A harlequin set of six Royal Crown Derby coffee cups and saucers and six teacups and saucers, 1927 and 1929. Provenance: Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK. Other Notes: Geoffrey Archbutt of Leicester, UK married Berenice Garrick whom he had met in Austral
Rare Maori short club, New Zealand sperm whale carved bone war club, (kotiate paraoa), known to be passed down in elite families as important ancestral heirlooms
A collection of World War II memorabilia, including shell dressing, a thimble, buttons, a small bag of threads and two Australian metal military badges, the largest 17.5 cm high.
Three 1930s world tour photograph albums including many captioned photographs of a visit to Germany and other European loactions in 1937, prior to World War 2 also UK scenes, and return trip to Australia.
Three pieces of Australian war memorabilia jewellery, including a fob pendant, a 'Great war Caltowie Cheer-Up Society' and a sweetheart bar brooch featuring a bayonet and diggers slouch hat; all 9ct gold. Total weight 13.8g.
Accumulation in 4 cartons including Singleton World War I certificate (tear at base); 1913 'Laying the Foundation Stones... at the Federal Capital City, Programme' (poor condition); 1918-40s masonic ephemera (33 items); letter signed Sir William McKell (12
Lord Louis Mounbatten: Signature 'Louis Mountbatten' on letter dated 3rd Sept 1945 on 'South East Asia Command Headquarters' letterhead to Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a Vad nurse in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Australia & New Guinea and on
Military collection of signed photographs & pieces in folder including World War II aces Ken Jerhstedt, Oscar Boesch, Horst Petzschler (2), Rudy Augarten (2), Sergei Karmarenko, John Loisel & Gabby Gabreski; Doolittle Raiders (9) with Charles Ozuk, David T
Badges collection (230+) including World War I & World War II patriotic badges; charity badges; union badges (2), 1934 Centenary Air Race, 1935 Back to Gunnedah (2), 1937 Royal Agricultural Society NSW, Gould League of Bird Lovers (3), Australian Air Leagu
Italy: World War I group with Silver and Bronze 'Militare Al Valore' both engraved to 'Alberto Galeotti' plus 'Merito Di Gverra' with Sword, also Germany Iron Cross; Unification medal and other insignia. (Qty 14 items)
Australia: World War II Army group of 5, 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War Medal, and Australian Service Medal MY190, all impressed 'VX60916 J.T. Bromley'. Includes full service history, Offences: 'Neglect to the prejudice of good order and military di
World War II: Booklet 'Homeward Bound 1943', a souvenir of the voyage of the Ninth Division back to Australia aboard the Rms 'Queen Mary' after the Allied victory in North Africa. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a nurse in Palestine, Syri
World War II: Booklet 'AIF RAAF At Sea November 1941', a souvenir of the voyage aboard the Rms 'Queen Mary' to North Africa; plus '2/6 A.G.H. Magazine' Christmas Number Dec.20 1943. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a nurse in Palestine, Sy
World War II: 1941-43 photographs from a wide variety of units and locations; plus 1961 'Government Railways of Australia' First Class Ticket from Perth to Melbourne and return. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment n
World War II: Australia RAAF Recruiting Poster 'We're All in the Team! Join The RAAF Ground Staff', superb artwork, marked 'AF2-44' at lower right, size 63 x 51 cm, Superb condition.
World War II: Australian soldier Pte Sidney Isaac Gladstone Furphy correspondence & ephemera including covers sent home x20+ mostly from Egypt with letters enclosed, variety of postmarks including 'H.M. Transport' (sent from troopship) and 'Railhead P.O.',
Boer War: 1902 printed letter signed 'Ew Witton' (with the envelope on which it was sent) asking the recipient to sign a petition to the King for the release of Lt George Ramsdale Witton, who was sentenced to death for murder - together with 'Breaker' Mora
Boer War: 1900 (circa) New South Wales red & white pillbox hat, made by Hobson & Sons Army Contractors of London, endorsed inside 'Singleton WA Hewitt 6 5/8'; also a red & white side cap, both a bit moth-eaten. (Qty 2 items)
1850s-1960s Maritime & Military correspondence relating to Reginald Roose Francis including letters, photographs, ephemera & documents from throughout his career as a purser on board the Orient Line Rms 'Ophir', 'Otway' & 'Omrah' from 1908-11; then during
1908 The American Fleet in Australia collection of Rose Stereographs (31); plus Keystone View Co. 'The Greatest American War Fleet', mainly fine. (Qty 32 items)
1900s-2015 cigarette & trade cards in about 50 small albums, including Ogdens photo album (144); 1927 Players 'War Decorations & Medals' [90]; 1935 Wix 'Henry' [50]; 1938 Players 'Aircraft of the Royal Air Force' [50]; Tuckfield Tea cards. Poor/Fine. (Qty
A rare Pre-war Triang ambulance, designed and manufactured pre war. Tin finished in cream and red patina. Wear consistent with age, in good vintage condition. Height 17 cm, width 35 cm, depth 15 cm
A World War I silver Fumsup lucky charm with Touchwood head, glass eyes and movable arms, Reg no. 2029, introduced during the late Victorian era, the popularity of the 'Fumsup' character on which such charms were modelled soared during World War I, as they
An Edwardian platinum aquamarine and diamond brooch, early 20th century, centring an octagonal step-cut aquamarine weighing an estimated 25.00 carats, millegrain-set within a conforming pierced frame set with old and rose-cut diamonds, case by Heming & Co.
World War II medal group, discharge papers, bar and photographs belonging to Ronald Malcolm Waack (VX13519) A.I.F. 2nd Australian Forrestry unit R.A.E. A.I.F. (5 items).
Charles E.W. Bean (Editor) the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 (series title) issued between 1921 - 1938; comprising of volumes 1 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 (the photographic record). (7 vols.).
Australian World War I Victory medal with dedication on rim to '1540 Pte. T. Pringle. R.A.M.C.', with ribbon; also silver plated order of St John Service Medal with ribbon. (2 items)
Silk cigarette cards: selection with Wills 1910-17 'Crests and colours of Australian Universities, Colleges & Schools' (32/50) plus some duplicates, other Wills oddments including 1910 arms of British Empire (10) plus two duplicates, 1916 War Medals (4), f
New York Times - civil war era - : 1863 selection comprising editions for Feb.15, Jul.18 & 29, Aug.2 & 5, Oct,7, 24, & 31; the Jul.18, edition reviewing the Siege of Vicksburg (July 4) the correspondent noting 'The almost impassable natural obstacles that
A spectacular & important illuminated presentation folio to Joseph Cook, M.H.R. A bi-fold, leather-bound presentation, with gilt embossed decorations and addressed to the Honourable Joseph Cook, M.H.R. On the front cover. Internally, a hand-painted and let
Various Australian badges including Pacific Island Regiment (2 types), the Royal Regiment, Royal Australian signals (2-part hat badge), Royal Australian survey Corps, Australian Garrison artillery, Australian Cadet Corps (Camberwell Grammar), Royal Austral
A.I.F. Death plaque for private Victor Ernest Warne, 38th Australian Infantry Battalion. Warne, from Bendigo, Victoria, died in France of 9th November 1918, two days before the end of the war. He died of pneumonia.
Lieut. Will Dyson, Australia at war. A winter record made by Will Dyson on the Somme and at Ypres during the Campaigns of 1916 and 1917. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton. (Australia at war. Drawings at the front by Lieut. Will Dyson, official artist
An Albert Jacka, VC Tribute, an attractively mounted and framed display, of army badges, ribbons and buttons, combined with battlefield finds - bullet, cases, a bayonet, trench art and a 9ct gold, and pearl 'Mother/A.I.F.' boomerang, brooch, together with
Laurence George Hatton Marshall (1884 - 1966), Victorian Imperial Bushmens Regiment trooper No.100. Awarded the Queen's South Africa medal with clasps for cape Colony, Rhodesia, orange free state & Transvaal. Pioneer Aviator and Politician. An archive cont
Charles Meere (London 1890 ? Sydney, 1961), '1788 ... 1938, 150 Years of progress, Australia Celebrates, January 26 ... April 25 1938', lithographed and printed by Hackett Offset Printing Company, Sydney & Melbourne. 101 x 64 cm; signed and dated ''37' in
1920, finely cast depicting the general in ceremonial armour, with original wooden plinth, 24.5 cm high. Note: Maha Bandula (1782-1825) was the commander-in -chief of the Royal Burmese Armer a Burmese bronze statue of general Maha Bandula Pegu, circa 1920,
A Japanese black-lacquered deer-hide jingasa, Edo period (1603-1868), the conical samurai war hat decorated with a gold lacquer mon (Daimyo crest) to the front, beneath a silver lacquer band. 16 cm high, 38 cm diameter
Pietro Bernasconi (1826-1891, Italian), A Child's First Misfortune, white Carrara marble, modelled as a small boy standing rubbing his eyes with his fist in sorrow after his cup has fallen and broken into pieces on the ground, with a pot of flowers behind
Extremely rare Copeland loving cup, c.1899, commemorating the 1899/1900 Transvaal war, decorated with a portrait of Queen Victoria and flags of colonies, Field Marshall Lord Roberts, the Marquess of Salisbury and cannons and flowers, in tones of pink, yell
A King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Royal visit to Adelaide, Australia commemorative trio, 1949, for the people in late 1940s South Australia, a Royal visit was to be a memorial of victory in World War II. King George VI was scheduled t
A 20th century finely scrimshawed ivory whales' tooth 'Maori War Canoes at Sea 1827', the coastal scene includes 11 war canoes with entitlement one side, a single canoe the other. Length 18.5 cm.
A large and impressive waka prow by the late Tamati Edwards. This prow was chisel carved by the late Tamati Edwards who is of Ngapuhi of Northland, New Zealand. The prow is an exact downsized replica of the famous Ngapuhi waka taua named Ngatokimatawhaorua
Harry Memmott, (1921-1991), Stoppered decanter, glazed earthenware, signed to base, height 23 cm Dia.13 cm. Literature: Harry Memmott (1921-1991) was born in Brisbane and spent his childhood at Annerley not far from his grandfather J.T. Sandison's pottery
A photograph taken after the Boer war by an unknown photographer, gelatin silver print, hand coloured and mounted on card. Height 25.8 cm, width 19.9 cm
A William IV Irish mahogany sarcophagus shaped cellarette by Williams and Gibton, Dublin, circa 1830, the rising top, enclosing original lead-lined interior, on four bun feet with original recessed castors, stamped Williams and Gibton and numbered 41626, w
A French neo-classical bronze model of Athena, goddess of war, 19th century, wearing classical attire and holding her attributes of a spear, aegis with Medusa head, and raised upon a bronze globe above a mottled red marble pillar with a moulded wreath bron
Important war trumpet, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Such trumpets were blown after a successful tribal fight to alert their home village of the warriors' success. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Provenance: acquired in the fiel
A large Clarice Cliff enamelled porcelain Sir Frank Brangwyn series wall charger, circa 1930's, signed and detailed to verso 'The Brangwyn panels designed for the Royal gallery of the house of Lords 1925, first exhibited at Olympia 1933, painted by Clarice
World War I 12ct New Zealand flying Corp brooch and other, World War I 12ct New Zealand flying Corp brooch and mother of pearl New Zealand Onward brooch
Reuben Watts (New Zealand 1869-1940) period flying school brooch, ferns and spread wings in red, white and blue enamel with attached World War I miniature war and Victory, stamped sterling and Watts
Austin J40 child's pedal car, fondly known as the 'Joy Car' or 'Junior Austin', the 'J40' was manufactured from 1955 to 1971 by disabled miners at a factory in the village of Tiryberth, near Bargoed in South Wales. Built at the instigation of Lord Nuffield
World War 1 era German artillery sword shagreen handle, marked 'G. Forch, Cassel,' to back the ricasso, and marked for Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co., Solingen under the guard on the fuller. with scabbard, length 94 cm sword.
An exceptionally rare and important Bagnold sun compass, Instrumental in giving what has become one of Britain's most famous special forces. The Long Range Desert Group, an unrivalled edge in the North African desert during World War II it is believed this
Britains 54 mm hollow cast lead - Miscellaneous selection; with Indian Gurkhas (2), Royal Scots greys on horseback (5), Knights in armour (6) three standing and three on horseback including an Agincourt knight; also Manoil/Barclay (USA) cast iron figures o
Britains 54 mm hollow cast lead - Gordon Highlanders, eighteen figures in Colonial (Boer war) uniform comprising standing Riflemen (4), kneeling Riflemen (5), prone Riflemen (7), plus single figures standing with binoculars or kneeling with binoculars. (18
American civil war cavalry sabre in scabbard, stamped 'U.S. Adk, 1862, Ames Mfs. Co. Chicopee Mass.' additionally marked on the guard '11199', 102 cm long
Richard Simkin (British, 1840-1926), 98th Regiment of foot, watercolour, signed lower right 'R. Simkin', inscribed 'Major, Sublieutenant (Queen's colour), Review Order', also inscribed on the mount '98th Regiment of foot, R. Simkin, 1876'. Noted additional
A collection of lead soldiers, 167 pieces, a variety of toy soldiers depicting the American civil war, toys are a variety of on foot, on horse and accessory models.
A World War II naval Officer-of-the-Watch telescope, marked CKC (Canadian Kodak Co) Pattern 373, No.817, chrome brass single-draw, leather cover main tube, sun-shade. Length 41.5 cm closed. Provenance: The H.N.E Sheppard Estate Collection.
A vintage kauri half model L-Class mullet boat, the laminated lower hull polished, the upper painted green, with rudder. All mounted on mahogany panel. Length 83 cm. Note: From the early 1920s until after the 2nd World War, the 'L' class Mullet Boats were
Pvte. John James McNamara's World War I NZEF archive collection in frame, includes his engraved silver wrist watch, pair of service medals, pay book, instruction book, named wallet, diary, corkscrew, keyring, pipe and more. 63 x 70 cm.
Four various World War one service medals including Victory Medal, and Enlistment Medal, and one miniature medal. Each with ribbon, and marked for Hon. Major F. de V. Lamb.
World War one Australian Army photograph group photograph of 11 Australian Army soldiers, with hand written description verso 'Taken 17/11/17 at Ross Camp, Tasmania,' 10 cm x 15 cm.
A 19th century Scottish Officer's Regimental Dirk of the 74th Highlanders, with notched backed fullered blade, etched one side with regimental badge, battle honours of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the Second Anglo-Maratha War and the Peninsular War; to the
A very rare New Zealand World War I woman's death plaque 'To Esther Maud Tubman 22/517', Staff Nurse Esther Maud Tubman, New Zealand Army Nursing Service 40th reinforcements travelled to England between 10th July and 10th September 1918. Died 18th Septembe