$285
C311 Australian Staff Corp 53mm Brass Cap badge
C311 Australian Staff Corp 53mm Brass Hat Badge
Australian Staff Corps pattern 40 mm Cap badge attached by wire is a seal marked with a broad arrow & pattern the number “30". Extremely rare of which we have never encountered before
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Oxidised pair of collars | SOLD |
Australian United Services Institute Brisbane Christmas and New Year card. Dedication to Captain Patrick Logan of the 57th Foot Brisbane 1826. Un-used
$35
Austrian Cavalry Dragoon Officers Helmet 1905. The skull is made of black-lacquered iron sheet, the visor and neck guard of similar construction and edged in a gilt brass rail, fire-gilt comb, side plates with snake-fighting lion decoration, triple-undulated base plate with 3 semi-spherical rivets per side, imperial double-headed eagle application to the front, chin scales in the form of stylised laurel leaves mounted on black velvet-lined leather, and lion-head rosettes. Below the lion-head rosettes, "Wassersenkel" of black lacquered sheet metal, from which gilt side forks run up to the lower edge of the side plates. The comb decorated with the imperial cipher, the crown and with armatures. No liner otherwise very good condition and a very impressive helmet
$3500
Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued,
Good very fine $395
Just released.
A massive 702 pages including nominal roll and index and numerous photos. Neville Browning maintains it is the best book he has done.
Sold Out
Bedfordshire Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate.
A fine example 1901-1914 pattern, with a gilt Edwardian crowned star, mounted with a Garter and laurel sprays bearing a silver regimental title scroll ‘The Bedfordshire Regiment’, with a black velvet centre with a Maltese cross upon a silver star with a hart crossing a stream upon a rich blue enamel ground,
half broken top lug, otherwise very good condition $375
Black & Gold 29th Bn. By Ron Austin 1997.
$90
BLACK AND GOLD - THE HISTORY OF THE 29th BATTALION 1915-18 by Ron Austin.
SOLD
BLACK OVER BLUE The 25th Bn. AIF at war 1915-18 by Bob Doneley.
SOLD
Black over Blue 25th Bn. AIF by Bob Doneley ( soft cover 1997).
SOLD
BLOODY ANGLE. BULLECOURT & BEYOND 16th Battalion A.I.F. 1914-19 by Ian Gill.
SOLD
$150
BOER WAR DIARY & EPHEMERA
A very rare collection of Ephemera including a portrait of Lieut. W. R. Finlayson M.C. 21 Bn AIF, 2 official papers relating to his discharge (3MD). A WW1 recommendation he had written for 6840 Pte. R. J. Knight (subsequently awarded), A 1918 officers photo signed by all 10 officers. 3 small portrait photos in uniform, plus a short but very interesting Diary in which he served with the 3rd Bushmans Contingent (Victorian) under Major Vialls (W.A.) of whom he speaks very highly. This is the first Boer War Diary to an Australian we have ever owned.
Important note: Lieut Finlayson was one of the 133 soldiers reccommended for the Victoria Cross in the First World War
SOLD
BOLD STEADY FAITHFUL. - The history of the 6th Bn. Royal Melbourne Rgt. 1854-1993 by R. Austin. 322 pages, hard cover. Various Officers Rolls.-Medal Rolls etc.
SOLD
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-26. STRETCHER BEARERS CARRYING TPR C. PARKER, 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT (1), SHOT THROUGH THE LEG DURING 24 INFANTRY BATTALION'S ADVANCE ALONG BUIN ROAD SOUTH OF SINDOU RIVER. (AWM)
Four: 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal and Australian Service Medal. All medals correctly named to NX104229 C. PARKER
At the time of listing these medals Claude Parker’s service records were still sealed. The following was taken from TANK TRACKS The history of the 2/4th Australian Armoured (unit history);
Chapter: South Bougainville
“Two days later a jeep moving up to a forward company was ambushed, the crews went to ground and Tprs “Happy” Cole and Claude Parker moved forward with an infanteer to clear the ambush. Claude Parker was badley wounded in the right thigh”
Comes in box of issue and photocopy of above passage but further research is required
EF SOLD
BREASTPLATE, Early 16th century possibly German approx. 20 inches high. Roped border at neck and cod. Four articulated panels attached to main plate, complete with buckles.
Good overall condition SOLD
