MILITARIA & MILITARY HISTORY Militaria & Military History
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2001
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Cat No: Collection
World group including Australia 'Anniversary of National Service 1951-72' boxed with miniature; Belgium Order of Leopold; Finland WWII Veterans Society medal, Great Britain 1945 Defence Medal and 1939-45 War Medal; Kuwait Liberation of Kuwait, Nigeria National Service Medal, Nigerian Crisis 1966-70; Pakistan Jubilee medal; USA Purple Heart reproduction with two oak leaves.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 180.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2002
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Australia WWI pair (wounded) both with impressed '1940 Cpl O.V. MILDWATER. 60BN. A/I.F' (no ribbons; '1940' was his service number), 'SERVICES RENDERED' pin badge, 'RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE' badges (2 different), ceramic dog tags '262257/O.V. MILDWATER/OFFR./R.A.A.F./PRES', rev. 'A.2', gold (9ct) medallion engraved 'TO/CORP. MILDWATER/Wounded/ VILLERS BRETONEAUX/APL 1918./From/HOXTON PARK FRIENDS', plus real photo PPC 'xmas 1917' and other items including 'Special Emergency Card, Soldier or Sailor', photo album, 1930s Australian passport with visas. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2003
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Books including 'The Year of the Tigers - The Second Tour of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam 1969-70' by Battle [1970]; 'The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles NGVR 1939-1943 - A History' by Downs [1999]; 'Armies at Waterloo' by Bowden [1983]; 'Mud & Dust - Australian Army Vehicles & Artillery in Vietnam' by Cecil [2009], mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2004
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Painting of a British officer, oil on canvas, signed "R Britain" lower right, framed, overall 40x70cm; plus 1914 hand-tinted photograph of an officer, by Johnston & Hoffman (Calcutta), window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 64x79cm.
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Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2005
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Print of 'The Spitfire' by Air Vice Marshall Norman Hoad (signed lower-right), signed in the margins by 17 Australian pilots, framed & glazed, overall 68x54cm. Ex Lt General Sir Edmund Herring. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2006
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Cat No: 122
1861 Second China War Medal MY #122, silver (38mm) impressed 'SURGn. H.B. HINTON. 11th REGt. N.I.', no ribbon, EF. Very scarce. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2007
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1914 photographs of troops at Victorian Military Camps 'Broadmeadows 1914' x2 & 'Colac 1914', including Richard Bassett & Alec Sitlington, who both went on to join 8th Battalion AIF and serve at Gallipoli, framed & glazed in a single mount, overall 68x22cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2008
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1914 Western Australia Emden/Sydney medal (32mm, with fob ring) awarded to 'T. PETERSON/STOKER', front 'TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OVER THE EMDEN/H.M.A.S. SYDNEY/9th NOV.1914', in original box Taylors Jewellery Works, Hay Street, Perth, mintage approx 400, medal in superb condition. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 2,200.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2009
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Cat No: Collection
1914 Sydney/Emden medal fashioned from 1884 Mexican Dollar mounted with suspension loop 'NOV 9 [Crown] 1914/HMAS SYDNEY.SMS EMDEN', rev. 'W.KERR/SYDNEY' impressed on mount, polished, W Kerr Watchmaker and Jeweller box. [A hoard of 6429 Mexican dollars was recovered from the Emden. 1000 were adapted into commemorative medallions by Kerr's Jewellers] (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 2,600.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2010
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1915 (circa) RMS Lusitania replica (55mm, iron) of German satirical medallion by Karl Goetz, obv. Lusitania sinking with aircraft and cannon on deck, rev. Death selling tickets at Cunard office, man in queue reading a paper warning of U-boat activity, in original box (separated lid), Uncirculated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2011
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1915 (circa) RMS Lusitania replica (55mm, iron) of German satirical medallion by Karl Goetz, obv. Lusitania sinking with aircraft and cannon on deck, rev. Death selling tickets at Cunard office, man in queue reading a paper warning of U-boat activity, Uncirculated. In the original box (faults), with leaflet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$125
Opening AU$ 95.00
Sold...AU$ 95.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2012
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Cat No: 172
1918 In Memoriam plaque (120mm) MY #172, named to 'ROBERT HEIN', in fold-over cardboard packet of issue, with Buckingham Palace condolences notelet with facsimile signature "GeorgeRI", Unc. The infamous 'Death Penny'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Aug-04-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 2013
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1918 satirical bronze medallion by Karl Goetz (59mm, 61g), obv. German sailor kicking Kaiser Wilhelm across the Dutch border, rev. two blowing storm clouds stripping oak tree of leaves & inscribed '9./NOVEMBER/1918', aUnc/Unc. (Image1)
