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Categories Lot #

A collection of daggers, knives & weapons

Australia 1 - 15

British & Commonwealth 16 - 35

Germany 36 - 68

Japan 69 - 72

United States of America 73 - 94

The rest of the world 95 - 115

Bayonets 116 - 124

Swords 125 - 138

Books & paperwork 139 - 153

Miscellaneous Items 154 - 166

Field Equipment & Ordnance 167 - 190

Licensed Firearms 191 - 195

Non-Licenced Firearms, Ordnance & Accessories 196 - 217

Australian Orders & Medals

Singles 218 - 226

Groups 227 - 241

Australian & Commonwealth Badges 242 - 288

British & Commonwealth Orders & Medals

Singles 289 - 327

A collection of medals to the 16th Lancers 328 - 334

Groups 335 - 380

German Medals & badges 381 - 436

World Medals & Badges 437 - 465

Flags, Banners & Cloth Items 466 - 469

Uniforms 470 - 477

Headgear

Helmets 478 - 494

Caps 495 - 510

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A collection of daggers, knives & weapons

Australia

1. WW2 Australian ‘Z Force’ knuckle knife & sheath. Features heavy alloy

knuckle duster with 'D/I\ D' 'broad arrow over 177' and double ‘broad arrow'

impressed into the surface. 11.7cm double edged blade with the tang fitting into a

recessed channel & fixed with two rivets. Tang has the 'broad arrow’ over 446’

stamped. The leather sheath has a button-down knife retention strap and has two

cuts in the back tongue for a belt, facing stamped 'BONNEY & CLARK LTD.

MAKERS'. Knife length 22cm long. Est $1200 to $1600

Of limited wartime production & used by special units of the Australian forces in the

Pacific, this is an extraordinarily well maintained & significant military historical &

cultural item rarely offered up for sale and worthy of any collection.

2. WW2 Australian special forces knuckle knife & sheath by Gregsteel, named

to Captain Lucier. Features heavy 2-piece alloy knuckle duster secured with 3 pin

rivets, with 'GREGORY STEEL PRODUCTS MADE IN AUSTRALIA’ impressed into

the surface. 14cm double edged blade secured through tang has makers stamp

GREGSTEEL with L lightly visible. Blade surface carries sections of shallow pitting

and age darkening but majority of blade is bright steel. The leather sheath has a

button-down knife retention strap missing the last 2cm of strap. Back section of

scabbard has the details ‘CAPT ES LUCIER 1942 0-908923. Knife length 26.5cm.

Est: $1000 to $1400

A very rare Australian special forces knife, the only other example we’ve come

across is currently in the Australian War Memorial museum.

3. WW2 Australian & New Zealand knuckle knife with blued blade. Features cast

aluminium chequered grip with raised knuckle duster guard and pommel, remnants

of dull grey green coating to grip. 15.5cm double edged matt black blue finish blade

with light edge sharpening. Heavy duty brown leather scabbard with intact rivets and

stitching, pop stud grip strap complete and in very good condition. 27.5cm long

commonwealth fighting knife. Scarce. Est: $600 to $800

4. WW2 Australian New Zealand knuckle knife & scabbard. Features cast

aluminium chequered grip with raised knuckle duster guard and pommel. 12.5cm

double edged bright finish blade with light edge sharpening. Well tooled thick brown

leather scabbard with intact rivets and stitching, press stud handle strap complete

and in very good condition. 24.5cm long commonwealth fighting knife. Scarce. Est:

$600 to $800

5. WW2 Australian New Zealand converted knuckle fighting knife. Features cast

aluminium chequered grip with raised skull crusher pommel, rasp marks to hilt where

knuckle duster guard has been removed. 15.3cm double edged dull finish blade with

light edge sharpening and light pitting to surface. 27.5cm commonwealth fighting

knife. Est: $100 to $120

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6. WW2 Australian smatchet ‘Z Force’ O.S.S. fighting combat knife & scabbard.

Features wooden grips with pinned rivets, thick oval steel guard and metal pommel

with leather hand strap. Broad leaf 28cm x 7cm across the belly, unmarked blade

carries 80% of the original black matt finish with nicely field sharpened edge. Leather

covered wooden scabbard is in very good condition, the retaining strap for the knife

handle has torn off at the snap attachment end. Est: $800 to $1200

The Smatchet was designed as a pure combat knife by combat & knife fighting

instructor Capt. William E. Fairbairn during WW2 and was believed to be based on

the Royal Welch Fusiliers trench knife of WW1. These were issued to Special

Operations personnel such as Z Special Forces and OSS. There is one in the

collection of Army Museum of Western Australia which saw service with ‘Z’ Special

unit.

7. WW2 Australian V44 bowie fighting knife & scabbard. Features black grip with

3 brass rivets and brass guard. 23.5cm bowie style blade with period edge

sharpening and surface cleaning scour marks. Scabbard with numerous rivets in

steel and copper, belt loop and military belt hooks, large Australian broad arrow

stamp to leather front, good fit to blade. Patterned on the Collins #18 V44 knife there

were 3 Australian makers of this 35.4cm long unmarked knife. Est: $250 to $300

8. WW2 Australian commando dagger stiletto knife by Gregory Steel. Cast zinc

Mazak handle with steel cross guard. 18.7cm blade is GREGORY STEEL

PRODUCTS manufacturer stamped to ricasso. Blade is solid stiletto pattern with

field sharpening marks. Leather scabbard is correct with metal fittings and stitching

complete, leather stiff with one small tear near upper left eyelet. Approx. 500 made,

they were issued in small numbers to Australian Special Operations ‘Z force’ and to

all members of the 2/6 independent Company. Est: $1200 to $1400

9. WW2 Australian fighting knife & scabbard, being originally gifted by

Levenson Radio, Sydney. Features stacked leather and aluminium handle with full

tang hunting style blade, 13.5cm from hilt. Customised single edged hunting style

blade has been etched FROM LEVENSONS RADIO 225 PITT ST SYDNEY and is a

likely parting gift to an employee from his workmates, who had enlisted. Brown

leather scabbard with good stitching and rivets. Est: $200 to $280

10. WW2 Australian Army combat utility knife & scabbard by East Bros.

Features plain wooden grips with 3 flathead rivets, original diamond profile knuckle

guard. 15 cm blade Sydney maker marked and is period keen edged with some age

darkening and light pitting. Scabbard maker stamped to W. Trathen & Co Sydney

1943, small tear to upper left leather near throat, all stitching and rivets present with

working locking strap. 28cm total length. Est: $180 to $220

11. WW2 Australian Army combat utility knife & scabbard. Features plain

wooden grips, with 3 flathead rivets, oval profile knuckle guard. 15 cm bright blade

non maker marked and is keen edged. Scabbard Broad arrow ‘S’ stamped, all

stitching and rivets present with locking strap complete but with break to the lower

band. 28cm total length. Est: $180 to $220

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12. WW2 Australian Army Artillery billhook machete. Features fixed pin, broad

arrow stamped grips with some wood loss to right grip. Full tang, neutral non maker

marked 25cm x 7.5cm across belly, billhook blade with sharpened edge. At 40cm the

billhook was a standard artillery clearance tool for service between WW2 & the

Vietnam War. Est: $50 to $80

13. WW2 Royal Australian Air Force pilot’s survival knife machete by East

Bros. Features aluminium metal riveted grips. 19.5cm long makers stamped blade,

with hook canopy breaker end of the factory sharpened edge. Dark brown leather

scabbard with leather leg straps has missing the hilt strap grip fastener. Scabbard

back stamped 1944 SYDNEY JE broad arrow. Est: $220 to $260

14. WW2 knives Australian 1st pattern Whittingslowe clasp knives (3). All

folding blades etc, with WE broad arrow issue stamp. Light wear and slight age

darkening. Folded clasp measures 9.7cm long (with lanyard loop folded in), 15.5cm

with main blades extended. Est: $60 to $90

15. West Australian prison ‘shiv’ knuckle knife shank. Features an improvised

hilt made from a wooden handle affixed to a knuckle guard metal alloy gardening

shears grip, beautified with a splash of green paint.13.5cm garden shears blade

screwed in place with 2 solid bolts. No provision of the actual blades manufacture

was given but still an interesting piece of WA prison history, having been found in a

prison ‘shake down’ & is not something normally available to the public. Est: $80 to

$140

British & Commonwealth

16. Early to mid-18th century Scottish clan dagger dirk with scabbard. Features

tooled black leather grip over wood with brass mounts, hammer seel tang pommel.

37cm single edged blade, with 14cm false back edge, with an old, deep makers

stamp near 4cm wide hilt. Embossed black leather scabbard with brass mounts fits

blade well. Scarce clansman's dirk, 51cm long & 53cm overall length. Rare. Est:

$2000 to $2500

17. 1800s George III era naval officer’s sword with ivory hilt. Features lions head

pommel with maned backstrap, double chained guard with ribbed ivory hilt. Cutdown

31cm sword blade is nicely curved and still carries a good cutting edge, with no

noticeable stamping or etching to the surface. Very attractive 44cm long naval dirk,

most likely later converted to be used as a late 19th century navy dirk. Est: $250 to

$350

18. 1800s George III era Napoleonic War era British naval dirk in blue & gilt

with an ivory hilt. Features a carved, nicely age yellowed, ivory handle with cast

brass oakleaf & acorn guard. Curved 20.5cm blade, decorated with floral blueing

with remnants of gilt work to the surface design, edge is dull. Solid brass scabbard

carries simple etched design to its facing. 31cm long dress naval dirk, that displays

well. Est: $250 to $350

19. 1820s George III era British navy dirk in blue & gilt with ivory hilt. Features

gilt pommel with straight, 8-sided ivory grip, 5 balled guard of brass. 34.4 cm blade is

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single fullered and carries a good edge, surface nicely decorated in blue & gilt floral

and martial designs. Very attractive 45cm long piece. Est: $350 to $450

20. 1880s late Victorian British naval midshipman’s dirk knife. Features ebony

chequered grip with brass and copper hilt fittings & cross guard. Double edged 21cm

blade of 1888 bayonet pattern style design. Brown leather scabbard with brass

mounts in good condition, hilt strap with working press stud button. All metalwork

showing signs off cleaning. Very nice British 1890s era, custom made midshipman’s

dirk, possibly of Indian manufacture. Est: $300 to $500

21. 1915 King George V British sergeant’s presentation ‘billy club’ truncheon.

Features beautiful 38.5cm hardwood body with finely tooled handgrip. Attractive

scroll paintwork in gold red and greens carries royal crest and the script ‘District

Chief Special Constable Stirling 1915’. An interesting club normally given out to

serving sergeants of that period. Est: $120 to $200

22. WW2 British Middle East commando ‘deaths head skull’ knuckle knife &

scabbard. Features heavy cast brass knuckle-duster guard with finger stalls

arranged in a skull's head configuration. The outside edge of the guard is furnished

with four knuckle studs. 17cm reverse facing, single-edged blade designed as a

stealth cutting/ slashing weapon. Light tan leather scabbard with rounded and very

broad belt frog fitted with belt loop and hilt retention strap. 29.5cm in length. Rare.

Est: $1000 to $1200

This knuckle-duster knife was produced during 1940-41 for use by members of 50,

51 and 52 Commandos. These three Commandos units were raised in the Middle

East and the knives were made locally in Egypt.

23. WW2 1943 British private purchase paratrooper knife & scabbard,

belonging to a former member of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment.

Features bone pommel and spacer with stacked brass and leather handle, solid

brass guard. 17.5cm by 4cm across the belly, arrow marked blade, with period

sharpened edge and very thick spine. Well-made heavy-duty scabbard with all

stitching and rivets intact, leather and push button locking strap. Knife is 30.5cm in

full length & was custom made for a member of 2nd Battalion, about 1943 (purchased

direct from family). Superbly crafted fighting knife. Est: $400 to $600

24. WW2 Fairbairn & Sykes variant 3rd pattern, fighting knuckle knife dagger &

scabbard. Wartime converted 3rd pattern fighting knife features aluminium

blackened knuckle duster guard & 17.5cm double edged factory sharpened blade,

retaining 80% of post factory black paint finish. Ribbed cast grip, flat ball brass top

pommel screw. Leather scabbard stamped ENGLAND with good stitching and blued

metal drag, elastic hilt strap gone. Probable US soldier private purchase with theatre

modifications. Interesting variant on the FS 3rd pattern dagger measures 30cm in

length. Est: $550 to $650

25. WW2 Fairbairn & Sykes 3rd pattern commando dagger & scabbard.

Features ribbed cast grip, flat ball brass top pommel screw and thick oval guard.

17.7cm double edged blade. Leather scabbard with good stitching, attachment

straps and brass drag with 50% period black paint, elastic hilt strap intact though

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elasticity gone. Honest unmarked WW2 F.S. dagger at 29.5cm in length. Est: $240

to $300

26. WW2 British Navy aircrew survival dinghy knife & scabbard. Features black

wooden grips with 3 pin rivets, full tang blade. Curved inner factory sharp edge with

rounded safety tip. Leather scabbard missing upper locking strap. 28.5cm in total

knife length. Est: $60 to $80

27. WW2 British Air Ministry survival knife with canopy breaker. Features metal

clasp knife body with folding factory sharp 10cm blade and 9.5cm pointed canopy

breaker blade, all unmarked and carrying 70% of factory bluing. 30.5cm both blades

fully extended. Est: $60 to $90

28. WW2 1941 H.M. Slater & Stirling British & Australian clasp knives (2).

Feature British Army black hatched grips with belt ring and 2 multi use sharpened

blades, 41 dated and broad arrow stamped, surface age darkened and light pitting,

15.5cm fully locked. 2nd knife, bright steel with Australian military acceptance stamp,

blades showing little use but opener has point damage, good marlin knot spike and

belt rope. Both knives have good strong folding action. Est: $50 to $70

29. British clasp knives by Shelham (3). As featured on the AWM website, these

Japanese made Shelham clasp knives are military acceptance stamp and in near

new condition. Blades factory sharp, date and model stamped. 3 near perfect

modern made/issued clasp knives, showing only storage wear. Est: $40 to $70

30. 1940s WW2 Gurkha Kukri knife, Burma war trophy to U.S. Sergeant E.W.

'Bud' Fish. Features wooden grip with steel throat, 29.3cm sharp edged blade.

Leather scabbard with both small blades, light surface wear. Named in white ‘FOX’

with hand drawn skull n crossbones, souvenired in Burma off a dead Japanese

soldier by a US Engineer US Sgt “Bud” Fish and came to the vendor through a

mutual friend. Quality wartime 40cm Kukri. Est: $220 to $280

31. 1950s British India military kothimora kukri knife. Features brown carved

wood handle with plain steel mounts. 30.4cm blade with thick spine and shallow

fuller with tooled straight-line fullers, sharpened edge and darkened surface.

Scabbard is superbly embossed silver metal over a wood and brown leather base.

Images of flora and traditional patterns well executed, missing central badge. 41.3cm

knife complete with Karda and Chakmak (small skinner and burnisher/striker blades).

Est: $220 to $350

32. 1960’s 2nd Royal Gurkha Rifles regimental presentation kothimora kukri,

knife & scabbard. Features brown carved horn handle with plain brass mounts.

26cm blade with thick spine and shallow fuller, original sharpened edge, engraved

with Dragon and pashupatinath temple, minor age darkening near tip. Scabbard is

superbly engraved silver metal over a wood and black velvet base. Images of birds

and fauna well executed under a Gurkha crossed kukri badge all surrounded by

ornated foliage and geometric patterns. Complete with Karda and Chakmak (small

skinner and burnisher/striker blades) & is a very desirable addition to any collection.

Est: $300 to $400

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Traditionally presented to the British and Gurkha Officers for courage and loyalty to

the regiment & the nation on their retirement, this Kukri was presented to the father

of Australian Author Paul Carter, by an Officer of the 2nd Royal Gurkha Rifles in the

1960s.

33. 1980’s Falklands War era Fairbairn & Sykes fighting knife by Wilkinson

Sword Co. 3rd pattern fighting knife, with blued 17.5cm double edged factory

sharpened blade, the cross-guard stamped venture WILKINSON SWORD, MADE IN

ENGLAND, with ribbed cast grip, flat domed top pommel screw. Leather scabbard

with good stitching and blue metal drag and leather attachment straps. One of the

last major production runs of the Wilkinson F.S. dagger measures 29cm. Est: $350

to $500

34. Post WW2 British utility combat knife with matching MoD numbers.

Features a steel screwed solid wooden grips, Ministry of Defence arrow stamped

1278214, to the blade tang and oval shaped steel cross guard. 18.3cm steel blade,

features a thick, wide sharpened blade edge with facing MoD stamped to match grip.

32cm knife comes complete with the brown leather sheath, with snap back grip

holder and riveted seam assembly. Est: $150 to $200

35. 1984 British utility combat knife with MoD numbered scabbard. Features a

brown wood grip with copper screws and oval shaped steel cross guard. 18cm steel

blade, features a thick back, wide rough sharpened blade edge. 32cm knife comes

complete with the brown leather sheath, M.O.D. arrow stamped 1278215 with snap

grip holder and riveted, stitched seam. Est: $100 to $150

Germany

36. Imperial German WW1 trench knife & scabbard by Deutsche Maschinenfabrik A.G. of Duisburg. Features riveted wooden grips with 9 diagonal stripes. Double edged, with period sharpened 13.5cm long blade, which is well blued & carries DEMAG of Duisburg maker stamp with GERMANY’ & Imperial stamp on the reverse. Metal scabbard has traces of black paint and carries a leather belt rivets. Est: $300 to $400 37. Imperial German WW1 regimentally numbered trench knife & scabbard by Ern Wald Rheinl, Rasiermesser Fabrik. Features wooden grips with correctly carved 9 stripe surface, secured with 3 rivets. Blade tang back edge unit stamped L.I (or P). R. 382 K20. Double edge 13.5cm long blade has maker stamp ERN Wald, Rheinl Rasiermesser Fabrik. Original metal scabbard painted black with leather belt loop riveted to it retaining strap, working press stud hilt fastener. Est: $300 to $400 38. WW1 Imperial German trench raiding club with morning star mace head by

Kottenhoff. Superb original trench club features cast iron 5 spiked oval head by F

Kottenhoff of Gevelsberg, marked FKG 202. Morning star mace head loose ring

attached to a 23cm steel spring. Wooden shafted handle with iron sleeve. This

scarce trench club is a prime example of a Sturmtruppen’s close combat trench

weapon as used in the last year of WW1. 44cm in length. Est: $900 to $1200

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39. WW1 Imperial German trench raiding club with spiked iron mace head.

Original trench club features rough cast iron, 7 spiked, 8cm by 8cm, mace head

firmly fixed with a single screw to the 38cm turned wood shaft. Iron head has a post

war protective coating, the wooden shaft carries the letter E carved to the surface

and 2 drill holes. At 45cm in length, another great example of a Sturmtruppens close

combat trench weapon. Est $500 to $650

40. WW2 German Navy officer’s 2nd pattern dagger, scabbard & knot by Carl

Eickhorn of Solingen. Features yellow grip with 2 splits mid-way around hilt but

solid, wire wrap intact. Long cotton dagger knot is present. Interlocking button, in

working condition. 25.3cm long double blood grooved blade, with very good double

naval themed etching to both sides of the blade, maker named to ricasso. Lightning

bolt engraved scabbard in good condition. Est: $650 to 850

41. WW2 German Army officer’s dagger & scabbard by Carl Eickhorn with hangers. Orange coloured celluloid grip is in very good condition with superb nickel pommel and cross guard. Maker marked 26.5cm long blade is in good condition. Scabbard is dent free and in good condition with minor surface plate loss, retaining the luxury hangers, in silver thread with green velvet, with raised acorn relief hanger clips. Overall, a very clean and complete dagger, with hanger set. Est: $650 to $750

42. WW2 German Army officer’s dagger, scabbard & knot. Orange coloured celluloid grip is in good condition with light fading on one side. Dagger knot shows expected wear and tear. Unmarked 26cm long blade is in good condition. Scabbard is dent free and in good condition with minor surface corrosion. All-round a good condition and solid dagger. Est: $550 to $600

43. WW2 Nazi Germany Army officer’s dagger, scabbard, knot and hangers.

Features excellent pommel cap and cross guard, with the cream white coloured grip

in good condition, with the dagger knot showing light wear. Unmarked 26cm long

blade in very good condition. Scabbard is dent free with only minor spot corrosion.

Beautiful set of hangers in silver thread and faded green velvet. All-round a complete

dagger set in good condition. Est: $600 to $700

44. WW2 Nazi Germany D.L.V. 1st pattern dagger & scabbard by Gebruder

Heller of Marienthal. Features nickel urn shaped pommel and winged guard with

rotating swastika panels, slight wear to the swastikas. Moroccan blue leather grip

with period replacement wrap and small blued wooden section. Bright repointed

16.2cm long maker marked and numbered blade, retaining leather washer. Blade fits

well into the Moroccan leather scabbard, showing light wear but 2 small sections

where the wood underneath has been exposed and then blued. Retains suspension

ring & hanger, with slightly dented ball end. Scarce dagger. Est: $800 to $1000

45. WW2 German Luftwaffe officer’s 1st pattern dagger & scabbard with

hangers by Emil Voos of Solingen. Features rotating brass/copper swastika

pommel, dark blue Moroccan leather grip, full wire wrap in very good condition, with

only very minor wear. Aluminium winged guard with rotating brass swastika to both

sides. 30.5 cm long Emil Voos of Solingen maker marked blade in fine condition with

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small amount of plate loss at point, retaining felt washer. Blade fits perfectly into the

nickel and leather scabbard, showing wear and 2 sections of leather tears/missing,

retaining full ringed hanger & uniform suspension clip, marked Ges. Gesch. Est:

$650 to $800

46. WW2 Germany Luftwaffe officer’s 1st pattern dagger & scabbard with

hangers by Helbig of Steinbach. Rotating worn gilt swastika lozenge pommel, dark

blue Moroccan leather grip, full wire wrap in very good condition, with only very

minor wear to leather. Aluminium winged guard with rotating good gilt swastika to

both sides. 30cm maker marked blade in very fine condition, retaining leather

washer. Blade fits perfectly into the aluminium and leather scabbard, showing little

wear, retains full ringed hanger & uniform suspension clip, marked Ges. Gesch. A

superb, near mint condition dagger. Est: $1200 to $1500

47. WW2 German Luftwaffe Officers 2nd pattern dagger, with scabbard knot and

hangers by S.M.F. Features orange coloured celluloid grip with wire twist wrap,

silver thread hanger knot, cross guard and pommel well cast and in good condition.

25cm long maker & Luftwaffe acceptance stamped blade is in good condition.

Scabbard is dent free and in good condition with excellent black velvet with black

and silver thread hangers with superb cast metal fittings. Dagger in good condition.

Est: $950 to $1150

48. WW2 German Luftwaffe NCO’s training school miniature presentation 2nd

pattern award dagger with scabbard by S.M.F. This superbly crafted presentation

piece features orange coloured celluloid grip with wire twist wrap, silver thread

hanger knot, cross guard and pommel well cast and in good condition with

engravings ’6 Korporalsch Weihn.1941’ (corporal school Weihn. 1941). The 14.3cm

long blade is in good condition, with maker details & DRGM patent stamp. Pressed

metal scabbard is dent free and in good condition. Wonderfully detailed award

dagger, 24cm long in original card presentation box. Rare. Est: $400 to $500

49. German S.A./N.S.K.K. 1933 1st pattern dagger & scabbard by Paul

Seilheimer. Features mid brown wood grip in correct nickel mounts with Gau “Ns”

Niedersachsen regional stamp. Clean condition blade with a few age darkening

spots and light shallow pitting near point, is maker marked Paul Seilheimer,

Solingen. Blade measures 22.2cm, with etched “Alles für Deutschland” motto, being

good overall Black painted finished scabbard with minor edge paint chips, nickel

furniture in good condition, retains hanger suspension ring and leather hanger.

Maker listed on the McSarr rarity scale # 7. Est: $750 to $850

50. German S.A./N.S.K.K. 1933 1st pattern dagger & scabbard by Wagner & Lange. Features dark brown wood grip in correct nickel mounts, with Gau “Th” Thuringen regional stamp. Clean condition blade with a few age darkening spots is marked Wagner & Lange Solingen, blade measuring 22.2cm and etched with the motto “Alles für Deutschland”, being good overall in detail. Black painted finished scabbard, nickel furniture has dent to end drag, retaining hanger suspension ring. Maker listed on the McSarr rarity scale # 5. Est: $700 to $800

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51. WW2 German S.A. 1933 1st pattern dagger with scabbard by Gebruder Becker of Solingen. Features mid brown wood grip, showing light wear, retaining both nickel eagle and roundel. Cross guards Gau stamped WF Westfalen regional stamp. Maker marked blade measures 22cm with a clear etched motto “Alles fur Deutschland”, age darkening to blade finish and 1mm tip missing. Scabbard retains nickel plated throat & chape, with original finish, showing light scratches/wear, anodised body carries period scratches and brown finish loss. Scabbard carries original leather belt hanger. Overall a good condition dagger, McSarr rarity maker rated #5. Est: $600 to $700

52. WW2 German S.A. 1933 1st pattern dagger with scabbard & belt hanger by

Gottfried Muller Herges Vogtei. Features mid brown wood grip, showing light wear,

retaining both nickel eagle and roundel, both of which sit firmly in the grip. Cross

guards are the correct nickel type, with Gau stamp ‘Sa’ Sachsen regional stamp.

Maker marked blade measures 22.1cm with a clear etched motto “Alles fur

Deutschland”, light age darkening to blade finish. Scabbard retains nickel plated

throat & chape, with original finish, anodised body straight with surface pitting and

carries period scratches and some minor brown finish loss. Overall a good condition

dagger, McSarr rarity maker rated #4. Est: $700 to $850

53. WW2 German S.A. 1933 1st pattern dagger with scabbard by Justinuswerk of Solingen. Features mid brown wood grip, showing light wear, retaining both nickel eagle and roundel. Cross guards with Gau stamp BO to Bayerische Ostmark. Maker marked blade measures 22.1cm, showing a clear etched motto “Alles fur Deutschland”, displaying a very clear finish, with 2 light darkening patches. Scabbard retains nickel plated throat & chape. All original finish, showing light scratches/wear and slight dent to drag bottom, anodised body carries minor period scratches and brown finish loss and original leather belt hanger. Overall a good condition dagger, McSarr rarity maker rated #7. Est $800 to $950

54. WW2 Nazi Germany S.S. 1933 1st pattern ‘Ground Rohm’ dagger & scabbard by Gottlieb Hammesfahr of Solingen - Fosche. Black wooden grip in very good condition, retaining SS roundel, with nickel eagle and swastika. Solid nickel cross guards, with the lower guard being Berlin district (III) stamped. Maker marked blade, measuring 22cm, with crisp motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Loyalty) is well executed, showing professional removal of the original Ernst Rohm dedication to the opposite blade surface. Anodized scabbard and solid nickel fittings with DRGM stamped hanger. A very fine and rare example. Est: $3000 to $3500

55. WW2 German S.S. KS98 dress bayonet, scabbard, frog & knot by Carl Eickhorn. Birds head nickel pommel with chequered grips pinned with nickel rivets and guard, S.S. Roundel to grip facing. Bright 20cm spearpoint blade with maker named ricasso. Black painted rolled steel scabbard completed with brown leather frog hanger stamped with S.S. Nazi eagle to belt loop, with orange and green cotton battalion hanger knot. Overall measures 32cm. Rare. Est: $1500 to $1700

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56. Nazi Germany R.A.D. Reich Labour Service enlisted man’s hewer &

scabbard by Carl Julius Krebs of Solingen. Features brown stag horn grip plates

with metal one-piece bird beak pommel, spine and guard hilt fittings in nickel finish.

Polished 24.5cm blade showing very light surface wear and 2 small nicks to edge.

Carl Julius Krebs of Solingen maker with Crown & K trademark & Ges. Geschutz

with RAD triangle logo stamped to ricasso. Sharp etched motto “Arbeit adelt” (Work

ennobles). Steel scabbard is dent free and retains 95% of its original black enamel

finish. Nickel plated scabbard fittings show minimal surface wear. Hewer is a solid

well-preserved piece and assembles with the characteristic ‘click’ you would expect

from a RAD hewer. Est: $900 to $1100

57. WW2 Nazi German R.L.B. 2nd model enlisted man’s dagger and scabbard

by W.K.C. of Solingen. Pommel has the engraved accent line with ebony grip with

minor surface markings. Central RLB button with silvering on the sunburst worn

down to the copper near ends, with similar wear to swastika. Straight quillon arms

with triangular ends. 21.5cm blade is in very good condition, being bright steel with

reverse ricasso having a very fine makers mark with Knights head Logo. The

scabbard has nickel mounts with straight body with some loss to the factory black

paint finish. Headless screws in the edges all present. Est: $1600 to $1800

58. WW2 Nazi Germany Land & Customs officer’s dagger, scabbard, knot and

hangers by Paul Seilhemer. Features excellent tooled pommel cap and NSDAP

eagle cross guard with aged blue green leather grip, dagger knot very clean. 25cm

long blade in superb condition with crisp Solingen trade makers name and logo.

Scabbard is metal base with aluminium mounts and green blue leather covering with

only minor wear. Beautiful belt hanger in silver thread and black velvet. All-round a

very complete rare dagger set in very good condition. Est: $1800 to $2200

59. WW2 German Luftwaffe gull winged decorated hilt boot fighting knife with

scabbard. Features wooden grips enhanced with 4 metal collar rank tab ‘gull wings’

(2 to either side of grip) and secured with three rivets. Double edge 17cm blade with

Luftwaffe crooked eagle ‘6’ stamp on the ricasso. Comes complete with original

black painted metal scabbard with spring steel boot/belt loops. Est: $400 to $550

60. WW2 Luftwaffe pilot’s survival machete by Alcosa of Solingen. Features

wooden grips with 2 steel screw pins, cleaned brass hammer flat face pommel and

guard. 40.7cm large bright bowie blade, carries the Alex Coppel Alexanderwerks

AWS scales logo & ALCOSO over Solingen trademark. Front edge has been field

sharpened. Comes with well blued steel scabbard with traces of yellow letters and

1942 date, missing one throat screw. These 53cm long machetes were part of the

aircrew survival packs in aircraft such as the Heinkell-111 and as such are extremely

rare & highly collectable. Est: $1500 to $2000

61. WW2 German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (takedown version) paratroopers

gravity knife by Weyersberg of Solingen. Features wooden grips with square

release button, steel arrow stamped hilt guard, hanger ring & internal steel stamped

920. Blued blade release moves smoothly releasing 10.5cm of factory sharpened

blade etched with the Luftwaffe number RB Nr 0/0561/0020 (Paul Weyersberg of

Solingen). Blade has a slight movement to it when at full release as is common.

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Blued marlin spike folds out and carries the Luftwaffe 5’ stamp. Beautiful knife in

excellent condition. Hilt 15.5cm, with blade 25cm. Est: $900 to $1100

62. WW2 replica German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (takedown version)

paratroopers gravity knife. Features wooden grips pinned to stamped steel blade

sleeves. Press release button removes hilt guard and allows grips to rotate around

hanger ring. Blade release moves smoothly releasing 10.5cm of factory sharpened

blade. Fold out marlin spike completes this good quality modern reproduction. Hilt

15.5cm, with blade 25cm. Est: $150 to $200

63. WW2 Nazi German Danzig Police bayonet/dagger & scabbard by Paul

Weyersberg of Solingen. Pommel has engraved eagle head pommel with DANZIG

stamped into back edge, stag grips with brass pins and swastika roundel, oakleaf

patterned brass guard. 33cm nickel plate maker stamped blade has the refit star

stamp to back edge. Solid bayonet scabbard with drab grey green paint has Ritter

DRMG belt hanger clip with leather attachment. Rare. Est: $1000 to $1400

Brass or brass wash police bayonets rarely come up and details are scarce, but it is

believed to denote possible higher rank. This is the first example we have seen

outside of a textbook, making this an exceptionally rare bayonet.

64. WW2 Nazi Germany fireman's ‘sawback’ dress dagger, scabbard, leather frog & knot. Birds head nickel pommel with chequered grips pinned with nickel and guard. 19.4cm spearpoint blade with excellent saw edge back. Black painted rolled steel scabbard, completed with black leather frog hanger and firemen’s hanger knot. Overall length 32.3cm. Est: $400 to $500

65. WW2 Nazi Germany fireman's dress dagger & scabbard by Robert Klaas with leather frog & knot. Birds head nickel pommel & guard with chequered grips pinned with nickel rivets.19.2cm spearpoint blade with excellent plate and maker named ricasso. Black painted rolled steel scabbard completed with black leather frog hanger and hanger knot. 31.3cm dagger. Est: $200 to $300

66. WW2 Nazi Germany fireman’s dress axe with leather covers and hangers. Features 38.5cm long black painted wood handle with nickel plate metal pommel and mounts, fitted with the Nazi swastika to shaft surface. 19cm x 6.5cm unsharpened curved axe head, with 95% nickel plating present to the wooden shaft, with a nickel pommel and steel screw. Present is the rarely seen protective leather cover, sitting over the axe head with cover to pick end. Side rings attach the 2 leather belt loops that complete this very fine dress axe. In exceptional presentation condition. Est: $1600 to $2000 67. Post war 1950s German paratrooper & tankers gravity knife by Othello.

1956 pattern, West German Bundeswehr drop knife, 2nd model, feature black ribbed

plastic outer grips with Bundesalder eagle and possible EM initials held fast by 6

steel pins & hanger ring. Side attached metal press button shows some looseness &

when pressed, releases 8.5cm of the bright ROSTFREI patent blade with makers

name & logo. Blade surface shows signs of field sharpening & has some minor

sideways movement when at full extension, which is common with gravity blades.

Hilt length 13.5cm & 22cm with blade released. Est: $150 to $250

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68. 1968 model West German Bundeswehr military knives & flick knife comb

(3). Both knives, 1 x CCM, 1 x Victorinox Switzerland, feature olive drab grips with

Bundes eagle, 8.4cm Rostfrei blades, 9cm sawblades unused with sheath covers,

4cm cork screws all in working condition. Flick comb, 23.4cm fully extended, good

working action. Est: $40 to $60

Japan

69. 19th century Meiji Japanese tanto engraved bone knives with scabbards

(2). Late Meiji tantos in bone with 16cm/13cm bright plated blades. Both blades fit

very nicely into their bone with wooden insert scabbards. 2 very pretty display

pieces, 31.7cm and 22.7cm total length. Est: $120 to $200

70. 19th century Japanese dagger habutowari helmet breaker knife & tanto bag.

Made of bronze & copper metal with leather hilt wrap & silver wire mountain design

grip this 45.7cm long traditional Samurai Helmet piercer makes a very fine display

weapon. Completed with cotton Tanto bag that carries 2 names in Japanese

characters to inner surface. Est: $120 to $150

71. 19th century Japanese yari spearhead. Features 10.4cm steel blade

spearhead with single red highlighted fuller, edges are unsharpened. 39cm iron shaft

attachment pierced twice carries proper period rust finish. Est: $120 to $200

72. WW2 Imperial Japanese naval dirk with scabbard. 1930’s era IJN faux ray

skin handle with wire twists, brass pommel and guard. Unsharpened steel blade is

pegged through the tang very firmly and unable to remove without damage to the

bamboo peg. Leather and brass scabbard is missing locking button and pin. 32.5cm

long dirk has a very good fit to the sheath. Est: $120 to $150

United States of America

73. U.S. Civil War era silver cutlery handle bowie knife by Edward Barnes &

Sons. Ornate silver handle, split and end damage near pommel, oval guard.16.4cm

clip point blade has makers name to ricasso, blade slightly loose in handle. Sheath in

tooled brown leather with split silver throat collar and missing drag. Knife 28.5cm

long. Est: $120 to $170

74. U.S. Civil War era silvery cutlery handle spearpoint knife by Mazeppa.

Ornate silver handle with plain oval guard. 15.5cm spear point blade with makers

name, surface has pitting & darkening. Sheath has silver throat collar with tooled

brown leather body with gilt embossing, missing drag. Knife 27.2cm long. Est: $120

to $170

75. WW1 U.S. 1917 Trench Knife by A.C & Co. Curved blue steel knuckle guard features 2 rows of 5 knuckle spikes, inner facing stamped with model & American Cutlery Co makers details. Brown wooden handle grip is without cracks & held fast by pommels skull crusher domed nut. 23cm triangular spike blade carries 70% of original blue finish and is in very fine condition. Scarce. Est: $550 to $650 76. WW1 U.S. 1918 trench knife L.F & C with scabbard. Features cast brass

knuckle guard with period factory chemical blackening & hexagonal pommel skull

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crusher. Handle make and model 1918 deeply stamped to Landers Frary and Clark.

Round cross guard has had one side sheared off as was common practice to enable

flatter fit to body when worn. Double edged 17cm long blade is in good condition and

has period sharpening. Rolled steel scabbard has 95% of factory bluing, upper belt

loop hooks being broken off. At 31cm in the scabbard, the US 1918 trench knife with

its skull crusher pommel, brass pointed knuckles and double-edged steel blade was

a formidable close quarter weapon. Scarce. Est: $800 to $1000

77. WW1 U.S. 1918 French trench knife by Au Lion. Features one-piece cast

brass knuckles and cross guard with period domed steel pommel skull crusher.

Handle is deeply stamped U.S.1918. Double edged bright steel, factory sharpened

17cm blade is in great condition and shows little signs of use. Ricasso carries the

French ‘Au Lion’ LION Logo and they were produced to help arm the newly arrived

US troops for the horrors of European close quarter trench warfare. Overall, the knife

measures 29cm. Rare. Est: $700 to $900

78. WW1 U.S. M1904 Hospital Corps bolo knife with scabbard by Springfield

Armory dated 1911. Features a wooden moulded handle with brass rivets, end cap

& cross guard. 35cm heavy bolo blade, with a curved cutting edge & a big 6.3cm

wide belly near the rounded tip. Blade ricasso marked with S A “Flaming bomb” with

1911 U.S. 18264 on the reverse. The edge is single bevelled and still factory sharp.

Scabbard marked on the back of the swivel belt ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL 1909.

H.E.K. Scabbard stitching & all rivets intact. Est: $220 to $300

79. WW1 U.S. Army M1910 bolo knife& scabbard by Plumb Philadelphia 1917.

Features wooden handle with brass rivets and end cap. Marked on blade ricasso

Plumb Phila “Flaming bomb”, 1917 & U.S. 58282 on the reverse. The blade is

35.5cm with curved cutting edge & a big 5.3cm wide belly near pointed tip. The edge

is single bevelled and surface shows minor age darkened areas. Scabbard shows

markings LADEW 1918. P.F.G., stitching and all rivets intact and the leather is

superb. Matched initials R.G.H. to handle and scabbard. Est: $260 to $350

80. WW1 U.S. M1917 bolo knife & scabbard by Plumb Philadelphia 1918.

Features moulded wooden grips with steel birds head pommel and rounded cross

guard, fixed screws with a wood chip near pommel. 26.2cm factory blued blade

stamped with model and makers details. Edge has been field sharpened and the

false edge shows signs of hacking/ hammering usage. Scabbard of canvas with

leather drag maker stamped A-K-Co 1918 R.H.S over wooden base, metal throat

and belt hooks. Est: $160 to $220

81. WW2 U.S. bolo knife & scabbard by Plumb, St Louis. Features fixed screw

moulded wooden grips with steel birds head pommel and rounded cross guard.

26cm factory parkerised blade stamped US mod 1917 C.T. and makers details.

Edge has been lightly factory sharpened with tip rounded. WW2 scabbard of pressed

metal by Landers (LF&C-1918) with leather hanger & steel belt hook. Est: $180 to

$260

82. WW2 U.S. woodsman’s pal fighting machete knife with sheath &

grindstone. Features stacked leather handle with blackened steel D knuckle guard,

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military designation stamp LC-14-B. 30cm by 13cm at its widest, the multi edged

blade has field sharpening to the hatchet, shovel and back cutting hook surfaces.

70% of original factory bluing with minor age and wear patina. Model and maker

stamped WOODSMAN PAL with trademark details. Original age stained canvas

scabbard has working zip and button downs & carries the standard woodsman

sharpening stone. A formidable fighting machete. Est: $120 to $180

83. WW2 U.S. Cattaraugus 225Q commando fighting knives with scabbards (2).

Both knives feature leather stacked handles with heavy steel hammer finish

pommels and thick oval guards. Both are bright finish single fullered thick blades with

maker and model stamps, one has been field sharpened and is 15.5cm long, the

other is 15cm factory sharpened with 1mm of tip missing. Both brown leather

scabbards are complete with intact stitching and rivets with snap lock hilt straps,

small 3mm tear to scabbard near one rivet near throat. Very lightly used WW2 all

round fighting utility knives at 27cm in length. Est: $180 to $260

84. WW2 U.S. Navy U.S.N. Mk 1 fighting utility knife with scabbard. Features a

stacked leather scabbard with the wooden “floating” navy pommel. 12.5cm factory

bright blade with expertly field sharpened edge. Leather scabbard with complete

stitching, rivets and hilt lock strap. Est: $120 to $150

85. WW2 U.S. Navy U.S.N. Mk 1 fighting knife by Colonial Province RI. Features

a Black Plastic Handle & Pommel with ricasso Rhode Island U.S.N. contract

stamped. 13cm parkerized blade with expertly field sharpened edge. Leather

scabbard with complete stitching, rivets and hilt lock strap. Est: $120 to $150

86. WW2 U.S.M.C. Navy USN Mark 2 Kabar pattern fighting knife & scabbard by

Camillus. Features a stacked leather scabbard with flat steel hammer pommel.

17.5cm blued blade with field sharpened edge. Original MK 2 scabbard with light

wear to plastic sheath coating, production stamped metal throat and riveted belt

holder with working webbing hilt strap. Est: $120 to $150

87. WW2 U.S.M.C. Navy USN Mark 2 Ka-Bar pattern fighting knife & scabbard.

Features a stacked leather scabbard with flat steel hammer pommel. 17.5cm blued

blade with a field sharpened edge, parry nicks to the blade back edge. Original MK 2

scabbard with wear to plastic sheath coating, production stamped metal throat and

riveted belt holder with tear to back webbing. Working leather hilt strap. Iconic WW2

fighting knife. Est: $120 to $150

88. WW2 U.S. long blade EGW fighting knife & scabbard by E.G. Waterman.

Features a Pacific theatre customised Perspex and stacked leather handle with

bright steel oval guard & ring hanger pommel. Full tang field sharpened 18.7cm ‘long

fighter’ variant blade is single fullered and maker stamped to the ricasso. Leather

scabbard has a very long drop commando style belt hanger with hilt loop and coiled

leg strap, stitching and throat all in copper wire. Leather facing has letters DOT

lightly etched into it above a carved ‘box’. Desirable customised 30cm long bladed

WW2 Waterman knife. Est: $200 to $240

89. WW2 U.S. Navy pilot fixed & folding blade survival machete knives with

sheaths (2). Fixed bladed machete features walnut handle with fixed metal rivets,

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handle has added rubber grip wrap. Full tang 39.5cm blade, 26cm from hilt, maker

stamped CASE XX. Folding bladed machete features black composite handle with

fixed metal rivets and integrated steel cross guard. Blade, 25.5cm from hilt, maker

stamped CAMILLUS. Full extended length 40cm. Protective black painted metal

blade sheaths cover the sharpened blades of both machetes. Est: $200 to $240

90. WW2 US Navy & Army pilots ‘big Jack’ survival knife & saw by Colonial,

Rhode Island. Features double black plastic moulded grips with screw fixtures.

12cm single sharpened edged blade by COLONIAL PROV R.I. and fold out 13cm

saw, both lock and fold very well. Huge aircrew survival knife, 40cm with both blades

extended. Est: $120 to $180

91. WW2 U.S. Navy LT-29 Ulster & Vietnam imperial pocket knives (2). The

Ulster pocket knife under USN WW2 contract features wooden handle pinned grips

with a military designation TL-29, 2 very light stamped onto the wood, the foldout

main blade & electrical tool blade show light use and age darkening. The 2nd knife, a

1967 Imperial blade as new, with 4 multi use blades 6.5cm main blade. Both knives

have very good locking action. Est: $60 to $80

92. 1960s U.S. Vietnam era Camillus jet pilot knife survival knives with

scabbards (2). Both knives feature leather stacked handles with heavy hexagonal

hammer pommel nuts, one maker named and dated 11-1968, both have thick

rectangle guards. Both are single fullered sawback blades with field sharpened

edges, one blade is maker named to ricasso and is 14.5cm long with 40% of factory

bluing remaining, the other is 13cm factory parkerized finish. Both brown leather

scabbards are complete with intact stitching and rivets with snap lock hilt straps,

retaining sharpening stones in front pouch. The light brown scabbard is well marked

to the back with manufacture details matching its dated 1968 knife. 24.2cm and

26cm in length. Est: $180 to $260

93. 1980s U.S. Gerber boot knife & sheath, Portland Oregon 085030. Features

cast metal, black finish, textured grip with 11cm double edged dagger blade with

sharpened edge. Serial numbered to the 1980s production run. Excellent thick

leather sheath with working locking strap, boot/belt clip with maker and model

number. 21.5cm boot knife was the standard private purchase for soldiers serving

overseas in the 1980’s. Est: $60 to $90

94. Exceptionally rare U.S. Mad Dog navy SEAL ATAK command special knife

& scabbard. Original 1992 Navy Seal contract knife, number 246 of 253 produced.

Features moulded black glass epoxy composite fiberglass handle capable of

withstanding long-term heat in excess of 149 degrees Celsius (300 Fahrenheit), and

is impervious to salt water, diesel oil, benzine & other caustic corrosive fluids. 17cm

A.T.A.K. (Advanced Tactical Assault Knife) Starrett 496-O1 high carbon tool steel

blade with an edge hardness of 62-63 on the Rockwell C Scale, with tip, spine, and

tang hardness of 50-54 for edge retention while preventing tip breakage and

maintaining a degree of blade flexibility. Maker and SEAL serial marked blade has

seen field use and professional sharpening, surface still retains 95% of original black

coating. Kydex sheath with early daisy back rivets with back etched MAD DOG

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SEAL A.T.A.K. # 242. This represents one of the rarest modern combat knives in

existence. Est: $7500 to $9500

This knife was a gift to the vendor, Paul Carter in 1994 by a former U.S. Navy SEAL

whilst Paul was working with him in Colombia. Paul mentions the former SEAL in his

book “Don’t tell Mum I work on the Rigs; she thinks I’m a piano player in a

whorehouse”. Extremely rare, desirable and superbly produced knife.

The rest of the world

95. Aboriginal Pilbara snake, goanna & P.N.G. sepik carvings. 2 large 1990’s

Western Australian aboriginal wooden animals with well executed patterns burnt into

wood surface, snake 106cm long & goanna 79.5cm long. 1 Papua Sepik carved cult

figure, 56cm tall, coloured with mud from the Laner Giwa village. Est: $100 to $150

96. African tuareg arm sword takoba dagger and tooled leather scabbard.

Distinctive Tuareg 3-pronged wood and brass tipped handle with metal throat and

cross guard. 31cm flattened diamond section blade, characteristic brass and metal

mounted & bound leather wrapped tooled leather scabbard decorated with geometric

designs. Most likely North African. Measures 57cm overall. Est: $100 to $150

97. Antique African Zulu warrior knobkerrie lwisa club. Features carved bulbous

head on a 68cm shaft, with 8cm diameter mace head. Normal age handling wear.

79cm total length. Est: $200 to $350

98. Antique African Zulu warrior knobkerrie lwisa club. Features carved bulbous

head with GB marked metal studs on a 69.5cm shaft, with 8cm metal studded mace

head. Normal age handling wear. 78cm total length. Est: $300 to $550

99. Antique African Zulu warrior knobkerrie Iwisa club with long walking stick

shaft. Features carved, 2 tone hardwood bulbous head on an 83cm metal shod

shaft, normal age handling wear, superb piece converted for use as an 88cm walking

stick. Est: $200 to $300

100. Antique African Zulu warrior knobkerrie Iwisa. Features carved, bulbous 2

tone dark wood head on a 65cm shaft, club with 8cm diameter mace head. Normal

age handling wear, superb piece 71.5cm total length. Est: $200 to $350

101. Antique Zulu warrior knobkerrie Iwisa club. Features 2 tone dark bulbous

head on a 56cm dark hardwood shaft, with 8.5cm diameter mace head. Normal age

handling wear, superb piece 64.5cm total length. Est: $220 to $450

102. Antique African tribal axe. Features worked steel axe head 32cm x 11.6cm

with interesting tribal pattern to both faces, blade pierces the wooden shaft and is

affixed by a steel ring and pin system attaching to shaft. Long leather hand strap still

supple and plaited protective wrap helps reinforce the wooden shaft. Est: $120 to

$200

103. Antique African cowhide shield. Features dark brown cowskin body with

white hide strip to create attractive tribal pattern and reinforce surface, break to one

side of the rawhide hand grip. 43cm x 36cm. Est: $120 to $180

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104. WW1 model 1917 Austro-Hungarian fighting knife by Bickel, Vogel & Noot.

Features wooden grip handle fixed with 3 rivet pins, with Austrian eagle stamped

straight cross guard. 21cm long single edged broad blade is in excellent, lightly

sharpened condition, ricasso carries the August Bickel ‘AB’ manufacturers mark.

Steel scabbard has original blackened finish. Shallow dent to rolled scabbards front

facing, the rear carries a rivetted 2 bar fixing strap/ belt attachment, stamped V&N.

Est: $200 to $250

105. 19th century Chinese trousse or eating set with embossed white and gilt

metal scabbard. Features 25.3cm knife with pinned wooden grips over sharpened

full tang blade. White metal and worn gilt coated ornate dragon and foliage depicted

scabbard over snakeskin wrapped wooden sheath. Bone chopsticks 22cms long with

one missing endcap. Est: $220 to $400

106. WW2 Vichy French knife & scabbard by Sabatier. Features cast alloy

chequered hilt with a 15cm steel blade. The blade is lightly stamped SABATIER

JUENE with company logos and ricasso patent stamped DEPOSE. Scabbard shows

damage at tip with missing retaining strap & belt loop. Est: $200 to $300

Produced early 1940s these knives were issued to the French Military Youth

Organisation that were formed as part of the armistice agreement between Nazi

Germany & French Vichy Government.

107. 17th or 18th century Indian gold koftgari katar push dagger. Double bar

steel grip with side guard is beautifully patterned in gold. 20cm blade is superbly

forged and carries a fine edge. Full length of push dagger 36cm x 6.5cm. Original

scabbard in wood with fabric in worn condition. Quality piece. Est: $450 to $650

108. Javanese/Celebese kris keris dagger in bone & Sulawesi ebony with Naga

design handle. Features carved rearing serpent naga headed dark wood handle

with wavy mixed metal blade, tang is held in place with material wrap. Beautiful

ebony and bone sheath. Knife is 33.5cm, overall, 38.5cm A very attractive piece. Est:

$150 to $200

109. 19th to early 20th century Indo Persian Moroccan Arabic jambya knives &

Syrian dagger (3). Moroccan traditional pattern wood, brass and white metal handle

& scabbard with 20.5cm live blade. Arabic dagger with possible camel bone grip

tinged orange, decorative white metal pommel, guard & scabbard houses the 17cm

curved unsharpened live blade. Syrian marked straight bladed tourist dagger with

decorative solid metal hilt and scabbard housing a 19cm blunt blade. Est $180 to

$240

110. 1900’s Indo Persian damascus blade dagger with koftgari handle &

scabbard. Gazelle pommel with ornate cross guard and white bone hilt. 26cm

unsharpened damascus steel blade is well patterned. Iron scabbard with wood and

red velvet inserts. Kortgari style silver patterning to all metal mounts. Overall

measures 47cm. Est: $240 to $360

111. 1979 dated Soviet Russian Navy officer’s dagger with belt & hangers.

Gilded brass pommel and cross guard with yellow composite grip is in good solid

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condition. 21.5cm long mirror finish blade shows year of manufacturer & serial #

54080. Black leather scabbard with light wear has gilded fittings etched with a fouled

anchor & sailing ship. Completed with suspension rings with hangers. Est: $300 to

$350

112. 20th century Spanish green horn navaja folding knife and small Hunter

(2). Features attractive horn and steel grip, with 17.5cm x 4.5cm sharp edged blade

depicting lion hunting scene and makers name. Knife has racket spring locking

mechanism and folds out to a massive 40cm. 1950s unnamed hunting knife with

horn handles, brass guard and 15cm bright blade in leather and metal studded

sheath, knife 26.3cm in length. Est: $60 to $100

113. 20th century South American Mexican machete with tooled scabbard.

Green eagle head handle with 5 steel pins through the tang. Spring steel 53cm blade

carries sharpened and notched edge with cultural patterns to both surfaces. 66cm

total machete length, with patterned leather sheath and carry strap. Est: $70 to $90

114. 1990’s era Swiss Army knives (2). As new, 4 bladed multi knives, maker

marked 7cm main blade,16.5cm with bright metal grips with red swiss shielded

handle. Both show no sign of use and come with original ‘Victorinox Soldier’ serial

boxes, showing light storage age. Est: $50 to $80

115. 19th century Tibetan dagger with scabbard. Steel hilt and guard with wire

twist grip, 21.5cm single edged blade. Incised steel scabbard with dragon and foliage

motifs over red velvet and wooden base. Beautiful piece, measuring 35cm overall.

Est: $250 to $350

Bayonets

116. British pattern 1853 socket bayonet for Enfield rifle. Features socket guard

with locking ring and crowned acceptance stamps, triple fullered 44cm blade. 1st

pattern WD stamped leather scabbard with intact stitching and brass mounts.

Complete and in very good condition, 56cm total length. Est: $150 to $200

117. 1889 British/Australian martini henry rifle pattern 1887 mk. 3 sword

bayonet with scabbard by Wilkinson. Features chequered leather grips with steel

rivets, birds head pommel # 7286 with thick steel guard. 46.2cm flat faced dagger

pointed blade London Wilkinson stamped with WD broad arrows and ‘89 production

date, darkening and mild pitting towards point. Steel and leather scabbard #11818.

Est: $300 to $350

118. WW2 British admiralty S294 contract 1907 bayonet & scabbard by

Wilkinson Sword. Features dark wood grips, blackened metal guard and pommel

with smooth moving locking button. 43.5cm fullered blade WSC maker stamped with

admiralty S294 code (finished as per 15th July 43 acquisition), with blackened ricasso

and grey blade surface finish. Standard WW2 pattern scabbard with WJH (Hill of

Birmingham) stamps to metal mounts and solid leather body. Overall measures

55.5cm. Est: $180 to $220

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These were the last of the pattern 1907's to be manufactured with only 122,307

being produced from 15 July 1941 till the end of the war, (initial order 34,707

bayonets with a sandblasted blade on 15/7/41 then on the 15/7/1943 order of 87,600

bayonets with a blackened grey finish).

119. WW2 German KS98 dress bayonet, scabbard & knot by W.K.C.. Birds head

nickel pommel, with working locking button, chequered grips pinned with nickel rivets

and guard.19.2cm spearpoint blade with excellent plate and maker named ricasso.

Black painted rolled steel scabbard completed with black leather frog hanger and

hanger knot. 31.3cm dagger. Est: $150 to $250

120. WW2 German matching numbered K98 bayonet, scabbard, frog & knot by

Mundlos. Features birds head pommel, moving locking button, with 2 Waffen

stamps, straight guard, light wear to bluing, dark brown composite grips with screw

pins. 25cm well blued 1938 dated blade with makers stamp and # 9224. Metal

scabbard with blued steel surface with matching manufacturer and serial stamps.

39cm bayonet completed with a leather frog and 3rd Battalion wool hanger knot. Est:

$400 to $500

121. WW2 German N.S.K.K. K98 bayonet, scabbard & frog by Alec Coppel.

Features birds head pommel with moving locking button, straight guard, wear to

surface bluing, rivetted wooden grips. 24.8cm well blued blade with makers stamp

trademark. Blued metal scabbard with dent toward drag, blade slides in nicely.

38.5cm bayonet completed with a leather frog, displaying a worn metal N.S.K.K.

Nazi eagle badge. Bayonet was never issued with numbers to any parts. Scarce.

Est: $250 to $350

122. German K98 rifle bayonet & scabbard by W.K.C. with post war etched

blade. Features birds head pommel, with moving locking button, with upturned

guard, wear to nickel, black chequered grips with pins. 24.5cm bright plated blade

with makers stamp. Post war remembrance etching to ‘3rd Deutsch Eylau Infantry

Regt.’ Black painted metal scabbard with surface rust towards end. Overall length

37cm. Est: $120 to $150

123. 1954 Korean War Australian Owen S.M.G. bayonet with scabbard by

Orange Arsenal, Lithgow. Features 52 dated wooden grips, with steel pommel and

working bayonet attachment. 37.7cm long, factory sharpened blade retains the

majority of the blue grey protective finish to blade, showing light runner wear. Brown

leather and metal scabbard is very good with Mangrovite 44 manufacture stamp,

green canvas frog, 1967 dated. Overall length 41.5cm. Est: $350 to $450

124. U.S. Vietnam gen cut bayonet & scabbard. Features black chequered grips

with screw pins, smooth working metal lock pommel and maker stamped cross

guard. 16.5cm spear point blade with factory sharp edge and matt surface finish.

Correct USM8 scabbard, maker stamped metal throat, green composite body and

lightly worn green webbing hanger with belt hooks, overall measures 29.5cm. Est:

$80 to $120

Swords

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125. 1750’s ‘VIVE LE ROY’ French blue & gilt small sword. Features ornate bright

cut steel hilt and pommel, small mend to knuckle guard above the superb pierced

oval dish hilt guard. 81.5cm triple fullered blade with chiselled etchings of intricate

geometric and floral designs are picked out in gold at the ricasso and blued with gilt

wash highlights to 20cms of the blades surface length. Royal French motto” Vive Le

Roy”, still very clear and highlighted in gold. Small section of surface damage above

ricasso, but remainder of blade is very clean and has no bends. This beautiful sword

is 99cm full length and very well balanced. Scarce. Est: $1200 to $1500

126. 1750’s 1800s English or French small sword & scabbard. Features plain

square steel hilt with wire twist grip, ornate pierced pommel, knuckle guard above

the superb crafted oval double dish hilt guard. 89cm triple fullered bright blade is

very clean and has no bends. This still wonderfully functional sword is 108cm full

length and very well balanced, completed with leather scabbard with bright metal

mounts. A very elegant and desirable piece. Rare. Est: $1800 to $2500

127. British Army 1796 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword & scabbard. Metal stirrup hilt, with plain backstrap and wooden grip, with majority of the wire wrap present. Plain langets & quillon. Plain 79 cm long, curved slashing blade is in very good condition overall, with some very minor age spotting along quill point. Metal scabbard in good condition, with light wear, minus suspension rings. Overall length 93 cm. Est: $400 to $500 128. 1800’s English sword & scabbard of the Yeoman Warders of the Tower of

London. Features gilt wash guard with crown faced pommel and House of Hanover

horse in relief on the guard shield, wire wrap hilt, pommel and quillon end missing.

80.7cm double edged plain blade, secure but with slight movement in the handle.

Scabbard of leather with brass mounts, small leather repair just above the drag.

Rare sword in fair condition, overall measuring 97cm. Scarce. Est: $600 to $750

129. 1800’s British Napoleonic War era light cavalry flankers sword & scabbard

by William Harvey of Birmingham. Features lightly worn grip with brass wire twist,

excellent dark steel mounts and guard. 68.5cm etched blade with makers name and

‘warranted’ to facing, ornate martial and floral designs to 60% of length, engravings

still heavily picked out in gold, some age darkening to steel. Scabbard complete with

hanger rings, light pitting but very solid, overall measuring 83cm. Scarce. Est: $1000

to $1300

130. 1821 British King’s 15th Hussars sword & scabbard of C.W. Kendall 1848

by Henry Wilkinson. Features bright steel 1821 pattern 3 hand guard hilt, pommel

and backstrap, with shagreen leather triple wire twist grip, small section missing to

skin grip near right hand pommel. 89.5cn single fullered blade by Henry Wilkinson

carries makers bend proof slug. Well etched to 55% of blade length with Victorian

royal cypher and wreathed Kings 15th Hussars surrounded by floral patterns. Kendall

family crest above CWK initials to 105.2cm. Bright steel scabbard has 2 shallow

dents near drag, blade slides in perfectly. Family sword completed with a gilt and red

thread hanger knot. Overall, the sword measures 108cm in scabbard. Est: $1200 to

$1600

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Charles William Kendall who was commission to the 15th Hussars 5th May 1848 as a

Cornet.

131. 1831 British Victorian era general officer’s mameluke sword & scabbard

by Hawkes of London. Features carved white bone grip with floral brass rivets,

excellent brass mounts and guard with general officers’ crossed sword & field

marshals baton cartouche. 81.5cm long etched blade, heavily polished with

HAWKES of LONDON still visible on the ricasso, ornate martial and floral designs to

50% of length, engravings polished smooth in parts, royal cypher and generals

crossed sword and baton still nicely showing. Brass scabbard with hanger rings.

Sword completed with very fine gold thread hanger knot 9. Overall length 95cm. Est:

$1200 to $1500

132. WW2 German officer’s lions head sword & scabbard by Carl Eickhorn.

Features gilt wash hilt fittings with cast pommel head, inset with ruby coloured glass

eyes and Nazi eagle to the guard langet, DRP stamp to guard base. Excellent, triple

wire wrap over black grip. Maker marked plated 89cm blade is in very good bright

condition. The scabbard retains nearly all of the original black finish. Fine bladed

sword measuring 105.5cm in scabbard. Est: $500 to $600

133. WW2 German S.S. non-commissioned officer candidate’s sword &

scabbard by F.W. Holler. Features nickel hilt fittings, screw-type SS runes pommel,

turned wood with grip retaining 95% of its original black lacquer covering. Maker

marked 85cm blade is in good condition with slight shallow bends to length. The

scabbard retains nearly all of the original black finish, the nickel upper mount shows

light wear. Sword completed with a black and silver thread hanger knot. Scarce S.S.

N.C.O. & officer candidates’ sword, measuring 100.5cm overall. Est: $1800 to $2000

134. WW2 German S.S. Officer model 1936 sword & scabbard. Features nickel

hilt fittings, turned wood with wire wrap grip segments and large metal S.S. rune grip

inset. D guard with nickel finish has entwined SS rune stamp. Unmarked plated

83.5cm blade is in good condition with slight shallow bends to length. Scabbard

retains nearly all of the original black finish, with the nickel upper mount having the

entwined SS rune stamp. Fine bladed S.S. sword, which measures 100.5cm overall.

Though unmarked, most likely made by Krebs. Est: $2400 to $2800

135. WW2 Nazi German Luftwaffe officer’s sword & scabbard by S.M.F. Blue

brown Moroccan leather grip with wire twist grips, lozenge pommel with rotating

brass gilt swastika with remnants of blue finish. Winged guard with hand finished

feathering has central rotating swastika in brass with blue finish remnant

surrounds.71.5cm beautiful condition steel blade carries maker logo and scarce

Luftwaffe eagle 5’ acceptance stamp to the fuller. Scabbard of rolled steel with lightly

worn blue leather and aluminium mounts with age darkening to surface. Sword

measures 89.5cm overall and looks to have never been cleaned, with beautiful age

patina over the outer metal fittings. Est: $1000 to $1200

136. Japanese Bizen water quenched cutdown katana sword blade wakizashi

with Samurai family Mon. Features silk wrapped handle with gilt rooster grips,

pommel and hilt mounts carries Samurai family Mon design of square in a circle.

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Thick old plain steel tsuba guard with 3 spacers. Blade is pegged, cutdown tang,

water quenched Bizen style hamon with re fashioned kissaki point, blade being

54.5cm from point to tang end. Brown lacquered wooden scabbard, kozuka handle

with poor quality replaced metal blade. 57cm long short sword. Est: $500 to $750

137. WW2 type 98 Japanese Army officer’s sword and scabbard. Features

above standard officer’s type 98 hilt with silk wrap and quality seppa spacers and

other hilt fittings, correct pommel hanger slightly loose. Older, heavily cleaned blade

74.5cm long blade, being 92.5cm pommel to nakago tang point, blade shows

shallow bends when looking along spine, edge is dull. No markings to tang which

carries a 2nd tang hole. Blade fits the wartime paint finish scabbard very well. Overall

measures 104.5cm. Est: $950 to $1100

138. WW2 Japanese Navy officer kai-gunto katana sword with scabbard &

shirasaya. Purchased direct from Japan by the vendor, this sword features high

grade 1937 Pattern gilt fittings with the lacquered rayskin wrapped scabbard and

sword knot. 66cm traditionally forged folded steel blade, with a beautiful smokey

undulating polish temper line, single peg tang is unsigned. 86cm long sword comes

with original wooden shirasaya, which fits the blade perfectly. Est: $1200 to $1500

Books & paperwork

139. A record of War Service 28th Battalion 1915 -1919 unit history by Colonel

H.B.Collett. Printed Perth 1922, scarce 1st Edition. Includes all original pages and

fold out maps etc. Slight scuffing to cover, light wear/use. Est: $500 to $700

140. WW2 Australian brothers’ letters and compiled book detailing Army

service during the war. Approximately 250 Australian soldiers original WW2 letters

& research notes. Bound ‘Book’ copy format detailing all the letters by

E.J.SHANAHAN. 1 of only 2 produced. Covers the 61st Battalions time in the New

Guinea and Bougainville Campaign. Est: $600 to $800

The letters are from Corporal V.P.Moffat Q145505 (who served in Australia), his

brother Sergeant R.M.Moffat Q107972 (61st Battalion 2nd AIF in New Guinea) and

their mum. A fascinating snap shot of Australian life at the time. This being an

exhaustive study of the letters to which the book has been compiled. The letters

contain lots of personal and service details that covers the journey of the brothers

both at the front and at home. Seldom will you ever see a compilation like this.

141. Reference books - Head Dress Badges of the British Army, by Kipling &

King (2). Vol 1 & 2. The classic reference books on British hat badges. Near perfect

condition. Est: $100 to $160

142. The broad arrow book of British & empire markings by Ian Skennerton.

British factory production, proof, inspection, armourers, unit and issue markings. Soft

cover, 29cm x 21cm, 140 pp, published 2001. Thousands of Commonwealth service

unit markings are illustrated and their applications described. Invaluable reference on

units, also ideal for medal collectors. Est: $100 to $150

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143. Japanese sword makers reference books Nihon Toko Jiten, Fujishiro

Shoten (2). Superb Japanese textbooks with memory stick and hard copies in

English of the books index. Books complete and in very good condition, a must have

set for the serious collector of Japanese swords. Est $250 to $350

144. Japanese sword swordsmiths reference books by W.M. Hawley (2). 2-part

compilation of 1350 names of the approximately 1200 Japanese swordsmiths from

the period 700 to 1900, with supplemental list of steel and temper lines, including a

glossary of 1000 sword terms and 30 pages of illustrations. Very good condition.

Total 756 pages, published 1966 & 1967. Est: $150 to $200

145. Japanese sword katana reference booklets by W.M. Hawley (7). Features,

Introduction to Japanese Swords, False Signatures, Laminating Techniques,

Awataguchi Shinto School of Sword Making, Terms, Inscriptions and 7th booklet

concerning Temper lines. Most out of circulation books, perfect for researcher. Est:

$100 to $150

146. WW2 German quality bound edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, relating

to the Gottinger Volkshochschule. Leather bound spine, with gilt embossed

details, with heavy card covers. 782 pp. The inside cover shows a pasted in

newspaper article relating to a competition for students at the Gottinger High School

relating to a writing contest in regards to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, along with a period

dried leaf. A.H. profile page has been removed. The pages in excellent condition.

Est: $100 to $200

147. Books & post card relating to Erwin Rommel (4). Erwin Rommel:

Photographer Vol 1 & 2 by Zita Steele & Rommel in his own words. Hard to find

resource books. Period coloured postcard of Rommel in DAK uniform. Est: $60 to

$80

148. WW2 German ‘Der Adler’ magazines, French propaganda editions lot (6).

Editions are mid war issue, covering the various topics of interest etc, with many

photos. Some tears & repairs, but good lot for starter collector. Est: $60 to $100

149. German Nazi period N.S.D.A.P. manual for the Walther PPK dated 1935.

German text. Est: $40 to $60

150. Pre WW2 German Luftwaffe service medal documents (2). Both documents

are named to Oberstleutnant Franz Biwer, an aviator course instructor. The

documents relate to the award of the 18 & 25 year service crosses and date 2nd

October 1936 & 25th February 1937. One is hand signed by (Colonel) Kurt Student &

Colonel Thiemann, both who were the commandant of the Flying School in Berlin.

Est: $200 to $250

151. Pre WW2 German lot of Nazi Party & rally post cards & medal (21).

Includes 17 post cards depicting various Nazi rallies & special days, some with

writing and stamps to rear. 3 party day admission tickets & a non-portable

Reichsparteitag 1937 non portable award, maker marked Bremer of Markneukirchen.

A good dealer & resale lot. Est: $240 to $300

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152. WW2 German photo profile post cards of General Kurt Student & map of

Crete (4). Hand signed profile photo of Student, in General Der Flieger uniform, a

colour stencil profile & un-named LW Flak General profile, showing Knight’s Cross

award. Post war map of the Crete campaign. Est: $160 to $200

153. WW1 & WW2 German lot of paperwork, work pass books & pamphlets.

Large lot, many in plastic sleeves & protective covers. Good reference lot, worth

viewing. Est: $100 to $180

Miscellaneous Items

154. WW1 Imperial German Navy ‘degen’ lion's head sword hilt candlesticks

(2). Matching pair feature folding fouled anchor Kaiserlichmarine guard, lions headed

pommels with jewelled red eyes and the grips are complete with the original wire

wrapping. Brass candle holder and base all in fine condition, 24cm in height. Est:

$200 to $280

155. An exceptional & rare piece of Adolf Hitler's personal tableware, this

being a solid silver octagonal table salver/plate by Bruckmann & Sohne. The

solid silver plate features the formal NSDAP eagle and A.H. monogram to centre,

with engraved chain octagonal border, within the 34cm wide border edge. The

Bruckmann maker stamp and silver content (.800) stamps are shown to the

underside of the 6 O'clock edge. This is the formal pattern, as used by Hitler

personally, not being the more common office variety silverware as often comes up

for sale. This was sold in October 2007 by Dreweatt Neate Auctioneers as part of the

Stenson Militaria Collection. This is an exceptional investment piece and one to

grace the discerning collector’s collection. Rare. Est: $2500 to $3000

156. An exceptional & very rare piece of Adolf Hitler's personal tableware, this

being a solid silver ice bucket/wine cooler by Bruckmann & Sohne. The piec

features the formal NSDAP eagle and A.H. monogram to centre, with engraved

chain octagonal border. The solid silver bucket standing 26.5cm (including twin

handles), 20cm at its width. The Bruckmann maker stamp and silver content (.800)

stamps are shown to the underside of the top edge border, approx. at 7 O'clock

position. This is the formal pattern, as used by Hitler personally, not being the more

common office variety silverware as often comes up for sale. This was sold in

October 2007 by Dreweatt Neate Auctioneers as part of the Stenson Militaria

Collection. This is an exceptional investment piece and one to grace the discerning

collector’s collection. Very rare. Est: $3000 to $3500

157. A fine set of wine goblets, being the former property of Reichsmarshall

Herman Goering, each bearing his personal family crest (6). Each goblet shows

quality hand finished details of cast silver manufacture, with vine stem decoration,

with .800 (silver hallmark) to the base of each, along with the applied crest of the

Goering family. Each goblet measures 17.3 cm high. All in exceptional condition,

being age toned. This was sold in October 2007 by Dreweatt Neate Auctioneers as

part of the Stenson Militaria Collection. This is an exceptional investment piece and

one to grace the discerning collector’s collection. Rare. Est: $1500 to $2500

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158. A WW2 German D.A.F. mess ceramic bowl. Bowl measures 23.5cm in

diameter, free of any damage or cracks, with DAF maker details green inked to base.

Est: $120 to $180

159. A WW2 German Luftwaffe mess ceramic gravy boat. Gravy boat measures

25.5cm x 11cm x 14.5cm, free of any damage or cracks, with LW maker details black

inked to base. Est: $220 to $280

160. WW2 German aluminium eagle & swastika vehicle plaque. Medium sized,

silver painted, cast aluminium plaque, with hand finished details to edges, showing

some dent marks to screw in points where the eagle was originally

removed/souvenired. Eagle wings have 1 screw in hole to each wing, with one to

centre of swastika. Reverse shows twin inverted ‘V’ cast points, with central

attachment post to eagle’s chest, with remains of attachment tape residue. Measures

25.7cm x 40cm, the type used for a trolley bus or tram. Scarce. Est: $600 to $800

161. Pre WW2 German 1936 Berlin Olympics ceramic souvenir bell. White

ceramic bell, measuring 12cm high, with blue maker mark (KPM Porcelain

Manufactory). German eagle with rings and Brandenburg Gate in Berlin between

dates of 1936 Olympiad, motto "I call the youth of the world" below. Retains clapper

inside. Excellent condition. Est: $180 to $260

162. WW2 German Adolf Hitler statue/bust & 6 post cards. Bronze bust, of

indeterminate age, showing good detail overall, measuring 160mm high, signed

Schiedler to rear. Adolf Hitler post cards, in various appearances, all pre-war, with

stamps etc. Est: $150 to $200

163. Lot of WW2 German replica miniature daggers & insignia (5). Includes SA

marine dagger with scabbard, Kriegsmarine dagger, with scabbard & knot (Eickhorn

marked), original nickel whistle with black lanyard, Kreta cuff title & Heer officer’s car

pennant/flag. Est: $100 to $150

164. Franklin Mint 'Fighting Men of the British Empire' set of 50 in pewter, hand

painted. Full set of 1:32 scale military figures crafted in pewter & expertly painted.

Issued monthly between 1980 and 1985 and covers the historical period from 1520

to the 1970's. Total of 50 individual figures with reference cards. Reference cards

missing for items 38,39,40. A good quality set. Est: $300 to $400

165. WW2 1941 dated Australian Army souvenir tapestry cloth hanger of

Palestine. Features embroidered coloured fabrics of silk and velveteen with stitching

’Souvenir of Palestine’ 19 (centre piece, Rising Sun Logo) 41, ‘Australian

Commonwealth Military Forces’ bracketed by British and Aussie Flag with Camel

trading caravan beneath. Backing of white cotton shows age spots, not including

boarder ruffle piece measures 81cms x 60cms, some thinning spots to front fabric

but remarkably well preserved. Nice period piece marketed to the WW2 Diggers in

Palestine. Est: $100 to $200

166. Afghanistan Tribal rug AK-47 tanks guns & rockets hand woven carpet

2002. Features cotton base with woollen pile in earth tones depicting helicopters,

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tanks and assorted small arms in typical afghan tribal style. Very good condition,

116cm (not including fringe) x 82cm. Est: $120 to $150

Field Equipment & Ordnance

167. Australian issued solid silver 1916 dated bugle. Solid silver (tested).

Inscribed Henry Keat & Sons 105 & 103 Matthias Road London N 1916. With war

department broad arrow inside capital D over makers details, denoting issue within

the Australian Army. Serial #C1973. Numerous small dents and scratches. Some

weld separation to mouth piece pipe & bell. Good overall & scarce. Est $500 to $700

168. WW1 British Australian Army trumpet 1916 Boosey & Co./H Keats & Sons.

Military trumpet in brass and copper by Boosey and Co with broad arrow stamped,

Keats made mouth piece, #417 to throat. Trumpet 28cm high. Very good overall. Est:

$200 to $250

169. WW1 Ships brass alarm bell, salvaged in S.E. Asia. Marked: ALARM GONG

PATTERN 3227. ALFRED GRAHAM & CO LONDON. PATENT NO 19587. Dated

1912. Est: $75 to $100

This was recovered from a sunken ship in the Pacific region in the 1970’s.

Unfortunately, with the with the passage of time the vendor is unsure of the location.

Manufactured by Alfred Graham and Co of St. Andrew's Works, Crofton Park,

London, SE4. Manufacturers of ship telephones etc. 1914 Electrical engineers and

contractors. Specialities: loud speaking telephones, exchange switchboards and

other apparatus for communication on board war and mercantile. Heavy duty brass

item. Dated 1912.

170. WW1 British Royal Navy hallmarked silver cigarette case. Inscribed on lid

‘WHISKERS’ From HIGHYER CADETS in H.M.S. GIBRALTAR 1914. Hallmarked on

side of lid and again on body. Wood interior with red leather base. Several small

knocks on lid and body. Fine WW1 Naval item. Est: $150 to $200

171. WW1 1918 Australia Light horse ‘souvenir’ riding ivory & silver horse

camel crop. Superb Great war officers riding crop in carved milky white ivory with 3

silver sleeves, carrying the initial H.L. and date 1918. Vendor received this item from

an estate of Light horse memorabilia. Measures 44.2cm long. Est. $400 to $600

172. WW2 Australian Army radio morse headphones by Stromberg Carlson

1942. U.S. made headphones maker marked & dated 1942 to each Bakelite

receiver. Metal headband #1035 to match the grey coated wire cable. Jack plugged

metal stamped D^D No9 to fit the no9 Morse key Radio. Est: $80 to $100

173. WW2 Australian Army artillery tank telescope No22c MkII Aust J.W.

Handley. Features 35cm telescoping out to 38.2cm metal tube body with very good

black paint finish. 1942 Australian manufacture, maker and D/I\D stamped. Optics

are very clear with not obvious scratches and have graded R & L crosshairs.

Completed with adjustable hardy webbing protective scope covers with normal age

soiling to material. Rare find. Est: $120 to $150

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174. WW2 British Air Ministry (Aerial) G45 gun Williamson aerial camera as

used on Spitfire, Hurricane & Typhoon aircraft. Features 24volt late war camera,

Crowned AM serial 27751M with Reading manufacturer details. Very clean short

camera lens, serial M18689. Side opens to reveal camera and then releases top red

hatch to release camera and access film. Normal scuffs to outer paintwork but

internally very clean and complete and comes with attachment power cord, one red

wire needs spot solder reattaching. Main body 23cm x 9.5cm x 5cm in good

condition. Est: $200 to $400

This camera was placed in the wings, sometimes replacing a machine gun. The

camera was activated by the pilot by pulling the trigger of the firing-system or

manually by switching it on. The camera had different purposes. The footage was

not only used for recon video, but also the ACES flew around with these cameras

and there the footage is used as proof of confirmed kills and pilot training.

175. WW2 bomb disposal & navigation items relating to George Cross &

George Medal & Bar recipient, Lt. Hugh Randall Syme, R.A.N.V.R.

Medal ribbon bar (as worn) George Cross, George Medal & 1939-45 Star; WW2

Bomb disposal gold bullion badge (mothed); 3 Boxes of Naval Military Navigational

instruments & 31 Kings Crown R.A.N. brass buttons. Includes 2 tools, in envelope

marked ‘bomb disposal tools’. Est: $200 to $300

Hugh Randall Syme, GC, GM & Bar was an Australian naval officer & bomb disposal

operative. He was awarded the George Cross for his actions in defusing unexploded

bombs and landmines during the Second World War. Syme is one of only two people

to be awarded the George Cross, George Medal, and Bar, the other being John

Bridge.

He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, and educated at Scotch College and

the University of Melbourne. He was a keen amateur yachtsman and joined the

Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve on the outbreak of war. He was posted to

Britain and ended up at HMS Vernon, the Royal Navy's mine disposal and

developing mine countermeasures establishment. He won the George Medal in 1941

for defusing a series of mines, and was awarded a Bar to this in 1942 after defusing

a mine lodged in a reservoir embankment in London.

In 1943 he was awarded the George Cross "for great bravery and undaunted

devotion to duty". He had carried out nineteen mine-recovery operations. The most

important was in November 1942 at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, where he

defused a new mine known as a Type T. He had to hang upside down in a mudhole

and endure painful electric shocks while insulating the wires for the detonator. His

George Cross made him the most decorated member of the Royal Australian Navy

at that time. He returned to Australia in 1943 and set up a mine disposal unit at

HMAS Cerberus. However, the unit was not used operationally, as the United States

Navy controlled mine clearance operations in the Pacific area.

The story of his wartime service was told in Softly Tread the Brave – A triumph over

terror, devilry, and death by mine disposal officers John Stuart Mould, GC, GM and

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Hugh Randal Syme, GC, GM and Bar by Ivan Southall. His medals are on display at

the Canberra War Museum.

Ex. Clive Johnson auctions, to which his full-size medal group was sold.

176. Small water colour painting Tasmanian coast by George Cross & George

Medal winner John Stuart Mould. 19cm x 26.5cm wood and glass framed printed

on rear Watercolour by John Stuart Mould GC/GM. Est: $150 to $200

John Stuart Mould a naval officer and architect, was born on 21 March 1910 at

Gosforth, Northumberland, England, son of Stuart Mill Mould, architect and surveyor.

The family emigrated to Australia when John was aged 2. Educated at Sydney

Grammar School and subsequently in London, he became an associate of the Royal

Institute of British Architects in 1934. That year he returned to Sydney and joined his

father in private practice.

On 14 June 1940 Mould enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He contracted

bronchial pneumonia and, while recuperating, qualified through the Yachtsmen

Scheme for appointment as sub lieutenant, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer

Reserve. Discharged from the A.I.F., he was mobilized in the R.A.N.V.R. on 14

September and sent to England for training at H.M.S. King Alfred. With Hugh Syme, ,

he volunteered for 'special duties ashore'—service in the Royal Navy's Rendering

Mines Safe section.

Naval personnel were primarily concerned with 'delousing' German sea mines which

had been dropped on land or washed ashore. Mould performed 'outstanding work on

dock clearance operations and those resulting in the stripping of the early German

mine Type G'. He received a commendation for bravery in June 1941 and won the

George Medal in April 1942.

Among numerous assignments, Mould recovered, rendered safe and investigated

'the first German magnetic acoustic unit and moored magnetic mine'. The successful

dismantling of such weapons allowed British scientists to identify their triggering

mechanisms and thus devise countermeasures. In addition to the usual hazards of

handling explosives, Mould and his colleagues had to contend with booby traps set

to detonate the mines if attempts were made to disarm and disassemble them. He

was awarded (November 1942) the George Cross for 'great gallantry and devotion to

duty'.

He returned to Australia in 1948. After working as an architect with the Department

of Public Works, he was appointed chief architect to the Housing Commission of

New South Wales in 1950.

177. WW2 R.A.A.F. regimental police camera in leather case. Ensign Selfix 20

Camera marked Harringtons Ltd, Australia and New Zealand. Leather case stamped

on flap R. P. RAAF 1939. Very good condition. Est $200 to $260

178. WW2 R.A.F./R.A.A.F. Jaeger LeCoultre, bomb aimers and navigators watch.

Jaeger LeCoultre manufacture. The case back outer is stamped with the British

military broad arrow mark, together with the letters “G.S.T.P 280306 XX”. Working

order, with leather uniform strap. Scarce. Est: $500 to $600

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For applications where absolute accuracy and total reliability were paramount, a

relatively small number of high-grade watches were ordered from several of

Switzerland’s finest makers, the most celebrated of these being IWC and Jaeger

LeCoultre. The G.S.T.P initials represent the words “General Service Trade Pattern”

The British government was equipping the armed forces with wristwatches as

standard. RAF navigators generally found it more convenient to use pocket watches,

as these could be placed flat on the charts from which they were working and indeed,

the very size of the watch itself meant that it could be more easily consulted in a dimly

lit bomber fuselage than its wrist worn equivalent. When used in this context, this must

actually be one of the few applications in which the pocket watch was perceived as

being superior to the wristwatch and its use as a navigator’s instrument continued long

after the wristwatch had generally taken over as the choice of other bomber crew

personnel.

179. British Army compass Mk. IX manufactured by Barker & Sons Ltd London,

dated 1939. This is a working brass compass, 1939 dated body, painted overall gloss

black with small areas of paint worn off from use, and exposing the brass based, in

original leather carry case with strap. Est: $120 to $160

180. WW2 British Army wrist ‘marching’ compass. Brass body with broad arrow

and serial number to back, tan straps one end frayed but with enough length to still

wear on wrist. Interior mirror has small wear patch, otherwise all in good working

order. Unusual to find a wrist compass from this period. Est: $100 to $150

181. WW2 German set of field binoculars in carry case by Swarovski. Black

enamel finished binoculars, showing some field use & light wear, with leather

carrying strap. Glasses in working condition, marked 6 x 30 & cag (Swarovski

Dienstglas). Case is the mid war economy composite brown finished variety,

retaining the twin black leather belt loops & spring securing clip. Est: $200 to $280

182. WW2 German black leather K98 ammunition pouches (2). Black pebbled

leather pouches, with dates of (19) 44 & 1940 (Ph. Gothmann), with steel D rings &

securing straps to each pouch. Est: $100 to $180

183. WW2 Nazi period German forks and spoons (6). 3 x aluminium Luftwaffe tea

spoons marked H.M.Z 39; 2 x Luftwaffe forks 1 marked FL.U.V. CH.41 the 2nd

OFFZ-HEIM FL-GR.STADE & 1 field spoon marked C & C.W.41. Wartime made

pieces. Est: $150 to $250

184. WW2 German Army water bottle flask MN42 with attachment clip.

Numbered FSS-41 felt green cover with 4 press studs with light corrosion, leather

straps and buckles complete with belt clip. 1 litre Aluminium flask in very good

condition factory coded to throat. Bakelite screw top and aluminium cup with black

paint finish. Est: $100 to $150

185. WW2 German telephone listening & code breaker radio device “Draht

Lausch Empfänger (Klein)”. Features audio amplifier and battery with Omega

headphone and mouth piece. Amplifier has 3 input port plus one for the headphones,

3 movable plastic dials, plaque marked D.L.E. (kl)1490 dlj/42. Attached battery is

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stamped top and bottom, with model stamp to front and blurred ink waffen code

mark. Both units connect in middle and measure 9.5cm x 16cm x 5cm. Mouth piece

is dated 1943 and Waffen stamped, input port missing. Est: $250 to $350

Developed in 1942 for listening into phone lines the "Wire eavesdropping receiver

(small) was a marvel of technical miniaturization. Rare find.

186. WW2 Japanese pilots slide rule flight navigation aircraft computer. Front

face of the gadget allows input of the aircraft heading, airspeed, plus the windspeed

and the wind direction. On the back are three scales, outer scale is simply a round

slide rule for multiplying or dividing numbers. The red scale is for altitude correction.

The lower right scale is for airspeed correction. Scarce hand held calculator

measures 31cm x 16.5cm. Est: $250 to $350

187. WW2 U.S. Coca-Cola glass bottle dated 1944. The bottle is embossed on two

sides with the Coca Cola logo, Trade-Mark registered and Bottle Pat. D-105529.The

bottle is marked on one lower side with a small logo of the maker. The 44 to the right

of the maker's logo dates the bottle to 1944. This particular bottle was a R.A.A.F

bring back. Est: $50 to $70

188. Shell cases (5) including Australian pre federation 6 pdr. shell case &

WW2 British Brody Helmet. Australian pre federation empty brass shell case for

QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun dated 10/97 “D” (D = Australian issue) ‘EOC’ ( Elswick

Ordnance Company). With brass primer protector stamped EOC. 75cm long, 5.7cm

diameter. (6pdr); 2 x 20mm shell cases; 1 x 30mm cut down shell case & 20mm

Proparms CANADA shell case; 1941 dated British steel helmet. Marked F & L

(Fisher & Ludlow Ltd of Birmingham. 1939 – 1942). With leather neck flap. Est: $120

to $160

189. Deactivated WW1 British mills grenade marked 1918, manufactured by

J.M. Doughty and Sons Ltd. Features stamping to the base plug No.36, M1, 10, 17

(1917) JSD & SL, solid fragmentation casing also manufactures marked, 1918 dated.

Near complete with pin & safety lever, only missing firing striker. Good example. Est:

$150 to $250

190. WW2 M1 Garand 1903 Springfield 30-06 dummy rounds 1943. 4 clipper

strips each with 5 .30 Frankford Arsenal dummy training rounds all in very good

condition. Comes with original cardboard box with storage wear, stains & opening

damage. 20 rounds total. Est: $30 to $50

Licensed Firearms

Live firearms are sold in accordance with the W.A. Firearms Act. Purchased items

will need to have the license transferred via usual means via the current license

holder and buyer to carry any handling costs associated with dealer storage,

transport etc. JB Military Antiques acts as the 3rd party seller only and does not have

any ownership or claim on live firearms, their carriage or ability to transfer ownership.

Bidders looking to have these purchased and deactivated may do so via JB Military

Antiques, with transport included without need for a license transfer. Contact auction

house for further details.

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191. WW1 German luger pistol 9mm dated 1918 by D.W.M. Matching serial

numbered 9719, Good condition overall, with wooden chequered grips, good working

parts, mild loss to side toned-blued finish. Desirable maker, Deutsche Waffen und

Munitionsfabriken low numbered in good serviceable condition. Est: $950 to $1100

192. WW1 German 1914 pattern, 3rd variant, Mauser pistol. Features solid

wooden grips, chequering visible but time smoothed. Great war serial # 99803 to

Waffenfabrik Mauser to steel body. All moving parts operating correctly. Good solid

pistol in 7.65mm currently on category H licence. Est: $300 to $400

193. WW2 German 1941 production flare gun ‘leuchtpistole’ 34 pistol by

Walther. Features black chequered Bakelite grips, machined duralumin blued body

with large trigger guard for gloves. Excellent movement to the break action, triggers

and hammer. Steel smoothbore barrel still with good bluing. 41 dated with serial

9820b and 6 eagle Waffen proof stamps. 24cms x 16cm. Est: $300 to $400

194. WW2 German P38 Walther ‘spreewerk’ 9mm pistol. Features black

composite grips and extremely clean blue metal body with very little signs of wear.

November 1942 serial # 2194 to Walther cyq coded Waffen eagle stamped body. All

moving parts operating correctly. Excellent pistol in 9mm currently on category H

licence. Est: $600 to $750

195. WW2 German 1937 Mauser S/42 K98 bolt action rifle. 1937 production K98

rifle manufacturer coded for Mauser factory at Oberndorf. The right side of the

receiver has three "eagle/63" proof marks, the left side has the eagle firing proof and

serial number 5685, and the left side wall is marked "Mod.98". The left rear of the

barrel has the firing proof and matching serial number and the right side directly

behind the hand guard is marked with two "Eagle WaA63" proofs. It has the early all

milled components, blade front sight and tangent rear sight graduated to 2,000

metres all well blued, one-piece pistol grip stock and handguard with S/42 skull and

cross bones ‘Death Head’ stamping in the grip is worn smoothly away. Lovely action

on this rifle. Est: $1000 to $1500

Non licenced Firearms & Accessories

No license required to own in W.A. Please check with your local licensing authorities

regarding ownership/paperwork if you are located outside of W.A. as all sales are

incumbent upon the winning bidder having organised this authority. JB Military

Antiques takes no responsibility for bidders who have not sought such paperwork

before bidding or making payment. Due to size, interstate postage to be organised

by purchaser if over 105cm.

196. 1800s British Tower flintlock military pistol with regiment markings.

Two British proofs are stamped on the rear left side of the barrel which is without

sights. The lock plate has "TOWER" stamped vertically at the rear and a large crown

over "GR" along with a "crown/arrow" proof ahead of the hammer. A light floral

engraving is present at the tail of the lock plate. The pistol has brass furniture which

includes the side plate and butt-cap. The trigger guard is marked "OYE40" (possibly

for Oxfordshire Yeomanry which was formed in 1794 as volunteer unit during the

French Revolutionary Wars). The pistol has an iron swivel ramrod featuring a large

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button head. The stock has a single barrel wedge, a flared butt and has 2 JM*

stamps. Mechanically very good with strong smooth movement to cocking hammer,

pan cover and crisp trigger, working flint sparks nicely. Est $1800 to $2000

197. 1840s British Brown Bess musket converted tower percussion pistol.

Features walnut stock and grip. Nice tight movement to trigger and hammer,

crowned ‘TOWER PROOF’ stamp to lock. 27.5cm long .75 calibre smoothbore barrel

with light patina to metal surfaces, replaced metal to rear trigger guard marked

004723. Missing ram rod. Interesting converted musket down to a pistol with

percussion conversion from an age where little was wasted. Est: $400 to $500

198. 1840s French Belgian Damascus percussion pocket travelling pistol. Plain

wooden handle with13.5cm steel box frame and Damascus whirl hexagonal barrel,

44cal. Bright metal furniture with decorative engravings and # ‘2’ stamps to barrel,

box and hammer. Beautiful movement and superbly flush crafted drop trigger. Est:

$300 to $400

199. 1840s French Belgian percussion pocket travelling pistol. Plain wooden

handle with one piece 14.3cm steel box frame and hexagonal barrel, 44cal. Metal

with light pitting to barrel and box, stamped ‘16’ hammer. Trigger movement

serviceable, hammer has easy movement near percussion nipple and stiffens to

standstill on drawback of 1cm. Pretty display piece. Est: $200 to $300

200. 1840s French or continental percussion pistol. Features beautiful walnut

stock, chequered grip, steel pommel. Nice tight movement to trigger and hammer,

light patina and remnants of original burnish bluing to the metal, ‘T’ stamp to lock.

16cm hexagonal barrel with remains of gilt script to top surface. Est: $400 to $500

201. 1840s huge English converted percussion black powder fowling musket.

Features good dark wood stock with chequering to grip, 106cm, 22mm smooth bore

barrel with nice twist pattern visible towards hammer. Lock has light engravings but

no maker marks visible, fine movement to trigger and hammer and stock retains

ramrod. 147cm in length. Est: $550 to $800

202. 1850s Days patent percussion single shot firearm walking cane with

buttstock. Features walnut walking cane grip, worn Days manufacturers brass

locket. 76.4cm smoothbore barrel & body with very strong action on recessed spring

and hammer. Screw in buttstock in walnut and engraved steel. Note the following

damage: Percussion cup is snapped off, touch hole is soldered, barrel carries a

small drill hole. Very rare firearm in any condition. 80.5cm as walking cane, 108.4cm

with buttstock. Est: $750 to $950

203. 1820s English black powder musket converted percussion 1840s. Features

good oak stock with one small wood patch. 84cm by 19mm smooth bore barrel with

inspection stamps to George III visible towards hammer. Lock has no maker marks

visible, slight movement to trigger, hammer spring strong, no ramrod. 123cm full

length. Est: $550 to $700

204. 1856 British Enfield cavalry percussion saddle ring carbine 1863/67.

The flat lock plate is marked “1863. 67 ENFIELD” I/I\ in front of the rounded hammer

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with the queen’s crown over “V R.”. Smooth movement to the hammer with strong

spring & locking & trigger is crisp. Converted flintlock has very clean percussion

nipple with protective leather and steel cover with brass retaining chain. Barrel

stamped with 2 British proof marks on the left breech area and small arrow inspector

marks on various components and frame screws. Barrel has a plain open rear sight

with a small blade front sight. It is secured to stock via two iron barrel bands. The

smoothbore is bright and clean; no pitting and oxidation & features a swivel ramrod

attached to a swivel link. Stock shows minor dings and dents from age. Carbine has

a saddle hanger sling bar on the left side of stock. Right side stock cheek shows a

clear, circular Enfield maker’s identification mark. All furniture is brass including a

unique, two-piece butt plate with chequered leather buffer/shoulder grip.

Mechanically and ascetically very good, carbine is of .577 calibre & measures 93cm

in total length with a 52.5cm long barrel. Carries an armoury brass tag #286. Rare.

Est: $2200 to $2500

The Model 1856 Pattern Enfield cavalry carbine was originally designed for the

British East India Company and later saw service with the horsemen of the India

Native Forces, aka the Bengal Lancers. This carbine is part of the family of weapons

from the British Model 1853 rifle-musket design. Unmarked examples were exported

to the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War.

205. 1860s English damascus double barrelled shotgun black powder fowling

musket by J. Kemp. Features good dark wood stock with chequering to grip,

76.5cm, 17mm smooth bore browned barrel with nice damascus twist. Lock has nice

engravings J. KEMP maker mark, double trigger and hammer springs working but

left cocking hammer draw missing. Stock retains ramrod. 118cm in length. Est: $500

to $600

206. 1920 U.S. Stevens single shot break action 12 guage deactivated

shotguns (2). Features solid wooden stocks, worn rubber recoil pads, triggers,

cocking hammer and break lever welded shut. Blued barrels side welded and top

drilled, rifles 120cm and 119cm respective. Both come with Qld. deactivation

certificates dated 2016 and a hand welded wall rack that display both firearms very

well. Est: $260 to $300

207. WW2 Australian deactivated Lee Enfield rifle with bayonet - mounted

display. Professionally deactivated rifle dated 1944, in very good to fine condition,

with stamps for WW2 to butt stock. Bolt and trigger mechanism fixed and non-firing.

Retains canvas sling and 1907 patten bayonet, in very good condition. Original WW2

Australian Rising Sun badge mounted onto wood framed suede backing. Est: $900

to $1200

208. WW2 German deactivated K98 rifle dated 1941 by BNZ. Good wood work

overall, with usual wear & service bumps. Smooth moveable bolt, working trigger

and sites. Lots of Waffen stamps and good bluing all over, very nice rifle with

reproduction sling. Many of these BNZ (Steyr) made rifles were issued for service

with the Waffen S.S. during WW2. Est: $600 to $750

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209. WW2 U.S. German training 9mm luger non firing pistol. Exact size cast

metal copy of the German field pistol with non-moving parts, black painted body and

brown painted grips with 95% original surface coverage. Produced by the US military

to acquaint their soldiers with the enemy’s weapons. Scarce original wartime training

piece. 21cm x 13.5cm. Est: $100 to $150

210. WW2 U.S. M2 Browning .50 calibre replica display machine gun. Exact size

full metal construction with black paint finish, wooden hand and charger grips.

1.65mtrs full length, 13.5kg in weight, with small belt of spent ammunition. Purchaser

will need to organise shipping of this great display piece (bonus swivel base if picked

up). Est: $800 to $1200

211. 1970s vintage Japanese strippable replica WW2 German p38 pistol.

Features dark brown composite grips, with removable spring mag, moving slide

exposes breach, working trigger dry fires, safety switch has worn and does come

out, barrel has 2 damage spots. This near exact size vintage copy is strippable, but

shows wear from use. Est: $100 to $150

212. 1970s vintage Japanese strippable replica WW2 German luger pistol.

Features black chequered composite grips. Removable spring mag, moving slide

exposes breach, working trigger, safety switch, barrel all well blued. This exact size

vintage copy is strippable and a fine quality early japan engineered piece. Est: $100

to $150

213. Post war English crescent toy company 9mm luger pistol cap gun.

Features die cast body marked MADE IN ENGLAND. Grey 95% remnant paint finish

& plastic faux wood grips. Trigger spring works. Safety that locks the cap hammer

and releases the cap holder works intermittently. We are selling this as an, at

present non-functioning toy cap gun. 16cm x 10cm. Walk down memory lane. Est:

$40 to $60

214. Denix replica Beretta & German P08 imitation pistols (2). Good quality, ex

store demo display pistols, the Beretta features working cocking slide action,

hammer, trigger and removable spring fed magazine & P08 features working cocking

slide action, hammer, trigger. Both have good finish with only slight signs of

handling. Est: $100 to $200

215. WW1 1911 dated German luger pistol holster by J.M. Eckart of Ulm.

Features excellent dark black brown leather with intact stitching, date and maker

stamped to the inside of the holster lid. Tool, magazine pouch and holster straps all

in very serviceable order. Excellent Imperial stamped holster. Est: $200 to $300

216. WW2 German P08 luger holster - police model. Features excellent black

leather with intact stitching, 2 lines of tiny script stamped to the inside of the holster

lid WERKE’. Magazine pouch and holster straps all in very serviceable order.

Excellent WW2 holster to suit the P08 and P38. Est: $150 to $250

217. 1980’s era Australian Army military Mag 58 machine gun cleaning kit.

Military issued, with light signs of use to the wide assortment of tool and brushes.

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Thick canvas wrap carry bag with light storage marks. Scarce and desirable item.

Est: $200 to $250

Australian Orders & Medals

Singles

218. The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George Knight

Commander K.C.M.G. set of neck badge & breast star in case of issue,

attributed to Sir William Grey Ellison Macartney, former Governor of Tasmania

& Western Australia. Neck badge in silver, gold and enamel, complete with full

neck ribbon, with star, silver, in silver-gilt & enamel, with retaining pin. Both in

exceptionally fine condition, with no faults or cracks to enamel. In original R & S.

GARRARD & Co case. Rare. Est: $4,000 to $5,000

The set comes with copied paperwork relating to Sir William Grey Ellison Macartney

(1852-1924), Governor, born 7/6/1852 in Dublin, whose father's chief estate was in

Tyrone, in which he represented in parliament in 1874-85. He was educated at Eton

and Exeter College, Oxford, taking a first class in modern history (1875), with law

and politics becoming his dominant areas of interests. Already grand secretary of the

Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, he became Conservative member for South Antrim

in 1885. In January of that year he convened a meeting which inaugurated the

parliamentary Ulster Unionist Party, and duly served as whip. His speeches in the

Commons concentrated on Irish matters in predictable style.

Macartney was a competent secretary to the Admiralty from 1895 until a ministerial

reshuffle ousted him in 1900. As a result, he was admitted to the Privy Council.

Resigning from parliament in 1903, he became deputy master of the Royal Mint

where his work won official commendation. On 5th August 1897 at Holcombe,

Somerset, he married Ettie Myers Scott who bore him a son and two daughters. Her

brother was Robert Falcon Scott, whose career Macartney helped: 'you have been a

brick', the explorer wrote, whilst awaiting death in Antarctica.

In December 1912 Macartney was appointed K.C.M.G. and governor of Tasmania.

Irish Nationalists protested that his Orange links would offend Tasmanian’s

sympathetic to Home Rule. Secretary of State (Lord) Lewis Harcourt averred that the

Tasmanian government had approved the choice, but there was some local criticism.

The Tasmanian sojourn was made eventful by a constitutional dispute. In April 1914,

with Labor and Liberal parties near deadlock, Macartney agreed that John Earle form

a Labor ministry, on condition inter alia that an election follow. Earle became premier

but, under pressure from all sides, sought no dissolution. Macartney had to suffer the

mortification of having his procedure repudiated by the secretary of state while his

pertinent dispatches, argued with learning and vigour, were not published.

Macartney's comments on Tasmanian affairs were often acid. 'Any comprehensive

criticism … appears to be beyond the capacity of either of the Legislative Houses',

he wrote of budget debates in October 1915. Politicians he saw as concerned to hold

their well-paid seats, profligate with public moneys and subject to narrow interest

groups. His view of the State at large was more generous, and he discharged public

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duties with due form. Perhaps he was happiest as grand master of the Grand Lodge

of Tasmania.

In April 1917 Macartney transferred to the governorship of Western Australia, where,

during his two years and nine months term, he witnessed three changes of political

leadership. Government, however, remained in conservative hands. The governor

avoided public skirmishes with his ministers, but, as in Tasmania, he seems never to

have regarded them highly. Toward the end of 1917 he secretly advised Whitehall

that State administration was 'a monument of inefficiency, incompetence and waste'.

He travelled extensively within his domain and in Perth continued to participate in

Freemasonry, replacing Archbishop Riley as grand master in 1918. On returning to

the United Kingdom in 1920, Macartney gave his name and leadership to

educational and philanthropic good works, before dying at Chelsea, London, on 4th

December 1924.

219. Queen’s South Africa Medal to Private Rochester, 1st Victorian Mounted

Infantry, later serving 10th New Zealand Contingent, who saw further service

during the First World War in the Canterbury Regiment N.Z.E.F.

Queen’s South Africa medal 1899-1902 with 6 clasps, CAPE COLONY, ORANGE

FREE STATE, JOHANNESBURG, DIAMOND HILL, BELFAST & SOUTH AFRICA

1902. Impressed named 109A PTE C. ROCHESTER. VICTORIA M.R. Ghost dates

to rear. Comes with copies nominal rolls, medal rolls, N.Z. Boer War & WW1 service

papers with research. Est: $800 to $900

Charles Henry Rochester was born 16/9/1878 in Inglewood, Victoria, later with

stated occupation as a miner. Enlisted & served with 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry,

departing Australia on the ‘Medic’ 28/10/1899, in which he returned to Australia

‘invalided’ 24/5/1900. 252 men served in the 1st V.M.I.

Rochester moved to New Zealand & enlisted 7/4/1902 with the 1st Regiment, 10th

N.Z. Mounted Rifles. Stated occupation as a grocer. Previous service 1st Victorian

Mounted Rifles 6 1/3 years. WW1 Enlisted 6/9/1915 New Zealand, stated occupation

as a driver. Regimental #3891 Canterbury Regiment. Service: NZ 8/9/1915 –

3/3/1916. Foreign service 4/3/1916 – 30/4/1917. N.Z. 1/5/1917 - 29/5/1917.

Numerous ‘crime sheet’ incidents when overseas. Died acute alcoholism 2/9/31

Christchurch.

A most unusual “double country service” medal, possibly being wounded or suffering

the effects of disease from service in the 1st V.M.I.

220. WW1 & WW2 Australian Army Victory Medal, to 16th Battalion & Gallipoli

‘1st day lander’ F.W. Morgan, who was later commissioned & twice wounded in

action at Polygon Wood & Passchendaele.

British Victory Medal, impressed named LIEUT. F.W.MORGAN. A.I.F. Court

mounted for display. Comes with copy service records. Est: $150 to $200

Frederick William Morgan was born 5/4/1894 at Broken Hill, NSW. His stated

occupation was as an Assistant assayer. Enlisted 26/9/1914. Regimental #610. ‘B’

Coy 13/10/1914 Black Boy Hill. 22/12/1914 Departed Australia, on ‘C’ Coy roll.

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12/4/1915. MEF Gallipoli peninsula ‘A’ Coy recorded. 31/7/15 H.S Soudan Enteritis.

(Enteritis is the inflammation of your small intestine, caused by ingesting food or

water that is contaminated with bacteria). 11/10/15 rejoined from Hospital.

30/12/1915 Landed Alexandria ex Murdos. On the Headquarters roll.

1/1/16- 3/1/1916 21 days Field punishment No.2. (Absent from camp without leave

pass). 22/3/1916 promoted Corporal. 25/7/16, promoted 2nd Lieutenant. 30/7/16 to

15 Bn Lieutenant. 6/9/17 to 16th Bn. 5/2/1917 sick to hospital - scabies and boils.

24/3/1917 returned to unit. 8/8/1917 wounded but remained on duty. 14/8/17

promoted Lieutenant. 26/9/17 wounded 2nd time gunshot wound right leg and arm

(Polygon Wood Passchendaele). 1/10/17 to England. 1/8/1918 rejoined unit (16th).

The battalion participated in the great allied offensive of 1918, fighting near Amiens

on 8 August 1918. 5/10/1918 to England for training as Australian Flying Corps

observer. 7/2/1919 granted leave with pay to attend Royal School of Mines London.

15/3/1919 placed under arrest for court martial. 13/5/1919 severely reprimanded.

28/8/1919 returned to Australia.

WW2: 21/9/1940 Called up Regimental #W29129. 3/10/44 Discharged. Served 5th

Garrison Battalion (POW guards). Died 30/10/1974. Perth Western Australia.

221. WW1 Australian Memorial Scrolls & Memorial Plaques to 2 brothers ‘killed

in action’ 9th & 15th Battalions, A.I.F.

Memorial Plaque named ARTHUR GUY EDWARDS & Memorial Scroll named Pte

Arthur Guy Edwards 9 Bn. A.I.F.

Memorial Plaque named JOHN MAX EDWARDS & Memorial Scroll named Pte.

John Max Edwards 15 Bn. A.I.F.

Both plaques with protective wax card covers. Comes with extensive records, picture

and comprehensive research. Est: $300 to $400

Private Arthur Guy Edwards was born in Mitchell, Queensland 19/3/1892. He

enlisted 28/8/1914 Roma, QLD. Served with 9th Bn A.I.F. Listed occupation as a

stockman. The 9th Bn, as part of the 3rd Brigade, was the covering force for the

ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915, and so was the first ashore at around 4.30 am.

Evacuated Gallipoli 4/1/16. 3/4/16 to France. 29/7/16 wounded in action, Poziers.

1/9/16 rejoined unit, 11/5/17 wounded in action Bullecourt, 13/5/17 admitted 6th

Aust. Field Ambulance, shrapnel wound, head & right leg severed, left foot off. Died

of wounds. Buried Vaulx, Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery.

Private John Max Edwards was born in Mitchell, Queensland 9/2/1896. He enlisted

3/12/15 Toowoomba, QLD. He served as part of the 17th reinforcements, 15th

Battalion, A.I.F. He listed his occupation as a Stockman. Landed Egypt 24/5/16.

8/6/16 landed France. 8/8/16 listed as missing in action, Poziers. Later confirmed

killed in action on that date. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the

Villiers Bretonneux Memorial.

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222. 1967 Anzac Commemorative WW1 Gallipoli Medal/Plaque to ‘1st day lander

Private F. Freeman 6th Bn A.I.F.

1967 Anzac Commemorative WW1 Gallipoli Medal/Plaque to F.R .FREEMAN. The

plaque is correctly engraved named and comes with case of issue & copy service

papers. Est: $220 to $280

Frederick Roland Freeman was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1891. He enlisted

17/8/1914 & served with 'B' Coy, 6th Battalion AIF. Departed Australia with the

unit 19/10/1914 on H.M.A.T.A 20 Hororata. The 6th bn landed Gallipoli 25/4/1915.

7/1/1916 allotted transport section. 23/8/1916 detached to the 1st Canadian

Tunnelling Coy. 18/10/1916 rejoined the unit. 1/6/1917 transferred to 2nd Aust

Machine Gun Coy. 17/8/1917 to hospital sick and eventually discharged 5/2/1918

due to deafness from shell burst.

His medical record states: ‘Was buried by a shell in Pozieres in August 1916, on

being cut out he was quite deaf. This slowly recovered but about 6 weeks ago the

deafness returned and has been gradually increasing’.

223. WW2 Australian Civilian Service Medal 1939-1945 cased set. Includes full

sized medal, pantographed named DOROTHY JUNE PRIEST, miniature medal &

ribbon bar, in gilt embossed leatherette award case. Comes with the award outer

card cover, with recipients’ name & address Mrs Dorothy Caldwell, 5/37 Barossa Rd,

Glenorchy, Tasmania. Scarce. Est: $350 to $450

224. General Service Medal 1962-2007. 1 clasp, SOUTH VIETNAM, un-named

example. Scarce. Est: $600 to $700

225. Rhodesia Medal 1980. Unnamed, usual rhodium plate finish. A nice crisp

example. 153 Australians were awarded the medal. Sourced from Australian

veteran. Est: $800 to $900

226. Australian cased Defence Force Service Medal with miniature. Named

A47016 P.R.Toy. Est: $100 to $150

Groups

227. Boer War Queen’s South Africa Medal & WW1 British War Medal to

Lieutenant J. W. Drury, 41st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, late 7th N.Z.

Contingent. Medals include Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps,

TRANSVAAL & SOUTH AFRICA 1901; impressed named to LIEUT. J. DRURY, 7/N.

Z’LAND M.R.; British War Medal 1914-20 impressed named to LIEUT. J. W.

DRURY, A.I.F. Est: $600 to $800

Medals come with well over 100 pages of photocopied documents & research.

The two medals are his full entitlement for both wars. James Willoughby Drury was

born in Plymouth, Devon in April 1878, from whence he made his way to New

Zealand and found work as a printer in Auckland. He attested for the 7th N.Z.

Contingent and, having been commissioned Lieutenant, was embarked in the S.S.

Gulf of Taranto in April 1901. Brief service in the Transvaal ensued but he was

invalided home in November of the same year - according to Drury on account of an

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injury to his knee caused by a ricochet bullet but his C.O. begged to differ when a

claim for compensation was made by Drury around 1902. In November 1915, he

attested for the Australian Expeditionary Force at Brisbane, and was appointed a

2nd Lieutenant on the home establishment. In June 1917, however, he was

embarked for England, where he served in the 41st Battalion until the year’s end. He

was discharged as a consequence of an injury to a foot caused by a machine-gun

tripod; sold with a large file of copied research and roll confirmation.

228. WW1 Australian Gallipoli ‘1st day lander’ medal trio to Private T.H. Whitear,

4th Battalion A.I.F. who was most likely also a 1st day wounded casualty.

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 400 PTE

T.H.WHITEAR. 4 BN.AIF. Rising sun collar badge. Comes with copies Australian

Army service papers, copy embarkation roll & newspaper casualty list, unit diary

April 1915, Passenger list 1911. Professionally glass framed and mounted display.

Frame Size 54cm x 33cm. Items can be sent without frames at buyer’s request.

Est: $600 to $800

Thomas Henry Whitear was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England in 1888. He

emigrated to New South Wales in 1911, his occupation was recorded as a miner.

He enlisted on the 31/8/1914 to the 4th Battalion A.I.F. After only two months training,

the battalion was among the first Australian units to be deployed overseas. Pte

Whitear embarked on H.M.A.T Euripides on the 20/10/1914, arriving in Egypt

2/12/1914. After this the battalion undertook further training and took part in the

defence of the Suez Canal before landing at ANZAC Cove 25th April 1915 as part of

the 2nd & 3rd wave.

Pte Whitear is listed on the embarkation roll as serving with ‘E’ Coy, but ‘B’ Coy on

his casualty sheet. At some stage he was wounded, possibly on the 25th and

evacuated to the transport ship Derflinger. From there, evacuated 29/4/15 landing at

Alexandria 1/5/1915 and sent to hospital at Ras El Tin. He returned to Australia

17/7/15 with a ‘bullet in forearm’ and discharged 9/3/1916.

4th Battalion casualties between 25 & noon 30th April: Officers 2 KIA 6 WIA. Other

Ranks 26 KIA 89 WIA. 67 MIA. Total 8 officers & 182 men.

During the day the medical services were overwhelmed. The suffering of the

wounded was pitiful; many men died on the beach, and it is estimated that hundreds

more lay in the hills out of the reach of help. Most notably, there were inadequate

arrangements for the critically wounded, who could not be taken back to the ships

until after all the troops and stores had been landed. It was early evening before

boats became available; many of the maimed and bleeding were sent off in filthy

barges. No one knows for sure how many Australians died on the first day, perhaps

650. Total casualties, including wounded, must have been about 2,000. This news

trickled in to the Australian newspapers. Even a month after the landing, only 350

deaths had been acknowledged.

A note from a Sgt in the 6th Manchesters about Alexandria: The Derflinger had

returned from the Dardanelles the previous day with 580 wounded Australians and it

is said that they were disembarked in about four hours. It is also said that two fell

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overboard and drowned. There were many Australians on board the Derflinger,

having been in the Dardanelles, but having returned with the wounded, and they had

a remarkable story to tell about what the Australians had gone through.

229. WW1 Australian Gallipoli ‘1st day lander’ medal trio to Private G. Fimister,

1st Bn A.I.F., who was badly wounded in action at Leanne’s Trench 30/10/1915.

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 1549 PTE

G.FIMISTER. 2BN A.I.F. Australian Rising Sun collar badge. Comes with copies

Australian Army service papers, embarkation roll, ‘Letter from the front’.

Professionally glass framed and mounted display. Frame measure’s 33cm x 54cm.

Items can be sent without frames at buyer’s request. Est: $600 to $800

George Fimister was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 28/1/1880. A

watchmaker by trade, he enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney on the 2/12/1914, being

allotted to the 3rd reinforcements, 2nd Battalion A.I.F. He departed Sydney on the

11/2/1915 in the H.M.A.T Seang Choon. At some stage he transferred to the 1st Bn,

but as A.A.M.C (probably stretcher bearer). He was badly wounded on the 30/10/15

at Leanne’s Trench with a gunshot wound to back, chest & shrapnel wound thigh.

Subsequently evacuated from Gallipoli on the 2/11/15 and embarked for Australia on

the 3/1/16. He was discharged permanently unfit on the 10/8/1916. He died

21/4/1955.

His family were from Western Australia as per newspaper article. Both the 1st & 2nd

Battalion were 1st day landers & fought at Lone Pine.

230. WW1 Australian medal trio to Trooper H.M. Rennoldson, 7th Light Horse

Regiment, who served at Gallipoli, later with the with 2nd Light Horse at Gaza &

Romani.

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 160 T/CPL

H.M.RENNOLDSON. 7 L.H.R. A.I.F.; Unofficial 7th L.H.R collar badge; Dog tag H M

RENNOLDSON. 160. A 7 ALR. C E; Returned from Active Service Badge; 3 x

Australian commonwealth VII buttons; 2 x Australia brass shoulder titles; scarce pair

of Light Horse Division A.S.C cloth unit colour patches with brass ‘A’ letters to each

& brass rising sun hat badge. Comes with copies service records, embarkation roll &

printout action at the Balkan Gun Pit Gallipoli. Professionally glass framed and

mounted display. Frame size 59cm x 48cm. Items can be sent without frames at

buyer’s request. Est: $1500 to $1700

Harold Melvin Rennoldson was born in Down, Ireland in 1893. He emigrated to

Australia and was farming at Stokes Siding, Tweed River, New South Wales when

he enlisted with the 7th Light Horse Regiment on the 10/10/1914. He embarked on

H.M.A.T. A33 Ayrshire on the 20/12/1914. The embarkation roll records him being

with ‘A’ Squadron 7th L.H.R. He landed at Gallipoli on the 15/5/15. 15/10/15 to be

signaller Cpl. 13/11/15 reverted at own request. 25/12/15 landed at Alexandria.

1/1/16 to hospital sick. 25/1/17 to be driver. 6/4/17 sick to hospital at Dier El Balah.

9/5/17 taken on strength 2 LHR ex hospital. 25/6/17 joined 2 LHT Reg. 7/8/17 TOS

of isolation camp Moasc arrive AASC Trng Depot. 9/8/17 TOS 7th LHR.23/9/17

March out to Anzac Mtd Div Train. 24/9/17 to duty 32nd Coy A.A.S.C. A & NZ Div

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Train. 17/1/19 embarked at Port Said for UK. 1/2/19 Arrive UK for leave &

agricultural courses. Returned to Australia, 6 /9/1919. Discharged 7/11/1919.

A beautifully framed Gallipoli group of medals and other related items to a light

horseman. Trooper Rennoldson would have been serving with the 7th LHR when it

fought at the Battle of Romani, Maghaba and Rafa & Second Battle of Gaza before

being transferred.

The 7th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Sydney in October 1914, part of the 2nd

Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney in late December 1914, the regiment

disembarked in Egypt on 1 February 1915. Gallipoli: The 2nd Light Horse Brigade

landed in late May 1915 and was attached to the 1st Australian Division. The 7th L. H.

became responsible for a sector on the far right of the ANZAC line, and played a

defensive role until it finally left the peninsula on 20 December 1915.

Ryries post was held by the 7th L.H. Included is a print-out of one of the actions.

On returning to Egypt, the 2nd Light Horse Brigade became part of the ANZAC

Mounted Division. In April 1916, joined the forces defending the Suez Canal from a

Turkish advance across the Sinai Desert. It fought at the battle of Romani on 4th

August, at Katia the following day, and was involved in the advance that followed the

Turks' retreat back across the desert. The regiment spent late 1916 and early 1917

engaged on patrol work until the British advance into Palestine stalled before the

Turkish bastion of Gaza. It was involved in the two abortive battles to capture Gaza

directly (27 March and 19 April).

231. WW1 Australian Army medal pair to Private W. Gillingham, 46th Battalion

A.I.F., a 42 year old enlistee, who saw some hard fighting in France.

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 2659 PTE. W. GILLINGHAM. 46.

BN.A.I.F; Returned from Active Service badge; 2 x blackened Australia shoulder

titles, Australian collar badge & 2 x 46th Battalion reunion badges 1936 & 1945.

Comes with copies Australian Army service papers & embarkation roll.

Professionally glass framed and mounted display. Frame size 54cm x 32cm. Items

can be sent without frames at buyer’s request. Est: $300 to $400

William Gillingham was born in East Coker, Yeovil Somerset in 1874. He emigrated

to Australia in 1912 with his occupation recorded as a market gardener. He enlisted

on the 20/5/1916 at Geelong Victoria, being 41 years of age & was allotted to the 6th

reinforcements, 46th Battalion A.I.F. He embarked on the 20/10/1916 with H.M.A.T.

A17 ‘Port Lincoln’ landing at Devonport 10/1/1917. Proceeded to France 13/3/1917.

18/3/17 marched into ‘B’ Coy 46th Bn A.I.F. 31/10/1918 to England & returned to

Australia on the 4/12/1918. Discharged on the 14/2/1919.

A nice display mounted 46th Battalion group of items to an older soldier who saw

hard fighting in France.

After Pozieres, the battalion spent the period up until March 1917 alternating

between duty in the trenches and training and rest behind the lines. On 11 April it

took part in the attack mounted against the heavily defended village of Bullecourt -

part of the formidable Hindenburg Line to which the Germans had retreated during

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February and March. Devoid of surprise, and dependent upon the support of

unreliable tanks, the attack had little chance of success; after managing to fight

through to its objectives, the 46th was forced to withdraw with heavy casualties.

Later in the year, the focus of the AIF's operations switched to the Ypres sector in

Belgium where the 46th took part in the battles of Messines and Passchendaele.

The 46th rotated in and out of the front line throughout the winter of 1917-18. In the

spring of 1918, it played a role in turning the great German offensive by defeating

attacks around Dernancourt in the first days of April. During the Allied offensive that

commenced in August, the 46th also played an active part, fighting in the battle of

Amiens on 8 August and in the battle to secure the Hindenburg "outpost line" on 18

September. The battalion was out of the line when the war ended on 11 November,

and disbanded in April 1919.

232. WW1 Australian Somme ‘killed in action’ medal pair with Memorial Plaque,

scroll and condolence slip, relating to Private K.G. Randell, 2nd Battalion A.I.F.

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 3251 PTE K.G.RANDELL. 56 BN.

A.I.F.; Memorial Plaque named KENNETH GEORGE RANDELL; Memorial Scroll

named to Pte Kenneth George Randell. 2nd. Bn. A.I.F.; Condolence slip; 2 x

Australia brass shoulder titles, rising sun hat badge; telegram informing father of

sons killed in action. Comes with copies Australian Army service papers,

embarkation roll, 2nd Bn war diary October 1917 & August 1918, copy picture of Pte.

Randell, C.W.G certificate and photograph of grave. Professionally glass framed and

mounted display. Frame measure’s 78cm x 58cm. Items can be sent without

frames at buyer’s request. Est: $400 to $500

Kenneth George ‘Snowy’ Randell was born in Galston, Cumberland, New South

Wales on the 17/11/1897. He enlisted on the 10/4/1916 and on the 6/5/1916

assigned to the 2nd reinforcements 33rd Battalion A.I.F. On the 5/9/1916 assigned to

the 4th reinforcements 33rd Bn. 2/11/1916, again transferred, this time to the 8th

reinforcements 56th Bn. This was probably due to an injury as his records are

stamped ‘Return to duty’ invalids’ section, Victoria Barracks. Finally embarked at

Sydney on H.M.A.T. ‘Suevic’ 11/11/1916 landing at Devonport 30/1/1917. 1/2/1917

marched into 14th Infantry Bn England. 22/5/1917 to France. 22/6/17 to 56th Bn.

15/8/17 transfer to 2nd Bn to be with his brother. 4/10/19178 wounded in action with

multiple shrapnel wounds right forearm, leg, chest & shoulder. 15/6/18 returned to

France and the 2nd Bn. 24/8/1918 killed in action during enemy shelling, near St.

Martins Wood, east of Proyart, France.

A shell hit the dugout killing 4 of the 5 occupants. His brother placed a cross made

by the battalion’s pioneers on his grave a week or so later. He was with ‘B’ Company

2nd Bn at the time. He had been a lewis gunner, but became a ‘B’ Coy. H.Q. Runner

the day before he was killed. (Unverified source). He is buried in the Heath

Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.

Another beautifully presented display to a young Australian soldier, who after being

badly wounded, returned to action only to be killed within sight of the end of the war.

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2nd Bn at Passchendaele. After a brief period of rest, they returned to the line near

Broodseinde on 1 October, taking up a position near Molenaarelsthoek, on the right

of I Anzac's position for the upcoming battle. The attack went in on 4 October, and

after overcoming an encounter with a German infantry regiment, the 212th, in no

man's land, the Australians successfully managed to capture their objectives. During

the battle, the 2nd Bn lost 10 officers and 144 other ranks killed or wounded. Some of

which were suffered after an intense German mortar barrage had fallen upon the

troops in their form-up point prior to the attack, killing or wounding up to one seventh

of the assault force.

Advance to Victory. In August, having gained the initiative, the Allies launched their

own offensive commencing at Amiens on 8/8/1918, where the battalions of the 1st

Brigade were attached temporarily to the 4th Division, to act as its reserve, guarding

the river crossing at Cerisy. Following this they were involved in the advance through

Chipilly & Lihons, remaining in reserve until 11 August. Throughout the period of the

first week of the offensive, the battalion suffered three officers and 45 other ranks

killed or wounded. After this, the battalion continued operations throughout August

and into September.

233. WW1 Australian Pozières ‘killed in action’ medal pair, Memorial Plaque

and condolence slip, relating to 17-year-old Sapper K.W. Delphin, 7th Field Coy

A.I.F.

British and War Medals, impressed named 2474 PTE K.W.DELPHIN 26 BN. A.I.F;

Memorial Plaque named KENNETH WILLIAM DELPHIN; Female Relatives Badge;

condolence slip; rising sun collar badge & comes with copies Australian Army

service papers, embarkation roll, 7th Field Coy War Diary Aug 1916, copy

photograph of Pte Delphin. C.W.G. certificate stating age 17 years. Professionally

glass framed and mounted display. Frame measure’s 48cm x 58cm. Items can be

sent without frames at buyer’s request. Est: $500 to $600

Kenneth William Delphin was born in Wellington, New Zealand. At some point, he

emigrated to Tasmania, possibly as he was born out of wedlock. He enlisted at

Claremont, Tasmania on the 1/7/1915 giving his age as 18- and 1-month and his

occupation as a farmer. Allotted to the 5th reinforcements, 26th Battalion A.I.F. 9/9/15

he embarked at Hobart on H.M.A.T Ballarat. 5/2/1916 taken on strength 26th Bn, but

transferred to the 7th Field Engineers on the 7/3/1916. 4/8/1916 killed in action at

Pozières. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux

Memorial, France. Another well-presented ‘killed in action’ group to a 17-year-old

soldier.

From the local newspaper:

Mrs. L. Delphin, of East Devonport, whose son was killed in action early in August,

has received the following sympathetic letter from Lieut J H Cartwright, 7th F. Co

Engineers. 2nd Australian Division, Lieutenant Cartwright was himself wounded on

the day following, and taken to the Wandsworth Hospital England, hence his delay in

writing, as his letter was dated 12/9/16. He wrote: 'You have already been informed

by the military authorities of the death of your son and I am taking this opportunity of

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expressing my regret, coupled with that of his comrades, at the untimely death of this

earnest and able young soldier. My section, in which you son was serving, was

detailed for certain duties on the night of August 3 in the front-line trenches, and

whilst sheltering in a sap an enemy shell blew in a portion of the trench killing your

son and wounding one of his comrades. Whilst under my command, your son carried

out his duties conscientiously and faithfully, and he was a great favourite with the

other members of my section. I wish also to state that the O.C. officers and men

unite in expressing their condolence to you in your irreparable loss and the grief

accruing therefrom.' The North Western Advocate 30/11/1916.

KILLED IN ACTION. DELPHIN.— Killed in action in France, on Aug. 8. Sapper Ken

Delphin, 7th - Field Co. Engineers, A.I.F., son of F. and L. Delphin, East Devonport,

grandson of Henry Smith, West Devonport, grandnephew of Major Geo. Lennon

Home, Artillery Brigade. East India Co., Delhi, India, and Lieut. T. Lennon, 9th Horse

Artillery, Delhi, India; aged 17 years and 10 months. The North Western Advocate

2/9/1916

234. WW1 ‘casualty’ medal groups to the Logan brothers, who served

Australian Army 18th Battalion & British Army 1st Battalion, Gordon

Highlanders.

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, impressed named S-5134 PTE.

P.LOGAN. GORD.HIGHRS. Comes with M.I.C., medal rolls, C.W.G.C. certificate,

paperwork for medal issue to next of kin and original issue envelope.

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 4180 L-CPL J.LOGAN. 18 BN

A.I.F. Comes with paperwork for medals issued next of kin. Comes with newspaper

articles, casualty and pre-war soccer copied paperwork, as well as Australian Army

service records, copy picture of the brothers, pictures Ormiston War Memorial with

names side by side. The medals are court mounted together for display. Est: $400 to

$500

Peter Logan was born 24/1/1895 Ormiston, East Lothian. He would have been one

of the original 10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, as part of K2 (Kitchener’s New

Army). He landed in France with the 10th Bn, 9/7/1915, as part of the 44th Brigade,

15th Division. Newspaper articles report that he was wounded in action at Loos. He

was transferred to the 1st Bn (probably when he had recovered from his wounds).

Died of wounds, 15/7/1918, at the 7th Field Ambulance and is buried at the Sandpits,

British Cemetery, Fouquereuil.

John Logan, born 25/2/1889 Ormiston, East Lothian. Emigrated to Australia when

he was 22. Occupation recorded ‘Miner’, resided at Thirroul NSW. Enlisted

4/12/1915, 10th reinforcements,18th Battalion. After training in UK, he landed in

France 6/9/16 and joined the 18th Bn on the 16/9/1916. Killed in Action 9/4/18,

(Shellfire) Villers Bretonneux sector. Buried at the Hangard Communal Cemetery.

Rarely do you see casualty groups appear to brothers, this lot to brothers who had

served in different allied armies of the commonwealth, being killed within 3 just

months of each other.

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235. WW1 & WW2 Australian Army group of 3 medals to Private G. Neville,

3.G.S.R. A.I.F & 29th Garrison Battalion (internment camp guards).

British War Medal (sole entitlement), impressed named 62845 PTE G.NEVILLE.

G.S.R. A.I.F.; War Medal 1939-45 and Australian Service Medal 1939-45, impressed

named W27566. Medals court mounted for display. Comes with copies service

records and basic research. Est $150 to $200

George Neville was born in Manchester, England on the 5/7/1889. After emigrating

to Western Australia, he owned and farmed ‘Coffee Palace’ at Dumbleyoung. Being

5ft 2 inches tall, he would have finally been able to enlist (late war reduction in

enlistment height standards) on the 25/4/1918, being allotted to the 3rd General

Service Reinforcements. 29/10/1918 embarked at Fremantle on H.M.A.T. A36 and

sailed for England, but enroute, the ship was recalled and landed back in Australia

on the 20/12/18. He was discharged 10/1/1919. WW2 Service saw him enlist in

Dumbleyoung 7/2/1941, serving with the 29th Garrison Battalion. Discharged on the

7/6/1944.

A nice Western Australian group to an Internment camp guard.

Raised in Western Australian in 1942 the 29th Garrison Battalion staffed Internment

Camp(s) in WA. In 1944, the battalion was reduced in size and thus was renamed

the 29th Garrison Company. It was disbanded later in 1944.

236. WW1 Australian military & post war civil and masonic medal group to

Malcolm Lorne Cameron.

WW1 British War Medal impressed named 16403 T-CPL M.L.CAMERON. 21 D.U.S.

A.I.F.; QEII Coronation Medal, un named as issued; Masonic Charity ‘The Life

Governor’s Jewel” (The first in the series), chiselled named to rear ‘Pres to

WOR.BRO. MALCOLM LORNE CAMERON. LIFE GOVENOR by the ABERLEIGH

LODGE NO233’. Clasp QUEENSLAND. (has tested for gold, most likely 9ct, but not

marked); Queensland Masonic Long service medal for 50 years, clasp 1967.

Engraved to rear ‘PRES. TO. WOR.BRO M L CAMERON. ABERLEIGH LODGE NO

1133 S.C. INITIATED 27-11-1917’. In box of issue & comes with copy AIF enlistment

papers and Coronation roll. Est: $150 to $200

Malcolm Lorne Cameron was born in Maryborough, Queensland on the 8/9/1895.

He enlisted to Australian Army Service Corps on the 30/7/1917, his occupation

recorded as ‘Civil Servant Clerk’. 17/7/1918 departed Australia. 27/9/1918 to the

A.A.S.C Training Depot. 1/2/19 joined 5th DCL from reinforcements. 7/5/1919 to

hospital with influenza & returned to Australia 20/7/1919.

The War medal is his sole medal entitlement. The coronation roll gives his

occupation as ‘General Manager Agricultural Bank of Queensland’.

237. WW2 Australian Army El Alamein ‘killed in action’ group of 5 medals to

Private F.F. Chaney, who served ‘B Coy’, 2/32nd Battalion.

1939-45 Star, Africa Star, with clasp ‘8th ARMY, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-

45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45. All named WX10881 F.F.CHANEY, first 2

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medals pantographed style naming, the rest impressed. Court mounted for display &

comes with copy service records, C.W.G certificate. Medals come direct from the

family. Est: $800 to $1,000

Francis Frederick Chaney was born in Perth Western Australia on 3/10/1920. He

enlisted at Claremont on the 28/1/41 giving his occupation as junior mail officer and

was initially posted to the Army Postal Service. 16/4/1941 he departed Fremantle

and on the 3/5/41 arrived Middle East to 9th Division Postal Unit. 6/10/1942

Transferred to 2/32 Bn. 31/10/42 He was reported ‘missing believed to be P.O.W.’

but on the 1/11/42 reported K.I.A. He was buried at the El Alamein box cemetery on

the 2/11/41.

The 2/32nd Battalion and the Battle of El Alamein. Field Marshall Montgomery,

Commander of the British Eighth Army, originally planned his break out operation,

'Super-charge', for the night of 31 October-1 November 1942. However, to ensure

that it was adequately planned and prepared, the attack was postponed until the

night of 1-2 November. During this planning stage it was vital that the pressure

remained on the enemy and the 9th Australian Division launched an ambitious attack

with two brigades on the night of 31 October-1 November. The 2/32nd Battalion's

role was to capture the enemy's position at the main road at Barrel Hill. Forming

defensive flanks to the north, northwest and west, they would form a screen for the

2/48th and the 2/24th Battalions to advance. In the last stage of the attack, the

2/32nd would provide the 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion with anti-tank gun and machine-

gun support.

On the night of 30 October 1942, the 2/32nd Bn under Lieutenant-Colonel Balfe

assembled for its attack due to begin at 10 pm. A German sniper shot at two of the

battalion's officers who were reconnoitring before the attack, killing one of the

officers. Casualties increased during their advance on the railway line. Despite their

increasing casualties, the Australians captured the vital bridgehead known as the

'saucer', the 1-kilometre area which included the German medical post, the

Blockhouse, Barrel Hill and a crossing in the railway embankment. During the next

day the Australians struggled to hold the area as together with British troops they

fought a furious battle against the counter-attack by German tanks. By the evening of

1 November, the exhausted and depleted Australian units were still holding their

positions at the 'saucer'. The Eighth Army launched 'Operation Supercharge' at 1.05

am on 2 November.

238. A cracking WW2 Australian Army ‘died of wounds’ medals & ephemera

group to Private J. Stone, 2/28th Battalion, who was twice wounded in action,

having served in the Middle East & the Pacific, who copped a late war gunshot

wound to spine, whilst landing on ‘Brown Beach" Labuan Island, finally

succumbing to his wounds 8 months later.

1939 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 39-45 & Australian Service Medal 1939-45, all

impressed named WX 21286 J. STONE; court mounted for display with sewn in dog

tag (this is his full entitlement of campaign medals as awarded). The Australian

Soldiers Pocket Book; Egyptian watch fob; pocket watch; 2 x dice; waterproof wallet

with Jacks name on cover containing large quantity Japanese occupation money;

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cloth Japanese rank badge; 4 rings on leather thong (these look to be souvenir kill

rings); small pornographic booklet; 3 x Tobruk 2/28th Bn unit shoulder flashes; 2 x

Australia shoulder titles; company sized group photograph (possibly D Coy)

autographed on rear by members; 2/28th 1944 Christmas card autographed by D

Coy members; 2/28th souvenir program 17/7/1943; Australian Red Cross Society

(Rockingham QLD branch) cloth hospital bag; aluminium spoon and fork; large

quantity period newspaper articles & casualty lists 2/28; paperwork from Palestine

bus tickets wine labels etc; broached silver ½ crown. With research. Group direct

from the family and comprises of one of the best ‘fighting’ groups, with a full list of

original associated items & paperwork which we have come across in many years.

Est: $1,200 to $1,500

*See lot #496 for the slouch hat belonging to Private Stone.

Jack Stone was born in Dumbleyung, Western Australia on the 18/12/1922. He

enlisted at Claremont on the 20/3/1942, giving his occupation as a transport

assistant. 12/8/1942 posted to 16th reinforcements, 2/28th Battalion & departed

Australia on the 13/8/42 for the Middle East. 8/10/42 disembarked. 1/1/43 marched

in to the 2/28 Bn., departed Middle East 24/1/43, arriving Fremantle 18/2/43. 4/8/43

embarked Cairns on the Van Der Lijn and disembarked Milne Bay 4/8/43.

Wounded in action 18/10/43 & evacuated Australia G.S.W. mouth, face and tongue.

On recovering he was returned to New Guinea and suffered with several bouts of

malaria requiring trips to and from hospital. Back with 2/28th Bn on the 15/1/1944.

W.I.A. 10/6/45 with G.S.W. stomach. He was evacuated to Perth, Western Australia

to Hollywood Hospital, but on the 13/2/1946 he was removed from serious injury list

to Di(?) list GSW spine. 18/2/1946, died Hollywood Hospital and buried Karrakatta

Cemetery, Perth 20/2/1946.

1st wounding New Guinea: The counter-attack came on 16 October, around

Jivevaneng Finschhafen and the coast. The 24th Brigade was heavily involved in the

fighting, eventually repelling the Japanese attack. 2nd and eventually fatal wounding:

Landed on "Brown Beach" on Labuan Island on 10 June 1945.

It is rare these days to get such a complete collection not only of medals, service-

related items, period news clippings (by a family member) & souvenir from Palestine

etc. What clearly stands out was that Jack was a true hard playing and fighting

Aussie Digger. He has several charges for A.W.O.L. and his personal effects

includes dice, Japanese money to play with & of course - pornography.

239. WW2 Australian Army ‘P.O.W.’ group of medals to Private T.W. Humpage,

2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, who taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Dutch

East Indies in 1942.

1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 & Australian Service

Medal 1939-45. Period swing mounted and comes with copy service records, P.O.W.

lists & extensive records, including those relating to the Fairbridge Farm scheme.

Est: $1000 to $1400

Ex. D.N.W. Auctions, December 2008

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Thomas William Humpage was born in Ellesmere, England on the 1/7/1916. Due to

him being born out of wedlock, he was subsequently sent to Australia at 9 years of

age, being sent under the Fairbridge Farm project, along with another 13 boys. (A

large collection of records about Thomas from this scheme are included). He enlisted

at Northam, Western Australia on the 15/6/1940 and was posted to the 2/3rd Machine

Gun Battalion. His occupation was given as a farm hand. Embarked on the

16/4/1941 and arrived Middle East 14/5/41. 31/1/42 embarked M.E. & disembarked

18/2/1942 at Batavia. 27/4/1942 he was reported ‘missing in action’ & on the

30/7/1943 ‘P.O.W.’ confirmed. Pte Humpage is recorded on the P.O.W. lists as being

in Hiroshima #9 Ohama P.OW. Camp. 15/9/45 he embarked at Japan for Australia to

discharge on the 23/3/1946. Died 29/12/1979.

Thomas William Humpage had a hard-unfortunate life. Sent to Australia at 9 years of

age. Further research on the Fairbridge Farm project and the Child Emigration

Society will show that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This then

followed on with 3 years as a Japanese POW. An excellent regimental history ‘From

Snow to Jungle’ has been published and is still available.

The 2/3rd M.G. Bn formed 1940, served Egypt, Syria, the Netherlands, the East

Indies & New Guinea. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Blackburn, the

battalion was primarily a South Australian unit, although it had subunits: B Company

in Victoria, C Company in Tasmania and D Company in Western Australia.

In April 1941, the battalion embarked for the Middle East. In June and July, it saw

action against Vichy French forces in Syria with the 7th division. Following Japan's

entry into the war, Australian troops from the Middle East were transferred to the

Pacific region. In early 1942, the Japanese advanced through the Netherlands East

Indies. Four days after the fall of Singapore, and on the day Darwin was bombed,

Australian troops disembarked in Java from the troopship Orcades, having been

diverted on their return journey to Australia.

These units and others already on the island became known as Black Force. On the

night of 28 February, when the Japanese began landing, Tasmania C Coy was at the

forefront of the action. It resulted in the loss of seven members killed and 28

wounded, but afterwards they found that they had killed no fewer than 200

Japanese. However, Black Force was ordered to surrender on 9 March, following the

Dutch capitulation the day before. Members of Black Force unit spent captivity in a

wide range of locations, including Thailand, Japan and Singapore. One hundred and

thirty-nine from the 2nd/3rd MG Battalion died as prisoners.

Ohama Camp No 9B was built on the southwest side of a peninsula that jutted out

from the western tip of Honshu Island into the Inland Sea 15 miles from Shimonoseki

and 10 miles west of Ube. The hamlet of Ohama and the camp were perched on the

side of a hill that sloped down to the water’s edge. Men from the 2/3rd and 2/4th MG

Battalion formed part of the Australian contingent at Ohama. The men worked on the

nearby coalmine, a drift mine which meant that the seams of coal ran close to the

surface whereby the coal was excavated by means of long sloping tunnels, or ‘drifts’

that ran out beneath the sea bed.

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240. WW2 Australian group of medals to Bombardier J.A. McCann, 2/3rd Anti-

tank Regiment, who finished the war as a Tobruk, El Alamein & New Guinea

veteran.

1939-45 Star, Africa Star, with clasp 8th ARMY, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War

Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45, all named NX 45228

J.A.MCCANN, 1980’s naming style to stars, medals impressed. Full sized medals

court mounted & come with a complete miniature swing mounted set, both as worn.

Comes with copy service record, with these having come direct from the family. Est:

$300 to $400

James McCann was born in Newcastle, New South Wales on the 20/9/1919. He

enlisted at that location on the 19/6/1940 with his occupation shown as a dairy

farmer. 29/7/1940 he was posted to the 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment and on the

14/11/40 departed Australia for the Middle East, landing on the 18/12/40. 19/11/41

sent back to the Depot as ‘under age’. 25/9/42 he was transferred to the 3rd AT/Reg.

29/1/43 the unit returned to Australia and from there landed at Morotai 19/4/45.

3/11/45 embarked for Australia and discharged on the 8/12/45. Bombardier McCann

has a long and varied charge sheet covering several country’s as well as at sea. He

was under age when he first went into action until found out and returned to the

depot, only to re-join again when of age.

2/3rd AT Regiment was formed in July 1940, and was assigned to the 8th Division,

but was later reassigned to the 9th Division. The regiment took part in the Siege of

Tobruk in 1941 and then the First and Second Battles of El Alamein in 1942. After

returning to Australia in early 1943, the regiment became a corps-assigned unit, and

its individual batteries served in New Guinea in 1943–1944, and then Borneo against

the Japanese in 1945.

241. Framed Australian replica campaign medals (18) in 2 frames. Includes full

sized replica medals with ribbons. 1st frame: 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Air Crew

Europe Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Burma Star, Italy Star, France & Germany

Star, Defence Medal, War Medal& Australian Service Medal 1939-45. Frame 40cm x

48cm. 2nd frame: Naval General Service Medal 1915-62, General Service Medal

1918-62, Korea Medal, United Nations Korea Medal, General Service Medal 1962,

Vietnam Medal & Vietnamese Campaign Medal. Frame 41cm x 39cm. Est: $200 to

$300

Australian & Commonwealth Badges

242. WW1 era British Army Welsh Guards officer’s pugaree cap badge. Die

struck badge, with blue enamel scroll, with central red enamel to leek and inner

crown. Loops to rear. A quality unmarked piece. Est: $80 to $150

243. WW1 era British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) officer’s cap

badge. 3 piece, die stamped, of white metal, gilt finished wreath etc. Loops to rear. A

quality unmarked piece. Est: $120 to $160

244. Australian Boer War shoulder title 1st Western Australian Contingent.

Brass title, with ‘pinched’ lugs to rear. Est: $60 to $100

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245. 1930-42 Australian 16th Bn Cameron Highlanders cap/bonnet badge.

Oxidised brass badge. Est: $60 to $100

246. 1930-42 Australian Staff Corps cap & collar badges (4). Oxidised cap and

collar full set of 3 & gilt & enamel cap. Est: $100 to $140

247. 1930-42 Australian Instructional Corps cap & collar badges (5). Cap

bronze; 4 officers collar badges, 2 x brass & enamel & 2 x oxidised & enamel. Est:

$160 to $260

248. 1930-42 Australian Army Veterinary Corps cap & collar badges (4).

Oxidised cap and collar full set of 3 & 1 brass collar. Est: $70 to $120

249. 1930-42 Australian Army Medical Corps (6). Oxidised cap and collar full set

of 3 & brass cap and collar full set of 3. Est: $100 to $140

250. 1930-42 Australian Army Service Corps (3). Oxidised cap and collar full set

of 3. Est: $40 to $60

251. 1930-42 Australian Engineers (5). G.V. oxidised cap and collar full set of 3 &

cap brass badge G.V & G.VI oxidised. Est: $80 to $120

252. 1930-42 Royal Australian Artillery Regiment (6). Oxidised cap and collar full

set of 3 (Stokes marked collar badges); cap badge brass; 2 x R.A. Siege Brigade

collar brass badges. Est: $100 to $140

253. 1930-42 Australian Army Survey Corps cap and collar (2). Oxidised. Scarce.

Est: $180 to $240

254. 1930-42 Australian Army Ordnance Corps (4). 2 x cap brass badges; 2 x

collar oxidised badges. Est: $100 to $150

255. 1930-42 Australian Corps of Signals (6). Oxidised cap and collar full set of 3

& brass cap and collar full set of 3 (collars marked L ORBUCK MELB & ORBUCK).

Est: $80 to $120

256. 1930-42 Royal Military College collars (4). 3 x brass 1 x oxidised. (3 marked

STOKES 1 STOKES & SONS MELB with 3 lugs) Est: $80 to $100

257. 1930-42 Munitions Worker Australia. On reverse Issued by Department of

Defence 3669. Marked Stokes & Sons Melbourne. Scarce. Est: $180 to $260

258. 1930-42 Australian Army Chaplains Department (6). Christian oxidised cap

and collar full set of 3. Jewish oxidised cap and collar full set of 3. Est: $60 to $90

259. 1930-42 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment (Moreton Light Horse) cap

badge. White metal. Scarce. Est: $200 to $250

260. 1930-42 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment (Tasmanian Mounted

Infantry) brass collar badge. Est: $140 to $180

261. 1930-42 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Corangamite Light Horse)

badges (3). Brass cap and collars full set. Est: $200 to $250

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262. 1930-42 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Wide Bay & Burnett Light

Horse) badges (3). Brass cap and collars full set. Est: $300 to $400

263. 1930-42 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (N.S.W. Mounted Rifles)

collar badge. White metal. Scarce. Est: $100 to $150

264. 1930-42 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Flinders Light Horse) brass

collar badge. Est: $50 to $80

265. 1930-42 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Darling Downs Light Horse)

collar badge. White metal. Est: $50 to $80

266. 1930-42 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment badges (3). Full set white

metal. Note collar badges missing lugs. Est: $300 to $400

267. 1930-42 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Northern River Lancers)

cap badge. White metal. Est: $200 to $250

268. 1930-42 18th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Adelaide Lancers) brass

cap badge. Scarce. Est: $200 to $250

269. 1930-42 20th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles)

brass cap badge. Est: $80 to $100

270. 1930-42 21st Australian Light Horse Regiment (Riverina Horse) collar

badges (2). White metal. Est: $100 to $150

271. 1930-42 23rd Australian Light Horse Regiment (Barossa Light Horse)

badges (3). Cap and collar full set of 3. Est: $150 to $200

272. 1930-42 1st Australian Armoured Car Regiment brass cap badge. Rare. Est:

$500 to $600

273. 1930-42 1st & 2nd Australian Armoured Car Regiment sleeve badges (2).

Oxidised. (Reverse of badges are different, 1 solid 1 showing rear detail). Est: $300

to $400

274. 1930-42 Australian Tank Corps collar badges (2). Oxidised (Angus & Coot to

reverse). Est: $80 to $120

275. 1930-42 set of Melbourne University Rifles cap badge & Sydney University

Regiment badges (4). M.U.R. cap badge & S.U.T. cap and collar full set oxidised.

Est: $30 to $60

276. WW2 Australia Female Relative Badge (3). Marked on the rear of the badges:

N223 (1 Star) G & E RODD 1940; A6558 (2 Stars) AMOR SYDNEY; A276286 (3

Stars) G & E RODD 1940. Est: $100 to $150

277. Australian Army rising sun hat badges (4). 2 x A.C.M.F. (WW1/WW2), 1

missing a lug; Korean War & Australia badge - unofficial. Est: $60 to $90

278. WW2 Australia patriotic vehicle badge. Cast brass Australia surmounted by

Kings crown with Australian coat of arms superimposed over ‘V’ (for Victory) device.

Fitted to mounting bracket. Est: $50 to $75

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279. British Army set of 4 badges. Oxidised officers cap and collar full set of 3

Pioneer Corps & brass Machine Gun Corps cap badge. Est: $40 to $60

280. Princess Mary Tin with 8 New Zealand badges and button. The badges

include Auckland Bn hat & collar (JR Gaunt), 2nd Queen Alexandra’s hat, 4th

(Waikato) Mounted hat, Dental Corps hat, 8th Otago Regt collar (JR Gaunt), NZ

Onward collar, NZ fern badge, New Zealand Permanent Staff button. Comes with

Capt C P Brook 2nd NZ EF calling card. Est: $100 to $150

281. 1916 – 1954 era NSW Police King's Crown cap badge. White metal. Est: $75

to $100.

282. C. 1922 West Australian Police Cap badge. Brass & enamel, with remains of

silver wash. This is the other ranks issued intricate King's Crown version made by

Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Hockley St, Birmingham, UK. Hallmarked. Extremely rare. Est:

$500 to $600

283. 1970’s NSW Police hat badge. Est: $40 to $50

284. 1970’s NSW Police badge in wallet. Est: $75 to $100

285. 1970’s 2 x Tasmania Police cap badges. 1 badge missing lugs at rear. Est:

$50 to $60

286. 1980’s Queensland Police Cap badge. Est: $40 to $50

287. WW1 era Western Australian 44th Battalion/Blackboy Hill sweet heart

silver badge. Shows soldier at attention, in front of map of Australia, with numerals

4 either side, on top of scroll. Silver & FRANKS R marked, lacking pin. Est: $70 to

$100

288. WW2 era Greek Australian Allies patriotic badge by Amor. Zinc diamond,

with hand painted flags & crown. Retain silver wash, pin/catch & AMOR to reverse.

Measures 33mm. Scarce. Est: $50 to $70

British & Commonwealth Orders & Medals

Singles

289. The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG),

companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels. No damage to enamel or

fittings. Complete with neck cravat in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue. Est: $800

to $1,000

290. WW2 era British Empire Medal to James Walmsley. British Empire Medal

(Civil Division), impressed named JAMES WALMSLEY. Est $160 to $200.

Comes with copy London Gazette 10th June 1944. James Walmsley, Inspector of

Telephones, H.M Dockyard, Rosyth Scotland.

291. Capture of Portobello Medal 1739. A pinchbeck medal, unsigned, half-length

figure of Admiral Vernon three-quarters left, rev. panorama of harbour. Est: $100 to

$150

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292. Capture of Fort Chagre Medal 1740. A bronze or pinchbeck medal, unsigned,

full-length standing figure of Admiral Vernon facing right, ship and fort to left and

right, rev. view of Porto Bello harbour with six ships. Est: $80 to $120

293. Commemorative Medal of the recapture of Prague 1744. Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine issue, in gilt-bronze, good/sharp details, with 40% gilt finish remaining. Est: $100 to $150 294. Commemorative Medal of the Battle of Camperdown 1797. Obverse: The

Admiral's bust (left), pigtail, full uniform. Ribbon over left shoulder and Star of Bath;

the King's gold medal round neck. Legend: 'ADM. VISC DUNCAN .' Reverse: The

Admiral (right) receiving the sword from the Dutch Admiral (left). Exergue: Naval

trophies and a naval crown. Legend: 'DUTCH FLEET DEFEATED 9 SHIPS OF THE

LINE CAPTURED 11 OCTR. 1797. Est: $100 to $150

295. Battle of the Nile Medal 1798. A copper medal by C.H. Küchler for A.

Davisson, Peace holds shield with medallic portrait of Nelson, rev. panorama of the

British fleet going into action. On rim FROM ALEXR DAVISON ESQR ST JAMES

SQUARE = A TRIBUTE OF REGARD. Est: $200 to $300

296. British Army Napoleonic War, Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to

G. Fletcher, 3rd Dragoon Guards. Military General Service Medal (1793-1814), 2

clasps VITTORIA & TOULOUSE. Period naming to rim, G.FLETCHER, 3RD DRAGN

GUARDS. Est: $1400 to $1600

Comes with copy medal roll, showing he served with Maunsell Coy. Provenance

Baldwin’s Auctions 1937.

297. Crimea Medal 1854 -1856 to Colour Serjeant C. Davis, 31st

(Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, who further served in the 2nd China War.

Crimea Medal & clasp Sebastopol, regimentally impressed 2717. SERJT. CHARLES

DAVIS 31. REGT. (top lugs removed from top of clasp for mounting). Comes with

copies service records, medal roll. Est: $250 to $300

Charles Davis born 1826 Mauglebone, Linton, Middlesex. Enlisted 30/11/1846 &

served 31st Regiment of Foot. Promoted Cpl 30/7/53. Sergeant 19/12/53. Colour Sgt

25/7/65. Discharged 24/12/67 after 21 years. Served abroad 10 years, including

Crimea 13 months, Malta & Gibraltar 2 years, Cape of Good Hope, East Indies,

China 3 ½ Years.

He is also entitled to the Turkish Crimea Medal, 2nd China War Medal clasp Taku

Forts & Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

298. South Africa Medal 1880 to Trooper J. Holt, Bakers Horse, who was a long

serving frontiersman, later emigrating to South Australia.

South Africa Medal with clasp ‘1878.9’. Period re named in chiselled fashion,

TROOPER J.HOLT. BAKERS HSE. Comes with copy and transcript of South

Australian Newspaper article dated 27/5/1918. Est: $220 to $300

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Newspaper article “The Veterans Annual Reunion, Speech by the Governor.

27/5/1918) The annual reunion tendered by the Federal Government to the Naval

and Military Active Service Veterans resident in South Australia was held at the

Prince of Wales Hotel on Saturday after-noon. The Veterans were first lined up in

Angas-street, where they were inspected by His Excellency the Governor and

Brigadier-General Forsyth. The roll call was as follows: J. Holt, Trooper, Baker's

Horse, Zulu War; Basutoland and Transkei 1880-1’.

Baker's Horse was raised in 1878 and was disbanded at the close of hostilities, but

was re-established at Port Elizabeth on the commencement of the Zulu War in 1879.

As part of Colonel Wood’s Column, under Redvers Buller, Baker's Horse was notably

engaged at Inhlobane on 28/3/1879, when the unit had 8 killed and 2 seriously

wounded.

299. KHEDIVES STAR 1882. Un-named as issued. Court mounted for display. Est:

$60 to $100

300. East and West Africa Medal 1892, attributed to Lieutenant Foot R.N., who

as ‘acting commander of H.M.S. Encounter (Australia Station), was court

martialled & awarded 6 months’ imprisonment with hard labour in Perth

Western Australia, for embezzlement of mess funds.

East and West Africa Medal, with clasp WITU 1890. Impressed named C.M.FOOT.

MID. H.M.S. CONQUEST. Mounted for display. Comes with copies service papers,

medal roll, family tree, marriage & death registers, 1901, 1911 & 1939 census, court

martial records, newspaper articles & research. Est: $1000 to $1200

Charles Montague Foot was born Swanage, Dorset 14/10/1873. Enlisted

15/1/1887. Midshipman June 1889, served Witu expedition aboard H.M.S. Conquest

1/2/1889 – 11/5/1892. Acting Sub-Lieutenant June 1893, promoted Sub-Lieutenant

1893, Lieutenant 1895. Australia Station in H.M.S Encounter 21/11/1905. Acting

Commander of ship 11/5/1906 – 15/1/07.

Foot was appointed to H.M.S Encounter as first and gunnery officer on 21/11/1905.

On 15/1/1907, a telegram from the Commander-in-Chief reported that Foot was

absent without leave, supposedly deserted. From the newspapers of the time: “While

president of the canteen committee applied 92 pounds of the men’s money to his

own use. Discovery was imminent when Foote confided the position to the

commander who advised him to go ashore and raise the money. Foote obtained

leave of absence to do so but did not appear again on board.”

Foot absconded with the mess funds, meant to be used to purchase sporting

equipment & was subsequently seen at a race meeting in the ‘country’ and was

eventually apprehended by police after a month of desertion, ‘drunk’ and in rags,

within the vicinity of Murray Street, Perth. He gave as his defence as a denial of any

intent to desert and a repudiation of all crime by embezzlement, the accused

claiming that by using the money he was merely running into debt. He was reported

as arrested 4/2/1906, but this should read 1907. On 23/1/1907 he was sentenced by

Court Martial to six months imprisonment with hard labour and to be dismissed H.M

Service with disgrace. He was charged with desertion and embezzlement. The

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embezzlement charge was changed to fraudulently converting to his own use and

benefit, money to which he had been entrusted.

The 1911 Census records Foot as being employed by Vickers Ltd as a worker in

Armour and shells, 1939 General assistant armour plate department for Sheffield

steelmakers John Brown & Company & Thomas Firth & Sons, as well as being an

ARP warden. He died in 1948 in Sheffield. He married Nora Coalbank 19/9/1899 and

they were still together on the 1939 census. His two brothers served in senior

positions within the military - Admiral Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot & Brigadier

General Richard Midway Foot.

This medal is an interesting piece of Western Australia history. It represents the

service of a young man, from a good family, who disgraced himself as the

commanding officer of his ship. Further investigating may divulge the reasons for the

embezzlement of the ship’s funds. Our thoughts are that after a long sea journey,

including service in the young West Australian colony, he gave into temptation of

drink & gambling, forever jeopardising his promising career in the service.

301. British Army, East and West Africa Medal 1892 to Private S. Henderson, 1st

Battalion West India Regiment.

East and West Africa Medal, with clasps 1993-94 & SIERRA LEON 1898-99.

Engraved in upright sloping capitals 424. PTE S.HENDERSON. 1/W.I.RGT. Comes

with copies of the medal rolls. Est: $500 to $600

Private Henderson would appear to be further entitled to the clasp 1892, as the

medal roll for the 1893-94 clasp records him as being in possession of the medal

and clasp.

Awards of the medal covered punitive expeditions against local tribesmen, generally

in response to attacks against Europeans or neighbouring tribes, or for operations to

suppress slavery. Clasp Sierra Leone 1898–99. Sometimes referred to as the Hut

Tax War of 1898. The military governor, Colonel Frederic Cardew, had decreed that,

to pay for British administration, the Protectorate residents had to pay a tax based on

the size of their huts. The owner of a four-roomed hut was to be taxed ten shillings a

year; those with smaller huts would pay five shillings. His staff failed to advise him

that the taxes, first imposed on 1 January 1898, often were higher than the value of

the dwellings. In addition, the government taxed unoccupied dwellings.

302. British Army Volunteer Officers Decoration 1892. Un-named as issued. Est:

$200 to $250

303. British Army Volunteer Long Service Medal 1894. QV. Un- named. Est: $75

to $100.

304. British Army Volunteer Long Service Medal 1894. QV. Un-named, period

swing mounted. Est: $50 to $80

305. British Central Africa Medal 1895. 1st type, ring suspension without clasp. Un

named with original ribbon. Large pawn brokers mark to obverse. Scarce. Est: $800

to $1000

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306. British Army Queen’s Sudan Medal 1899 to Private Welsman, 1st Seaforth

Highlanders, who further served in the occupation of Crete & Nile Expedition.

Queen’s Sudan Medal, regimentally impressed 5224 PTE O. WELSMAN. 1 SEA :

HRS :. Suspender has been loosely re fitted. Comes with copies service papers,

medal roll, 1911 census. Est: $200 to $240

Oswald Hartley Welsman was born in 1875 Hoxton Middlesex. Enlisted 1st Dragoon

Guards, regimental #3847 15/3/1895. Occupation listed as military embroidery

repairer. Transferred to 1st Seaforth Highlanders 31/5/95 regimental #5224. 13/3/96

Court martialled 28 days imprisonment for disobeying a lawful command. 8/6/02 to

2nd Battalion Seaforth. 1/7/02 Army Reserve. Discharged 12/3/07. Died February

1927, Hackney, London. Service history: Home 13/3/95 – 25/1/97. Malta 26/1/97 -

21/3/97. Crete 22/3/97 – 24/11/97. Malta25/11/97 – 4/1/98. Egypt 5/1/98 – 22/6/02.

Home 23/6/02 – 12/3/07.

He is further entitled to the Khedive's Sudan Medal 1897, with clasp The Atbara.

307. Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902 to Private P. Campbell, who was

wounded at Doornkop 29th May 1900, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion of the

Gordon Highlanders during the Boer War. Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-

1902, 3 clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE & JOHANNESBURG,

impressed named 3151 PTE P. CAMPBELL, GOORDON HIGHRS:. Medal comes

with copied service medal rolls, confirming clasps and wounds sustained. Est: $300

to $400

Private Campbell had previously served in India, earning the I.G.S.M. 1895 with

clasp Relief of Chitral.

The Battle for Doornkop

The British decided to assault the positions along the ridge east of Doornkop

frontally. The attack on the afternoon of 29 May 1900 was commanded by Maj-Gen

H.L. Smith-Dorrien and carried out by the 19th and 21st brigades. The measured

advance of the 1st The Gordon Highlanders, Royal Canadian regiment and City

Imperial Volunteers, in particular, together with an outflanking move by the amplified

cavalry division under Maj-Gen J.D.P. French, forced the Boers from their defensive

positions along the ridge by late afternoon. The British troops bivouacked along the

ridge that night and the road to Johannesburg was open. For repeatedly attending to

wounded men under a withering fire, Cpl J.F. McKay, Gordon Highlanders, was

awarded the Victoria Cross; the citation gives the location as 'Crow's Nest Hill, near

Johannesburg'. This action is known as that of Klipriviersberg to some Afrikaner

historians and as Doornkop or the Battle of Johannesburg to British historians.

308. Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 to Private Katona, 2nd Battalion,

King’s African Rifles. Medal with 3 clasps, SOMALILAND 1902-04, JIDBALI &

NYASALAND 1915. Impressed named 1181 PTE KATONA 2nd K.A.RIF. Polished

faces, bars generally very good. Comes with copy medal rolls. Est: $600 to $750.

Note the roll for NYASALAND 1915 shows a Pte Katona with the 1st battalion.

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309. WW1 era British Africa General Service Medal 1902-56, to Reverend Lt.

MacDonald, Nyasaland Volunteers, who served in German East Africa,

Portuguese East Africa & Nyasaland, gaining the Meritorious Service Medal &

M.I.D.

Africa General Service Medal with clasp Nyasaland 1915. Impressed named to A.

MACDONALD. NYASALAND VOL: RES. Comes with copies Africa GSM roll, WW1

medal index card, medal rolls for war and victory, copy London Gazette 1918 &

Scotland’s Roll of Honour & research. Scarce. Est: $600 to $800

226 Medals and clasp issued to Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve, this being probably

unique to the unit, given MacDonald’s capacity as reverend.

Alexander Macdonald, was the son of Donald Macdonald, born Stornoway Ross

shire, Scotland, 18/1/1879. Aberdeen University Arts, 1900-04. Volunteered,

November 1915; called up, Nyasaland Vol. Res. 29/5/1916; attached Nyasaland

Field Force. Commissioned 1/8/1918. Served German East Africa, 1916-17;

Portuguese East Africa, Jan-September 1918; Nyasaland, October 1918 - January

1919. Final rank, Lieutenant. M.S.M. gzetted January 1918. Mentioned in

Despatches.

The Africa GSM roll shows that the medal was issued for “field” (as opposed to

garrison duty) at Blantyre. Post war he worked as a missionary. It was not until 1922

that the Free Church of Scotland made another attempt to establish a station in the

Lundazi district; this was Chasefu, opened in 1922 by the Rev. Donald Fraser and

Alexander MacDonald, Scottish missionaries, still there in 1929.

The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve fought with distinction against the Germans in the

First World War in East and Central Africa. The N.V.R. defended the country after an

initial invasion from German East Africa and later pursued the German forces down

into Portuguese East Africa and then back north. Some were still in action two weeks

after the Armistice was declared. The N.V.R. suffered many hardships and losses

during this arduous virtually unknown campaign. Reference book available:

Cinderella's Soldiers: The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve By Peter Roger Charlton.

A unique medal to a ‘Commissioned from the ranks’, reverend awarded M.S.M &

M.I.D. Lived in country pre and post war.

310. Italian/British Messina Earthquake Medal 1908. Un named as issued. Est:

$150 to $200

311. British Royal Navy, Naval General Service Medal 1915 for Persian Gulf

service aboard H.M.S. Fox. Naval General Service Medal with clasp PERSIAN

GULF 1909-1914. Impressed named 229208. J.KAVANAGH. A.B. H.M.S FOX.

Name partially erased but still legible. Comes with copy service papers. Est: $100 to

$180

James Kavanagh was born 4/2/1886 Ferns, Wexford. Enlisted 4/2/1904, his

occupation listed as labourer & fisherman. Discharged 25/9/1919 as a Leading

Seaman. He served on a variety of ships and shore establishments, including H.M.S.

Fox (Second class protected cruiser of the Astraea-class) 17/5/1908- 13/7/1910.

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H.M.S. Suffolk 5/5/1914-19/9/1916, 4th Cruiser Squadron on the North America and

West Indies Station (based in the Atlantic hunting for German raiders). She captured

a German merchant ship on 8th August and remained in the Atlantic until August

1917. 31/7/1917-8/5/1918. H.M.S. Wallington, which was an Auxiliary Patrol Base at

Barton-on-Humber, a shore-based establishment which sent small patrol vessels into

the North Sea.

312. Royal Navy 1914 ‘6 Pounder’ award of the Naval Good shooting Medal to

Able Seaman Gitsham.

Naval Good shooting Medal 1902, impressed named 202068.F.G.GITSHAM, A.B.

H.M.S.VIXEN. 1914 6 SDRQ.F. Comes with copies navy service papers, medal rolls

and basic research. Scarce. Est: $800 to $900

A total of 974 medals were awarded with the last 91 being awarded in 1914.

Francis George Gitsham was born Broadclyst, Devon 11/6/1882. Enlisted Royal

Navy on the 28/11/1898 as a Boy Seaman. Discharged 12/7/1922. Served on H.M.S.

LION, H.M.S. Agincourt (1865), H.M.S. Amphion, H.M.S. Barfleur, H.M.S.

Vengeance, H.M.S. Hector, H.M.S. Jamar, H.M.S. King Alfred, H.M.S. Spartiate,

H.M.S. Indus, H.M.S. Defence (Sunk at Jutland), H.M.S. Leander, H.M.S. St George,

H.M.S. Wallington, H.M.S. Actaeon & H.M.S. Blenheim.

313. WW1 British Army ‘Gallipoli/Krithia casualty’ 1914-15 Star to Private

Stock, 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.

1914-15 Star, impressed named 9524 PTE. A. STOCK. LAN. FUS. Comes with

copies medal rolls, M.I.C., C.W.G. certificate, soldiers’ effects book & research. Est:

$70 to $100

Albert Stock would have joined early September 1914 at Rochdale, Lancashire with

the 1/6th Battalion. The 1911 census Albert Stock born Oct 1876 Rochdale,

occupation ‘Water works labourer for Council. Landed Cape Helles, Gallipoli

5/5/1915 and straight to the front line between Gully Ravine and the sea on the night

of 5th/6th May. The second battle of Krithia commenced on the 6/5/15. Pte Stock

was killed during this battle and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the

Helles memorial. Due to the chaos he is recorded as K.I.A. on different dates on his

paperwork (M.I.C & 14-15 Star roll 7/6/15, soldiers effects list 11/8/15 & 8/5/15.

C.W.G 8/5/15. He was probably killed on the 7/5 when his unit made two attempts to

advance, one at 10 a.m. and the other at 4p.m. They were met with heavy shrapnel

and machine-gun fire and their most strenuous efforts could take them no more than

a score of yards forward.

314. WW1 British Army Bronze War Medal to Maltese Labour Corps. Impressed

named 3377 A.XUEREB. MALTESE L.C. Est: $150 to $200

315. WW1 British Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant Frederick Arnott, who was

killed in action 29/3/1918, having served with the 11th Durham Light Infantry.

Memorial Plaque, named to FREDERICK ARNOTT & comes with copies M.I.C,

medal roll, C.W.G certificate. Est: $150 to $200

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Frederick Arnott was born in 1896 in Tynmouth, Northumberland. Enlisted 26th

(Service) Battalion (Bankers) Royal Fusiliers. Landed France 4/5/1916 served until

17/5/17. Commissioned 30/10/1917, 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. (Pioneer

Battalion with the 20th Light Division). Killed in action 29/3/1918, during the German

Operation Michael offensive which started 21/3/1918. On the day of his death the

11th were in reserve, near Mezieres which the French held. During the morning the

French were driven out of the village by the Germans and the 11th D.L.I. were part of

a force ordered to recapture it. By this stage, after a week of fighting, the battalion

consisted of 10 officers and about 130 men. The 11th D.L.I. and the 11th R.B.

worked through a wood to the southwest whilst other units attacked from the flanks.

There was little in the way of artillery support. At 4pm they launched their attack out

of the wood. Emerging from the trees the men assaulted across open ground directly

into trench mortar and machine gun fire. A captain and 20 men managed to gain the

village and held on until there were only 2 left before pulling back. A 2nd Lt. and a

Lewis gun team made the village as well but when all the crew had been hit they

were forced to retire. A third group managed to get into the village square and killed

the crew of 3 trench mortars before they too were killed. Finding themselves trapped

behind the German lines the survivors fought their way back to our lines. At the

conclusion of this action, the battalion consisted of 4 officers and 34 men. Lieutenant

Arnott has no known grave and is commemorated at the Pozieres memorial.

Mentioned several times in the book ‘The 11th Durham Light Infantry In their own

names’.

316. WW1 Memorial Plaque to Gunner S. Hinton, who served with the 118th

Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery & who died of wounds 29/10/17 at

Ypres. Memorial Plaque named SIDNEY HINTON, set in a carved timber frame

possibly by Sarah Squire Todd. Comes with copy service records, C.W.G certificate,

M.I.C. & medal rolls. Est: $120 to $160

Sidney Hinton was born Stourbridge, Worcester in 1894. Enlisted 26/10/1914 Royal

Field Artillery. Listed occupation railway porter for the Great Western Railway.

16/11/1914 Posted 67th Battery, 5/2/15 Posted 23rd Siege Battery, 19/10/17 posted

118 Siege Battery. Served Home 26/10/14 – 19/8/15. France 20/8/15 – 25/4/17.

Home 26/4/17 – 12/10/17. France 13/10/17 – 29/10/17. Previously wounded 21/4/17

leg and buttock. Wounded head & right leg 29/10/17 Ypres, died of wounds/14 Field

Ambulance.

317. British Sudan Defence Force Medal 1933. Est: $400 to $500

318. Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to former ‘Old

Contemptable’ & Coldstream Guardsman Sergeant Flatman, who was awarded

a WW2 M.B.E. Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (G.V.),

impressed named 337263. SGT. A. FLATMAN. R.A.F. Comes with copy Army

pension records, charge sheet, M.I.C., medal roll, London Gazette 1941. Est: $100

to $150

Arthur Flatman was born Booton, Norfolk in 1896. Enlisted Coldstream Guards

28/3/1914, with occupation listed as footman or valet. Landed France 1/11/1914,

(probably with the 3rd Battalion), 22/11/1914 to hospital ‘frostbite’ and evacuated

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England Jan 1915. France Sept 1915 – Dec 1918. 12/1/1919 hospital ‘Influenza’. To

reserve. Later enlisted R.A.F. 1/1/1941 awarded M.B.E. as R.A.F. Warrant Officer

319. India General Service Medal 1936-39, to Subedar (Captain) Khan, motor

transport section of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. 2 clasp, 1936-1939 2

clasps North West Frontier 1937-39 & North West Frontier 1937-39. Impressed

named SUBDR, SHER MOHD. KHAN, R.I.A.S.C. (M.T.). Est: $100 to $150

The rank of Subedar is the equivalent of a Captain in the Indian Army.

320. WW2 British Army Territorial Efficiency Decoration medal, dated 1942 in

case of issue. GRI Medal in almost mint condition, engraved dated 1942 to reverse,

retaining integral TERRITORIAL ribband bar with pin, in Royal Mint leatherette case

of issue. Est: $150 to $250

321. British General Service Medal 1918-1962 (QEII) to Aden protectorate

Levies. Medal with clasp ‘ARABIAN PENINSULA’. Impressed named 7705 CPL.

ABDULLAH OMER AUDHALI. A.P.L. Light wear. Scarce to see medals to this unit.

Est: $80 to $140

322. Royal Society of Arts Prize Medal 1900 – 1901 to Sir Trevor Dawson, 1st

Baron of Edgewarebury, who served in capacity of General Manager of Vickers

Armament’s during the First World War. Royal Society of Arts Prize Medal in

silver. The obverse has a detailed portrait of King Edward VII and the script 'Edward

VII R&I Patron MDCCCCI' and is signed 'Emil Fuchs 1901'. The reverse has the

script ' Founded 1754 Incorporated by Royal Charter 1847' and within a wreath

'Society of Arts Manufactures and Commerce' it is signed to the reverse 'LC Wyon'.

The side is engraved LIEUTENANT ARTHUR DAWSON, LATE R.N., FOR HIS

PAPERS ON ‘MODERN ARTILLERY’. SOCIETY’S SESSION 1900-1901. Est: $150

to $200

Commander Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson 1st Baronet Edgewarebury (1/5/1866 –

19/5/1931) was an English businessman who served as managing director of the

armaments giant Vickers from 1906 to 1931. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in

1879, promoted Lieutenant 1892 and became an experimental officer at Woolwich

Arsenal.

In 1896, left the Royal Navy to join the armaments firm Vickers as ordnance

superintendent, becoming a director in 1898, and managing director in 1906 He

remained in this post until his death. He was also chairman of Chilworth Gunpowder

from 1900 and was a director of many of Vickers' subsidiaries, including Canadian

Vickers, Vickers-Terni in Italy, and the Placencias Arsenal in Spain.

He retained close connections with the Royal Navy and the British Government and

sat on a number of government committees. He also collected intelligence for the

Admiralty on his foreign trips, including one occasion when he skated around the ice-

bound dockyards of Kiel to see the German naval ships under construction. He was

knighted on 13 December 1909.

During the First World War, his prominence in the armaments industry naturally

increased even further. Although he retained the trust of the government, Vickers,

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along with other armaments firms, was accused of charging too much. His standing

was also damaged by the so-called 'dope scandal'. In 1915–1916, Dawson aided the

MP and speculator Grant Morden in setting up the British Cellulose and Chemical

Manufacturing Company. The value of the shares was later pushed up by

unscrupulous means to an artificially high level, until they were worth £14 10s in

1918 (having originally been worth 6d each). This blatant war profiteering was

investigated by a parliamentary select committee in 1918 and an official inquiry

chaired by Lord Sumner in 1919.

He was to have been raised to the peerage in the 1917 New Year Honours, but his

name was removed from the list at the last minute, probably because of the

unpopularity of the armament’s companies. He was, however, created a baronet, of

Edgewarebury, of the parish of Edgware, in the County of Middlesex, in the 1920

New Year Honours. In recognition of his war service, he was promoted commander

in the Royal Navy as of 11 November 1918.

After the war, his influence declined. Another scandal broke in 1920, when Vickers

was sued by Admiral Sir Percy Scott over royalty payments for a gun sight

manufactured by Vickers which Scott had invented and patented. The judge, Lord

Coleridge, made it quite clear that he did not believe Dawson's testimony, and found

in Scott's favour. He was later implicated in shady dealings with the Turkish

government over oil in Iraq.

Sir Basil Zaharoff, worked for Vickers during this period and the pair would be well

known to each other.

This medal was presented to Sir Dawson at a time when he was becoming ‘noticed’

by the Armaments Company Vickers. Well worth further reading on what he and Sir

Basil Zaharoff got up to in the world of Armaments sales etc.

323. Lord Mayor of London’s gold medal for the destruction of Zeppelin L15,

awarded to Gunner Julyan, Royal Garrison Artillery. Medal in 9ct gold by

Mappin & Webb, engraved Gunner Julian, in almost mint condition. Medal housed in

Mappin & Webb case of issue (lids separated from hinge). Comes with copies of

M.I.C, medal rolls, pictures of Gunner Julyan and extensive research. Rare. Est:

$2500 to $3000

Note: the name on the medal has been incorrectly spelled as JULIAN when it should

read JULYAN.

John Julyan was born Luxulyan, Cornwall 14/9/1897. He was a pre-war territorial

soldier in the Royal Garrison Artillery, regimental #118562. On the night of 31/3/1916

he was stationed with the 172nd Anti-Aircraft Section at Purfleet, Essex. His gun was

part of a battery engaged the German Zeppelin L15. A hit was obtained on the

airship which damaged several gas cells which eventually caused its loss on the sea

off Margate on the 1/4/1916.

Demobilised 16/7/1919 and joined the Police force in Cornwall, he contracted

tuberculosis and left the police and became the Registrar of Births and Deaths at

Penzance. On retirement, he lived in Tavistock and following the death of his wife

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moved to Truro, where he died in the early 1980's. He was also entitled to the

Territorial Forces War medal, British War & Victory Medal.

The gold medal awarded by Sir Charles Wakefield, Lord Mayor of London to

successful gun crew members in the destruction of enemy airships over London.

On the night of the 31st March/1st April 1916 L15 was part of a mass airship raid on

Britain. This was to be one of the greatest in terms of civilian casualties. In

Lincolnshire, East Suffolk, Ipswich and Essex, 223 bombs were dropped killing 48

and injuring 64 people. The L14 and L15 flew over Essex, dropping bombs in

Colchester, Braintree, Stanford-le-Hope, Thameshaven and Blackmore.

This was the third attack on Britain by L15 and they had previously conducted 8

reconnaissance missions. The commander of the L15 was Kapitanleutnant Joachim

Breithaupt. On the 31st March 1916 (note date!), at 21.45 hours, the L15 received a

direct hit from the AA gun at Purfleet, Essex. The AA shell damaged four of the gas

cells (numbers 9, 11, 12, and 16), and the L15 began to lose height - despite the

crew chucking out everything, to lose weight.

While the L15 got closer to earth, it was attacked by 2Lt Alfred de Bathe Brandon

RFC, 19 RA Sqn (Hainault Farm), in a BE 2C. Brandon climbed above the L15 and

tried to destroy it by dropping incendiary bombs, and Ranken darts onto the top of

the hull. He was not successful.

Eventually the Zeppelin became too heavy to fly, and she came down in the sea off

Margate at 00.15 (1st April). One crew member, Willy Albrecht, was drowned. The

rest of the crew (16 members in total) were rescued by the armed trawler Olivine.

The sodden, half-sunk remains of the L15 were then taken under tow but the airship

broke up off Westgate and only small sections were hauled ashore, where parts

were obviously liberated by souvenir hunters. Eventually the sea reclaimed what was

left of the airship on the beach.

An amusing part of the research includes the following that occurred whilst the crew

were attempting to keep the ship in the air: ‘A large crowd had gathered in a very

short time below the airship and despite its size and very low height it was difficult to

see in the darkness and cloud. Strong words were exchanged. My witness had to be

taken home, not the language a young girl should have been hearing! Hammering

banging and although in another language, the swearing and shouting above’.

324. British 1911 Coronation Medal, Police issue & miniature Royal Humane

Society medal.

British 1911 Coronation Medal (G.V.), Impressed named P.C F.DONOVAN. & Royal

Humane Society Bronze Medal (miniature). Both very good. Est: $130 to $150

325. St Andrews Ambulance Association Medal (2). St Andrews Ambulance

Association Medal, Type 1, 1907-1919. Chisel engraved J. MILLAR; St Andrews

Ambulance Association Medal Type 2 1920-1929 Chisel engraved G.DAVIDSON.

Est: $160 to $200.

Comes with copy of reference book on the medals.

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326. St Andrews Ambulance Association Medal (3). St Andrews Ambulance

Association Medal, Type 3, 1930-1932. Chisel engraved J.KERR; St Andrews

Ambulance Association 50th Jubilee Medal, 13th Oct 1954; St Andrews Ambulance

Corps, Royal Review Medal, Glasgow 21st July 1947. Est: $150 to $200.

327. Great Britain Order of Foresters Medals 1881 & 1897. Ancient Order of

Forester’s Medal, 1881. Engraved "Presented to Bro J.J.Rodon, by the Officers and

members of Court Kenton No 6102 for past services May 12th 1881. The second

medal reads the same, being instead dated March 4th 1897. Bears various hall

marks on the reverse of both medals. A fine looking pair of medals. Est: $200 to

$260

16th Lancers collection of medals

The following groups are from a collection to the 16th Lancers covering the

regiments time in India 1839 -1846. The Charge at Aliwal 1846 is an incredible

action in which cavalry broke a well-formed Infantry square.

The Punjab 1845. After the death of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh the State of Punjab

fell into a state of near anarchy, with the mutinous Sikh army demanding to be led

across the river Sutlej to free their co-religionists living under East India Company

rule. On the 11th of December 1845 a Sikh army of 30,000 crossed the Sutlej into

Company territory. The 16th were ordered to join General Gough's army after the

first two battles of Mudki and Ferozeshah where British casualties had been high.

Gough's army had pushed deep into the Punjab and was awaiting the arrival of its

siege artillery. A separate Sikh force now crossed the river further to the east. Gough

was concerned that this force might intercept his artillery train, still en route from

Delhi; he therefore dispatched Major General Harry Smith to intercept them. After a

difficult march Smith met the Sikhs outside the village of Aliwal on 28th January. The

16th were the only British cavalry in his force.

The Charge at Aliwal 1846: The 40,000 Sikh infantry massed against Smith's 10,000

men at Aliwal covered a frontage of about two miles connecting the villages of Aliwal

and Bundri. They were supported by 37 pieces of artillery and flanked by cavalry. In

the initial stages of the battle Smith's forces advanced and took Aliwal. The capture

of Aliwal meant the loss of the Sikhs' best ford across the Sutlej, they therefore had

to recapture it and attempted to do so with a body of 1000 cavalry. Smith saw this

threat and immediately dispatched a squadron of 16th Lancers and a squadron of

the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry.

The 3rd failed to charge while the squadron of the 16th under Captain Bere did so,

and routed 1000 Sikh cavalry (over ten times their number). Aliwal was not lost but

the cost to the 16th was the loss of 42 of the 100 who charged. Smith's main body

continued to be harried by the Sikh guns; he therefore ordered the main body of the

16th under their Commanding Officer, Major Rowland Smyth, to take the guns.

Smyth led his two squadrons in a headlong charge against the guns that continued

to fire until the moment they were overrun. The momentum of the Regiment was so

great that they charged past the guns and were faced by the massed squares of the

Sikh infantry. Smyth realised that to pull up and retire would enable the Sikh infantry

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to lay a withering fire in his rear, he therefore spurred his horse, jumping into the

centre of the first square and charging on through. Naturally the 16th followed their

Commanding Officer and charged head on into the square. "We had to charge a

square of infantry - at them we went, the bullets flying round like a hailstorm."

(Sergeant Gould).

Many were injured including Smyth who received a bayonet wound to his abdomen.

However, he still managed to reform his Regiment and charge back through the

broken Sikh squares. This proved to be the decisive action with the Sikhs breaking

contact and attempting to withdraw back across the Sutlej under heavy British

artillery fire; they left 3,000 dead and all their guns on the British side of the river.

At Aliwal the 16th Lancers achieved the nearly impossible task of breaking well

trained infantry formed 3 ranks deep in a hollow square. The French cavalry failed

against British squares at Waterloo. The Sikhs were probably the finest troops in

Asia at the time. The sheer momentum and weight of the charge and the willingness

of the men to charge headlong at a hedge of bayonets worked brilliantly. Sgt

Newsom fell pierced with bayonets as he forced his horse over 3 lines of bayonets

shouting “Here goes for a commission or glory”. Once inside the square the men

dropped their lances and fought with their swords. Lance Cpl Mowbray was found

dead with his splintered lance and broken sword in a circle of seven dead Sikhs. The

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guns captured. Of the 530 lancers present 2 Officers and 87 men were killed and 53

wounded.

Of all the Battle Honours gained by the 16th Lancers it was the battle of Aliwal that

they chose to commemorate each year. A regimental tradition deriving from this is

that lance pennons are starched and crimped 16 times; this commemorates the fact

that after the battle they were so encrusted in blood that they stood upright and stiff.

328. Victorian British Army medal group of 3 to Private G. Warburton, 16th

Lancers.

Ghuznee Medal 1839, impressed on the rim GEORGE WARBURTON. H.M. 16TH

LANCERS; Gwalior Star (Maharajpoor 1843) with original clip backing, engraved

named Private George Warburton H.M16th Lancers; & Sutlej Medal 1846 with clasp

‘SOBRAON’ impressed named GEO: WARBURTON 16TH LANCERS Est: $1000 to

$1200

George Warburton regimental #847 appears on the 16th Lancers Sutlej Medal roll

with note ‘transferred to 3rd Light Dragoons’.

A very nice group of medals to a soldier who saw hard fighting against the Afghanis

and the Sikh’s, earning a scarce combination of 3 campaign medals as result.

329. Victorian British Army 1st Anglo-Afghan War Ghuznee Medal to Private R.

Middleton, 16th Lancers, who fought at Sobraon & Aliwal.

Ghuznee Medal 1839, correctly inscribed to NO 1178 Richard Middleton 16th

Lancers. Period fitted with a replacement straight bar suspension. Usual contact

marks. Est: $700 to $850

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Richard Middleton is recorded on the 16th Lancers Sutlej Medal Roll records as

entitled to Sutlej Medal 1846, with clasp ‘SOBRAON’, noted as having transferred to

3rd Light Dragoons.

330. Victorian British Army medal group of 3 to Serjeant G. Snook, 16th

Lancers.

Gwalior Star (Maharajpoor 1843), engraved named Private George Snook H.M 16th

Lancers, with bar suspension & backing mounting plate, polished to face; Sutlej

Medal 1846 with clasp ‘SOBRAON’, impressed named CORPL GEORGE SNOOK

16TH LANCERS, contact marks and polished; Army Long Service & Good Conduct

Medal (Queen Victoria, post 1874, fourth version, with smaller lettering on the

reverse and with the underline to the inscription now two spear blades separated by

three separate balls.) impressed named 1334 SERGT GEOE SNOOK 16TH

LANCERS. Medals mounted for display & come with copied service papers and

research. Note: the Sutlej medal ribbon and suspension bar are unusual, in that they

are the same width as the ribbon and bar for the Star. Est: $1000 to $1200

George Snook was born in 1816 Somerset. Enlisted Salford 21/5/1839 with 16th

Lancers. Promoted Cpl 16/2/46, Sergeant 13/6/1854, Troop Sargent Major

10/9/1857. Discharged 12/6/1863 after 24 years and 41 days, having served 6 ½

Years India. He is shown on the medal roll for Sobraon & Aliwal 16th Lancers.

331. Victorian British Army Gwalior Star to Private J. Fincher 16th Lancers,

who took part in the actions at Aliwal & Sobraon.

Gwalior Star (Maharajpoor 1843) with period straight bar swing suspension,

engraved named Private James Fincher H.M. 16th Lancers. Comes with copy

service papers. Est $600 to $800

James Fincher was born in 1816 St. Martins, London. Served 16th Lancers

21/2/1838 -28/2/1846, 3rd Light Dragoons 1/3/1846 – 3/4/1848, imprisoned 4/4/1848

– 23/4/1848, 3rd Light Dragoons 24/4/48 – 31/10/52 & 15th Hussars 1/11/1852 –

6/3/57. Discharged ‘no longer fit due to service’, having served Bengal, Bangalore &

East Indies, with a total of 14 years 11 months overseas. 1861 census records him

as a pensioner living in Devon. He is shown on the medal roll for Sobraon & Aliwal

16th Lancers, incorrectly named as James Fricker same regimental number, with

note transferred to 3rd Light Dragoons.

332. Victorian British Army Sutlej Medal to Private W. Coveney, 16th Lancers

who took part in the actions at Aliwal & Sobraon.

Sutlej Medal 1846, with clasp ‘SOBRAON’, impressed named WILLIAM COVENEY

16TH LANCERS. Medal mounted for display & comes with copied service papers

and research. Est: $500 to $600

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William Coveney was born St. Pancras, London in 1817. He enlisted 16th Lancers

at Queen’s Square, London in 1837. He gave his occupation as a labourer. He

served in India from November 1838 to 1/4/1846 & transferred to the 3rd Light

Dragoons to stay in India, when the 16th returned to England. Transferred to 16th

Lancers 1/7/53 in Britain. Discharged Kilkenny Ireland 17/3/1857 having served 19

years, with 14 years in India. Discharged as a result of being ‘no longer fit due to

attacks of dysentery and liver complaints attributed to service in India’. He is shown

on the medal roll for Sobraon & Aliwal, 16th Lancers, with note transferred to 3rd

Light Dragoons. He is further entitled to the Gwalior (Maharajpoor) Star & Punjab

Medal with clasp Goojerat.

333. Victorian British Army Sutlej Medal to Private C. Roberts, 16th Lancers

who fought in the 1st Anglo-Afghan War, 1st Sikh War & Battle of Aliwal &

Sobraon.

Sutlej Medal 1846, with clasp ‘SOBRAON’, impressed named CHAS ROBERTS

16TH LANCERS. Mounted for display & comes with copies service papers and

research. Est: $400 to $500

Charles Roberts was born in Beading, Sussex 1816, enlisted 13/1/1825 at

Chichester as a 16-year-old Labourer into the 59th Regiment of Foot (2nd

Nottinghamshire), 17/12/1827 voluntary transferred to the 16th Lancers and served

until 31/3/1846, transferred to the 3rd Light Dragoons & discharged 11/9/1848 ‘no

longer fit due to 2 instances of horses falling on him during his service’. He is shown

on the medal roll for Sobraon & Aliwal 16th Lancers, with note transferred to 3rd

Light Dragoons. Also entitles to Ghuznee Medal & Maharajpoor Star 1843.

The regiment was sent to India in 1822, It saw action at the capture of Ghuznee in

July 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War and at the Battle of Maharajpore in

December 1843 during the Gwalior Campaign. It also took part in the Battle of Aliwal

in January 1846, and also fought at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during

the First Anglo-Sikh War.

Another cracking medal to the 16th Lancers, who saw hard fighting against the

Afghanis and Sikhs.

334. WW1 1914 medal trio with clasp to Lance Corporal F. Beare 16th (The

Queen’s) Lancers. 1914 Star, impressed named 2838 L.CPL F.BEARE. 16/LRS.

clasp ‘5TH AUG-22ND NOV.1914’. & British War and Victory Medals, impressed

named 2838 PTE F.BEARE. 16TH.LRS (16-LRS ON Victory). Medals court mounted

& come with copies medal rolls, M.I.C. (PDF of History of the 16th, The Queens Light

Dragoons 1912 -1925 available on request). Est: $200 to $260

Fred Beare was a pre-war regular with the 16th Lancers, who at the outbreak of the

First World War were stationed in Curragh, Ireland. L/Cpl Beare landed with his unit

in France 17/8/14. On the 11/5/16, he transferred to the Royal Engineers with a new

regimental #32859 (Divisional Signal Coy).

A nice cavalry ‘Old Contemptable’ group, with the 16th Lancers seeing serious action

in 1914 & 15. The history of the regiment has numerous mentions of being shelled in

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the retreat in 1914. e.g. ‘While the Hussars were thus employed the 5th and 16th

Lancers fell in with two companies of German infantry moving south from Brenelle, of

whom 70 were killed and the remainder, about 100 in number, made prisoners.

Groups

335. Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. - civil) medal group. 1st type, Member of

the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) Civil. 1917 -35, hallmark stamp London date

1930 by Garrard & Co. Ltd; G.V. Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 & G.V.I. Coronation

Medal 1936. All un named as issued, swing mounted as worn. Est: $200 to $260

336. WW1 British Royal Red Cross 2nd Class medal group to Florence

McClelland, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.

Royal Red Cross Medal, 2nd Class & British War and Victory Medals, impressed

named A.MATRON F.MCCLELLAND. Medals court mounted for display & come with

copies M.I.C., medal rolls, London Gazette and officers list. Est: $240 to $300

Florence McClelland was born 19/7/1877 in Ireland. Educated in Armagh, with her

father’s occupation listed as a merchant. She trained Metropolitan Hospital, London

January 1904 to January 1908. Enlisted 8/4/1908 Queen Alexandra’s Imperial

Nursing Service, with the rank of Staff Nurse. Landed France 16/8/1914 with No. 10

General Hospital (St Nazaire Sep 14 – Oct 14; Rouen Oct 14 – May 19). Resigned

1/8/1920. 1/1/1917 Staff Nurse acting Sister awarded Royal Red Cross Medal 2nd

class. As per the rolls, she is also entitled to the 1914 Star and clasp.

337. WW1 British Army Distinguished Conduct Medal & 1914 Star, awarded to

Sergeant C.H. Thompson, Royal Engineers.

G.V.R. Distinguished Conduct Medal, impressed named 15754

A.SJT:C.H.THOMPSON. R.E. & 1914 Star with copy August/Nov clasp, impressed

named 15754 2.CPL C.H.THOMPSON. R.E. Medals court mounted for display &

come with copy medal rolls, DCM citation, M.I.C. London Gazette & hospital record

1917. Est: $500 to $600

Charles. H. Thompsons enlisted about 1906. Landed Zeebrugge 4/10/1914 with

the 7th Division Signal Coy as a 2nd Corporal. At some stage prior to 13/10/1917, he

was transferred to the Guards Division Signal Coy as an Acting Sergeant. He was

wounded in action 13/10/17 ‘Gas Shell’.

Distinguished Conduct Medal gazetted 4/6/1917 ‘For conspicuous gallantry and

devotion to duty. He has consistently done good work on all parts of the front in

which he has been engaged and set a splendid example to his men’.

338. WW1 British Army 1916 Military Medal group to Private W. Bridge, who

was an ‘Old Contemptable’ of the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, his

M.M. most likely a 1st day of the Battle of the Somme award.

Military Medal, G.V.R., impressed named 9548 PTE F.W.BRIDGE.1/SOM:L.I.; 1914

Star with clasp, impressed named 9548 PTE F.W.BRIDGE. 1/SOML.I; British War

and Victory Medals, impressed named 9548. PTE.E.F.BRIDGE. SOM.L.I.; Imperial

Service Medal, G.VI.R. impressed named Freddy William Bridge M.M. Medals court

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mounted for display & come with copies of M.I.C., medal rolls, census, London

Gazettes and 1st S.L.I. Battalion war diary 1st July 1916. Scarce. Est $1200 to $1400

Private Frederick William Bridge’s joined the army in February 1913 with the

regimental #9548. He served with the 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry for his entire

service. He landed France 21/8/1914. (M.M. Gazetted 11/11/1916). It is highly

probable that this was an award for the 1st day of the Somme (Ref: Great War Medal

Collectors Companion by Howard Williamson). Discharged 12/2/1920. 1939 senses

occupation listed as postman in Deal. I.S.M. London Gazette 23 January 1953,

Postman, Deal. Died 12/2/1973. Frederick was lucky to survive the war, given the

casualties for the 1st Bn in 1914 alone were 36 officers and 1,153 other ranks, even

worse on 1st July 1916 (1st Day Battle of the Somme) the unit lost a total of 463 men

killed, missing or wounded.

The 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry went straight into the thick of the action on

landing on the continent. The Battle of Le Cateau, Battle of the Marne, Battle of the

Aisne, Battle of Armentières 1914. The Bn took part in the famous 1914 Christmas

'truce', whilst entrenched around Ploegsteert Wood. The 1914 operations cost the

1st Battalion some 36 officers and 1,153 other ranks as casualties.

1st Day of the Somme: War Diary states: 'Z day. Fine and warm. After a very intense

bombardment, at 7.20 am a large mine was exploded under the Hawthorn Redoubt.

Practically no casualties were suffered while in Assembly trenches. At 7.30 am the

attack was launched. The 11th Brigade advanced in magnificent style. The advance

was carried out excellently to start with, and a severe barrage was not encountered.

Shortly after heavy rifle fire was opened and machine guns from both flanks…The

battalion had to ease off to the left owing to the ridge which it should have crossed,

being swept by machine guns.

The diary of Lance-Corporal Arthur Henry Cook illustrates the fighting: It is a lovely

morning and the birds are singing…The bombardment is now terrific the German

lines are one cloud of smoke, that it seems to be impossible for anyone to live in

such a hell…We were able to stand on the parapet to get a better view, there is not a

sign of life in front and no response from the German Artillery…Our men were timed

to advance 10 minutes after the Rifle Brigade, but so eager were they to get on, that

they left soon after…and consequently were caught in the open by these guns…I led

the platoon in to the German first line, and after a breather went in to the German

second line, here I lost control owing to the men rushing from one shell hole to

another in their advance. The ground is littered with our dead…The clearing parties

are not doing their work properly in clearing the trenches of all Germans, as here and

there parties of Jerrys are popping up and throwing grenades at us from all

angles…It is impossible to get any further…the shell holes are full of wounded and

no hopes of getting them back…The Germans were now trying to force us out of

their trenches, we got together what was left of us now and by collecting bombs from

the dead and what Jerry left behind we managed to hold on…then the supply of

bombs gave out and no more could be got, the Germans then gradually drove us

back inch by inch through their superior supply of bombs…We are a very small

number here now and men are being killed and wounded in all directions…I have a

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terrible thirst caused by the fumes from the shells, the wounded are also crying out

for water, but none is available…Our troops are gradually retiring leaving a very

small garrison to hold the trench…This is getting pretty hot here now but our orders

are to hang on to what we have until midnight, when we are being relieved…The

enemy artillery has now started and are dropping shells thick and fast all around

us…We held on until relieved about 11 pm, an officer then said we may go back, we

didn’t need telling again, we had had our belly full.

339. WW1 & WW2 British/Rhodesian father and son (Prisoner of War) medal

groups, including a 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ Military Medal group to Sergeant T.J.

Beauchamp, Royal Engineers (Guards Signals Coy), awarded for actions

during the 3rd Battle of Ypres.

Group 1: Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 64762 L.CPL T.J.BEAUCHAMP.

2/GDS:BDE: SIG:SEC:R.E.; 1914-15 Star, impressed 64762 SPR:T.J

BEAUCHAMP. R.E.; British War & Victory Medals, impressed ANAMED 64762

SJT.T.J.BEAUCHAMP.R.E. Medals period swing mounted & include a Royal

Engineers cap badge. Included are copies service papers, medal rolls, M.I.C.

passenger lists & Copy photograph.

Group 2: Zimbabwe Independence Medal, numbered 52442; Rhodesian General

Service Medal, impressed named 22336 SP/R T.G.BEAUCHAMP; 1939-45 Star;

Africa Star; 1939-45 War Medal; Africa Service Medal, these all impressed named

108848 T.G.BEAUCHAMP. Comes with copies Rhodesian medal list, South Africa

Death Notice. Period swing mounted & come with matching miniature medals. Est:

$800 to $1,000

Thomas John Beauchamp was born 1/10/1882, in Bethnal Green, London. Enlisted

15/7/1901 Bodmin, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry. Regimental #6554. Occupation

listed as a baker. Posted 5 PB. Promoted L/Cpl 11/12/01. Reverted Pte ‘misconduct’

27/6/02. Posted 1st Batt 8/11/02. Deserted 3/3/06. Arrested 24/11/06 & charged

‘desertion and loss of equipment’ - 7/1/07 convicted and imprisoned. 7/2/07

transferred 2nd Batt Yorkshire Regt. Regimental #8860. 19/8/07 purchased

discharge. Service: Home 15/7/01-7/11/02. South Africa 8/11/02-29/8/07.

Discharged and lived in South Africa. 31/10/1914 returned to England on the

steamship Balmoral Castle. 3/1/1915eEnlisted at Tottenham into the Royal

Engineers, regimental # 64762. Listing his occupation as a wireman. Posted to 14th

Signal Coy, as a linesman (Guards Div. Sig Coy). Landed France 16/8/1915.

Promoted Cpl 7/7/1916. Sgt 31/7/1917. 25/9/1917 M.M. London Gazette. Discharged

9/6/1919. Returned to South Africa, June 1920. Died Cape Town 5/12/1953.

M.M. London Gazette 28/9/1917. 2nd Guards Brigade, Signals Section. 102985

Schedule. Schedule #102,000-104,9999. Mostly for Ypres July 1917. Dates covered

by this gazette 17/7/1917-4/8/1917. (Probably for the battle of Pilkem 31/7/17-

2/8/17). Thomas Gilbert Beauchamp. Served with the South African Army during

WW2 & listed on the Prisoner of War records as a Gunner, most likely taken at

Tobruk, being held in P.G. 85 Tuturano Transit camp (Italy) & Stalag VIII-C (near

Sagan, Germany). Rhodesian service medal rolls show that he served with the

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B.S.A.P. 22336 Special Reservist Beauchamp. T.G., with him staying on in Rhodesia

post-independence.

340. WW1 1917 ‘trench raid’ Military Medal group to Sergeant J. Hartley, 1/4th

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who won his award defending his trench

from an attacking force of ‘200’ Germans, on the 18th November 1917 in the

vicinity of Gillemont Farm, France.

Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 200346 SJT:J.HARTLEY. 1/4L.N.LANC:R.-

T.F.; 1914-15 Star impressed named 57748 PTE J.HARTLEY.L.N.LAN:R.; British

War and Victory Medals, impressed named 1664 CPL.J.HARTLEY.L.N.LAN.R.;.

Medals are period swing mounted with unit cap badge. Copies M.I.C., medal rolls,

London Gazette, casualty list wounded in action, War Diary, PDF book “War History

of the 1/4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment” Copy of book entry M.M.

action Hartley named (PDF book emailed to winning bidder). Est: $1000 to $1,200

James Hartley was residing in Longridge & enlisted 1/4th Battalion Loyal North

Lancashire Regiment. Regimental #1664, 57748 & 200346. Landed France with the

battalion 4/5/1915. GSW Chest - the regimental history lists him as being wounded

9/9/1916 with ‘C’ Coy. War Office Casualty List of 11/9/1917 records him as

wounded again.

Military Medal, London Gazette 23/2/1918, schedule #142815. This covers the last of

the Passchendaele, Ypres. Oct-Dec 1917. The M.M. was awarded for fighting off a

200 strong German trench raid.

Sergeant Hartley is mentioned several times in the book: “War History of the 1/4th

Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment including his M.M. action: On the

morning of the 18th November (1917), the Bn was disposed as follows: Front line--D

Company, under Lieutenant Shippobottom, in CAT POST. C Company, under

Lieutenant Lonsdale, in GILLEMONT FARM sector. Supports B Company, under

Captain Buckmaster, in DUNCAN and DOLEFUL POSTS. Reserve A Company,

under Captain Houghton, in KEN LANE with Battalion Headquarters.

Major Crump was in command of the Battalion, and attached to A Company was a

raiding party of 19 in training for a raid, under Lieutenant Adamson. At 5 30 a.m. the

Boche opened a hurricane bombardment on the GILLEMONT FARM sector with

trench mortars, including 80 heavy minenwerfer brought up the night before, and

reduced the front trench to a shapeless mass of craters: out of 12 posts (A post

normally consisted of an N.C.O. and 6 men) only Sergeants Hartley and Hogg and

half-a-dozen men were left alive; all the rest, with the Officer (Lieutenant Firth) and

Sergeant on duty, who were found at the head of the communication trench under

two feet of earth, were killed and buried.

About 200 Huns entered our line in three places, equipped with spades and rations,

and worked forward bombing, and things looked serious ; but Lieutenant Lonsdale,

though badly shaken, kept his head, organised his Headquarters details into a firing

line who held up the enemy advance, and managed to telephone to Battalion

Headquarters, and A Company was ordered to counter-attack.

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The barrage which had been put down on KEN LANE was by this time falling off,

and, as the men were standing to, Lieutenant Adamson was able to push off at once

with his raiders and one Platoon of A, followed by the rest of A under Captain

Houghton, with very few casualties. As soon as the enemy saw the first wave come

over the hill he began to retreat rapidly, but not before the counter-attackers and the

gallant remnant of C had bayonetted a score or so. Some of the Huns had entered D

Company's line and caused a few casualties there, among others Lieutenant

Shippobottom, a very promising young Officer, who was caught by a bomb as he

came out of Company Headquarters.

This is a well-documented, hard fighting Military Medal that was truly well earned, in

an action in which the battalion lost 2 Officers K.I.A., 1 W.I.A., 11 OR’s K.I.A., 21

W.I.A.& 48 M.I.A. (many of these being buried in the destruction of the trench).

341. WW1 British Army 1918 Military Medal group to Sergeant G. Richardson,

6th Bn. Cameronians & Machine Gun Corps, who was a Scottish American who

not only played for Brechin City F.C. pre-war, but also raced back to the U.K.

from the U.S.A. in October 1914 to join the army.

Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 23257 SJT G.RICHARDSON.42/M.G.C.

1914-15 Star, impressed named 2485 PTE.G.RICHARDSON. SEA.HIGHRS. British

War and Victory Medals, impressed named 2485 SJT.G.RICHARDSON. SCO.RIF.

Medals court mounted for display & come with copy M.I.C., medal roll, service

papers, Edinburgh Gazette & newspaper articles. Est: $1,000 to $1200

George Richardson was born in 1885 in Brechin, Scotland. Richardson had played

for Brechin Hearts, Brechin Rovers & Brechin City in 1907-08. He played 17 games

for City that season, and was selected for both the Forfarshire XI & the Northern

League XI. He returned to Junior football with Brechin Rovers, before emigrating to

the U.S.A. At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted at the British Consul in New York

and was given passage to England, arriving in Oct 1914. On arrival, no one knew

why he had arrived home, so he enlisted again on the 27/10/1914 with the 6th

Battalion, Scottish Rifles.

27/10/14 – 16/8/16 served 6th Bn S.R. 8/5/15 embarked Southampton, landed

France same day. 8/10/15 -25/10/15 attached M.G. School. 14/1/16 attached 154th

M.G. Coy. 17/8/16 discharged and re-enlisted into M.G.C. as Cpl. R#23257. 17/8/16

– 20/4/17 France then home (wounded?), admitted to Hospital 12/3/17 Knee L.

24/9/17 posted to Left Wing M.G. School Grantham. 20/10/17 posted to C3 Service

Battalion, Grantham. 14/1/18 France with 268th Coy M.G.C. 8/3/18 42nd Bn. 19 -

20/10/18 M.M. citation;

‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty near Solesmes, on the night of

19th/20th October 1918. Owing to the failure of a bridge across the river Selle, he

was isolated with a party of men. He collected them and with much initiative brought

them forward through the heavy shelling to re-join the main body. On the morning of

the 20th when the attacking infantry were held up by deadly M.G. fire, in assisting to

get his section into action, he exposed himself with the utmost gallantry and

disregard for his personal safety to the M.G and shellfire which swept the

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neighbourhood of his positions. He was invaluable in assisting to lay the guns, and

his conduct through the whole operation was worthy of the highest praise’.

21/10/18 W.I.A. G.S.W. thigh. 10/2/19 Disembodied. 26/5/19 Passage back to USA.

He has 2 medal index cards, with his 1914/15 Star noted as 2485. 6th Seaforth

Listed Seaforth on one MIC and Cameronions on the other. 6th Bn S.R. is the

correct unit as per enlistment papers and war and victory medal roll.

342. WW1 Royal Navy 1915 ‘Mesopotamia/Tigris River’, Distinguished Service

Medal group attributed to Signaller J. B. Murray, who was twice mentioned,

who further took part in the V.C. action with H.M.S. Comet/Dunster Force and

finished the war serving in Russia against the Bolsheviks.

Distinguished Service Medal (G.V.R), impressed named J8870. J.MURRAY, SIGN

H.M.S. COMET; Naval General Service 1915-62, one clasp, PERSIAN GULF 1909-

1914, impressed named J8870. J.MURRAY. SIG. H.M.S MASHONA; 1914-15 Star,

impressed named J.8870. J.MURRAY. D.S.M. SIG.R.N.; British War and Victory

Medals, impressed named J.8870. J.MURRAY. L.SIG. R.N. Medals swing mounted

as worn & come with corresponding miniatures and single Russian Order of St.

George, original paperwork & medal rolls, London Gazette entry, diary; passport;

certificate of competency second mate 1920. Also included are a Defence Medal

1939-45, un named (possibly Murray’s), as well as his brother’s British War Medal,

impressed named 6537 CPL.J.B.MURRAY. SCO.RIF.; with copies of M.I.C. medal

rolls, C.W.G.C. certificate, extracts from the book ‘5th Battalion, THE

CAMERONIANS 1914-1918’ covering the attack at High Woods. Est: $3,200 to

$3,500

John Boyd Murray was born in Glasgow 10/9/1894. Joined the Royal Navy

26/6/1910 Boy II Class, serving on H.M.S. Ganges, Vivid, H.M.S. King Alfred

3/9/1911 – 11/2/1913, now promoted to Signalman. H.M.S. Fox 4/4/1913 –

30/7/1914 (East Indies Station), H.M.S. Odin, but served with the armed launch HMS

Mashona) 31/7/14 – 30/9/14, H.M.S. Espiegle (Mashona & Comet) 1/10/14-31/7/15,

H.M.S. Clio (Comet) 1/8/15-5/11/15, H.M.S. Clio 6/11/15-12/2/16, H.M.S. Espiegle

13/2/16-14/3/16, H.M.S. Albert (Waterfly) 15/3/16-8/5/16, H.M.S. Dalhousie 9/5/16-

23/4/1918, H.M.S. Mantis (River Gunboat, Insect-class) 4/8/18-31/12/18. ?

(Venture)1/1/19-20/5/19. H.M.S. Vivid 21/5/19-7/1/20. To Royal Fleet Reserve 8/1/20

– 14/10/20. Died 9/1/21964.

Murray was awarded his Distinguished Service Medal for the operations on the Tigris

River 3/6/15. “John. B. Murray O.N.J.8870, signaller on the Comet has also shown

himself and exceptionally reliable man both at Amara and on another occasion viz.

Murray behaved with great Gallantry signalling from an exposed position in H.M.S

Comet when under shell fire at Ahwaz”.

The miniature Russian Order of St George is an intriguing mystery of a possible

award, which is worthy of further research.

On Tuesday 28th September H.M.S. Comet, an armed paddle launch tug and two

iron barges at the centre appeared to prevent the final capture of Kut. Comet (Lt-Cdr

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Cookson, on the books of sloop Clio), Shaitan and Sumana steamed up under heavy

rifle and machine gun fire, Comet went ahead to ram the dhow, failed to break

through, gunfire also failed, Lt-Cdr Cookson jumped onto the dhow with an axe to try

to cut the wire hawsers securing her, was riddled with bullets from close-range and

killed, no other lives lost. The gunboats sank the dhow with gunfire and all retired.

Early next day, the Turks had gone, the boom was dismantled and Kut occupied. Lt-

Cdr Edgar Christopher Cookson DSO was posthumously awarded the Victoria

Cross.

Murray was one of these men of Dunster force (see below) and his diary covers this

period. A signal from Lt Commander R.Harrison to R.N.O Baku. ‘Leading Signalman

John Murray D.S.M J8870. The above-named rating has served under my command

on board H.M.S. Mantis in Mesopotamia during the expedition across Persia, at the

defence and evacuation of Baku and on-board H.M.S. Venture in Caspian Sea

between 24th April 1918 and 18th May 1919. From my close personal observation of

Leading Signalman Murray both in action and under very trying conditions of service

I am of the opinion that he has all the qualities likely to fit him for the rank of

commissioned officer and strongly recommend his advancement’.

Dunster force was a naval element under Commodore Norris accompanied the

force. The task they were given was vague. They were to obtain control of the

Caspian Sea and merchant shipping therein in order to support the force in Baku and

to prevent the Turks from crossing to Krasnovodsk and advancing from there. To

gain military control of the Caspian Sea, a Royal Navy party of 5 officers, 86 ratings

and 12 guns suitable for mounting on the Caspian steamers was despatched to

Enzeli from Baghdad under the command of Commodore D.T. Norris.

A rare group to a “sailor in the desert”. During WW1 he fought the Turks in

Mesopotamia and the Bolsheviks in the Caspian Sea. His history is well documented

and his diary for the time in Dunster force only enhances the desirability of the group.

James Boyd Murray (younger brother of John Murray) born 28/8/1896 Barony,

Glasgow. Landed France 5/11/1914 with the 5th Bn Cameronians. Regimental #

6537, it is highly probable that he was a pre-war Territorial. Killed in action 20/7/1917

at High Woods on the Somme. In this action the battalion lost 6 Officers K.I.A., 12

W.I.A. 19 Other ranks K.I.A., 153 W.I.A. and 217 M.I.A. James Murray has no known

grave and is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial.

343. A British Army Heavy Brigade ‘probable charger’ Crimean War medal

group to Private J. Buckley, 5th Dragoon Guards, who during his career was

noted as having no less than 48 entries against him in the Regimental

Defaulters Book, as well as facing 6 courts martial.

Crimea Medal 1854-56, 3 clasps, BALAKLAVA, INKERMAN & SEBASTOPOL

Regimentally impressed naming JAS BUICKLEY 5TH D, showing the usual contact

marks, heavy edge knocks to 9 o’clock on the reverse, lightly polished, with erasure

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to rim through after 5th D--); Turkish Crimea Medal 1855, contemporarily engraved

NO 637. PT. JAS. BUCKLEY. 5TH DRAGOON GDS. Comes with copy service

papers, medal roll and research. Est: $1,500 to $1,700

James Buckley was born in Kinderton, near Chester & enlisted into the 5th Dragoon

Guards at Warrington, April 1839, aged 24 years. In his subsequent career of 24

years with the Colours, his record shows he served for two years in the Crimea and

was entitled to the Medal with clasps for ‘Balaklava’, ‘Inkermann’ and ‘Sebastopol’, in

addition to the Turkish Medal.

At the time of his discharge in January 1864, Buckley’s conduct was assessed as

‘Good’, although his papers reveal a number of terms of imprisonment as a result of

six appearances before a Court-Martial and 48 entries in the Regimental Defaulters

Book. He next appears in the 1881 census as an unmarried, 65-year-old

‘Government pensioner’, resident at the Workhouse in London Road, Leftwich,

Chester, to which he was still an inmate at the time of his death, in April 1882.

The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales) Dragoon Guards received orders to deploy on

March 17th but were short of full establishment. The 5th, like the 7th, were stationed

in Ireland and, as a result, the 7th Dragoon Guards were ordered to provide

volunteers for service with the 5th Dragoon Guards. 15 volunteers from the 7th who

were selected, transferring to the 5th Dragoon Guards on April 1, 1854. The 5th

Dragoon Guards left Queenstown on the 27th of May with a strength of 19 officers,

295 other ranks, and 295 horses.

The 5th Dragoon Guards arrived in Varna on June 12th and settled into camp at

Devna. Cholera broke out on about the 20th of July and the 5th Dragoon Guards

suffered heavily, with several dozen men succumbing to the disease. A much-

reduced regiment departed for the Crimea on the 24th of September, landing on the

1st of October. They immediately proceeded to their camp on the plain of Balaklava

as part of the Heavy Brigade. The 5th Dragoon Guards were still there when the

most famous events of the war occurred.

On the morning of October 25th, the Russians attacked the Turkish outposts

stationed on the south ridge of the plain, driving them off to the west. The Heavy

Brigade, consisting of about 720 swords, was ordered to advance but quickly

returned when it was realized that the Turkish positions were already lost despite a

gallant defence by the 93rd Highlanders (the famous "Thin Red Line"). It was at this

time that a large mass of Russian cavalry (estimated to number about 2,000) were

observed coming over the summit of the north ridge. The numerically inferior Heavy

Brigade was ordered to charge and soon engaged the Russian cavalry in mounted

combat. The 5th Dragoon Guards were in the thick of the melee, yet despite the

close quarters fighting, casualties on both sides were relatively light. Even many of

those who were wounded were only slightly so and the poor quality of the swords

used by both sides were later blamed. Still, the assault had the desired effect, and

the Russians soon withdrew. It was after this successful Charge of the Heavy

Brigade" that the more famous "Charge of the Light Brigade" occurred, during which

the Light Brigade suffered appalling casualties. The Charge of the Light Brigade was

supported by the Heavy Brigade, and it has been suggested that the Heavy Brigade

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sustained greater losses during this supporting action than they suffered during their

own charge.

Cholera had taken its toll on the 5th Dragoon Guards before the battle. Of the 314

officers and men who were sent out with the regiment, only 188 were present to

receive the clasp for Balaklava. Total regimental losses during the day’s events were

three killed and 11 wounded.

On November 5th, the 5th Dragoon Guards participated in the Battle of Inkermann.

The British cavalry was not heavily engaged, primarily being deployed to check the

Russian cavalry, who were too intimidated by the events of the month before to

press their attack.

After the war the 5th Dragoon Guards landed in Portsmouth on June 24, 1856,

proceeding on to Aldershot. Queen Victoria reviewed the troops at Aldershot on July

8th, thanking them for their efforts.

This group is from the collection of the late John Darwent, 2004 D.N.W. Auction.

344. British Army Crimean War medal pair to Private P. O’Brian, 7th Regiment

of Foot (Royal Fusiliers).

Crimea Medal 1854-56, 3 clasps ALMA, INKERMAN & SEBASTOPOL,

contemporarily engraved, PTE PHP O’BRIEN. 7TH FOOT.; Turkish Crimea Medal

1855 un named as issued. Comes with copy medal roll, enlistment papers and (PDF

research file available on request) “7th Royal Fusiliers in the Crimea by JP Kelleher.

Est: $700 to $850

Philip O’Brien was born Buttertown, Dublin in 1817. Enlisted into the 7th Regiment

(Royal Fusiliers) 12/3/1839. Discharged 30/4/1855, after 16 years and 50 days

service on medical grounds due to ‘chronic ophthalmia’ (inflammation of the eye)

contracted in America in 1849. His service records are poor, giving only the barest

details. The medal rolls show he is positively entitled to clasps Alma & Inkerman, but

it will be noted the rolls were intermittently made up and clasps cannot be always

accurately recorded. A good Crimean War medal pair to a soldier who saw (perhaps

not with his eyesight problems) some hard fighting.

345. British Army Egypt & Boer War campaign group of 3 medals to Private W.

Vallance, Kings own Scottish Borderers.

Egypt Medal undated, with clasp GEMAIZAH 1886, regimentally impressed 2694 Pte

W.VALLANCE. 2/K.O.SCO:BORD:; Queens South Africa Medal, with 3 clasps,

CAPE COLONY, PAARDEBERG & JOHANNESBURG, impressed named 2694 PTE

W.VALLANCE. K.O.SCOTT: BORD: & Khedive's Star undated, un named as issued.

Comes with copies of medal rolls & service papers. Court mounted for display Est:

$350 to $400

William Vallance was born Dumfries, 1870 and was already serving with the 3rd

Volunteer Battalion, K.O.S.B when he joined the 2nd Battalion (regulars) in 1888

Regimental #2694. Employment stated as a mill hand. Transferred to the Army

Reserve 7/1/1896, recalled to the colours 18/12/1899 to 1st Battalion K.O.S.B., being

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discharged 30/1/1901. Service history: Home 31/1/1888 – 18/7/88, Egypt 19/7/88 –

1/1/90, East Indies 2/1/90 – 3/1/96, Home 4/1/96 – 4/1/00, South Africa 0/1/00 –

3/1/01 & Home 4/1/01 – 30/1/01.

346. British Army Boer War medal pair to Driver G. Fear, Army Service Corps,

who subsequently served during the First World War.

Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1902, 6 clasps, RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY,

PAARDEBERG, DRIEFONTEIN, JOHANNWESBURG, DIAMOND HILL &

WITTEBERGEN, impressed named 14422 DR: G.FEAR. A.S.C.; & King's South

Africa Medal 1901-02, 2 clasps, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 & SOUTH AFRICA 1902,

impressed named 14422 DVR.N G.FEAR. A.S.C. medals court mounted for display

& come with copies of medal rolls, silver war badge roll and service papers. Est:

$300 to $400

George Fear was born in 1881 in Twerton, Somerset. Enlisted Army Service Corps

4/3/1899, giving his occupation as a blacksmith. Served: Home 4/3/1899-20/10/99,

South Africa 21/10/99-19/2/03 & Home 20/2/03-3/3/11. This completed his 12 years,

to which he re enlisted for WW1 service on the 10/3/1915, with his occupation listed

as a shoeing smith, stating also that for the last 2 years he had been farming in

Canada. Home 10/3/1915-27/4/1915, France 28/4/1915-9/12/1916 (with 28 Remount

Squadron), Home 10/12/1916-28/7/1917 & discharged ‘no longer physically fit for

war work’, whilst serving with the A.S.C Remount section.

347. British Army Boer War medal pair to Gunner T. Patterson, Royal Artillery.

Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1902, with pronounced ghost dates & 3 clasps,

CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE & TRANSVAAL, impressed named 80856

GNR: T.PATTERSON. R.F.A. & King's South Africa Medal, 1901-02, 2 clasps,

SOUTH AFRICA 1901 & SOUTH AFRICA 1902, impressed named 80856 GNR:

T.PATTERSON. R.F.A. Comes with copies medal rolls, service records. Est: $360 to

$440

Thomas Patterson was born Colverstown, Kildare, Ireland in 1871. Enlisted Royal

Artillery 4/10/1890 in Liverpool, occupation stated as a labourer. Posted 1/8/1891

10th Mountain Battery & 7th Mountain Battery 29/9/1891. Served: Home 4/10/1890 –

28/9/91, India 29/9/1891 – 30/10/98, awaiting trial 6/6/1898. (19 Days), tried and

imprisoned 25/6/1898 (84 days). Home 31/10/98 to 13/11/99, South Africa: Recalled

to service 7/10/1899 posted 73rd Battery 4/8/00. Posted 39th Battery 1/1/02. Depot

7/8/02 & Home 30/8/02, being discharged 3/10/1902.

Gunner Patterson is further entitled to the India General Service Medal 1895, with

clasp PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98. It is probable that he is also entitled to the India

General Service Medal (1854-1895) with clasp CHIN HILLS 1892-93, as this is

recorded on his service papers. In 1889 that mountain artillery was established as a

separate branch of the Royal Artillery with ten permanently established batteries. Of

the original ten mountain batteries, all but two were garrisoned in India from the time

of their formation and saw much action on the North West Frontier. These were the

“screw guns” of Kipling’s poem.

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348. WW1 British Royal Navy Division medal group to Able Seaman F.C.

Proctor, Howe Battalion, who served at the disastrous defence of Antwerp.

And was aboard H.M.S. ALCANTARA when she was sunk, having been fired

upon by the German raider Greif.

1914 Star impressed named SX6/128. F.PROCTOR, A.B.R.N.V.R. HOWE

BTTNRND & British War and Victory Medals, impressed named S.6-128

F.C.PROCTOR. A.B. R.N.V.R. Comes with copies service papers, medal rolls &

research. Est: $600 to $700

Frederick Charles Proctor was born 14/3/1896, with his home address as 55 South

Rd, Newhaven. Occupation given as a dock labourer. Enlisted R.N.V.R. 14/4/1914.

13/6/1914 – 10/7/1914 H.M.S. HIBERNIA, R.N.D. 22/8/1914 joined Howe Battalion &

landed Antwerp, 29/10/1914 – 27/11/1914 H.M.S. VICTORY I, 28/11/1914 –

28/3/1915 H.M.A.C. CALYX. (Her Majesty’s Armed Cruiser) 10/7/16. 28/3/1915 –

14/4/1915 H.M.S. VICTORY, 15/4/1915 – 31/3/1916 H.M.S. ALCANTARA which was

sunk, 1/4/1916 – 5/5/1916 H.M.S. VICTORY, 6/5/1916 – 18/4/1918 H.M.S. EUROPA

(Flagship at Mudros July 1915-1919), 19/4/1918 – 15/6/1918 H.M.S. VICTORY.

16/6/1918 – 3/9/1918 HMS (Gunnery School) & 4/9/1918 – 2/4/1919. H.M.S.

PRESIDENT III.

Battle with Greif. Action of 29 February 1916: In January 1916 Alcantara embarked

on the 10th Cruiser Squadron's G patrol. She was due to return to port on 1 March,

but on the morning of 29 February 1916 she was north-east of Shetland en route to a

rendezvous with Andes she intercepted the German merchant raider Greif disguised

as the Norwegian merchant ship Rena out of Tønsberg, Norway. At 0915 hrs at a

range of 6,000 yards Alcantara ordered Greif to stop for inspection, which she did.

Alcantara's company went to Action Stations, she trained her guns on Greif, closed

to 2,000 yards and slowed to lower a cutter to put an armed guard aboard the

suspect ship.

At 0940 hrs Greif increased speed and opened fire. One source claims she raised

the Imperial German war ensign ("Kriegsflagge"). However, Alcantara's captain,

Thomas Wardle, reported that after lowering the Norwegian ensign Greif fought

under no flag. The first shell hit Alcantara's bridge, disabling her steering gear,

engine order telegraph and all telephones and killing or wounding a number of men.

Captain Wardle ordered full speed and open fire at a range of 2,000 yards. A

messenger was sent aft and got her after emergency steering gear connected.

Greif turned to starboard and closed range to 750 yards. Several German shells hit

Alcantara near her waterline, entering her stokehold bunkers and engine room. Greif

tried to torpedo Alcantara. Captain Wardle reported that evasive action at 1002 hrs

allowed the torpedo to pass clear under Alcantara's stern, but another source states

that a torpedo detonated amidships against Alcantara's port side. A shell from

Alcantara's port after 6-inch (150 mm) gun hit and detonated the ready ammunition

for Greif's after gun, putting it out of action. By 1015 hrs Greif was badly afire by her

bridge and seemed to have stopped. At 1022 hrs Alcantara saw boats leaving Greif

and duly ceased fire.

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Greif then fired one more shot, and Alcantara duly returned fire. The one shot was

later attributed to a shell left in the breech of an abandoned gun being fired by the

heat of the fire now raging aboard Greif.

By 1035 hrs Alcantara was reduced to about 3 knots (5.6 km/h) and her after

steering gear was disabled. Her helm seemed to be jammed hard over to starboard

but she was turning to starboard. Wardle ordered his company to cease fire, stop

engines and go to boat stations. The order to stop engines was not received, but

flooding in the engine room stopped them. Several of Alcantara's lifeboat falls had

been damaged by enemy fire, so that attempts to launch some boats caused men to

be dropped into the sea. Alcantara rolled, capsized and sank at 1102 hrs. At least 15

of her boats and a large life raft floated clear.

The C-class light cruiser HMS Comus and M-class destroyer HMS Munster then

arrived. Comus proceeded to rendezvous with Andes about 8,000 yards away, while

Munster started rescuing survivors. Greif was carrying a large amount of cork that at

first kept her afloat. Andes and Comus reopened fire on Greif. Eventually a large

explosion, possibly of ammunition, sank the German ship. The battle killed 230 men

from Greif and 68 from Alcantara & 210 German survivors were rescued.

A very good R.N.D. Howe Battalion defence of Antwerp group, with a cracking

German raider naval action in which both ships involved were sunk.

349. WW1 British Royal Navy Division medal group to Able Seaman H.P. Smith,

a native of Hastings, East Sussex, who served in the Howe Battalion at the

Defence of Antwerp & Gallipoli and was aboard H.M.S. Rose Lea when she was

torpedoed by the German submarine U-62 in 1917.

1914 Star, impressed named SX5/245. H.P.SMITH,, A.B.R.N.V.R. HOWE BTTN

RND & British War and Victory Medals, impressed named S.4-245 H.P.SMITH.

ACT.L.S. R.N.V.R. Comes with a set of miniature medals, copies service papers,

medal rolls & basic research. Est: $700 to $800

Harold Plesents Smith was born in Hastings, East Sussex 5/11/1895. Joined

R.N.V.R. 12/2/1913, address Stonefield Rd, Hastings with occupation stated as a

porter. 1/8/1914 mobilized, 9/8/1914 - 22/8/1914 H.M.S. VICTORY I to Howe

Battalion, ‘D’ Coy, R.N.D. Antwerp & Gallipoli 1/10/1914 - 16/4/1916. 9/10/15

hospital, Cairo with dysentery. Detached from Howe Battalion to Stavros 18/11/15,

embarked to re-join unit. 23/12/15 rejoined unit Gallipoli from Hospital (many

dysentery entries on records). 21/3/1916 to Depot Battalion, Mudros, 27/3/16

embarked for England. 17/4/1916 - 12/5/1916 H.M.S. Excellent (Shore gunnery)

13/5/1916 - 13/3/1919, H.M.S. President III, Served on D.A.M.S. (Defensively Armed

Merchant Ship) 1916 – 1919, 14/3/1917 torpedoed and sunk whilst aboard H.M.S.

Rose Lea & reported missing, whilst on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta with a cargo

of coal, 230 miles west of Bishop Rock. There were no casualties and Smith was

reported rescued in H.M.S. Victory on 21/3/1917.

A very good R.N.D. 1914 trio to veteran of the Antwerp and Gallipoli campaigns, to

which he was very lucky to survive being torpedoed aboard H.M.S. Rose Lea, as he

is recorded on his service record as being ‘unable to swim’.

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350. WW1 & WW2 British Royal Navy submariner’s medal group to Chief

Engine Room Artificer G.H.R. Hicks, who served aboard Submarine E19 from

1916 to 1918.

1914-15 Star, impressed named 272087. G.H.R.HICKS. ACT.C.E.R.A.2.R.N; British

War and Victory Medals, impressed named 272087 G.H.R.HICKS. C.E.R.A.1. R.N.;

Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (G.V.), impressed named 272087.

G.H.R.HICKS, CERAICE H.M.S. DOLPHINE.; 1939-45 Star & War Medal 1939-45

these last two un named as issued, with WW2 Kings (service) Badge in case of

issue. Scarce. Est $800 to $1,000

George Henry Reeves Hicks was born on the 2/9/1884, in Pembroke, Wales. He

enlisted into the Royal Navy 9/1/1906, with his stated occupation as a boiler maker.

Served in the following H.M. ships: Blenheim (depot ship), Blake (depot ship),

Hawke, Tamar (depot ship - Hong Kong), Minotaur (China Station), Crescent, Glory,

Albion, Bonaventure 14/12/1912 - 3/5/1914 (depot ship for submarines), Dolphin

4/5/1914 2/6/1914 (depot ship for submarines), Maidstone 3/6/1914 - 6/9/1915

(depot ship for submarines), Dolphin 7/9/14 - 26/9/1915, Maidstone 27/9/15 -

3/8/1916. Submarine E19 4/8/1916 – 14/1/1918 (Chief Engine Room Artificer),

Dolphin 15/1/1918 - 19/3/1918, Fearless 20/3/1918 - 16/10/1918, Pandora (depot

ship) & Vulcan (depot ship). During WW2 he was shore based & died 2/2/1946,

being commemorated at the Southampton Crematorium.

E19 was, in September 1915, the last of five British submarines to manage the

passage through the Oresund into the Baltic Sea. She was then able to sink several

German ships, most notably on 11 October 1915 when she sank four German

freighters just south of Öland within a few hours and without any casualties. On 7

November 1915 she sank the German light cruiser SMS Undine. Scuttled 8 April

1918 at Helsinki to avoid capture.

Rarely will you ever see medals to submariners come up for sale.

351. WW1 & WW2 British Royal Navy group of medals to Chief Petty Officer W.

Threlfall.

1914-15 Star, impressed named J.27178. W.THRELFALL. BOY .1.R.N.; British War

and Victory Medals, impressed named J.27178. W.THRELFALL. A.B.R.N. &

Defence Medal, un named as issued. Period swing mounted with the Defence medal

period “added on”. Comes with copies service papers & medal roll. Est: $120 to $150

William Threlfall was born on 7/6/1898, in Southport, Lancashire. Joined the Royal

Navy as a boy 13/9/1913, served 13/9/1913 - 14/5/1914 aboard H.M.S. Impregnable,

15/5/1914 - 27/11/1914 H.M.S. Gibraltar, 6/12/1914 – 1/7/1916 H.M.S. Hilary (armed

merchant cruiser), 2/7/16 – 6/12/16 H.M.S. Vivid & 7/12/16 – 21/12/17 H.M.S.

Resolution (Revenge Class battleship). Court martialled for 2 counts theft 31/8/1917

and acquitted. 10/2/1918 – 26/3/1918 H.M.S. Vivid. 27/3/1918 – 7/1/1921 H.M.S.

Valiant (Queen Elizabeth-class battleship). He continued to serve on a variety of

ships until he was pensioned off on the 27/7/1938.

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352. WW1 British Army medal group to Private A.O. Addicott, a France &

Salonica veteran who served with the 8th Battalion Kings’ Shropshire Light

Infantry & 66th Machine Gun Company.

1914-15 Star, impressed named 13671 PTE A.O.ADDICOTT. SHROPS: L.I. &

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 13671 PTE A.O.ADDICOTT.

SHROPS. L.I. Naming has been partially removed on War & Victory medal but still

readable. Comes with copy M.I.C, medal rolls, hospital admission book. Est$100 to

$150

Private Arthur Owen Addicott enlisted in Sept/1914 to the 8th Bn K.S.L.I with a

regimental #13671. He landed in France on the 6/9/1915 with the Bn. The unit was

then sent to Salonica landing there on the 6/11/1915 and remained in that theatre. At

one stage he was seconded to the 66th MG Coy which was still part of the same

brigade but returned to the 8th Bn. He survived the war and was discharged on the

9/1/1919. 11/7/16 hospital records show B Coy 8th Bn K.S.L.I. and was admitted for

a ‘Debility”.

This group was rescued from a “fantasy” medal group which could explain the

attempt to remove the naming. A good group non the less from the Salonika

Campaign.

353. WW1 South African/British Army medal group to Reverend Captain H.S.P.

Coster, who served in both allied armies, seeing service in German South -

West Africa & France, post war serving as the Canon of Bloemfontein & in

WW2 as a police inspector with the Laxton Special Constabulary.

1914-15 Star CAPT. REVD. H..S.P.COSTER 3RD S.A.M.R.; British War Medal

officially renamed REV.H.S.P.COSTER, as per M.I.C. & Victory Medal, impressed

named REV.H.S.P.COSTER;, with South African cap badge. The medals are period

swing mounted and come with copies of service papers, medal roll, M.I.C., London

Gazette, passenger list, 1939 register & newspaper article. Est: $400 to $500

Herbert Stanley Porter Coster was born 1881, in Hackney, London. In 1907 he

was a professional photographer, at Garfield Studios, Paignton. He joined the

Freemasons in 1910 & emigrated to South Africa, with his wife Laura Elizabeth Alice

Campion, who was a trained nurse. He was ordained as an Anglican priest & served

with the South Africa Union Defence Force from 3/3/1915, serving as Chaplain to the

6th Mounted Brigade, in German South West Africa, resigning his commission in the

U.D.F. on the 28/7/1915.

He returned to England in 1918 for service with the British Army, serving within the

Royal Field Artillery as a Chaplain. His wife joined the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R and was

stationed at the Central Military Hospital, Eastbourne. He served from July 1918 -

Sept 18 in the U.K., France from September 1918 – November 1918, again in the

UK from November 1918 - February 1919, having contracted influenza. Post war he

returned to South Africa & in 1926 took the position of the Canon of Bloemfontein.

The Coster’s returned to England sometime later and in 1939 he was listed as the

Vicar of Laxton, as well as shown as a special constable. By 1945, he was shown as

an Inspector with the Special Constabulary, dying in July 1950, in Howden,

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Yorkshire. His son, Arthur William Coster, who was working as a stockman in

Australia enlisted & served with the 29th Battalion A.I.F. and was wounded in action

in 1916.

354. WW1 British Army medal group attributed to Lieutenant G.H. Cross, of the

Machine Gun Corps & Yorkshire Regiment, who served post war in Kurdistan

& Iraq & in the South African Army during WW2.

British War and Victory Medals; General Service Medal (1918-1962), with 2 clasps

KURDISTAN & IRAQ, being impressed named, LIEUT G.H.CROSSE. Medals court

mounted for display and come with copies M.I.C., medal rolls, 1911 census, hospital

admission record 1916, London Gazette, Army Lists, passenger list & school

magazine ‘The ANTUARIAN’. Est: $400 to $550.

George Hallewell Crosse was born in Kent, England on the 23/2/1896. He was the

son of the Reverend T. G. Crosse, Vicar of Faversham, Kent. He attended The Kings

School, Canterbury January 1910; 6th Form, September 1913; Monitor, Sept., 1914;

1st XV., 1913-14- 15; 1st IV., 1914; sports colours, 1914 gaining a number of

academic and sports distinctions. Admitted to Royal Military College, Sandhurst by

examination & gazetted as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant 23/10/1914. Landed France

25/4/1916 with Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment).

From the school magazine, it states that ‘G. H. Crosse has been undergoing a 16

days' machine-gun course at Strensall, York. As he expressively puts it "we work all

day long and write notes all night long." He expects to be appointed as instructor in

this course for about two months, and then to go to France. His two brothers, T. L.

and R. G. Crosse are already at the front. We arrived out here on April 23rd and

came straight up here. It is great sport being in these Bde. Machine Gun Coys. I am

second in command and so I stay behind at Headquarters and work out strafes for

the Hun to be done at a safe distance. About three or four times a week I go all

round the trenches and work out the best scheme of defence’.

He was serving with the Yorkshire Regiment, when he was awarded his G.S.M. and

was still serving with them in 1922 (Army List). In August 1923, he emigrated to

South Africa.

The school magazine shows his WW2 service: WAR RECORD No. 14- MARCH,

1944 G.H, CROSSE to Captain, Tank Training Corps, S.A.F. G. H. Crosse (1910-

14) is now O.C. of a Gunnery School in South Africa. Died 27/11/1949, Scottburgh

KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.

Of the 4 Crosse brothers who served during WW1, George was wounded in Action

21/9/1916, whilst serving with the M.G.C., gunshot wound to right foot, two were

killed (Thomas Latymer Crosse K.I.A. 3/7/1917 & Robert Grant Crosse D.O.W.

14/7/1916), the fourth brother, Brigadier Edward Neufville Crosse, finished the war

as Acting Captain M.C. and bar, M.I.D. He served as Commander, Corps Royal

Artillery, 21st Army Group from 14/3/1945 to 21/6/1945, appointed C.B.E. 29/3/1945,

K.C. Order of Orange Nassau with Swords of the Netherlands 23 May 1947 & Aide-

de-Camp to the King, 3/11/1948.

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355. WW1 British Army group of medals to Corporal D. Collins, who served in

Salonika, late R.A.M.C & 12th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 92274 CPL. D.COLLINS.

R.A.M.C.; Efficiency Medal (G.V.), impressed named 7337037 PTE D.COLLINS.

R.A.M.C. & French Croix De Guerre (dated 1914-1918), swing mounted as worn.

Comes with copied service record, medal roll, M.I.C. & S.W.B. roll & research. Est:

$200 to $250

C.D.G. is most likely a Battalion award, rather than individual award, with the official

correspondence making amusing reading.

Donald Collins was born 24/1/1890, in Cowcaddens, Scotland. Enlisted Territorial

Army 15/9/1914, 9th Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. 16/3/1917 transferred to Regular

Army R.A.M.C. Served Home 15/9/1914 – 8/6/1917, Salonika 9/6/17 – 29/12/1918,

13/4/1918 to 12th Bn, A & SH. Gunshot wound left wrist/arm 19/9/1918, with scars

both legs and wrists as a result of shrapnel. Home 13/1/19 - 19/5/1919 & discharged

19/5/1919. Re-enlisted R.A.M.C. 22/2/1921 – 22/2/1922, serving with the 2nd

Lowland Field Ambulance.

Corporal Collins, serving with the 12th Bn, A & SH, would have been wounded

during the attack at Dojran, Salonika, as part of the Battalions attack on the

Bulgarian trenches, in which 50% casualties were sustained in the 77th Bde. Two

weeks later, saw the surrender of the Bulgarian forces in Salonika on the 30th

September.

356. WW1 Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force medal pair to Lieutenant J.A

Rutherford, a U.S. born British citizen, who served 54th Bn, Canadian Infantry,

1916 commissioned Royal Artillery, further serving as Flying Officer in Egypt,

Palestine & South Russia, where he was most likely wounded in action.

British War and Victory medals, impressed named LIEUT. J.A.RUTHERFORD.

R.A.F. Comes with medal roll, M.I.C., Canadian service papers, British service

papers & copy group photograph. Est: $400 to $500

John Allan Rutherford, born 4/4/1893, Spokane River, Washington, U.S.A. His

father was from Scotland and he was subsequently educated in Glasgow and

qualified as a Land Surveyor. He was employed in this occupation in 1910, and

subsequently worked in B.C, Canada. He enlisted 3/8/1915 at camp Vernon, &

allotted to the 54th Battalion (Kooteney).

Embarked with the 54th for Britain 22/11/1915. He applied for a British Army

commission 20/3/1916, with the Special Reserve of Officers (Artillery), whilst serving

as a Corporal. Accepted ‘B’ Reserve, Brigade R.H.A. 14/4/1916. Commissioned

11/8/1916. Flying officer, R.F.C. 5/8/1917. 22 R.S. Aboukir 30/09/17. School of Aerial

Fighting Heliopolis/ME 7/12/17, injured [A8529 Avro] ‘stalled on turn and nosedived’.

2 Lt J.D.F. West, injured Casualty Card 284452 20976. 196 TS, Heliopolis Aerial

Fighting School 30.12.17. Medical board 30/1/1918 ‘unfit for flying duties’. 10/4/1918,

‘permanently unfit for flying duties’. Recommended to be E.O. (Equipment officer),

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with his last unit unreadable, but location S. Russia. 23/9/1919, being awarded

wound gratuity. Demobilised 20/6/1920. Deceased 15/2/1954.

Included is a copy of a photograph from a thread in the Great War Forum, posted

9/11/2006, that is possibly 47 Squadron R.F.C. which records on the reverse the

names of the pilots. E C Pratt. I Gullen. J A Rutherford. J D F West. C H Nic… G E

Todd. P P.... A G Forsyth. J K T.

in April 1919, the squadron was sent to Southern Russia to help General Denikin's

White Russian forces in their fight against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

While the RAF's ostensible mission was purely to provide training to Denikin's forces,

No. 47 Squadron was included in the mission in order to carry out operational

sorties. It was equipped with a mixture of aircraft, with flights equipped with Airco

DH.9 and DH.9A bombers and Sopwith Camel fighters. The squadron's flights

operated independently, carrying out bombing and strafing missions against

Bolshevik forces.

As Lt. Rutherford’s last unit was based in South Russia and he was awarded a

pension for wounds, it raises further lines of research. His photo album is held at

University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections (Reference code UVICSP SC108)

Album of photographs, taken while Rutherford served in Egypt and Palestine. The

photographs are mostly scenic ones of Egypt, but also includes some pictures of the

war zone in Palestine and a few pictures of WWI aeroplanes and his fellow flying

corps members. Also included in the fonds, are loose scenic postcards of Ismailia.

357. WW1 British Army ‘killed in action’ pair to Drummer G.W.H. Taylor, 1/2nd

Battalion London Regiment. KIA 13/10/1918, who, owing to his cemetery

headstone, may well have been a Jewish soldier.

British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 232553 PTE G.W.TAYLOR. 2-

LOND.R. Court mounted for display & come with copy M.I.C, medal roll, C.W.G.C.

certificate, marriage certificate, registry of soldiers effects & extract war diary

October 1918. Est: $140 to $200

George William Henry Taylor was from St Pancras, London & served with the 2nd

Bn, London Regiment. His St. James marriage certificate 22/3/1915 records his

occupation as a bugler. Fathers occupation Jeweller. Previously served 3rd Bn

London Regiment. Landed France post 1/1/1916 and was killed in action 13/10/1918

as a result of action in the attack at Ledeghem. He was aged 23 when killed, just 4

weeks short of the end of the war. He is buried at Auberchicourt British Cemetry,

with the inscription on his headstone reading ‘Forever fondly remembered by his

loving wife and father. Mizpah’ (Hebrew for 'watchtower' & 'emotional bond').

358. WW1 & WW2 Officers group of 7 medals to Lt. Colonel Welsford, a pre war

London Barrister, who served with the 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corp &

Royal Signals and was wounded in action in 1917.

WW1 British War and Victory Medals, impressed named LIEUT. M.WELSFORD;

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Efficiency Decoration,

with 3 additional service bars all dated 1952 & integral TERRITORIAL ribbon bar,

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dated 1943 on reverse. Comes with 2 copy photographs, London Gazettes x 10,

M.I.C, medal roll, 1911 census, Barrister professional listings. Medals and a set of

miniatures swing mounted as worn with display ribbon bar. Est: $260 to $320

Guy Mills Welsford was born in 1897, in Hampstead, London. He was a student at

Winchester College 1909 – 1915. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 14/8/1915 (on

probation), 5th Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Seconded Royal Engineers, as Brigade

Signalling Officer 1/9/1916. 21/2/1917 landed France, wounded in action with (16th?)

K.R.R.C. admitted hospital 14/7/1917 gunshot wounds of the lower extremities

(buttocks IX), with contusion or fracture of long bones VIII. Gunshot wounds of the

upper extremities, resulting in 72 days treatment. 22/6/1918 seconded for duty with

Army Signal Service. 30/9/1920 resigned commission 5th K.R.R.C. 1/5/1931 Royal

Corps of Signals Lt to be Capt. 1/1/1936 to be Major. 19/8/41 awarded Efficiency

Decoration Major. 22/8/1952 awarded 3rd Bar to Efficiency Decoration (Retired).

1925 Address London, occupation Barrister & died 4/6/1982.

359. An Indian Army cavalry & British Army Ghurkha officers pre and post

WW2 group of 7 medals to Acting Lt Colonel R.F. TYERS.

India General Service Medal 1936-39, 2 clasps, NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1936-37

& NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1937-39, impressed named 2-LTR.F.T.TYERS.

SCINDE HORSE.; 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal

1939-45, these all un named as issued, General Service Medal 1918-62, 2 clasps

S.E.ASIA 1945-46 & MALAYA, impressed named L.T.COL R.F.TYERS. I.A Swing

mounted as worn and come with copy medal roll S.E.ASIA 1945-46 and London

Gazette 1936-1966 promotions. Est: $700 to $800

Ronald Francis Tyers was born 11/11/1916. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Indian

Army, August 1936. Served with the Scinde Horse in the North West Frontier

campaigns. During WW2 it is unknown which unit(s) he served with in North Africa

and Italy, but most likely the 14/20th Hussars. Promoted Captain 27/8/1944 &

transferred to the British Army, gazetted Major 27/8/1949 (14/20th Hussars). 18/3/52

gazetted 7th Gurkha Regiment & 13/5/58 gazetted 7th G.R. as Lt. Colonel &

11/11/1966 gazetted 7th G.R. to retire having reached the age limit.

His G.S.M. with clasp S.E. Asia 1945–46 roll shows him as belonging to the

14th/20th Kings Hussars, attached to HQ 23rd Indian Division as Acting Lt Colonel.

Clasp Malaya 16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960, when he would have been serving with

the 7th Gurkha’s.

A very interesting ‘end of empire’ medal group, to an officer who would have

witnessed not only technical, but also massive political change during his long and

interesting career (e.g. The 14th P.O.W.O. (Scinde Horse), were the first Cavalry unit

in the British Indian Army to get mechanized in 1938). He would have been at the

forefront of the tensions amongst the local Indians at the start of the war in 1939,

with tensions rising to boiling point in India during the Japanese invasion of Burma in

1942. Further, he would have been somewhat of an outcast as an Indian Army

officer, being drafted into the British Army in 1944, later being given ‘mopping up’

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duties in South East Asia after the Japanese surrender and later service during the

communist uprising in Malaya with the 7th Gurkhas.

360. WW2 Royal Navy and Russian group of 9 medals to Lt. Commander J.W.

Wright-Brown, who was awarded an M.I.D., most likely in connection with the

Russian Convoys.

1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star, with clasp, NORTH AFRICA 1942-43, Pacific

Star, with clasp BURMA, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45 with M.I.D., Russian 1945-

1985 Commemorative Medal, Russian 1945-1995 Commemorative Medal, Russian

1945-2005 Commemorative Medal, Victory VE VJ 1945-1995 unofficial

Commemorative Medal, all swing mounted as worn. Medals come with named

copies of issue documents from the Russian Embassy for ‘Recognition of your

contribution to our common fight against fascism during the Artic Convoys’.; Boxed

N.A.A.F.I. medallion H.M.S Ganges; Artic Convoy 1991 Commemorative Medal;

Marine Society Instituted MDCCLVI Medal engraved on rear Reward of MERIT TO

JOHN WRIGHT BROWNE D/2410 T.S WARSPITE 1932. Est: $300 to $400

361. An unusual WW2 British Italian/Yugoslavia Partisan medal group, relating

to the Island of Vis.

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, British Defence Medal, 1939-45 British War Medal,

Commemorative Medal 20th anniversary of the Vis General Staff; 1946-1986,

Partisan 40th anniversary Medal of the Italian Republic. All unnamed as issued and

court mounted as worn. Comes with research notes on Vis. Est: $200 to $300

The Commemorative Medal 20th anniversary of the Vis General Staff relates to the

island where Tito executed orders and commanded the army. Founded in 1965 and

awarded to celebrate all live participant events & 1946-1986, 40th Anniversary Medal

Italian Republic - ANPI, the National Association of Partisans of Italy.

The allies delivered agents and supplies to Yugoslavia in two ways—by air or by

sea. By air, it was initially by parachute drops, although increasingly rough airstrips

were built, first for small planes and then for two-engine transports. The majority of

supplies came in by boat, despite the Germans’ control of the coastline and patrol of

the seacoast. Seaborne ferrying was actually performed by many men from Special

Operations. The trip was 150 due north from Bari to the island of Vis, the OSS/SOE

base nearly 50 miles from the Yugoslavian coast and was made in fishing boats and

small schooners in an overnight run from Bari.

Vis was at one point the site of the general headquarters of Marshal Josip Broz Tito,

the leader of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement. It was occupied by Italy

between 1941 and 1943, then was liberated by the Partisans and assisted by the

British held.

It is highly likely that this British medal group, with rare Partisan medals belonged to

an S.O.E. agent or one of the Special Forces units stationed with Tito on Vis.

362. WW2 British Army Royal Engineers officer’s group, attributed to Captain

W.H. Ponton.

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1939-45 Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939-45 all un named as issued, swing

mounted as worn. Comes with 3 photographs, Old Comrades Association life

membership dated 1943 booklet & assorted ephemera. Est: $150 to $200

William Henry Ponton was a pre-war territorial serving with the London Divisional

Royal Engineers. He applied for a commission & was given an officer cadetship

1/1/43. Released from service as a Captain 20/12/1945. Served with the 759th A.W.

Coy & 220th F.O. Coy

363. WW2 Canadian Army Battle of the Scheldt ‘killed in action’ group of 5

medals to Private A.J. Collins, Highland Light Infantry of Canada.

1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star & War Medal & Canadian Volunteers Service

Medal, all unnamed as issued, along with a G.V.I. Canadian Memorial Cross,

engraved on back B.103196 PTE A.J.COLLINS, his H.L.I. of Canada cap badge. All

items mounted on a tartan covered card and Come with copies enlistment papers

and research. Est: $500 to $600

Albert John Collins, was born on the 13/3/1924, in Ontario, Canada. Enlisted

15/7/1943 after serving 6 months in the reserve with the Irish Regiment of Toronto.

Served Canada 16/7/43 - 16/2/1944, UK 17/2/1944 - 2/7/1944, North West Europe

3/7/1944 - 9/10/1944, when he was killed in action during the Battle of the Scheldt.

Private Collins would have been involved in some tough fighting with his unit, as they

were involved in just about every major battle from Normandy, Caen breakout,

pursuit across the Seine, Antwerp, Arnhem & Battle of the Scheldt.

The Assault Across the Braakman: Operation "Switchback”.The 9th Brigade's

amphibious operation was to be conducted with the aid of "Terrapins" and "Buffaloe’

amphibious vehicles. The plan was to "marry up" the infantry and the Buffaloes in the

Ghent area, then swim the brigade in the vehicles up the Ghent Terneuzen Canal to

Terneuzen and thence on across the mouth of the Braakman inlet to land east of

Hoofdplaat, in the rear of the German pocket.

The actual landing took place in the early hours of 9 October. Soon after midnight

the Buffaloes left the mouth of the canal at Terneuzen and sailed westward. There

were two columns, each of 48 vehicles, one carrying The North Nova Scotia

Highlanders, who were to touch down on "Green Beach", a couple of miles east of

Hoofdplaat, the other, carrying The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, being directed

upon "Amber Beach", closer to the Braakman. The landing was set for 2:00 a.m. The

beaches were marked, 15 minutes before this time, by coloured marker shells fired

by our artillery, which then proceeded to fire other markers at other points to mislead

the enemy. At five minutes to two the beaches were again marked. The leading craft

actually touched down about five minutes late. The enemy had been taken by

surprise. There was no opposition, except a few shots in the H.L.I. of C. area; and

shelling from the German coastal batteries at Flushing, across the West Scheldt, did

not begin till dawn.

In these fortunate circumstances, the bridgehead was soon firm. A smokescreen

was laid down with floats to protect the movement of craft from the German gunners,

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and by 9:30 a.m. the reserve battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

Highlanders, was ashore, accompanied by heavy mortars and machine-guns of The

Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.). The S.D. and G. directed their advance on

Hoofdplaat, while the other battalions pressed southward.13 The Germans were now

recovering from their surprise and reacting with characteristic vigour, and shelling

from Breskens and Flushing was troublesome. Opposition was heaviest on the front

of the Highland Light Infantry, moving against Biervliet. General Eberding had rapidly

committed his divisional reserve against the new menace, and although he later

described the reserve as composed of odds and ends14 it fought well. It is of interest

that "the prevailing mist" allowed the Germans to ferry two companies of the 70th

Division across the Scheldt from Walcheren to reinforce the 64th in this crisis.15 Our

advance was slow. The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry captured Hoofdplaat on 10

October. Biervliet did not fall until the evening of the 11th, after the 7th

Reconnaissance Regiment, the first reinforcement sent into the bridgehead, had

relieved the Highland Infantry of Canada in the line and enabled it to mount an attack

against the village.

364. An unattributed WW2 group of Canadian campaign medals & U.S. Bronze

star (7). All in original boxes un named as issued. 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France &

Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Overseas Service

Medal 1939-1945 & United States Bronze Star. The first 6 all Canadian issue

medals, all medals un-named as issued & housed in their original award boxes. Est:

$100 to $120

365. WW2 South African Army Tobruk ‘P.O.W.’ medal group to Corporal

J.T.ROE, 2nd Divisional Signal Coy. 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal &

Africa Service Medal, all impressed named 17392 J.T.ROE. Medals are court

mounted come with copy service papers. Est $120 to 160

Joseph Thomas Roe was born in Cape town on the 17/2/1902. He enlisted at Cape

Town 19/7/40, aged 38 years, with his occupation listed as civil servant. Home

address: Caretakers Office GPO, Port Elizabeth. Posted to 2nd Division Signals Coy

& landed Egypt at the Suez 20/6/41. P.O.W. in Italy 21/6/42 - 23/9/43. Germany

23/9/43-2/5/45. Discharged 18/9/1945.

366. WW2 Royal Air Force ‘Battle of Britain’ Defiant air gunner group of 3

medals, attributed to Squadron Leader C.C. Ellery, who served with 264

Squadron & had a confirmed HE-111 bomber ‘kill’ to his name during

Operation ‘Eagle Attack’, the main attack by the Germans on the southern

airbases of England, which saw some of the heaviest fighting during the Battle

of Britain.

1939-45 Star, with clasp ‘BATTLE OF BRITAIN’, Air Crew Europe Star & War Medal

1939-45. All un named as issued & are housed in the original Air Ministry box

addressed to C.C.ELLERY. The medals are still in the wax paper of issue, with

original ribbons and have never been worn. Medals come with copies R.A.F. officers’

lists, 126 Squadron operational records for August 1940 recording ‘Kill” and other

research. Rare. Est: $3,000 to $3500

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Cyril Charles Ellery born in Westham, London, in January 1906. He joined the

R.A.F.V.R. in April 1940. Commissioned as a direct-entry Air Gunner 29/5/1940. He

completed his training and joined 264 Squadron at Duxford in June. He took part in

the squadron's final day - fighting operations from Hornchurch in late August 1940.

On 7th June, he was flying with P/O W.F. Carnaby in Defiant L 7004, when the

engine failed and they both bailed out. Ellery was injured and admitted to R.A.F.

Duxford Sick Quarters. He was later transferred to Littleport Hospital, rejoining the

squadron on the 18th June.

Ellery was again flying as gunner with P/O Carnaby on 28th August, when their

Defiant, N1576, returned to base severely damaged by return fire from a Heinkel 111

over Dover. Both men were unhurt. In the action, they had engaged a force of 20 He-

111 bombers with very heavy fighter escort. One He-111 was recorded as a kill,

attributed to Ellery. The squadron entered the battle 12 strong, with 8 making it back

to base, out of those, only 3 serviceable aircraft were capable of action for the

remainder of the day. Ellery was later posted to 150 Squadron at Newton on

7/10/1940, but rejoined 264 on 9th November. Ellery was released from the R.A.F. in

1945, with the rank of Squadron Leader. He died on 20/3/1977 in Southend-on-Sea.

APO 12/4/1940. Po 29/5/1940. Fl 1/6/1942. Ellery is listed on the Battle of Britain

London monument.

This is an extremely rare Battle of Britain medal group. The clasp was not issued to

personnel who flew in aircraft other than fighters. There were only 2 Defiant

squadrons out of the 58 Squadrons involved in the Battle of Britain 2,936 airmen flew

and took part in the Battle of Britain, the vast majority being pilots. It would be safe to

say that there would be less than 100 who were air gunners.

367. WW2 South African Airforce group of medals to Kitty Hawk pilot E.H.D.

Carman, who flew with 4th & 5th Squadron S.A.A.F. & was shot down over El

Alamein by the famous German fighter ace, Hans Joachim Marseille.

1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45 & South Africa Service

Medal. All impressed named 205801 E.H.D CARMAN. The medals are court

mounted for display. Comes with copy S.A.A.F. service record, copy magazine

article by Carman describing action & copy photograph taken 1971. Est: $800 to

$1,000

Ernest Henry Dean Carman was born on the 16/2/18. He resided at 20 Parkhill Rd,

Webber Germistan, South Africa. Attended air school 13/2/1942. Left South Africa

25/3/1942 & arrived M.E.C. (Middle East Command) 27/3/42. Posted S.A.A.F. base

depot to No 4 Squadron. 29/6/1942. 5 Sqn 7/7/42 –7/9/42. Listed missing (shot down

enemy action) 2/9/42. Reported safe and with advanced group, now in base hospital

4/9/42 suffering from fractured tibia and right ankle with multiple lacerations. S.A.A.F.

base depot & returned to South Africa due to injury’s sustained in dog fight. Hospital

records ‘dislocated right knee and fractured fibula’. 12/1/43 in and out of hospital –

30/8/43. Posted M.F. 5/2/45 served ADV. T.C S.A.A.F. H.Q. Discharged 29/10/45.

Died 3/11/2001.

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On the afternoon of 2/9/42, Pilot Officer Carman was flying escort duties, south of El-

Alamein when he was shot down whilst flying his Tomahawk, his kill being credited

to the famous German fighter ace Hans-Joachim Marseille. On that afternoon,

Marseille’s claimed two enemy shot down, including Lieutenant E. H. O. Carman (IIB

Mk IIB Tomahawks of No. 5 Squadron S.A.A.F) and Lieutenant J. Lindbergh

(Tomahawk Mk IIB, AM349) who remained missing in action. Added to this, he had

previously shot down 3 allied fighters that very morning, making a total of 5 victories

for the day.

Hans-Joachim Marseille, 13/12/1919 – 30/9/1942 was a Luftwaffe fighter ace. One of

the most successful fighter pilots, he was nicknamed the "Star of Africa". Marseille

claimed all but seven of his "official" 158 victories against the British

Commonwealth's Desert Air Force over North Africa, flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109

fighter for his entire combat career. No other pilot claimed as many Western Allied

aircraft as Marseille. He reached the zenith of his fighter pilot career on 1 September

1942, when during the course of three combat sorties he claimed 17 enemy fighters

shot down, earning him the Knight’s Cross, with oakleaf, swords and diamonds.

Only 29 days later, Marseille was killed in a flying accident.

4th & 5th Sqn S.A.A.F.: The squadron was initially tasked with providing anti-

shipping patrols and subsequently deployed as a fighter squadron over the Western

Desert battlefield area. At the end of 1942 it received Kittyhawk IIIs and later

Kittyhawk IVs and began to specialize in the ground-attack role, although still being

retained as an ordinary fighter squadron as required.

A rare fighter pilot group, belonging to an allied officer who was ‘downed’ by one of

the top aces of WW2.

368. WW2 South African Air Force group of 7 medals to Spitfire Pilot Officer

A.D. Croad, 152 Hydrabad Squadron. He was wounded twice in combat and

flew in the North African, Italian & Burmese theatres, including the ferocious

fighting at Imphal.

1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939 -

45 & Africa Service Medal. All impressed named 206581 A.D.CROAD. Court

mounted & comes with copy South African service record, group picture 152 Fighter

Squadron, Squadron log for the month of February 1945, research & obituary. Est:

$600 to $800

Very few South African pilots flew in the Burma campaign, so to find a Burma Star in

amongst a medal group to a S.A. pilot is exceptionally rare.

Anthony Douglas Croad was born 4/10/1920. Pre-war, he lived in Durban and

worked as an auditor/accountant. Enlisted South African Air Force, posted to Air

School 5/5/1941. 1/10/42 left Durban for 70 OUT. 16 Sqn 12/10/42 - 19/1/43. 21/3/43

landed Cairo S.A.A.F. base. 4/4/43 73 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit.- SAAF

BASE DEPOT 8/5/43.- 4 A.D.U (RAF) - 322 Wing training Flight 18/9/43 - 1/1/43.

152 Sqn 1/11/43 - Discharged 26/11/1945. Died South Africa 10/1/1985.

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Wounded in Action 27/7/43 bruised back, right arm and slight rectum injury.

11/2/1945 injured scalp abrasion. ‘Patrols of the Pauk were carried out as usual.

Instructions were received to carry out rhubarb on the road from Chauk to Thazi. Lt

Croad and Lt Potgieter, two South African pilots took off on this job. About an hour

later a message was received that Lt Croad was returning to base injured. The MO

was hastily summonsed to the strip and the ambulance stood by. Lt Croad after

going around again made and excellent landing but pulled off the strip at the far end.

On arriving at the aircraft, he was found to have been badly hit by ground fire from

the Meiktila area. Lt Croad had a badly cut head which was bleeding profusely and

some shrapnel in his arm. The aircraft had many .5’s plus shrapnel holes in it. It was

a miracle that it made base and Lt Croad is to be highly congratulated for an

excellent piece of flying as well as a very fortunate escape. After being treated at the

squadron sick quarters he was flown to 60 MPH at Impal. Meanwhile his number 2 Lt

Potgieter had called up saying that he had hit a tree whilst strafing. He was given a

course to steer for friendly territory but nothing more was heard from him. It is feared

that he had to force land behind Japanese lines. (Lt Potgieter was KIA on this

mission).

369. WW2 South African Air Force group of medals to Pilot Officer D.A.H.

Clark, 112 Squadron, who flew Kittyhawks & Mustangs over Italy. He was shot

down in June 1944 and successfully evaded capture, finally making it safely

back to the allied lines.

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War medal 939-45 & African Service Medal, all impressed

named 328908 D.A.H.CLARK. Court mounted, the come with copies of his South

African enlistment & service papers, 112 Squadron log for July 1944, excerpt from

the book ‘Shark Squadron’ with details of Clark’s escape and evasion. Est: $500 to

$600

Donald Alfred Hercules Clark was born on the 23/12/1923 in Durban. He enlisted

7/3/42 & was posted to 112 Squadron 28/5/1944. Shot down 3/6/1944 whilst

conducting ‘armed Recce’ of the Guarcino - east of road Arsoli-Subiaco. 2nd Lt. Clark

after bombing G2065 called up said ‘Ive been hit am bailing out’. His aircraft was

seen to turn over and later, his chute to open, his aircraft hit deck and burst into

flames. G2971. 2/Lt Clark safely waved and ran into trees at G.3168. 9/6/44 cabled

unit ‘Now safe with 8th Indian Division, expecting to return to squadron soon.

Continued with 112 Squadron until 12/9/1944, then Adv T.C – 23/3/45 then to South

Africa and discharge 18/6/1945.

The 112 Sqn. Log is full of ground strafing missions for the month, the classic WW2

fighter bomber work. 112 Sqn locations Italy 1944. May-June 1944: San Angelo.

June 1944: Guidonia. June-July 1944: Falerium. July-August 1944: Crete. August-

November 1944: Lesi. In June 1944, the Kittyhawks were replaced by the North

American Mustang Mark III.

A classic fighter bomber medal group, with Clark being shot down by ground fire on

a strafing attack, escaping and evading for 4 days & successfully making it back to

his squadron.

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370. WW2 South African Air Force casualty medal groups to the Felton

brothers (2).

1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-45 & Africa Service Medal. All impressed

named 207191 L.J.FELTON. Court mounted for display. Comes with copy enlistment

papers & service history, C.W.G.C. certificate and article from ‘Eagles Strike’, copy

21 Squadron war diary July -Dec 1943.

War Medal 1939-45 & African Service Medal. Both impressed named 578242

R.J.FELTON. Court Mounted for display. Comes with copy enlistment papers &

service history, C.W.G.C. certificate.

Est: $500 to $600.

Leslie James Felton was born 11/5/1922, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Enlisted

S.A.A.F 3/10/1941 with occupation given as storeman. Posted to 21 Squadron

S.A.A.F on the 31/8/42. The squadron was flying Martin Baltimore’s and was

involved in the battle of El Alamein. From the squadron war diary: On the 15/12/1942

a squadron sortie with 18 aircraft were bombing motor transport on the main road

near Marble Arch. Enemy AA fire was heavy and accurate. 7 of our aircraft were hit.

(All repairable) Major Jandrell’s aircraft sustained the worst damage. His top

a/gunner 207191 FSgt Felton L.J was killed and his observed 206112 Lieutenant (?)

was wounded’.

Further reports: ‘Killed in action, in Martin Baltimore, AH-151 was hit three times by

flak over the target area, these hits killed the top gunner and injured the observer.

AH-151 landed at Belandah where the body of F/Sgt. Felton was removed from the

aircraft by medical personnel of the U.S.A.A.F. and reputedly handed over to 239

RAF Wing for burial. His grave is unknown, so he is commemorated on the Alamein

Memorial. He had been hit by flak shrapnel in the upper body’.

Buried at Belandah U.S.A.A..F Cemetery: Belandah was constructed by Axis Air

Forces in 1941. It consisted of two airfields, about 2.5 miles apart. After the Axis

defeat in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign, the facility was abandoned by

the retreating enemy forces. It was later used by the United States Army Air Force

during the North African Campaign by the 57th Fighter Group, which flew P-40

Warhawks from the airfield between 3 December 1942 and 3 January 1943. Located

about 19 Miles (30 km) Southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya, there are no remains of either

airfield today and the desert has totally reclaimed the site. Their locations can only

be determined by German maps of the area.

Reginald John Felton. Was born 10/9/1924, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Enlisted 31/8/1942 S.A.A.F Wireless Operator. Occupation Clerk. 31/8/42-16/10/42

100 Air School. 16/10/42 – 1/5/43 64 Air School. 1/5/43-28/5/43 66 Air School

(Youngsfield Cape Town. Navigation & bombing).

29/5/1943 killed in flying accident off Danger Point South Africa. Cause of Death:

Died in Aircraft Accident, ran out of fuel and crashed into sea, in Avro Anson #1130.

Also killed Laurence Francis Comyns 542762, Richard James Evans 99857, B V

Clarence 542641.

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371. WW2 British Royal Air Force group of 5 medals named to J.E.

Loffoley. 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal and

War Medal. The 39-45 Star is unnamed as issued. The other two stars have been

unofficially impressed named R.A.F J.E.LOFFOLEY The War and Defence medal

unofficially impressed named 1647737 R.A.F J.E.LOFFOLEY Court mounted. Est:

$80 to $120

372. Post WW2 British General Service & U.N. Medals (3). British General

Service Medal 1918-62 (GVI), clasp PALESTINE 1945-48, impressed named

S.28624 PTE. M.MPITI. A.P.C; General Service Medal 1962-2007, impressed

named 2532 FF.RES. GULONG AK ANGIS. SARAWAK POLICE & UN medal

Cyprus (UNFICYP) un named as issued. (No clasps were issued for this medal). Est:

$100 to $150.

373. Royal Air Force group of 2 medals for South Arabian service. General

Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp ‘SOUTH ARABIA’ & R.A.F. Long Service & Good

Conduct Medal (Q.E.II). Impressed named Q4024289 SGT. T. THEW. R.A.F. Court

mounted as worn. Est: $140 to $200

374. A British Army Afghanistan & Iraq medal pair to Gunner R. May, Royal

Artillery. Operational Service Medal 2002, with clasp AFGHANISTAN, impressed

named GNR R MAY RA 25178568; Iraq Medal 2004, impressed named 25178568

GNR R MAY RA. Court mounted for display. Est: $300 to $400

375. Lot of British military miniature medals, ribbon bar and cloth jump wings

(37). A wide variety of medals, mostly early original pieces. Good lot for resale or

medal mounting supply. Est: $100 to $150

376. Mixed lot British & Commonwealth medals. British 1914-15 Star, British War

& Victory Medal, impressed named 144800 Spr W.J.Hayward R.E. with copy medal

rolls & index card; Belgium Victory Medal; Prussian Officer's Military Cross for 25

years of Military Service; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-1945. Est: $150 -

$200

377. Assorted British medals, name erased and damaged (6). 2 x original un

named India General Service Medals (1936) with N.W.F. bars 1936 & 1937; name

erased India General Service Medal 1909, with clasp WAZIRISTAN 1919-2; Ashanti

Medal 1901 (tailors copy), Venerable Order of Saint John Members medal mounted

for female & damaged Khedive's Star with replacement copy suspension bar. Est:

$150 to $200

378. Assorted British medals, name erased and tailors’ copies (9). G.R.I. Military

Cross (solid silver quality copy, 1945 engraved on rear lower arm), 1939-45 Star,

France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 (these 4 all original &

un named as issued), period swing mounted as worn; an un named original Crimea

Medal with replacement later suspender, a tailors copy Crimea Medal, with clasp

‘SEBASTOPOL’ & name erased Korea Medal & U.N. Korea un named as issued,

period swing mounted as worn. Est: $150 to $200

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379. Assorted lot British WW1 medals, badges & buttons (20). 1914-15 Star &

Victory medal both named 17678 PTE F.HARTLEY. NORTH’D FUS. British Naval

LS & GC Medal (GV) name removed; 1939-45 War Medal impressed named 174926

D.E.FANECO; WW1 Wound Badge on copy 1st Bn AIF patch; 2 x merchant navy

commemorative badges; wire bullion naval clearance divers badge; cloth shamrock

badge; NZ wire bullion Artillery badge; NZ Artillery hat and collar badge (no lugs hat);

A.S.C. hat badge; Pathfinders badge; 2 x Gold Coast Regiment shoulder titles, collar

badge (damaged lugs) & 3 buttons; 2 x Red Cross Medals 32037 M.F.BRESSEY &

35958 with Red Cross sweetheart stick pin. Est: $120 to $180

Pte Hartley KIA. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 27/3/1916. No known grave

commemorated Menin Gate Ypres.

380. WW1 & WW2 Royal Canadian Air force group of 10 miniature medals,

including Battle of Britain service. Post 1919 Distinguished Flying Cross & bar,

British War Medal, British Victory Medal, 1939-45 Star, with clasp Battle of Britain,

Air Crew Europe Star, British Defence Medal, British War Medal 1939-45, Canadian

Volunteer Service Medal & Overseas clasp, Canadian Efficiency Decoration (G.V.) &

Canadian Forces Decoration. Court mounted for display. Est: $150 to $200

German Medals & badges

381. Baden Commemorative Medal 1849. Est: $70 to $130

382. Baden Field Service Medal 1839. Period refitted suspension ring. Est: $80 to

$100

383. Franco-Prussian War 1870, German Iron Cross 2nd class. Cross shows

some age wear, with ribbed frames rubbed, but generally good solid piece, with

original issue ribbon. Est: $300 to $400

384. Franco-Prussian War 1870 German campaign medal bar. Includes 1870-71

commemorative medal, with 4 clasps, GRAVELOTTE-ST. PRIVAT, METZ,

ORLEANS & LE MANS & 1897 Kaiser Wilhelm I centenary medal. Clip mounted

onto thick ribbon bar, with semi loose brass pin. East: $250 to $300

385. Imperial Germany Southwest Africa Campaign Medal 1904 – 08. 2 clasps

HEREROLAND & OMAHEKE. Est: $200 to $250

386. WW1 Bavarian War Merit Cross, 1st Class with crossed swords in gilt and

enamel (Type III 1913-1918). Scare. Est: $200 to $300

387. WW1 German made Ottoman Turkey Gallipoli Star medal/badge. Excellent

red enamel finish with silver crescent moon and sultan’s name/date. Enamel is

faultless and clear. Pin backed, non-rivet type, plain reverse with length of award

ribbon. A quality German made example, awarded & worn by those serving as

advisors to the Turkish Forces. Hallmarked B.B&Co. Est: $200 to $250

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388. WW1 German Iron Cross & Red Cross award medal bar. Includes 1914 Iron

Cross 2nd class & Red Cross service medal. Medals clip mounted to pin backed

ribbon bar. Est: $80 to $120

389. WW1 German Iron Cross 2nd class medal lot (3). All crosses are maker

marked, have some age wear with new ribbons. Est: $120 to $180

390. Immediate post WW1 era German Freikorps ‘Ehardt Brigade’ members

uniform sleeve badge. Die struck toned alloy badge, showing viking ship to centre,

with Ehardt motto below, with oakleaf decoration, with oval rope border, showing 8

sewing holes. Measures 54mm x 79mm. Scarce. Est: $200 to $280

391. Spanish Civil War era German Legion Condor ‘Panzer Korps’ members

uniform sleeve badge. Die struck, silver washed brass alloy badge, showing

Totenkopf to centre, with compact panzer below, with oval oakleaf border, showing 4

sewing holes. Measures 47mm x 58mm. Scarce. Est: $200 to $280

392. Nazi Germany Legion Condor Spanish Cross, with swords in bronze, by

CE Junker, Berlin. Pre war quality, die struck, multi piece badge, with remains of

bronze wash, mainly to recesses, with pebbled maltese cross, LW eagle on sword

pair, with central rotating swastika. Concave reverse shows CEJ stamp to centre,

with wide vertical pin and resoldered large catch. Est: $500 to $640

393. WW2 German Luftwaffe Cross in Gold ‘cloth version’ uniform badge. Black

threaded central swastika, on white sateen background, with toned gilt finished

wreath on bullion & cotton starburst sewn to Luftwaffe blue backing. All of the paper

backing present to reverse, with original greaseproof paper award envelope.

Measures 71mm wide. Scarce. Est: $500 to $600

394. WW2 era German 1914 Iron Cross 1st class & 1939 Bar to the Iron Cross

cased medal set by C. E. Juncker of Berlin. Includes convex 1914 Iron Cross 1st

class, with 2-piece screw back fitting, maker marked L/12 (C. E. Juncker, Berlin) &

unmarked toned, silver washed tombak bar to the iron cross. Both near mint

condition pieces are housed in their fitted LDO gilt embossed leatherette case.

Overall a complete set, as worn by a holder of the iron cross from both world wars.

Rare. Est: $1000 to $1200

395. WW2 cased German Iron Cross 1st class by Karl Wild, Hamburg. 44mm

wide cross arms, very good central magnetic iron core, good bright frame. Pin

backed & marked ‘107’ to pin. Cross housed in a good cross embossed LDO marked

award case. Est: $350 to $450

396. WW2 Germany bar to the Iron Cross 2nd Class, in original LDO card box

of issue. 1939 Award Bar to the Iron Cross 2nd Class, a very nice example with very

fine detail, complete with all four fixing pins, in original LDO card box of issue.

Condition near mint. Est: $250 to $350

397. WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1943 dated award document. 44mm

wide cross, both with central magnetic iron core, with good age patina to white metal

frame, unmarked suspension ring. Paper award document to Sanitats-Gefreiter

Ernest Becker 3/306 Infantry Division, dated 6/10/1943. Hand signed by General

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Major, with 306 Divisional stamp. Fitted with quality reproduction Honour Roll Clasp

to ribbon. Est: $200 to $250

398. WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class & award packet by Rudolf Wächtler &

Lange, Mittweida. 44mm wide cross, with central magnetic iron core, with near mint

frosted white metal frame, suspension stamped ‘100’ with full original ribbon. White

award packet with printed details to front, showing some tears. An exceptional

condition cross. Est: $250 to $300

399. WW2 German Army 4 & 12 year service medals (2). Toned frosted silver &

gilt finished medals, with eagles to ribbons. Est: $150 to $200

400. WW2 German Army 18 year service medal/cross. Toned frosted silver

finished, with eagle to ribbon. Exceptionally fine condition. Est: $130 to $160

401. WW2 German Army 25 year service medal/cross. Toned gilt finished,

showing a couple of pitting points to cross edges, with eagle to ribbon. Generally

good overall. Scarce. Est: $200 to $250

402. Nazi Germany 25 year service & War Merit crosses (2). Frosted silver cross,

with enamel swastika centre, in maker marked (Friedrich Keller) card case of issue.

Mounted as issued. Comes with early war made War Merit Cross with swords, 2nd

class. Est: $100 to $150

403. Nazi Germany 40 year service medal/cross in case of issue. Frosted gilt

cross, with enamel swastika centre, in maker marked (Deschler & Sohn) card case

of issue. Mounted as issued. Est: $120 to $150

404. Nazi Germany 50 year service medal/cross in case of issue. White metal &

gilt cross, with enamel swastika centre, toned overall. Mounted as issued. Scarce.

Est: $200 to $250

405. WW2 German Army paratrooper qualification badge. Being of the mid war

zinc variety, most likely made by C.E. Junker of Berlin (not marked), with remains of

gilt wash to wreath & eagle, as well as silver frosting wash to central eagle. The pin

has been period replaced (pre 1945), most likely a Foster & Barth repair. The badge

is a good wartime piece, being one which a pre war Army paratrooper would have

purchased in order to wear, most notably to distinguish himself apart from the much

more common Luftwaffe qualified paratroopers. Measures 54mm x 41mm, weighing

31g. Badge comes with a C.O.A. from Craig Gottlieb, as purchased in 2008. Rare.

Est: $3000 to $3500

406. WW2 German infantry assault badge in silver – Normandy dug piece.

Ground dug piece, showing oxidation, with pin & catch. Tag states ‘Infantry Assault

Normandy’, vendor confirming 1980’s dug piece. Est: $60 to $100

407. WW2 German infantry assault badge in bronze. Die struck dark alloy metal

unmarked example, with heavily toned finish overall. Good details, with pin & catch.

Est: $150 to $200

408. WW2 German Army panzer assault badge in silver by A.D. Schwerdt,

Stuttgart. Two piece die struck, dull finish & sharp details to face, reverse with round

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base pin hinge, with makers trademark stamp above round base catch. Est: $200 to

$280

409. WW2 German Kriegsmarine U-boat war badge. Die struck, unmarked

tombak badge, retaining 40% of the original gilt wash, retaining pin & catch to rear.

Est: $280 to $360

410. WW2 German Kriegsmarine/Merchant fleet blockade runner badge cased

set. Includes full sized & miniature, mid war produced die struck stick pin badges.

The first retaining some of the silver was to eagle and ridges of waves, with

unmarked pin & catch to rear, the latter full toned grey metal, with stick pin needle.

Both are housed in the blue award case of issue. Est: $400 to $500

411. WW2 German lot of Kriegsmarine & Luftwaffe badges (7). Includes Black

Wound badge, Narvik Shield, early tombak type, with 3 of 4 fixing pins/no cloth, Krim

shield, 1 fixing pin /no cloth, Coastal Artillery Badge, by Schwerin/no catch, High

Seas Fleet Badge, Day Fighter Clasp, in bronze by Osang, these last two swastikas

filed off. Includes Weimar era Kyfhauserbund gilt medal. Est: $400 to $500

412. WW2 German Luftwaffe Air Force Combined Pilot & Observer qualification badge, aluminium type. Two piece, die struck aluminium badge, slightly convex gilt finished wreath & hand finished details to bright eagle & swastika, reverse with gilt finished pin & silver catch, with hand finished/filed rivet points. Very rare, these being a late 1930’s made pieces, being rather unpopular with the recipients, thereby being quickly withdrawn. Est: $2800 to $3400

413. WW2 cased German Luftwaffe air force observer qualification badge by Assmann & Söhne. Early war two piece, die struck tombak badge, ever so slight convex, heavily toned silver finished wreath, with dark finished eagle & swastika. Reverse maker stamped, with pin & silver catch, with good domed rivets. Badge is housed a near mint, gilt stencilled, believed post war case of issue. Est: $600 to $800

414. WW2 German Luftwaffe air force glider pilot qualification badge, type 1 by G.H. Osang, Dresden. Two piece, die struck tombak badge, slightly convex toned frosted finish wreath & sharp details to blued gliding eagle, reverse with twin domed rivets, pin & catch, with makers trade mark stamp to centre reverse of eagle. Scarce. Est: $800 to $1000

415. WW2 cased German Luftwaffe air force reconnaissance clasp by Brüder Schneider. Early war, two piece, die struck tombak & brass badge with silver washed wreath wings & brass birds head. Reverse with single domed rivet, pin & catch to rear, with BSW in club maker mark to rear centre. Badge is housed in the slightly worn, gilt stencilled award case of issue. Scarce. Est: $800 to $1000

416. WW2 cased German Luftwaffe air force long range night fighter clasp by G. H. Osang, Dresden. Mid war, two piece, die struck tombak & brass badge with silver washed wings & black enamelled wreath & toned down turned winged arrow. Reverse with single domed rivet, with silver washed pin & catch to rear, with maker stamp to rear right wing. These are rarely seen for sale. Est: $700 to $900

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417. WW2 German paratrooper qualification badge by Assmann in case of

issue. Two piece, die struck badge, with gilt finished central eagle & burnished

wreath, with twin domed rivets, pin, catch & ‘A’ for Assmann & Co maker stamp to

rear. A really impressive early war made piece, with great patina overall, housed in

its stencilled issue case. Est: $600 to $800

418. WW2 German Luftwaffe flak qualification badge. Early war, die struck, toned 2-piece tombak, unmarked example, with good details to dull wreath & eagle, with some of the original finish to swastika. Reverse with twin domed rivets, with pin & catch. Est: $200 to $260

419. WW2 cased German Luftwaffe air force ground assault badge. Two piece, injection moulded unmarked zinc badge, with single rivetted eagle, retaining majority silver wash, with sharp grey finished wreath, clouds & lightning bolt. Needle pin & catch, housed in its original stencilled blue award case. Est: $300 to $400

420. WW1 & WW2 German lot of medals, badges, pins & nurses belt buckle

(35). Includes medals, badges, including a lot of Nazi era Police, Navy cap & breast

badges, 2 x 25 year service crosses, tinnies etc. Mixed lot with and without fixing

pins. Est: $200 to $300

421. Nazi Germany qualification badges, medal & tinnies lot (9). Wartime Nazi

party membership badge, marked M1/120, wound badge in black, west wall medal,

war merit medal (2), 1934 SAAR tinnie, naval destroyer badge by Schwerin, missing

pin hook, infantry assault badge in silver, lacking pin & war merit cross with swords,

lacking ring. Est: $150 to $220

422. Nazi Germany tinnie badge lot (26). Assorted tinnies, all but 3 with pin &

catch fittings. Great bulk lot, perfect for resale or adding to your collection. Est: $300

to $500

423. WW2 German Luftwaffe Narvik uniform campaign shield. Early war tombak

piece, good details overall on blue grey backing cloth, front & rear. Scarce for LW.

Est: $280 to $360

424. WW2 German Army/SS ‘panzer’ Cholm uniform campaign shield. Mid war

alloy produced piece, with mid grey wash remaining, good details overall on black

backing cloth, showing metal prongs & plate to rear. Rare Panzer black uniform

issue. Est: $380 to $460

425. WW2 German Army/SS Krim uniform campaign shield. Mid war brass

produced piece, with good details overall on filed grey backing cloth, showing

backing plate, 3 of 4 prongs and blu tac residue spot. Est: $140 to $180

426. WW2 German Luftwaffe Demjansk uniform campaign shield. Mid war zinc

produced piece, with 30% of silver wash remaining, good details overall on blue grey

backing cloth, with slightly stained paper rear. Scarce for LW. Est: $220 to $260

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427. WW2 German Army/SS Kuban uniform campaign shield. Mid war gilt

washed brass produced piece, with good details overall on filed grey backing cloth,

with paper rear. Est: $180 to $220

428. WW2 German Afrikakorps uniform cuff title. Machine woven, tan rayon

base, with diagonal ribbed silver ribbed borders, with dark green centre with

AFRIKAKORPS, in aluminium wire threads. Full length. Est: $220 to $300

429. WW2 German Luftwaffe Kreta cuff title & award document. Cuff title has the

yellow embroidered KRETA with acanthus leaves, with yellow rayon top & bottom

borders. Frayed ends from obvious removal from uniform. Paper document

measures 210mm x 147mm, showing award to Felwebel Hans-Gunter Segendorf,

3rd Fallschirmjager Panzer Battalion. Dated 6th July 1944 & hand signed by General

Student. At some point the swastika on the eagle was covered, with the cover being

removed, leaving light adhesive residue. A very good cuff title & document pair, with

C.O.A. from Military Antiques of Stockholm AB. Est: $500 to $600

430. Nazi Germany Red Cross service medal. Two-piece construction, die struck

silver medal with gilt and black enamels to eagle, with intact red enamel cross &

white pierced circular border, with nicely toned reverse. Scarce. Est: $200 to $260

431. Nazi Germany Kreissieger trade badge for the Hitler Youth/Deutsche

Arbeits Front 1939. Multi-piece, bronze washed, die struck tombac construction

Kreis level badge with multi-coloured enamel work, with refinished red enamel to HJ

Diamond. Concave reverse with vertical pin & catch, being marked AG. THAM

GABLONZ a.N. Est: $260 to $340

432. Framed set of pre WW2 German Nazi Party badges & non portable award

medals (10). Includes rare Nuremburg Party Day 1929 & 1933, both retaining pin &

catch, Reichs Party Day badges 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 & 1939, all with pin &

catches. Non portable awards RPT 1937 & Presse 1939. Excellent condition pieces,

in 25cm x 45cm modern glass frame. Est: $400 to $500

433. Assorted Nazi Germany badges (8). Includes 3 x Kyffhauser veterans

Organisation badges, Luftwaffe cap badge (de nazified), German Worker Day" Tinny

Badge, Hitler Youth participants badge for DAF & HJ 1934 (missing bottom clasp),

black wound badge, polished down to brass & 2 x stick pins in LDO card General

Assault Badge & Police badge. Est: $100 to $140

434. WW2 Nazi Germany Mothers Cross in Bronze with award certificate to

Dora Cunz. Medal is in excellent condition as is the award document (A4 size). Est:

$150 to $200

435. WW2 era German Industrial award prize medals in cases (2). Honour Medal

of the Bavarian Industrial Association with miniature in case of issue (Nazi period) &

cased Merit Medal of Bavarian Industrial Association. Est: $80 to $120

436. Nazi Germany special award to the commanding general of military district 12. Olive drab coloured metal non portable award wall plaque, measuring 105mm x 144mm, with haning hook to rear. Features standing eagle & swastika over twin town shields of Nuremburg & Wiesbaden, with German text ‘Fur Besondere

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Leistung Der Kommanderengeneral und Befehishaber’ (Special Achievement award to The Commanding General and Commanding Officers). Est: $120 to $180

World Medals & Badges

437. Lot of Belgian military full size & miniature medals/groups (21). Includes:

Belgian Industrial & Agriculture medals x 2, WW1 comm. Military Medal front line

service, Military medal for the Volunteers of the Great War & 2 miniature medal

groups mounted (15 miniatures medals). WW1 comm. military medal for the

participation in the 1914 battle of Yser, named to Private Gustaaf Vermant from

Antwerp. Served in the 22nd Infantry of the line. Also includes Italy comm. 1915-

1918 Medal. Est: $150 to $200

438. Bulgarian Order of Military Merit, 5th Class 1900 – 1944 in case of issue.

This version is pre 9 September 1944 and shows flawless enamel & fittings. Est:

$150 to $250

439. Bulgarian National Order of Civil Merit, 5th Class in case of issue. Shows

flawless enamel & fittings. Est: $150 to $250

440. 1930’s era Republic of Chile ‘Order of Merit, Commanders neck badge.

Exceptional, 3 piece made example, gilt finished. Est: $200 to $250

441. Estonia White Cross of the Home Guard, 3rd Class. Very good white enamel

& gilt finished fittings. Instituted 19/6/1929. Scarce. Est $300 to $400

442. Irish General Service Medal 1917-1921. Medal retains integral ribbon bar with

pin. Est: $150 to $250

443. N.A.T.O. Meritorious Service Medal cased set. Includes full size, miniature &

ribbon bar in original box of issue. Est: $60 to $100

444. Netherlands Expedition Cross/Important Military Operations 1846 to 1942.

Est: $50 to $70

445. Netherlands Aceh Medal 1874. Est: $80 to $100

446. Netherlands Lombok Cross 1894. Est: $60 to $80

447. Netherlands Cross of Freedom and Justice & U.N. Netherlands issue

Korea medal. Cross for Justice and Freedom, 1 clasp, Korea 1950, silver, mounted

for wear, with Koninkluke Begeer label to reverse; U.N. Korea Medal. Est: $250 to

$350

Only 4,000 awards were made of the Cross of Freedom, making this a scare award.

448. Assorted Dutch and reproduction German military badges (28). Includes 17

Dutch badges & 11 copy German badges. Est: $50 to $70

449. Poland Siberian Exiles Cross, in box of issue. Est: $120 to $180

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Established 2003 to recognise and commemorate the sufferings of Polish citizens

deported to Siberia, Kazakhstan and Northern Russia from 1939–1956. A scarce

award.

450. WW1 Imperial Russian St George Cross, 3rd Class #85292. Replacement

ribbon and bracket. Anecdotal research shows issued to Arseniy Zharko (Djarko)

1st Grenadiers. 27/8/1915. Est: $500 to $600

451. WW1 Imperial Russian St George Cross, 4th Class #164846. Replacement

ribbon and bracket. Anecdotal research shows issued to F.N.Nikolai Pavlovich

Vabokov. 70th Ryazsk Infantry Regt. Awarded for combat duties supplying

ammunition when near the village of Zaleshany under heavy artillery, machine gun

and small arms fire, when ammunition shortage occurred 24/9/14. Est $400 to $500

452. WW1 Imperial Russian St George Cross, 4th Class #590439. Replacement

ribbon and bracket. Est: $400 to $500

453. Imperial Russia 1853-1856 Crimean War medal. Replacement ribbon and

bracket. Est: $120 to $150

454. Imperial Russia: 1904-1905 Campaign medal for the Russo – Japanese

War. Replacement ribbon and bracket Est: $60 to $80

455. Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labour, solid gold star medal, type 2,

variation 2, #6395. Medal with eyelet measures 33mm high x 31mm wide. A very

rare award with 16.3grams of 23k gold which makes up the medal without the ribbon.

Comes with original suspension device which includes the original rectangular back

plate, hexagon nut and mint marked screw plate. Issued in 1952/53. Rare. Est:

$2000 to $2300

456. WW2 Soviet Union, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, type 2 #705841.

Excellent enamel to star & band, with 9K gold hammer & sickle. Screw back disc,

with mint mark & numbered to rear. Issued April 1945/Battle for Berlin. Est: $150 to

$200

457. Lot of Soviet Russian orders, medals and badges (19). 2 x Order of the

Badge of Honour, #176128 & 328245; Medal for Courage 1943- 1991 #2620744.; 2

x Order of the Patriotic War, type 3, 2nd class #5333604 & 9338263; 2 x Order of the

Red Star #3146693 & 3029423; comm. medals: 250th ann. Leningrad, 60th ann.

Armed Forces, 30th ann. Victory WW2, 1500th ann. Kiev, 40th ann. end WW2,

Veteran of Labour Medal, 20th ann. Victory WW2, Jub. medal 50 Years Armed

Forces USSR, cap badge, 2 x lapel badges; Soviet ID 1941. Est: $200 to $300

458. Mixed lot of 6 Soviet & Polish medals with 2 replica Nazi badges. Original:

Poland The War Medal 1939, Soviet commemoration medals; Defence Moscow;

Defence Stalingrad; Defence Leningrad; Defence Caucasus; Valiant labour during

the great patriotic war 1941-194; Replica Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe &

Replica Luftwaffe Transport & Glider Clasp in Gold. Both copy German badges are

well made. Est: $100 to $150

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459. Rare WW1 Siam (Thailand) Victory Medal. Obverse shows some polishing to

highlights, with reverse showing the majority of original features. Mounted for

display. This is the rarest of all interallied Victory medals awarded by the 14 issuing

countries. Rare. Est: $800 to $1,000

Approximately 1,500 medals were issued by the Siamese government who had sent

an Expeditionary Force to France, and served on the Western Front, this being only

the 2nd medal we have seen for sale world wide in the last 30 years.

460. Spain WW2 Spanish Volunteers Medal (Blue Division). Est: $100 to $150

461. Sweden Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commanders neck badge. With full

neck black ribbon, in Carlman, Stockholm case of issue. Minor white enamel

damage and restoration to tips of points of badge, otherwise good. The black ribbon

was issued 1748-1975. Est: $300 to $450

462. WW1 Ottoman Turkey Gallipoli Star medal/badge. Turkish issue, with hand

painted enamel to face with length of award ribbon. Pin backed. Est: $160 to $240

463. Assorted items including patches, rank insignia, badges & paraphernalia

(100+). Iraq War ‘most wanted’ playing cards issued by C.I.A. in 2003, Australian

Army Brief History booklet, 6 WW1 period postcards, Nabisco Medal booklet

complete with medal cards inserted, repro Wehrmacht armband, 86 Soviet cloth

patches with research notes, 8 East German cloth badges, 2 East German Naval hat

tally band 3 sleeve titles, 26 Communist \shoulder boards, East German arm band,

21 other cloth badges, 2 Dutch metal sports badges. Large bulk lot. Est: $50 to $100

464. Lot of U.S. military medal ribbons and miniatures (29). 4 x Miniature groups,

2 loose miniatures, 4 ribbon bars, USN pin, flag pin and button. Group includes a

nice WW1 U.S. group with French/Belgian awards. Est $60 to $100

465. Lot of U.S. military medals & badge (9). WW2 era boxed Purple Heart &

single Purple Heart, boxed Bronze Star, boxed Victory World War II, Post 1980’s

boxed Kuwait Liberation Medal, boxed National Defence Service, American Defence

Medal, National Defence Medal & 1960’s Army Staff Identification Badge (slight

damage to enamel). Est: $160 to $220

Flags, Banners & Cloth Items

466. WW2 German Navy Kriegsmarine battle flag. Very good condition printed

flag, with white cotton base and thick cotton hooks to either end, showing maker

stamp but in faded condition, excellent stitching throughout. Measuring 103cm x

176cm. Est: $400 to $500

467. WW2 German Nazi banner N.S.D.A.P. party flag with gilt border. Very good

condition printed and panelled, single sided cotton flag, with red base & banner pole

loop. Central white circular wool panel with black printed swastika, excellent stitching

throughout, completed with gold thread border. Measuring 105cm x 69cm. Est: $400

to $500

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468. WW2 German Nazi armoured vehicle identification flag. Very good condition

printed and panelled, single sided wool flag, with red base with 4 brass attachment

eyelets. Central white circular wool panel with black printed Swastika, excellent

stitching throughout. Measuring 75.5cm x 92.5cm. Scarce. Est: $350 to $450

A scarce and sought after I.D. flag, these were used by armoured crews to help

identify them as being friendly forces to advancing recon fighters and bombers,

especially during bad weather or difficult country.

469. WW2 German funeral sash streamer. Full length silken red sash, with twist

gilt bullion tassels, with 2 x two-piece white circles, with printed swastikas. Measures

200cm long. Est: $150 to $200

Uniforms

470. WW2 German Navy officer’s mess jacket & uniform vest. Leutnant zur See

(Junior Lieutenant) mess jacket and waistcoat combination, of dark blue wool

construction with no damage or moth holes on the outside, single star & ro of gilt

bullion rank to both cuffs, along with officer quality breast eagle, full set of twin gilt

buttons (show dates stamped on the back 1938) & multiple award loops to lower left

breast. Silken interior shows some wear with the lining being ripped between the

shoulders and signs of a tailor’s label being there at some stage, apart from that the

interior is in good condition. Measures 46 cm inside arm, 46 cm across waist and 41

cm across shoulders. 4 pocket waistcoat is in fantastic condition with no damage and

all buttons present, measures 46 across the waist and 35 across the shoulders. Est:

$600 to $800

471. WW2 German Navy Kriegsmarine U-boat ‘Packchen’ naval foul weather

uniform trousers. WW2 German Navy Kriegsmarine U-boat ‘Packchen’ naval foul

weather uniform trousers. Very good condition grey blue heavy-duty leather with

cotton inner lining intact. All buttons and locks present, adjustable waist strap to

back, swastika eagle and ’M’ pressed into leather right top hip, with 2 deep slanted

pocket fronts. Inner grey cotton liner with makers tag ROBERT STRAUSS Augsburg

size 48 date 16.4.43. All stitching very good, hip to hem drop 107cm. Beautifully

manufactured and preserved. Est: $200 to $300

472. Rare WW2 German paratrooper’s uniform jump smock. Constructed of waterproofed mid-weight cotton/rayon blend material with printed splinter pattern camouflage. Smock features a five-button front closure, with one being broken in half. Smock has a diagonally angled slash pocket to either side of front running from the shoulder seam to mid-breast, pockets have large, brass/alloy, “Ries”, zippers and stitched down protective flaps. Breast eagle is present and has never been removed or replaced. Lay down collar also has the typical period ‘zig-zag’ reinforcement stitching to reverse. Smock also has a horizontal slash hip pocket to either side of the front with the large brass/alloy “Ries”, zippers and stitched down protective flaps. Reverse tail skirt with six, evenly spaced, “Stocko” snaps to secure tail skirt. Rear right seat with multi-piece flare pistol pocket. Pocket has a diagonally angled extended fabric tab with dual button holes, with corresponding buttons and retaining loop to body of smock, for the pistol grip, and a small vertically cylindrical pocket for the barrel. Left tail skirt has a horizontal loop for additional equipment. Opened

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vented armpits. Sleeve cuffs have a small vertical slash with dual snap fit adjustment. Interior of cuffs with tan rayon storm cuffs with elastic and dual snap fit adjustment. Unlined interior with tunnel looped adjustment strap at waistband and grey rayon reinforcements to reverse of flare pistol pocket and left tail skirt loop. Interior pocket bags are in tan cotton twill and cover most of the internal breast and lower hip areas. Measurement: inside arm 48 cm, across shoulders 50 cm and waist 60 cm. This is an outstanding example in fantastic condition and would be hard to better. Est: $2000 to $2500

473. WW2 German Luftwaffe single General Der Flieger bullion collar patch.

White base, with gilt bullion border, wreath & 3 gulls. Est: $200 to $250

474. WW2 German Luftwaffe belt & buckle marked Paulmann & Crone,

Lüdenscheid 1939. Features aluminium buckle embossed with eagle, swastika and

wreath”. Dark brown leather belt with seven double vertically holes for length

adjustment, measuring 82.5cm x 47cm. Overall a very good condition example. Est:

$150 to $200

475. WW2 German tropical Afrika Korps D.A.K. belt with 1940 dated buckle &

named bread bag. Features Steel buckle stamped D” &Co 1940, embossed with

Wehrmacht eagle and motto “Gott Mit Uns” with 95% original O.D. paint finish. Tan

coloured web belt with intact leather web tab with seven double vertical adjustment

holes, measuring 90cm x 47cm. Tan Bread bag with name Dieter Christian

handwritten to underside flap, also small light logo maker stamp, all leather and

aluminium tabs and buttons present. Scarce. Est: $300 to $400

476. WW2 German Tropical Afrika Korps D.A.K. belt with buckle by Richard

Sieper & Sohn, Ludenscheid. Features aluminium buckle die-stamped RS & S,

embossed with Wehrmacht eagle and motto “Gott Mit Uns”. Olive-green coloured

web belt with intact leather and canvas web tab with seven double vertical

adjustment holes, measuring 87cm x 47cm. Overall a very good condition example.

Est: $150 to $200

477. WW2 German Luftwaffe officer’s parade/walking out dress belt & buckle

by Assmann. Multi piece gilt and frosted silver buckle, maker marked A to reverse,

retaining hook, with separate silver clip on silver, red & LW blue bullion belt, with LW

blue cotton backing. Mint condition. Est: $300 to $400

Headgear

Helmets

478. 18th century Indo Persian khula khud helmet. Features large 20cm diameter

engraved metal bowl helmet, with engravings of 4 Mughal style turbaned males,

surrounded by floral designs. Attachments of central 12cm helmet spike, curved

forehead guard and 2 fluted plumage carriers. Fully intact chainmail skirt covers

eyebrows and projects over ears and back of neck. Est: $250 to $350

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479. 1871 pattern British Army 1st Dragoon Guards Trooper’s parade helmet.

Brass skull has an embossed laurel wreath centre & rear spine band, with the multi-

piece helmet plate with “1” centred within a garter bearing the motto

“HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE” over a white metal-rayed star backing plate. The

rose-shaped chin strap bosses support a graduated brass ring & leather backed chin

scale. The quatrefoil plume spike bears a thin white horse hair plume surmounted by

a rose boss. Interior shows a leather liner, with all tabs present, generally only

service worn, with screw & nut attachment, with worn green leather underside of

front visor. Very good condition for age and very presentable piece, with light

dimpling to body. Est: $600 to $800

480. 1953+ era 1871 pattern British Army Household Cavalry Farrier’s parade

helmet. Nickel skull has an embossed laurel wreath centre & rear spine band, with

the multi-piece helmet plate with silver and gilt plated helmet badge which sports a

Queen’s Crown, a silver 8-pointed Guards star with the cross of St. George and

garter containing the famous motto: "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense". The rose-shaped

chin strap bosses support a graduated brass ring & leather backed chin scale. The

quatrefoil plume spike bears a guard star base, with full black horse hair plume

surmounted by a rose boss. Interior shows a full service worn leather liner, all tabs

present, with screw & nut attachment & leather to underside of front visor. Very good

condition and presentable piece, with light dimpling to body. Rare Farriers example.

Est: $600 to $800

481. 1902 – 1918 era 1878 pattern British Army officer’s blue cloth ‘Home

Service’ helmet to the South Staffordshire Regiment by J & B Pearse & Co.

London. Blue cloth felt covered cork bodied helmet with gilded brass fittings, very

good, toned King’s Crown, multi piece gilt brass helmet plate with white metal

regimental scroll & central sphinx to centre. Screw on toned spike fitting to the top of

the helmet spike base, with rose side bosses & full chinstrap. Original leather

sweatband with beige cotton backing to the interior, with maker rosette to underside

of internal studded spike base. Very good or better condition overall. Est: $800 to

$1000

482. WW2 British 1944 dated Mk3 paratroopers’ helmet by Briggs Motor

Bodies. Features metal outer shell with matt green paint, showing normal scuff wear

marks. 44 dated leather liner with manufacturers BMB stamp, sized 7 5/8. Retains

leather chinstrap with chin cup. Superb condition. Est: $500 to $600

483. WW2 German Army single decal M35 steel helmet by Emaillerwerke A.G.

Fulda. Model 1935 steel helmet, with single Heer decal (90% present) to left side,

with good dark filed grey coloured finish to body, with only light wear. Retains leather

liner with all fingers present, showing good honest service, with leather chinstrap,

maker stamped OTTO MULLER 1942, with original chord. Steel shell maker

stamped EF62 (Emaillerwerke A.G. Fulda) and rear skirt number period painted

over. This is a good mid-war refinished helmet. Est: $500 to $700

484. WW2 German Luftwaffe/air force double decal M35 steel helmet by

Eisenhüttenwerke, A.G. Thale. Model 1935 steel helmet, with 1st type Luftwaffe

decal (30% present), showing light age, to left side, with very good dark grey/blue

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coloured finish to body, with some light wear and scratches, with the national

tricolour decal 75% present. Retains leather liner with all fingers present, showing

good honest service use, with leather chinstrap, maker stamped for Franz Brehmer,

with date 1943. Steel shell maker stamped ET66 (Eisenhüttenwerke, A.G. Thale)

and 3765 to rear skirt. Retains collector tag detailing liner maker etc. Est: $800 to

$1200

485. Scarce WW2 German Luftwaffe air force single decal M38 paratrooper’s

steel helmet. Model 1938 steel helmet, with the standard pre war toned dark green

finish with single Luftwaffe decal (85% present), to left side, with some light wear and

scratches. Early non vented slot bolts (4), being good and tight, with some

associated oxidation spots to shell. Retains service leather liner with all leatherwork

present, showing good honest service use, being ink stamped sized 59 and maker

marked SZf (ink stamps worn to maker). Aluminium band frame, with dark grey

padding material all present. Leather chinstrap assembly complete, with wartime

style buckle. Steel shell maker stamped ET71 (Eisenhüttenwerke, A.G Thale) and 1..

to rear skirt (number stamps faint from re-issue paintwork). Very good desirable

large size re-issue wartime helmet. Est: $3000 to $3500

486. WW2 German Afrika Korps pith helmet army aluminium decal badges in

case of issue. Both badges retain the majority of original enamel finish, maker

stamped & retain all prongs, in cream card box. Est: $80 to $120

487. WW2 German used Italian Army tropical pith helmet - Afrika Korps. WW2

German used Italian Army tropical pith helmet - Afrika Corps. Good Period Pith

helmet of Italian design, excellent tan material over ridged frame, repurposed with

German badges. Metal top mount shows 30% paint loss, good side vents. Light

desert googles with tinted plastic material lenses. Sizing roughly 52 to 54. Est: $150

to $200

488. WW2 Spanish Civil War model 1935 tankers helmet. Features black padded

leather body with leather neck skirt, extra round rim of padded leather for extra

cushioned protection. Internal Spanish pattern leather liner with leather ear

chinstraps, internal head size 17cm x 19cm, size small. No badge, but with badge

pin holes. Light wear overall. Est $100 to $150

489. WW2 Australian/British Cromwell/Brodie civil defence & electrician

helmet. Features black plastic or Bakelite 2-piece body with metal slit rivets,

adjustable canvas chin strap marked AEAG, internal liner complete and item in

unissued condition. No makers mark, but typical Cromwell style, this type being used

by electricians instead of the more dangerous metal protective headgear. Est: $150

to $200

490. WW2 Australian/British fighter pilot type C leather flying helmet with

training gosport speaking tube. Features supple leather with suede chamois

interior in excellent condition with virtually all of the original finish and very light wear.

All straps are excellent and retain the original coatings on the press studs. The lining

is spotless clean indicating only light use. The chinstrap retains the light blue colour

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and has elasticity. The ear receivers are hollow and connected to a brass speaking

tube. Est: $300 to $400

491. WW2 Australian/British tropical Air Force type E flying helmet. Features

tan aertex cloth in excellent condition showing light use and soiling only, sizing to

light to read but is a medium fit. Stamped Air Ministry rubber earpieces are in very

good flexible condition and the interior of the helmet/inner chamois donuts is equally

good. The chinstrap retains good colour and elasticity and the press stud poppers

have virtually all of the original brown coating. Wired with a light brown coloured

loom and black cased jack plug. Est: $250 to $350

492. WW2 Australian/British tropical Air Force type E flying helmet. Features

tan aertex cloth in excellent condition showing light use and soiling only, size 1, 81/2

to 8 3/4. Stamped Air Ministry rubber earpieces are in very good flexible condition

and the interior of the helmet/inner chamois donuts is equally good. The chinstrap

retains good colour and elasticity and the press stud poppers have virtually all of the

original brown coating. Wired with a light pink brown coloured loom and black cased

jack plug, plus input. Oxygen masked marked small with broad arrow stamp, good

elastics with rubber hose. Est: $300 to $400

493. 1960’s USAF pilots Gentex Scott helmet NSN 1660-00-440-5553. Features

small size Gentex shell with Scott air mask attachments with red and yellow decals.

Smooth moving clear and tinted visors. Inner black padding shows signs of age

deterioration, with chinstrap complete. Est: $250 to $350

494. 1970’s era British Para Australian Army paratrooper’s uniform jump

helmet. Fibreglass shell, painted dark green with normal surface scuff wear, with

rivets to either side. Leather lined, with chinstraps, cork lined and maker tagged by

Helmets LTD and sized 7 ½. Est: $100 to $150

Caps

495. WW2 Australian Army Brigadier General’s 1941 dated uniform slouch hat

by Hatcraft PTY LTD. Fur felt body, with only a couple of moth nips, with good

shape to shaped crown, with snap button closure, with twin sets of air vent

grommets, dark beige puggaree, with Brigadiers bullion padded badge & RAA

oxidised cap badge. Leather chinstrap & sweatband in excellent condition, with

manufacturers details, size 7 & date. Internal felt shows T8 & arrow stamp. Overall

an exceptional condition piece, to a senior officer. Est: $1500 to $2000

496. WW2 1944 dated Australian Slouch hat with puggaree, belonging to

Private J.Stone, 2/28th Battalion. Khaki fur felt body, with some light mothing and

stains. Marked on inside sweatband V112. 71/2 1944, complete with chin strap.

Attributed to Pte J.Stone. 2/28th Bn, who died of wounds 18/2/1946. Est: $300 to

$400

See lot #238 for the medals & ephemera group to Private Stone.

497. 1050’s Royal Australian Navy Captain’s/Commanders cap. Made by Gieves

Ltd, London. Queens Crown badge. Size 71/4. & White cloth cap cover. Est: $80 to

$120

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498. 1950’s Australian Army Brigadiers parade peaked cap. Bullion badge to

front, with good wool finish to crown. Interior and sweatband very good. Est: $80 to

$100

499. Lot of peaked caps R.A.A.F. (3). Vietnam era Australian R.A.A.F Air Marshals

peaked cap, with A.M. cap badge & twin rows of scrambled eggs to peak, the

sweatband marked Quality products made in Australia by the Dept of Supply 1970;

Vietnam era Australian Airman’s cap with Q.C. R.A.A.F. badge, the sweatband

marked Quality products made in Australia by the Dept of Supply 1969 & 1970 era

R.A.F. cap. Est: $200 to $250

500. Australian Army Special Air Service Regiment ‘E’ troop & British Special

Boat Service exercise baseball cap. Dark blue cotton cap, of ripstop material with

machine embroidered blue/light blue E troop logo, each side shows yellow ‘water

ops’ frog & S.B.S. ‘pilgrims’ troop logo. Adjustable velcro strap to rear, with machine

embroidered Australian & British flags to rear. Label shows manufacture for

PLATATAC. Very good condition overall, showing light wear & a couple of minor

stains to sweatband & interior. Ex SASR senior officer collection, who wore this as

part of the joint exercise in the early 2010’s. Est: $200 to $300

501. WW2 German Naval ‘Donald Duck’ hat for training ship Horst Wessel.

Navy blue wool base & crown, with slightly faded sewn silk cap tally, with Bevo

woven ‘HORST WESSEL’ to centre, with either side showing a flying Nazi party flag,

with full length tails. Interior leather dark tan leather sweatband & dark blue silken

cotton interior liner. Approx. sized 54/55. Scarce. Est: $1200 to $1500

SSS Horst Wessel was a Barque training ship, constructed in 1936 & served as the

flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet, which consisted of Gorch Fock, Albert

Leo Schlageter, and Horst Wessel. Horst Wessel was commanded by Captain

August Thiele, with it’s home port in Kiel. In the three years before World War II, she

undertook numerous training cruises in the North Atlantic waters, sailing with trainee

groups consisting of both future officers and future petty officers. On 21 August

1938, Adolf Hitler visited the ship and sailed for approximately one hour before

departing.

During WW2 she was lightly armed and acted as a training ship for various naval

and marine units, as well as being used for patrolling coastal waterways & inlets. In

April 1945, after the last German cadet class had departed, Horst Wessel departed

Rügen with a group of German refugees on board. She sailed to Flensburg where

Captain Barthold Schnibbe surrendered to the British, and the ship ran up the Union

Jack. Horst Wessel was ordered to Bremerhaven and tied to a temporary pier, and

much of its equipment was stripped. At the end of World War II, the four German

sailing vessels then extant were distributed to various nations as war reparations.

Horst Wessel was won by the United States in a drawing of lots with the Soviet and

British navies, and requested by the United States Coast Guard Academy's

Superintendent. On 15 May 1946, she was commissioned by Captain Gordon

McGowan into the United States Coast Guard as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle,

to which she is still used in that capacity, with her home port of New London,

Connecticut.

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502. WW2 German Luftwaffe ‘Hermann Meyer’ officer’s tropical peaked cap.

Mid tan colour cotton covered stiff flat peak, crown & centre band, with twin coated

zinc air vent grommets to underside of both sides of crown. Machine sewn flat

tropical eagle & swastika with machine sewn strip patch bullion cockade & winged

wreath. Retains adjustable flat cotton chin chords, being attached to the side zinc

buttons, which with the addition of a third zinc button to rear, holds the removeable

tropical cotton neck flap. Excellent ‘crusher’ shape to crown, with only light outer

wear. Interior retains cotton & hessian style white sweatband, with DAK style red

crown liner, being stamped size 59 with indecipherable ink/unit stamp. In very good

condition. Rare. Est: $4000 to $5000

The Tropical Service Cap (No. 142) was introduced for wear with the Luftwaffe tan

coloured uniform on 13th April 1942. It took the place of the Tropical Forage Cap and

was worn by Men, NCOs and Officers. It tended to be worn fairly extensively by

members of the Hermann Göring Division when serving in North Africa, Tunisia,

Sicily and Italy. The cap was so called the 'Hermann Meyer Cap', as a result of

Hermann Göring's throw away comment in September 1939 (shortly after the British

declaration of war on Germany), that if the Royal Air Force’s bombers ever attacked

Germany, stating ‘My name is not Göring, you can call me Meyer.’ Meyer being

the colloquial reference to being a Jew.

503. WW2 German Luftwaffe Signal’s Non-Commissioned officer’s summer

peaked cap. White ‘hessian’ cotton crown, showing some light wear & toning, with

ribbed black cotton centre band, with burnt orange piping, 1st pattern LW aluminium

eagle & winged cockade & wreath badge. Black leather peak, with twin buckled

chinstrap, fastened by twin black domed buttons, adjacent to the matching piping.

Interior shows economy chocolate brown fibre sweatband. Good interior overall.

Approx. size 56. Est: $400 to $600

504. WW2 German Afrika Korps D.A.K. Panzer enlisted side cap & dust

goggles. Olive coloured twill cotton body, with 1 piece pull down flaps, with sewn

pink soutache, Bevo cockade on tropical backing, with folded bevo woven ‘blue’

eagle on tropical backing. Single air grommet to both sides. Red cotton lined,

showing maker stamp for Clemens Wagner, Braunschweig Hamburg. Size 53 & Mai

42 (May 1942) stamped. Light wear & use, especially to crown, but generally good

overall. Two sets of light weight dust goggles, with elastic straps in fold up pouch

included. Scarce. Est: $800 to $1000

505. WW2 M43 German Army uniform field cap. Field grey wool body peak

(showing light folding to centre) and fold down flaps, retaining both silver washed

pebbled brass buttons. Machine sewn trapezoid eagle and cockade to top centre.

Economy silk interior, with faint partial maker stamp, with sewn olive cotton

sweatband. Est: $300 to $400

506. WW2 M43 German Army or Luftwaffe uniform ‘mountain troops’ field cap.

LW dark blue wool body peak (showing slight fold to centre) and fold down flaps (the

left side with edelweiss badge), retaining both beige plastic buttons. ‘T’ shaped field

grey Bevo eagle and cockade to top centre. Economy silk interior, sized 57, dated

3/44 RBNr. 0/06/8/5015 to centre, with much sweat and use staining. Looks to be

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either army or air force used, typical of the late war interchanging of materials as

issue stocks ran out. Unusual example. Est: $400 to $500

507. WW2 M43 German S.S. uniform field cap. Field grey wool body peak

(showing folding to centre & period small stitch repair) and fold down flaps (the left

flap retaining the SS eagle & swastika patch), retaining both zinc pebbled buttons.

Bevo woven Totenkopf patch to top centre. Worn economy silk interior, approx. size

57. Cap shows a lot of service wear and is a really good old salty piece. Est: $800 to

$1200

508. WW2 German Wehrmacht female helper uniform side cap. Features quality

grey doe skin wool pile, with black & white twist chord piping to side blitz badge, front

turn down border &crown, with ‘signals’ yellow top piping. Retains the alumium

bullion eagle, being hand sewn to lower centre front of cap, with a 1.5cm tear to cloth

above right wing, which is easily repairable. Interior of black silken liner, with

removed leather sweatband section. Approx. size 55. Scarce. Est: $300 to $400

509. WW2 US Navy Admiral’s uniform peaked cap, belong to Vice Admiral

Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee, who as commander of Composite Task Force,

U.S. Atlantic Fleet, died just 10 days after the official Japanese surrender. Lee

was most famous for being the commander in charge of the naval fleet which

repelled the Japanese naval attack on Guadalcanal in November 1942, as well

as being a skilled sport shooter, winning seven medals at the 1920 Olympic

Games, being the most successful athlete of the entire games.

The cap features a tan waterproof body, with black woven centre band, with U.S.N.

2-piece eagle, service worn gold braid chinstrap & twin gilt buttons, with a double

row of bullion oak leaves embroidered direct woven to the black felt top of the flat

leather peak. The interior shows the maker details for Art Caps of New York, with

clear protective cover, showing his name Lee, Willis A BB-56, mid brown leather

sweatband, gilt embossed named W. A. LEE. Light wear to underside of crown, but

in overall very good condition, approx. size 6 1/2. Est: $700 to $900

Willis Augustus ‘Ching’ Lee Jr. (May 11, 1888 – August 25, 1945) entered the

U.S. Naval Academy in 1904. While at the Naval academy, his Chinese-sounding

last name, compounded by his fondness for the Far East earned him the nickname

"Ching" Lee. Following graduation, Lee joined the academy's rifle team twice. He

was assigned to the battleship Idaho from October 1908 to May 1909, before

returning to the naval academy and re-joining the rifle team. In July 1913, Lee re-

joined Idaho, and in April 1914 he transferred to the battleship New Hampshire to

participate in the occupation of Veracruz. During World War I, Lee served on the

destroyers O'Brien and Lea.

Lee participated in 14 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He won 7

medals (5 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze), all in team events. It would not be until

Alexander Dityatin in the 1980 games that anyone would beat the record. Lee

attended the Naval War College in the late 1920s, and was promoted to the rank of

captain in 1936. During the 1930s and early 1940s, Lee was several times assigned

to the Fleet Training Division, commanded the light cruiser Concord, and served on

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the staff of Commander, Cruisers, Battle Force. In early 1942, following his

promotion to the rank of rear admiral, Lee became Assistant Chief of Staff to the

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet.

Lee's specialty in life was gunnery. At the age of 19 in 1907 "he became the only

American to win both the US National High Power Rifle and Pistol championships in

the same year." In 1914 during the Veracruz campaign in Mexico he drew the fire of

three enemy snipers, thereby exposing their positions and then shot them at long

range. He understood the powerful guns of a battleship as an extension of the law of

ballistics and adapted his expertise to the new age of technology. When Admiral Lee

engaged the Japanese Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō's battleship Kirishima on the

evening of 14 November 1942 in the waters off Guadalcanal, he became naval

history's first battleship commander to conduct a "gunfight" primarily by radar remote

control. In August 1942, Rear Admiral Lee was sent to the Pacific to command

Battleship Division Six, consisting of the battleships Washington and South Dakota.

Flying his flag in Washington, Lee engaged an Imperial Japanese Navy surface fleet

under the command of Vice Admiral Kondō during the second night of the Naval

Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 14–15 November 1942. While riding in the

battleship Washington, which served as his flagship during this sea-fight, Lee's

battleship decisively gunned the battleship Kirishima into a wreck, resulting in her

scuttling shortly afterwards. With 300 Imperial sailors still entombed within her hull,

she slid into Ironbottom Sound, leaving Admiral Lee's flagship Washington the only

American battleship during World War II to sink an enemy battleship in a "one on

one" gunfight.[10]Lee, who "knew more about radar than the radar operators", used

the SG radar installed aboard Washington to skilfully manoeuvre his ships during the

night.

Lee was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at the battle, promoted to Vice

Admiral in 1944 and placed in charge of the Pacific Fleet's fast battleships, as

Commander, Battleships, Pacific Fleet. In May 1945, he was sent to the Atlantic to

command a special unit researching defences against the threat of Japanese

kamikaze aircraft, the Composite Task Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. While serving in

that position on 25 August 1945, Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee died suddenly after

suffering a heart attack, ten days after the Surrender of Japan. He collapsed and

died in a motor launch that was ferrying him out to his flagship in the harbour at

Portland, Maine.

510. Czechoslovakia Police cap with badge. Dated 2006. Est $20 to $40

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for the lot, as per Condition 8(a).

(d) The Buyer must arrange for courier collection of lots within 10 working days of the auction. JB Military Antiques can arrange

for lots to be posted through Australia Post or Courier, at the discretion of the seller. Fees associated with posting to the Buyer

or returned lots to the Seller will include the actual postage charge and any packing costs accrued by JB Military Antiques. JB

Military Antiques is not liable for such postage costs and all costs associated are entirely the responsibility of the Buyer or Seller

to clear Lots they have sole tile within 10 working days.

(e) All packing and handling of lots is at the Buyer's risk. JB Military Antiques will not be liable for any acts or omissions of third

party packers or shippers.

9. Remedies for non-payment

Without prejudice to any rights that the Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior agreement fails to make payment for the lot

within 5 working days of the auction, JB Military Antiques may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more of the following remedies:-

(a) Charge the listed credit card details supplied for payment & store the lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer's sole risk

and expense;

(b) Cancel the sale of the lot;

(c) Set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by JB Military Antiques against any amounts owed to JB Military Antiques by the Buyer

for the lot;

(d) Reject future bids from the Buyer;

(e) Charge interest at 10% per annum above Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Base Rate from the Payment Date to the date

that the Purchase Price is received in cleared funds;

(f) Re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at JB Military Antiques discretion, in which case the Buyer

will be liable for any shortfall between the original Purchase Price and the amount achieved on re-sale, including all costs incurred

in such re-sale;

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(g) Exercise a lien over any Buyer's Property in JB Military Antiques possession, applying the sale proceeds to any amounts

owed by the Buyer to JB Military Antiques. JB Military Antiques shall give the Buyer 14 days written notice before exercising such

lien;

(h) Commence legal proceedings to recover the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest and legal costs. Disclose the Buyer's

details to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings.

10. Failure to collect purchases

(a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but does not collect the lot within 20 working

days of the auction, the lot will be stored at the Buyer's expense and risk at JB Military Antiques premises or in independent

storage.

(b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within 6 months of the auction, following 60 days written notice to the Buyer, JB Military

Antiques will re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with estimates and reserves at JB Military Antiques discretion. The sale

proceeds, less all JB Military Antiques costs, will be forfeited unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction.

11. Data Protection

(a) JB Military Antiques will use information supplied by Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by JB Military Antiques for the

provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and as otherwise required by law.

(b) By agreeing to these Conditions of Sale, the Bidder agrees to the processing of their personal information and to the disclosure

of such information to third parties world-wide for the purposes outlined in Condition 11(a) and to Sellers as per Condition 9.

12. Miscellaneous

(a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by JB Military Antiques are the copyright of JB

Military Antiques.

(b) These Conditions of Sale are not assignable by any Buyer without JB Military Antiques prior written consent, but are binding

on Bidders' successors, assigns and representatives.

(c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set out the entire agreement between the parties.

(d) If any part of these Conditions of Sale be held unenforceable, the remaining parts shall remain in full force and effect.

(e) These Conditions of Sale shall be interpreted in accordance with Australian Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the

Australian Courts, in favour of JB Military Antiques.

JB Military Antiques Authenticity Guarantee

If JB Military Antiques sells an item of Property which is later shown to be a

"Counterfeit", subject to the terms below JB Military Antiques will rescind the sale and refund the Buyer the total amount paid by

the Buyer to JB Military Antiques for that Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase Price.

The Guarantee lasts for 90 days after the date of the relevant auction, is for the benefit of the Buyer only and is non-transferable.

"Counterfeit" means an item of Property that in JB Military Antiques reasonable opinion is an imitation created with the intent to

deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the correct description of such matters is not

included in the catalogue description for the Property.

Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or restoration and/or modification work (including,

but not limited to, traces of mounting, tooling or repatinating). Please note that this Guarantee does not apply if either the catalogue

description was in accordance with the generally accepted opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the

catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of such opinions; or the only method of establishing at the date of the

sale that the item was a Counterfeit would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted,

unreasonably expensive or impractical; or likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in JB Military Antiques

opinion).

To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer must notify JB Military Antiques. in writing within one (1) month of receiving any

information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property, specifying the lot number, date of the

auction at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and return the Property to JB Military

Antiques in the same/unaltered condition as at the date of sale and be able to transfer good title in the Property, free from any

third party claims arising after the date of the sale.

JB Military Antiques has discretion to waive any of the above requirements. JB Military Antiques requires the Buyer to obtain at

the Buyer's cost the reports of two independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and acceptable to JB Military Antiques.

These experts will have physically examined the item in question, meaning photographs and email exchange only is not an

acceptable form of expert judgement. JB Military Antiques shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and reserves

the right to seek additional expert advice at its own expense. In the event JB Military Antiques decides to rescind the sale under

this Guarantee, it may refund to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert reports,

provided always that the costs of such reports have been approved in advance and in

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