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C296 56th Infantry Battalion  The Riverina Regiment 32mm brass Hat Badge 

C238 6th Infantry Battalion City of Melbourne Regiment Officers Enamel Cap Badge 37mm

P11 SINGLE: Naval General Service Medal 1847 one clasp: ‘Syria’ impressed Henry Linnington who served on HMS Princess Charlotte.

Minor edge nicks otherwise EF $1450

Three: Private A. Amey, Royal West Surrey Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3153 Pte. A.Amey 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Surr: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3153 Pte. A. Amey, Rl. Wt. Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3153 Pte. A. Amey. The Queen’s)

Nearly very fine $785

P25 SINGLE: New Zealand Medal dated 1864-65 impressed 735 M. O’Donnell 40^th RGT. 

EF $875

C288 49th Infantry Battalion The Stanley Regiment Officer Enamel Collar Badges (Non-Void) slight chip to scroll 30mm 

C278 40th Infantry Battalion The Derwent Regiment Officers Enamel Cap Badge 50mm (Voided)

C200 1st/21st Light Horse Regiment New South Wales Lancers Oxidised Collar Badges 25mm

1st Pattern (long trunk)

C295 55th Infantry Battalion The N.S.W. Rifle Regiment Collar Badge 28mm

P2. Trio: Military Medal, G.V.R. (624 PTE H. P. ELLIOTT 40/AUST: INF:) British War and Victory Medals (624 L-SGT H. P. ELLIOTT 40-BN A.I.F.) 

M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 page 8427 position 13

The original recommendation states:

“On the 7th/8th and 9th June, 1917, during operations south of MESSINES this man did excellent work as a runner between his Company and his Battalion Headquarters. During the greater part of the period he worked under heavy shell fire, and displayed an utter disregard to personal risk. He set a splendid example to the comrades by his personal courage and determination.”

Emb: 1^st July 1916

Awarded Military Medal France 24^th June 1917 “For Bravery in the Field”

WIA: 4^th October 1917 (G.S.W right knee)

RTA 20th December 1917 and discharged 18^th March 1918 (G.S.W.)

EF $3850

C239 6th Infantry Battalion The Royal Melbourne Regiment Officers Enamel Hat Badge 55mm

C239 6th Infantry Battalion The Royal Melbourne Regiment Officers Enamel Collar badge 1st variation (enamel crown) 30mm

C238 6th Infantry Battalion City of Melbourne Regiment Officers Enamel Collar Badges 30mm

Traditional Rising Sun design marked 9 CT with detailed enamel in its jewellers case.

$265

Traditional Rising Sun design marked 9 CT with detailed enamel  in "GEO. P. HARRIS SCARFE & CO LTD" jewelers Adelaide case.

$265

$225

A 45th (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot Officer’s 1869-78 Pattern Shako.
A good example, the stiffened blue cloth cork body with correct officers gold lace decoration, gilt metal chain and side rosettes, the frontal plate crowned laurel and Garter pattern, with stippled pierced ’45’ to the centre, complete with correct pattern gilt plume holder with white over red plume, complete with original carrying tin.

Minor moth nips, crimson lining torn in places, overall good condition $2250

The Suffolk Regiment, Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet c1883-1902, the blue cloth skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the very fine frontal plate of crowned eight pointed star pattern with gilt laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a three towered Gibraltar Castle and dependent Key, a silver scroll below ‘The Suffolk Regiment’, original buff leather sweatband and crimson silk lining (partly separated but all there) by ‘Hawkes & Co., London’, the plate is original to the helmet. 

In good condition $1650

SB31  Worcestershire Yeomanry c1885 Pill Box cap. Maker Hawkes & Co. Un broken chin strap.

Very good condition $500

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal both correctly impressed to 19785 PTE. H. LITTLER. A. H. S.  A.I.F.

 Unfortunately Private Littlers records are incomplete with one of his attestation papers recording his enlistment date as March 1918 with an interesting comment stating previous service as "A.M.C. Hospital Ship 15 months still serving". Making his true enlistment around the end of 1916.

RTA 7th March 1919

An interesting pair to an extremely rare unit.

 Near EF $595

Group of Four:1939/45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Australian Service Medal 39/45. All medals correctly impressed to NX33126 M. W. BARTON

At the time of listing these Driver Barton’s service records were still sealed. The following was taken from the WW2 nominal roll;

Enlisted 20^th June 1940 into the Australian Army at Paddington, NSW

Discharged 26^th October 1945

Unit on discharge listed as “2/103 General Transport Company”

Note: Medals come in box of issue along with original paperwork confirming all four medals. Further research required

EF $245

THE FIGHTING FOURTH - A HISTORY OF SYDNEYS 4th Battalion 1914-19 by Ron Austin.

$75

GH22: Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 4191 PTE A SMITH 23 BN AIF

4191 Pte Alfred Smith embarked on the 7^th March 1916 from Melbourne with the 23^rd Battalion AIF.

WIA: 4^th October 1917 “Gunshot wounds left leg and right foot” CCS 10 France

Alfred succumbed to his wounds on the 6^th October 1917 France with the 23^rd Battalion at the age of 19

Grave reference; Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - G - 13A

Place of association: Ballarat, Victoria.

Note: comes with replica miniature death plaque.

VF $525