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A 19th century New Caledonian Kanak war club, with bird head striking blade with hooded medial ridge and tapering shaft with ridged handle, 70 cm length

A good 19th century New Caledonian Kanak war club, with bird head striking blade with hooded medial ridge and tapering shaft, the distinctively shaped porowa RA maru, or 'bird head,' clubs of New Caledonia were prestigious objects created for use by chiefs

A superb Papua New Guinea Ramu River war shield, stone carved of tapering rectangular form. The front decorated with an abstract triangular face between pairs of stylized eyes. The lower section with interwoven split cane. It is rare to find an example lik

A rare Solomon Islands war shield with frigate bird motif, wicker made from rattan, with rounded top and bottom. 86 cm height

Three military edged weapons, German, French, Japanese, early to mid 20th century, a German M1898 sword bayonet and scabbard, World War I issue, for Mauser 98 rifles, a French Lebel bayonet with scabbard, and; a Japanese bayonet for 6.5 mm type rifle, the

The Wellington Citizens flag embodies immense cultural value and tells a fascinating story. The 21st of October, 1899 can be regarded as a significant day in New Zealand's journey towards independent nationhood. It was referred to as 'The greatest celebrat

Rangi Redman carved model war canoe 'waka taua', finely carved with stylised figures and scrolls with lineal and notch detail, includes four carved paddles, length 60 cm. With framed details confirming Redman as the maker.

A Vintage Cheetah propeller, from an Airspeed Oxford, bolt holes to the hub, the wooden blades with brass sheathing along blade leading edge and yellow painted tips, the brass plate to the centre with DRG NO. Z3932/1 CHEETAH x LH D. 7.17 P. 6.9. length 220

Frank Shepard Fairey (b.1970), make Art Not War, offset lithograph, signed and dated in pencil below image, overall 91 x 61 cm.

World War II period English Police helmet, stencilled 'Police, 9000', circa 1940s,

World War II period leather aviation pilot's hat, 32 cm high

Military badges: predominantly British World War I/ World War II era cap badges including border Regiment (collar badge), Herefordshire Regiment, Kings Royal rifle Corps, Kings Own Yorkshire light Infantry, London Scottish 14th Battalion 'Strike Sure', Lei

Boer war sterling silver presentation loving cup inscribed 'Manchester Volunteer medical staff Corps, 1901, presented by Mrs. Whitehead to J.C. Staff Sergeant J. Cose, as the most Deserving member of the Corps during the year Ending 31st October, 1901.', 1

A hand-written invitation to dinner from President George Washington, 23rd February 1799 one-page invitation in Washington's distinctive hand, accompanied by the outer wrapper addressed to 'Mr and Mrs Ramsay &c in Alexandra' who were the recipients of the

Papua New Guinea: World War II era photographs in album with native scenes including port Moresby District, Hanuabada and Talasea, Allied aircraft including. B-25 Mitchell bomber, Douglas DC-3, Catalina flying boat, wreck of Mv Macdhui ('McDewey'), militar

1900s-1970s British and foreign array with British real-photo including Prees Heath World War I army training camp, others real photo types showing London including. Petticoat Lane & Chester; also Colchester, Edinburgh, St. Osyth, Yeovil and other regional

Jaeger-Lecoultre World War I period pocket watch with black dial and steel case, reverse engraved 'G.S.T.P.233172 XX' with broad arrow mark, 6.5 cm high including crown

A World War II Palestine campaign souvenir, flowers from the holy land, olive wood bevelled covers with a painted scene of the Citadel enclosing a series of chromolithographs with views of Israel and 12 sheets of pressed flowers with tissue guards, descrip

A collection of postcards on Japanese submarines circa World War II, 9 x 14 cm

A scale model of the Melbourne shrine of Remembrance, circa 1945, made by J. V. Martin, with brass dedication plate: 'Presented to Preston city Council in trust for the citizens by the S S & A. F. A' (Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen's Fathers Association), c

World War II army issue sterling silver chalice London 1943, maker Hurst, Franklin & Co Ltd, 135, marked broad arrow 1944 height 10.5 cm height, 135 grams.

World War II Australian War & Service medal pair both named: NX118779 A. E.Pearson

Portugal World War I Victory medal - Medalha Vitoria This Victory medal was designed by Joao da Silva, a renowned Portuguese sculptor of the era.

South Africa medal for War Services 1939-1945 unnamed

Three World War I Star medals (unnamed) 1939 - 1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star & Africa Star

Set of three New Zealand World War I named war medals All named for Sjt A.J. Paterson N.Z.E.F. 1914-1915 Star, War medal & Victory medal

New Zealand 1939 - 1945 war service medal unnamed

Set of five Australian World War I & World War II medals All named for R.M.Reid Including 1914-1918 Star 1002 Cpl R.M.Reid. 4/Bn A.I.F 1914 - 1918 British War medal, ditto 1914 - 1918 Service medal, ditto 1939 - 1945 War medal V55197 R.M.Reid 1939 - 1945 A

Set of seven British World War II medals Two Named - Capt T.A.S.Tryon, W.Yorks George VI Efficiency medal - Kenya (named) EIIR Africa medal- Kenya (Named) 1938-1945 War medal 1938-1945 Defence medal Burma Star Africa Star 1939-1945 Star

Set of five British World War I & World War II medals 1914-1918 Star. S-18129 Pte J.W.Thompson Cam.N.Highrs 1914 - 1918 British War medal, ditto 1914 - 1918 Service medal, ditto 1939 - 1945 War medal unnamed 1939 - 1945 Defence medal - unnamed

Efficiency EIIR decoration - Nigeria Bar Named: Capt Thomas B.C.Welch Supp Res Nigeria Regt. Together with World War II Defence and War medal unnamed.

French medaille des evades World War I medal

Three World War II War medals and three World War II Defence medals All unnamed.

A collection of world war one victory medals comprising of twelve various world countries.

World War I Memorial Plaque1919 He Died, named Oscar Hunter

World War I Royal Navy Long Service medal George V, named: Ply 19747 G. B. Fallows. Mne. R. M.

World War I French War Cross (Croix de Guerre) 1914-1917 version, with star.

World War I George V Military Service medal named: 4543 Pte. A Walkerley. 3 - Lond.R

World War I Australian 6th Light Horse Hat Badge some wear

EIIR Gulf War medal 1991 with clasp 16th Jan to 28 Feb 1991 Named 24877342 Gnr J R J Clarke Ra

EIIR 2003 Iraq War medal Named: 25147137 Pte S Garnett Ags(Sps)

EIIR Australian Vietnam War medal unnamed

Four various World War I Victory medals + 2 others Three Named 18249 W.O.Gl.2. J.H.Jemmett R.A. 4543 Pte A. Walkerley 3-Lond.R. (some corrosion on edge) 5890 Dvr.S.Price 1.F.A.B. A.I.F Italian medal unnamed together with a 1914 Star; 47565 Cpl. J. Cobden R

Five World War II medals (1939 - 1945) i) India ii) India iii) Service to New Zealand (unnamed) iv) Canada Voluntary Service (Unnamed) v) Defence medal NX21044 F.E.Robinson

King Edward's Horse, Australasian cap badge New Zealand, Boer War issue

Mercantile Marine war medal bronze 1914-1918 named: Francis J Wood.

A World War II German Nskk service dagger with etched epithet 'Alles fur Deutschland' to the 22.2 cm blade, maker's mark/logo for Ernst pack & Sohne at the ricasso. The wooden hilt with inlaid eagle and enamel SA insignia, solid nickel crossguards with Nm

A Queen's South Africa medal, with five clasps and ribbon to 181439 Ab John Francis Johns, hallmarked sterling Philomel. Clasps Laings Nek, Transvaal, relief of Ladysmith, orange free state and Tugela Heights. Johns served on various Imperial RN vessels be

A South Africa medal with 1879 clasp, (Zulu War Medal), recipient erased, with ribbon,

A World War I medal pair; British War Medal and 1914-15 star, with NZ RSA badge to 2/737 Sdlr. George Henry Pearson, NZEF. Pearson (1884-1938), embarked Wellington Dec 1914, Saddler, field artillery, served 1914-1918. Gassed.

A collection of World War I medals and other items associated to H.3726 Pte. Thomas James Gadsby. 7th Hussars, including Meritorious Service Medal (named); 1914-15 star (named); ribbon bar; two 'Mentioned in Despatches' certificates with facsimile signatur

A New Zealand war (land Wars) medal, 1869. Ministry of Defence specimen issue of an original, with ribbon. 4457 medals were struck, (1957 for the Imperial government and 2500 for the Colonial government), of which 4400 were issued. The Ministry of Defence

Late Victorian woven cane doll pram, with World War I souvenir of France silk cushion and mother of pearl fan shell

Ellis Silas, (1885-1972), a portrait of a working man, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1914 lower left, 94 x 72 cm. Provenance: The Estate of the late Hylton Grimmer. Other Notes: in juxtaposing a fit, strong working man with the recruiting poster on the w

W. J. Wesney (Auckland) 9ct gold military honour fob, the front with New Zealand beneath a crown, the reverse engraved 'A Token Of Honour In Memory of Pte. A. Wilson Died Wounds France 27th May 1918 From MacLennan & Papatowai Residents . Great War. 1914-1

A 9ct yellow gold A. Stoneham Boer War Medal of Honour 1901, presentation engraved 'To Private P.O. Fraser From His Comrades Of The D.H.R. On His Return From South African War 14.5.01'. Impressed maker's mark. 10.35gms.

A sterling silver hip flask with presentation inscription to 'Major Stowe NZMC, From His Fellow Officers, No.2 N.Z.G.H. 10.1.18'. Oblong with removable cup, hinged bayonet lid, hallmarked Birmingham 1917 by William Neale & Son Ltd, height 10.5 cm. 196gm.

A 9ct gold World War I New Zealand 20th E (1st Battalion) reinforcement sweetheart badge, applied stamped 9ct plaque to reverse. 3.65gm.

A World War II Hamilton Watch Co. USA Navigation Master pocket watch, dated 1942. with white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, minute divisions with numerals every five minutes, blued steel spade hands, signed and with military broad arrow. 22 jewel stem-wind

Imperial Airways - To Africa, India, The Far East, Australia,' British pre-Second World War advertisement for Imperial Airways by Lewitt-Him. The poster features two male figures, wearing safari outfits, in an exotic location surrounded by palm trees. They

World War II Poster, 'Never been so fit...' One of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title JOIN the AIF. This poster subtitled 'Make them proud of you!.. Never been so fit I. wouldn't

World War II Poster, 'Your Country needs YOU! Join the A.I.F Now!' Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (AIF) Second World War recruiting poster. A. black and white image of Winston Churchill's head and left hand pointing toward the viewer dominates the

Rhys Williams (1894-1976), 'A New Air Map from the Australian Viewpoint...' An advertising poster for Qantas Empire Airways designed by leading Australian commercial artist Rhys Williams c.1938. The poster depicts the globe laid flat divided into four area

Walter Jardine, 'The Skyways are Today's Highways.', offset lithograph on paper, (101.5 x 64 cm) (overall). Provenance: Australian War Memorial, Canberra (deaccession). Other Notes: An advertising poster for Qantas Empire Airways designed by leading Austra

Rhys Williams, 'Out of a Great Past a Greater Future.', offset lithograph on paper, 100.5 x 66 cm overall. Provenance: Australian War Memorial, Canberra (deaccession). Other Notes: An advertising poster for Qantas Empire Airways designed by leading Austral

New Zealand and USA special edition stamps 75years of RNZAF and others, postcards, USA block sheet 50th Anniv end of World War II 'Atomic Bomb ends World War II' signature of Paul Tibbets x2 and display 50th Anniv solo Transatlantic flight

Australia proof coins sets 1988 eight coin set, 1992 Olympic Games and 1995 the end of World War II

New Zealand silver Reuben Watts 1869-1940 World War I period 'New Zealand flying School' brooch ferns and spread wings in red, white and blue enamel, named to W G Mitchell marked sterling Watts. The New Zealand flying school was formed in 1915, by the Wals

World War II Egyptian silver lidded circular tobacco tin traditional ornate scrolling foliate engraving to the lid, 11.5 cm diameter, approx 218 grams

Rare cased set of 6Six Liberty & Co sterling silver & enamel coffee spoons with blue enamel figural tops, made to raise funds for injured veterans of World War I, hallmarked for Birmingham 1915

Heriot World War I Tribute fob medal handcrafted in gold (9ct, 9.3gms, 40 x 40 mm ), ring top suspension, no maker, obverse inscribed 'N/Z/E/F' around crossed rifles, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/D.Dun/N.Z. Exped Forces/The great war 1914-18/From/Heriot

Waitohi World War II Tribute fob medal hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.7gms, 27 x 27 mm ), ring top suspension, no maker, obverse with inscribed initials 'W.P.S' (probably Waitohi patriotic Society), reverse inscribed 'Prestd. To/L/Sgt. D. Stewart/by/Waitohi

Makikihi World War I Tribute fob medal handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.3gms, 42 x 30 mm ), ring top suspension, by E. Mills (Dunedin), obverse with inscribed initials 'J.J.Q', reverse inscribed 'Great war 1914-18/Presented To/Lcp.Cpl. J.J. Quinn/By Makikihi f

Trench art pair of brass shell cases modelled as vases World War I, dated 1919 with floral decoration, height 29.5 cm

A war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, condition: crack in the top, height 116 cm, width 34 cm

A war shield, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, height 111 cm, width 42 cm

An Iatmul war shield, Chambri Lakes Region, Middle Sepik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, height 160 cm, width 36 cm

A war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, condition: crack to end, height 133 cm, width 38 cm

A war shield with unusual polychrome crescent design, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, height 99 cm, width 57 cm

A fine war shield, Simbai Region, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, height 103 cm, width 37 cm

A war shield, Blackwater river, Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, the design on this shield is symmetrical like a mirror reflection, height 151 cm, width 27 cm

A war shield, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea, condition: damage to edge and crack a/f, height 148 cm, width 42 cm

A fine war shield, Simbai Region, Papua New Guinea, height 135 cm, width 41 cm

A striking war shield with incised design decorated with natural ochres, Min people, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, condition: damage to edge, height 134 cm, width 39 cm

Formerly Property of the Estate of Count John Francis McCormack, Patek Philippe a rare platinum wristwatch circa 1930, dial: silvered, Breguet numerals, calibre: manual winding, 18 jewels, movement number: 824595, case: large curved hinged rectangular, cas

Society/Lodge Certificates: comprising 1915 for Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Gould League of Bird Lovers of Victoria (undated), 1936 for Centenary of Methodism in Victoria all framed & glazed; also unframed 1927 for Independent Order of Rechabites, 1947 Ci

Scallop shell trench art ashtray, the clasps and base fashioned from a World War I artillery shell case 7.5 cm high, 15 cm wide

World War II Photographs - Labuan & Japanese Surrender: album of black & white photographs (mostly 6 x 9 cm, some larger) taken in Labuan in 1945, included are images of Lieutenant-General Masoa Baba, Commander of the 37th Army in Borneo on arrival in Labu

World War II New Zealand Service Medals: including Africa Star, Italy Star, 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal (2), War Medal 1939-45 (2) and 'For Service' Medal, all uninscribed, with ribbons. (8)

Joseph Herman RAAF '466' Squadron - 'Caterpillar Club': Personal effects of miracle World War II survivor Joseph Herman who on the night of November 4, 1944 was piloting a Handley Page Halifax B III bomber over Germany when hit by anti-aircraft fire. Altho

'Christmas Presents', circa 1925 colour lithograph poster. 'The Disabled Men's Association of Australia.' in lower margin at left. the Disabled men's Association of Australia, established in the wake of World War one had its' head office in the St. James b

Australian & Foreign: 1900s-1970s bundle including some early 1900s real-photo cards (unannotated) of various scenes incl. cattle droving, family picnic, & school photos; World War I cards including real photo cards showing diggers at Anzac Cove, another s

Australia: 1900s-1950s array with World War I silks sent from Western Front to Australia (9), NSW and Victoria views, studio portrait postcards, some New Zealand cards; condition variable. (80+)

Greetings Postcards: mostly 1900s-1930s selection with World War I silks addressed from France to Australia (5), range of New Year, Easter, Christmas greeting types mostly American or British and few cards used in Australia; also a range of Dutch New Year

World War I Certificates of Appreciation: City of Hawthorn & Shire of Gordon original certificates commemorating the contribution to King and Country of local servicemen; both are framed & glazed, the larger 62 x 54 cm.

World War I - Australian Imperial Force: 'Record of The Australian Imperial Force in the Great War 4th Aug.1914 - 28th June 1919' original poster, designed, engraved & printed by Osboldstone & Co (Melbourne, c.1919); framed & glazed, overall 70 x 57 cm.