Australian Militaria

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Pre-Federation (?), two cloth/bullion badges, one dated 1897-8 in yellow with crossed rifles, the other dated 189- (last digit missing) in red with crossed rifles and Queen's crown top and bottom (2 items) photo reduced: shown 60% of actual size  
$90.00
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Hume Regiment collar badge (red enamel), Civil Construction Corps in bronze by Amor, Colonial period NSW Mounted Rifles 1892-1901 brass (25mm) and white metal (20mm), plus WWI silver fern leaf (NZ??) sweetheart with 'Paris-Plage' attached in copper (5 items)  
$60.00
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Voided 9ct fob pendant inscribed 'A.A.M.C. To Pte A.G.Ham from His Comrades 1910', 4.5gms, VF  
$100.00
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Australian Commonwealth Military Forces pre-WWI Rising Sun 62x44mm in silver, gilt bronze and red enamel with correct lugs by J.R.Gaunt & Son London, possibly used by Australian officers attending the coronation of George V in 1911. In remarkable original condition and extremely rare A smaller collar version of lesser grade recently sold for over $750  
$1,250.00
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WWI Royal Navy Minesweeping hat badge 51x35mm in enamel with lugs intact, some loss of blue enamel else VF and very rare  
$35.00
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Anzac medallion struck for surviving Anzac veterans, reverse engraved F.W.Bates in original case and shipper with official memo, As Issued  
$100.00
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WWI period "War Service Australia" badge 44x24mm in sterling silver and black and white enamel by W.J.Dennison with Birmingham hallmarks, complete with safety chain that might indicate a badge to a female. In excellent original condition and extremely rare Like the Australian Ammunition Worker's badge, this is a non-military piece, and was probably issued to Australian workers performing essential services overseas to support the war effort  
$400.00
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Turkish Half Livre 1332AH (1916-17) with reverse notation "T.L.Liddlelow SGMS 3rd A.M.Gun S.Belbarrup WA" aVF and interesting  
$60.00
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Ashtray 122mm diam with insignia of HMS Hood stamped in base Vendor states that the item was given to a family member as a souvenir of the ship's visit to Melbourne in March 1924  
$50.00
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WWII Japanese demoralizing 'drop' leaflets reading: "Hey! You diggers! He came, he saw, he conquered! Thinking you 'diggers' will never come back alive, tha BLACKS and tha YANKS are raping your wives, your daughters, your sweethearts -- they're helpless without your protection. Your future happiness is at stake! One less Aussie simply means one more Yank 'safely' in the home. Surely you'll not give up your lives to make this possible". Very scarce (most were used by our boys as cigarette paper), highlights just how completely the Japanese had underestimated the Aussie spirit, 180x127mmm, aVF (2 leaflets)  
$100.00
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WWII period Royal Melbourne Regiment pair of collar badges 29x21mm in gilt and blue enamel, officer issue with lugs intact, gVF  
$100.00
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WWII period War Widow's brooch 32.5mm in sterling silver by K.G.Luke Melbourne, reverse impressed 10435; plus British WWI non-military "On War Service" badge in brass with reverse stamped 382173; and heart-shaped "The Soldiers Mothers Band" badge/brooch (3 items)  
$125.00
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WWII period Schools Patriotic Fund (SPF) enamelled service badges (2 diff, both with six service bars); SPF celluloid 'flying wings' (2); oval SPF badge; and SPF Adelaide plane badge, all attached to a piece of blue felt with other related items; plus hospital ship "Karoola" menu 18th March 1916, gVF-Unc (10 items)  
$90.00
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Postcard dated 1942 commemorating the sinking of a Japanese midget Submarine in Sydney Harbour 31st May 1942 (the first attack on Sydney by a foreign power); plus souvenir card with a fragment of the glass-wool insulation from the sunken vessel. Corner creases on the card else unused (2 items)  
$75.00
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WWII period hospital ship crew member's cap signed by a number of service personnel - some by name, some by number, and incl a couple ex No.1 Camp Tatura NSW, interesting  
$100.00
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Oakleigh (Vic) Technical School Cadet Corps Hat Badge by A.T.Webb & Sons c.1950's, without wear and lugs intact  
$90.00
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Toffee tin of misc Australian and world uniform buttons c.WWI-1970s, Mixed Condition (approx 150 items)  
$90.00
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Accumulation compr Army Journal 1969; training manual 1971; WWII soldier's pay book; Australian Junior Red Cross cigarette case(!); and collar badges (80, heavily duplicated) Mixed Condition (84 items)  
$125.00
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Useful group of Rising Suns, shoulder titles and badges etc c.WWI-WWII with a couple later, Mixed Condition (25 items)  
$60.00
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Misc badges and buttons including Bugler (12), Engineer hat badge (3), Padre collars (14), Line layer (10), Machine gunner (10), Artillery hat badge (4), Service Corps collars (20), Artillery collars (50)l and a bag of misc buttons (60), Mixed Condition (lot)  
$125.00
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Accumulation of badges including Rising Suns, RAAF, Return from Active Service plus various regimental types including some British and US; plus assorted badges including couple of religious types, Hampton High School, Essendon Technical School, City of Chelsea Peace 1945, Life Saving, 'Justice Truth & Philanthropy', assorted Royalist and other portrait buttons etc; plus a Canberra Florin with fields removed to leave an interesting Parliament House medalet, Mixed Condition (49 items)   
$60.00
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RN/RAN Officer's bullion hat badge, has been worn but in near original issue condition; together with Royal Navy of Oman cap badges (3) including 1978-85 first issue, unused in original issue packaging (2) and 1985 second issue, as new (4 items)   
$75.00
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Naval Officer's shoulder boards including RN/RAN pre-1967 Lieutenant set and Commander set; post 1967 (as last but with RAN buttons and 'Australia' bar added) Lieutenant Commander set; plus Royal Navy of Oman Lt. Commander set; together with Naval Officer's gilt buttons including RAN "large" type set of eight plus spare (King's Crown type), RAN QEII "medium" type set (for wear with mess kit) set of six with spare, RAN "small" type set for wear with shoulder boards King's Crown type, and Royal Navy of Oman "large" and "medium" sets; and a miniature GSM QEII bar Malay Peninsula mounted for wear, some items have signs of use but generally a very good lot  
$100.00

BOOKS

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Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs' Club, Constitution Rules & By-Laws booklet Sydney 1st Aug 1954, 45pp, scarce and interesting  
$30.00


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