Click to enlarge photo | Australia/GB. WWI Commemorative/Propaganda cloth/silk framed souvenir display cushion cover? Around the edges flags of different States & Colonies of the Commonwealth. To the centre Soldiers, Sailors, Lancers etc. Surrounded by portraits of the King, Kitchener, Jellico, Haig, Hughes & Birdwood. To each side, Union Jacks with British Country flags. For Peace & Liberty above one side, For King & Country the other. To the top 'Flags that help the Motherland' Slightly faded & typical marks for age. Overall 680x700mm, in barley twist framed with perspex glazing. Good centre piece. | SOLD at A$110 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20460 Click for more photos | Great Britain. 1870-1935 photograph & misc paperwork to Major General Harry Finn. Photograph is a reprint from original. With early ribbon bar. Finn served 9th & 21st Lancers winning the DCM in Afghanistan. He later served in Australia. Paperwork mostly about parcels arriving. Comes with 10 other British photos & postcards inc 1870 photo NCO 9th Lancers Aldershot (fragile). Small book titled Our Indian Empire, Hints for soldiers proceeding to India 1935 & ribbon bar. Several items Poor-Fair, mostly GC. Cuff rank photo with general rank cut off. (12 items) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
20461 Click to enlarge photo | Great Britain. Map. WWI period fabric map of the Balkans with enlargement of Dardanelles inset, sold as souvenir of the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign Map surrounded by ropes & anchors. Approx 590x570mm. Few minor age stains o/w GC. | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20464 Click to enlarge photo | Great Britain: 1914-18 Stoke-on-Trent 'Arcadian China' Patriotic Souvenir lot. Bearing city Coat of Arms in forms of: Army Patt 1902 Visor cap with enamel decal to top of the arms of Great Yarmouth 36mm(H) x 60mm (DAI): Miniature jug bearing the enamel Arms of Roysth b/w 2 'tar jacks', 81mm(H); artillery projectile bearing enamel Arms of Aldershot, 69mm; artillery projectile bearing enamel Arms of Leven, 70mm. Minor wear to gilding. gVF/aEF (4) | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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 | ||
20476 Click to enlarge photo | Hungary: c.1960-70's collection of Communist period Officer/NCO rank boards. Almost all ranks represented (Junior NCO - Colonel), nearly all in prs. Highly attractive senior ranks in gilt bullion on grey. Hard to find. VGC (26) | AVAILABLE at A$60 | ||
20485 Click for more photos | Japan 1939-45 Army Enlisted Man's Equipment & Ephemera lot: Type 30 ammo pouch in very dark brown leather (less 1 x side securing stud); Type 30 'Emergency' ammo pouch in rubberised canvas, brown; Mod 1933 water bottle in brown painted aluminium with its canvas harness & sling with leather strap & buckle securing stopper; pr of khaki wool puttees with tape ties; a large & impressive, printed & painted banner of the type flown by families on departure of their loved ones to the war, measures a huge 4 meters x 700mm; collar rank insignia of Sergeant Major attached to wool uniform cloth square with printed name/number (for wear on tropical shirt); a set of 3 china rice & soup bowls & platter all marked with the Imperial Army star. Minor age & service wear, some stains & tear to banner. Overall VGC. The pouches & banner scarce. (9 items) | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
20490 Click to enlarge photo | Japan: 1939-45 Imperial Marines Officer Equipment lot - Canvas & leather officer's broad sword waist belt; Officer/Marine pattern aluminium water bottle with gilt aluminium crew lid & laced canvas cover with web sling (damage to cover); a pr of khaki wool puttees with tape ties; a reproduction sword field cover in leather; a black bakelite officer's writing tool case bearing naval anchor to lid (lid cracked); a small printed cotton Marine Company banner 790 x 370mm; a set of 7 x Japanese Invasion Money banknotes (5 cents to $100), Malaya issues; an issue rice bowl & a soup bowl in white enamelled china bearing blue Imperial star insignia; a small decorated (rustic scene) 'Whistling' saki cup (chips). Some wear & minor damage consistent with age & veteran souvenir 'bring backs'. Generally VGC. (10 items) | AVAILABLE at A$400 | ||
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 | ||
20504 Click to enlarge photo | Russian Imperial Eagles flag. Decorated in gold, yellow & red on both sides. Double headed Golden Eagle with St George & Dragon to the centre, all on a white silken background. Size approx 1000mmx700mm. Not old. VGC. Nice looking flag. | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20515 Click for more photos | 1900-70 Unit & General Australian Military History lot. 'Silent Voices', (Kearney) 10 Bn AIF Unit History, S/C, 2005; 'The Somme' (Farrar-Hockley) 1964 with orig dust wrapper; 'Tobruk' (Wilmott) 1945; 'The Yamato Dynasty' 1999, S/C; 'Kokoda' (Ham) 2004, S/C; 'Weary' (Ebury) S/C; 'World War II' S/C 1981 used; 'Vietnam - A War Lost & Won' 2003, S/C (Cawthorne); 'The Vietnam War Experience' (Souter) 2007 H/C with slip-case & CD ROM; 'The Visual Dictionary of Military Uniforms' 1992. Gen VGC, some as new. Retail $100++ (10) | SOLD at A$50 | ||
20516 Click for more photos | 1914-18 Lot 'The ANZAC book' 1916, compiled by C.E.W Bean. Paper covers (minus back cover), 170pgs. Original edition; 'From the Australian Front' 1917, 128pgs. Paper covers contemporary bound in hard, cloth covers; 'History of the World's Greatest War' 1914 by Jay Jenry Mowbray. Leather bound; 'The Man with Donkey - John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli', by Sir Irving Benson, 1965. In its original dust wrapper. VGC. (4) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
20518 Click for more photos | 1916 The ANZAC Book, written & illustrated by the men of ANZAC , 170pgs. History, stories, poems, drawings etc. Cover wear, minor flts, pages aged but reasonable condition plus 1917 Christmas, from the Australian front, 128pgs. Predominantly a photographic coverage of the troops & the battle fields they fought on plus numerous drawings & paintings. Complete, card cover detached, pages are loose & cotton binding has broken. Both books printed by Cassell & Co Ltd. (2) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
20519 Click to enlarge photo | 1946 'The Coast Watchers' by Eric Feldt, 1st edition with 53 illustrations & 6 maps. Original cloth bindings repaired ca 1970. This book tells the story of the operations of the Coast Watching Organization in the islands north and north-east of Australia during the crucial period when the Japanese were advancing southwards and threatening Australia. Nominal roll inc areas & dates of service, fate, decorations etc. A scarce & valuable regimental history of this elite unit. No dust wrapper. Together with a copy of 'We of the AIF & other Poems' by Maurice Clough, AIF 1943 paper covers. Good, tight edition. VGC. (2) | SOLD at A$75 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
20537 Click for more photos | Australia: Vietnam War: Australian general history collection (30+) inc Australians in Vietnam, Ian Mackey 1968. The Saving of South Vietnam, K Grenville 1968, inc a chapter written by Brigadier F P (Ted) Serong. Genesis of a Tragedy (Historical Background of the Vietnam War) pub London 1968. The Vietnam Years (from the jungle to the Australian Suburbs) M Caulfield 2007. Vietnam, The American War, Paul Ham 2007. You're Leaving Tomorrow (Conscripts & Correspondents Caught Up in the Vietnam War), various authors pub 2007. Ashes of Vietnam (Australian Voices) S Rintoul 1987. Silence Kills (Events Leading up to the Vietnam Moratorium 8th May 1970) JF Cairns pub 1970. Vietnam Shots (A Photographic Account) McKay & Stewart 2002. Contact (Australians in Vietnam) Lex McAulay 1989. Plus others inc Vietnam remembered (with the names of all who served) & The Team in Vietnam ? The Lighter Side, Vic Pennington 1992. (32) | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20538 Click for more photos | Australia: Vietnam War Australian Regimental/Unit Histories inc The Team (AATTV) 1962-72, Ian McNeil, pub AWM 1984. Vietnam Task, 5th Battalion RAR 1966-97, PUB 1968. We Too Were ANZACs (6th Battalion RAR 1969-70) by Col B Avery, pub by Slouch Hat 2004. Vietnam Shots (A Photographic Account by McKay & Stewart, pub 2002). Mission Vietnam, RAAF Operations 1964-74 by G Odgers, pub 1974. Long Tan & Beyond, Alpha Company 6 RAR 1966-67 by Col CS Mollison, pub 2005. The Battle of Long Tan 1966, as told by the Commanders to Grandin. The Battle of Coral, 1968 by Lex McAulay, pub 1988. The Battle of Ngok Tavak 1968 by Bruce Davies, pub 2008. First to Fight -Australian Diggers, NZ Kiwis & US Paratroopers Vietnam 1965-66 by Bob Green, pub 1988. The Nasho's War - Australian National Servicemen & Vietnam by M Dapin, pub 2014. Ghost Platoon 1969 by Frank Walker, pub 2011. Vietnam, the comp story of the Australian War by Bruce Davies, pub 2012. Tiger Men by Barry Petersen & signed by author 1988. Viet Cong - The Organisation & Techniques of the NLF of South Vietnam, pub by M.I.T. Press 1966 & others inc 'Select Documents in International Affairs (No 18) Vietnam Jan 1968-Dec 1969, released by Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra 1972. Mostly VF-near new condition, retail $800+. (23) | AVAILABLE at A$250 | ||
20545 Click for more photos | Australia: Larger-size books (18) with 'British Battles & Medal (Spink, 1988), 'Aces High - The war in the Air over the Western Front 1914-18' (1973, 192 pgs); 'Knights of the Air 1914-18' (1981, 192 pgs); 'Battle of Britain' (by Len Deighton 1980, 224pgs) ; 'Fighter & Bomber Squadrons at War' (by A Brookes 1995), 'A Pictorial History of Australia at War' (1980, 324 pgs); 'Army Australia - an Illustrated History' (Odgers, 1988, 280pgs); 'Diggers - The Australian Army, Navy & Airforce in Eleven Wars 1860 - 1999 (Odgers, 544 pgs); 'Charles Kingsford Smith (1988, 160pgs); 'Heroic Australian Air Stories (1981, 192 pgs); 'The Royal Australian Airforce (Oxford University Press, 2001, missing front fly page o/w as new); 'Encyclopedia of the World's Special Forces (2003, 256 pgs, as new); ; 'Atlas of C20th Warfare' (2005, 352 pgs); 'The Eastern Front (Soviet-German War) 1941-45' (1984, 192 pgs); 'Stalingrad - The Vital 7 Days' (2005, 192 pgs); 'The Vietnam War' (1979, 248 pgs). Plus AWM publications 'Soldiering On' (1942), 'Khaki & Green' (1943), & 'Jungle Warfare' (1944). Mixed VG-VG condition, some near new. Retail $700+. (20) | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
20573 Click for more photos | Army. Peaked cap WWII Officer's. KC rising sun & matching buttons to side, brown leather chin straps. Initials 'W.R.B.' stamped into sweatband. Several 5mm moth holes to top. Army wool sidecap, khaki, dated 1941, unissued. Post 1970 Colonial pattern fibreglass helmet by Mountcastle. Missing most of the liner. Fair-GC. Possible to research cap owner. (3) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20593 Click for more photos | Army. Wolseley pattern 1939 dated by RZ Bloomfield with later cast NSW Military Forces badge, no chin strap. Fibreglass colonial pattern pith helmet made by Mountcastle with lower section of copy white metal NSW helmet plate & separate QC in different shade of white metal. Fibreglass Wolseley pattern helmet, arrow marked & dated 1970 by Mountcastle. Great for re-enactors (3) | SOLD at A$100 | ||
| 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 | ||
20669 Click for more photos | Egypt. ca 1870 Khedive Guard helmet, one piece steel skull with neck protector, blossom shaped crown rosette with iron crescent. Adjustable nasal protector in the form of an arrow fixed by a star shape screw. Shell only, no chain mail or other adornments. Item reputedly brought back by Major 'ET Pascoe' AIF. Rim needs a little TLC overall surface rust o/w a quite presentable & rare helmet. Vendor cost $1900 (ticket included). Historic talking point. | AVAILABLE at A$1000 | ||
20807 Click for more photos | Army. Vietnam era Officer's wool service dress, tailor made uniforms of pants & jackets. Named to Patterson Duntroon. Tailor's tag to Carbone Apparel. 1 uniform with all buttons & badges in Staybrite to Royal Australian Engineers Lt. Cloth parachute wings to right sleeve. 2nd uniform also Officer's pattern with no buttons or badges present. Probably to same Officer. As new. Ca 1970s. Researchable. (2 uniforms) | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
20829 Click to enlarge photo | Army Korea/Vietnam era uniform. 1953 Khaki cotton shirt. 1966 Jungle green trousers, 1954 shirt. 1970 Khaki raincoat, 2nd Pr Vietnam Era trousers. Battledress jacket with Australian Legal Corps titles. 1969 dated battledress trousers. 1966 cleated black boots for jungle. size 6/6. Pr black gaiters. Pr 1953 khaki gaiters, MTX size 2. Undated pocket knife. Overall GC. Some nice kit. (11). | SOLD at A$240 | ||
20853 Click for more photos | Army. Vietnam era uniform. Inc green jungle shirt dated 1965, this has texta name above left pocket, 2nd shirt with an Air Wing badge on left pockets, dated 1968. 1967 jungle green trousers. 2nd pair dated 1967. US 1970 green water bottle with an undated cup. 7/6 cleated jungle boots. 5 pouch belt/bandolier. Undated 1937 pattern belt. Pair black gaiters, knife, fork, spoon set. Vietnam era shovel. Undated pocket knife. Overall GC. Some good Vietnam kit here. (11 items) | SOLD at A$150 | ||
20964 Click for more photos | Navy. Coarse blue wool winter junior sailor's jumper with trousers insignia removed. Period unknown, but probably 1960s - 70s. Jumper is made to look like a pull-over type, but has zipper to front. Maker's label present & readable. Named to sailor. Wool trousers are unmarked & straight leg style. Neat repair to stop of sleeve, odd tiny moth (not very noticeable),. VGC. | AVAILABLE at A$50 | ||
20973 Click for more photos | Malaysia. Army. post 1970 jungle green camouflaged jacket & trousers. Jacket made of an Aertex type material, with 4 pocket front. Matching trousers of a heavier cotton/canvas type material. Unissued. Uncommon jungle uniform. (2 items) | AVAILABLE at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
21001 Click for more photos | Army. Aust/GB Officer's pips. Inc bullion, oxidised, Staybrite, Bakelite, silver gilt etc. Noted 6 Middlesex Regt pattern & 2 diff 12 rank crowns in pairs. Start a collection or a great lot for the uniform collector/restorer. GC. Lots like this seldom seen these days. (170) | SOLD at A$200 | ||
21076 Click to enlarge photo | Navy: RAN/RN badges, mostly rank post 1970? Inc 3 RAN CPO collar badges, gilt shirt rank for RANNS (brown enamel), silver shirt rank for Commander (Stokes made), silver shirt rank for Admiral (British made) & long lugs & an unknown fouled anchor badge with 2 lugs. VG-Excellent. (8) | SOLD at A$80 | ||
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 | ||
21116 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Bavaria. 1870 Model Lieb Infantry Regt Officer's shoulder board 'paddle'. Silver bullion with l/blue stripes (for Bavaria). Silvered button bearing Bavarian Crown. Applied frosted & polished, vaulted, Bavarian crown with silvered 'crescent'. All on red superfine cloth ground. EF. Scarce. | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21296 Click for more photos | Army.1854 Scots Guard Crimea War period ammunition pouch badge. The original 4 lugs to the reverse have been removed c/1870 for wear with the valise equipment. Solder to centre indicates where the valise bracket (now removed) was added. Later struck badges were identical in design, but without the 4 x lugs to reverse for ammo pouch flap. gVF. An excellent addition to a Scots Fusilier Guards Crimea War display. | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21331 Click to enlarge photo | RAF.1938-53 Lapel badges: Air Training Corps, chromed, by Gaunt. 20mm on crescent lug rev; Royal Auxiliary Air Force 'R.AUX.AF', King's crown above circlet, title across, RAF Eagle below 24mm, by Gaunt, on crescent lug, white metal; Territorial Army 'TA: with King's crown at top on circlet, lion head at base 23mm. Not maker marked. Crescent lug stamped '346700', white metal; Royal Army Reserve, title belt below King's crown with lion, crown & crossed swords within 26mm. Hallmarked silver, Birmingham 1938, by Gaunt. EF. The last & second scarce. (4) | SOLD at A$60 | ||
21335 Click to enlarge photo | Buttons: KEVIII 1936 EVIIIR or E1R cypher. Royal Engineers Brass 25mm by Firman, JR Gaunt 14mm by Pitt & Co London. Army Service Corp 26mm & 19mm by Gaunt, London. Honourable Artillery Co Volunteers chrome plated. Uniform Livery Officer by JR Gaunt. Supply & Transport by Towell & Co. Gilt & brass Tunic button 14mm. All VGC. Vendor cost $270+. All scarce-rare. (10) | SOLD at A$50 | ||
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 | ||
21392 Click for more photos | European. Sword: ca1800-1880 'Court' sword. Fine d/edged, slim (14mm wide) tapering blade with double fullers to ea face. Gilt brass semi-shell guard with wolf-head quillion finials. Bronze twisted wire-bound bulbous grip. Gilt brass pommel bearing the portraits (presumably) of Christ & Mary. 870mm. Overall length. No scabbard. VGC. Possibly belonged originally to Fraternal or Religious Order, an interesting C19th Sword | SOLD at A$180 | ||
21397 Click for more photos | Japan. Samurai Yari pole arms collection. 1600-Late 1890s First pole arm has a total length 103'. Blade length 22', cutting edge 5'. Has been cut in centre for ease of travel. Dates from mid to late 1600s. Part of pole was originally covered in abalone, but now missing some parts. Heavy pole with iron cap & thick copper bands, surface scratches with some light pitting, complete with original blade cover that is made from boar hair. Overall in very GC. Second is Edo period Japanese Samurai Yari Boar Hair Cover. Nice original cover 11' in length with hair set into a wood centre, width is 5'. Complete with Wooden Yari Blade & Handle. Overall length with cover is 27'. Also a pr of Japanese Samurai Rain Covers for wet weather. Leather shaped covers 9' & 10' long, both date to around mid 1700's. F. Japanese Yari Pole Arm, length 99', with cover. Heavy wooden pole with gold lacquered vines & family crests. Iron fitting to end, other fittings are of copper. Museum grade copy, late 1800's to early 1900's. VGC. A great display piece. Lastly a Yari Pole Arm similar to above, with cover, wooden blade & lacquered matching blade cover. Total length 90'. Another museum grade reproduction that displays well. VGC. (6 items) | AVAILABLE at A$1000 | ||
21429 Click to enlarge photo | France. ca1850-70 2nd Empire Enlisted Man/NCO Pouch or Pouch belt badge. Gilt brass. Stippled oval ground with raised Imperial Eagle on 'Thunder-Bolts' below Imperial crown. Replaced Lugs. 77mm. gVF | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
21430 Click to enlarge photo | France. ca 1870-71, 2nd Empire Officer's model 1851 waist belt plate. 2 x piece brass. Missing belt loop-bracket from reverse, but with tip-end hook in situ. Appears to be an excavated example, cleaned. 60mm x 55mm. Allegorical figure of Victory to centre flanked by scroll: 'Honneur - Patrie'. Type of plate used in both the Crimean & Franco-Prussian Wars. Pins absent from reverse. Crack to LL. gVF. Scarce | AVAILABLE at A$150 | ||
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 | ||
21490 Click for more photos | 1911-62 St John Ambulance Association Proficiency Cross Lot of 5: Silver Cross (h/marked Birmingham 1911) engraved to '151297 Henry Sheader'; miniature silver cross (h/marked Birmingham 1939) engraved '477569 Janet M Merewether'; bronze cross with 3 clasps (dated 1917, 1918, 1919) engraved '196904 Anna Harrington' (ea clasp engraved with her service number; another engraved '416456 Edward Christie; another with 10 date clasps (numbered consecutively from 1953-62) engraved 'A167083 Reginald Ethiele'. gVF. The large silver & miniature silver crosses scarce. (5) | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||
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 | ||
21529 Click for more photos | 1939-45 Africa/Pacific group of 5 to Lieutenant/Temporary Captain, 2/4th Infantry Bn & Australian Army Records Section. 1939-45, Africa & Pacific Stars (engraved officially: 'NX 9327. W.C. CALF'); Defence; War; Australian Service Medal (last 3 impressed officially: 'NX 9327 W.C. CALF'). Late issues, ca. early 1970s (broken 'A', centralised dots, in conjunction with engraved stars). Wilfred Charles Calf, born Sydney 1917, enl 2/10/1942, to HQ, Middle East (AIF), Lieutenant 21/3/1941 to 2/4th, Infantry Bn (seconded) 12/3/41, Temp Capt 1/10/41 - 23/1/42, returning to records section, disch 8/9/1945. A number of listings for 'Special Service' - but no details in archive file. gVF. With copies of full archive file. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21556 Click to enlarge photo | Rhodesia. 1970-80 Member of the Legion of Merit (M.L.M.), Civil, specimen strike, silvered bronze & enamels, together with a titled (presumably Rhodesian) envelope 'On Government Service' with typed description in which it was issued. Not Hallmarked. EF. Specimen strikes scarce in their own right. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
21577 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Prussia: 1870-71 War Medal (Franco-Prussian War) with 2x campaign clasps: 'Sedan' & 'Paris'. Ca Weimar period produced in gilt but without rim inscription. EF. | SOLD at A$300 | ||
21578 Click to enlarge photo | Imperial Prussia: 1870-71 'Franco-Prussian' War pr. 1870/71 Medal in gilt bronze (no edge inscription) & Prussia 9 Year Service Medal. Contemporary 'court mounted' on original pin back mount bar. EF | SOLD at A$100 | ||
21579 Click for more photos | Imperial Prussia: 1870 Iron Cross 2nd Class with 25 years anniversary Oak Leaves^ (1895) Court mounted. Medal is original but oak leaves are possibly a copy. gVF. | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
| 21628 | 1870-1957 Iron Cross 2nd Class Historic collection - 1870, 1914, 1939 & 1957 versions. All on original ribbons. The first with slight rounding to arm points, the last a 2 x piece, non-ferrous example (as issued). gVF/aEF. 1870 Iron Cross, 2nd class scarce. Excellent value. (4) | AVAILABLE at A$600 | ||
21765 Click for more photos | 1878-80 Afghanistan Medal, 2 clasps. Kandahar, Ahmed Khel clasps. '1703 Pte R. HALL. 2/60 FOOT' engraved in sloping serif capitals. Copy of roll confirms medal & clasps. Roll also indicates Hall was entitled to the Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880. Contact marks (from star?) therefore F. | SOLD at A$450 | ||
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 | ||
21832 Click for more photos | Austria. 1849 Order of Franz Joseph, Knight Breast Badge in gold & enamel , by Court Jewellers Gebr(uder) Resch stamped on ring, missing small cross on ball on top of crown within the ring. 30x56mm, mounted on original civil triangular ribbon, circa 1870s, of superb quality. 18ct, 13.8g, hallmarked (3 goat's? head A) . | SOLD at A$950 | ||
21836 Click to enlarge photo | Belgium. 1831-65 Leopold I Commem Cross, gilt bronze. 1870-71 Veteran's Mobilsation cross, high gilt. gVF/EF. (2) | AVAILABLE at A$75 | ||