Bayonet: 1907 British Pattern bayonet made in Australia at Lithgow Small Arms Factory. Mangrovite scabbard. Timber grips good & marked SLAZ '42 on the grip. Overall reasonable condition. Locking lug moves freely.
Coins & Banknotes Public Auction 361
By: Status International
Status International Coins & Banknotes Public Auction 361
Status International – Sale 361 - Friday 16th October 2020.
Auction 361 has 4632 lots catering for all types of collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. There are many desirable single items as well as collections and mixed lots. Items range from $30 to $55,000 so there's something for everybody.
This catalogue contains a great selection of Australian coins including Australian Shipwrecks, Adelaide Pound , Dumps , Proclamation coins, Gold Sovereigns and Half-Sovereigns, pre-decimal coins and Proofs, A major collection of Error Coins, RAM , Perth Mint and NPA products. There are many highlights in the Australian Coins including Three Australian 1930 Pennies. First is graded in VF/gVF , then a Fine and VG/VF and are Reserved at $20,000 , $16,000 , $10,000 respectively (Lots 6007, 6008 and 6009). This auction also includes a Adelaide Assay Office Type II Coins and is Reserved at $12,000 (Lot 5563). There is also a 1813 New South Wales Dump (fifteen pence). Traces of the centre of 8R on reverse. Steel grey tone VF, with all design nice & clear. Mira type D/2. McD cat $60,000. Very rare. Reserved at $16,000. (Lot 5560). Also the balance of a major collection of Australian Error coins and Varieties (Lots 6338 - 6446) with the highlights being a $1/$200 2001 1oz Silver Proof Kookaburra ERROR/MULE. Wrong obverse die for the $200 gold or platinum Proof. Extremely rare. See pg 347 in McD cat $7750. Reserved at $4,000. (Lot 6430), And the 50c Undated Unissued Pattern Trial, Parliament House reverse, ACT Coat of Arms obverse. aU. Extremely Rare. McD cat $22,500 Ex Status auction 179, lot 992. (Lot 6420) with conservative Reserve of $6,000. Many other Unique pieces never seen before...
In the Australian Banknotes section includes Pre-Federation, Pre-decimal, Specimens, Decimal, Starnotes, Hay Internment Camp Notes, Varieties and much more. This auction includes the very rare 10/- Collins-Allen (1913) circulation note. The first Australian note. VF with good colour. Rare, with only 37 examples of this note known in all grades. R-1c cat $37,500. Rare (Lot 7038), Reserved at $10,000. Also a £5 Kell-Collins black serial numbers. aU. R-38a cat $32,500. Rare this nice. Also in Australian Section an Australian Specimen - $100 Johnston-Stone Specimen ZAA 000000 type 4 opt SPECIMEN twice on front & once on back, Unc housed in a Reserve Bank 2 note folder showing ea side of the note. Ren SP28 cat $30,000 . (Lot 7216) Reserved at $8,000.
Great range of World coins and banknotes, including Gold, silver and copper coins, medals and World Banknotes . In the World Coins is a GB 1642 Charles I Pound Oxford mint, smaller Shrewsbury horseman. King on horseback left trampling on arms, Cannon amongst arms rev legend, denomination & date. Natural flan adjustment at 5 o'clock, sl striking weakness. S-2940. Nice old-time cabinet tone, gF or better. Rare (lot 7719) Reserve $7,000. Also in the world banknote section is a France 5000 Francs 2-1-1918. Multicolor design by Flameng, large format 255 x 127mm. The highest denomination of the time & equivalent in value to 200 gold sovereigns, and thus made with special security edge at right. P-76. Very fresh gVF-aEF, usual pinholes at left. One of the iconic rarities of French banknotes. (Lot 8173) Reserved at $5,000.
Also included in this Auction sale are many Australian and Overseas Medals and Militaria lots from various vendors. (Lots 4001- 4 244) Highlight being Australia: 1914-18 Distinguished Conduct Medal to Wounded in Action, 13th Bn Lewis Gunner, DCM. GVR, impressed officially: '3930 L.CPL. C. FINCH, 13/AUST. INF. .... (Read it online as it is very long) (Lot 4197) Reserved at $3,000 . Lots of nice lots to look at. Also a nice range of Ancient coins, Medals, Tokens, Emphera and Jewellery including Opals.
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Lot #4027 - militaria Australia
Bayonet: WWII Pattern 1907 bayonet dated 1944 by Lithgow (OA). With working locking studs, scabbard & pattern 1937 Frog.
Lot #4028 - militaria Australia
Machete: WWII. No marks visible, storage grease present, some surface rust. A few small nicks to blade. Wooden grips, 30% missing on one side. Restorable scabbard: Leather, brass throat & rivets, stamped 'MH & Co 1943 DD' (good condition). Heavier than usual WWII Aust machete. This type not common. Fair (machete), Good (scabbard).
Lot #4029 - militaria Australia
Books: Boer War - Breaker Morant Collection (8 diff) inc Breaker Morant (Carnegie & Shields, 1979), Shoot Straight You Bastards (Bleszynski 2002), Scapegoat of the Empire (Lieut George Witton - 1907, limited edition reprint 2003), Closed File (Denton 1983) & Bushveldt Carbineers (Bill Woolmore 2002). Plus Video & DVD of the 1979 film. Also Methods of Barbarism Roberts & Kitchener in the Boer Republics (SB Spies 2001). South...
Lot #4030 - militaria Australia
Books: Australian (18) inc WWI Official History Vol VIII 'The Australian Flying Corps' by EM Cutluck. 1983 Edition & WWII (16) with Penguin reprints (5) inc Behind Bamboo, Coast Watchers & We Were the Rats. Then A Bastard of a Place, The Australians in Papua, ANZAC Fury Battle of Crete 1941 (Thompson), Kokoda (Ham), Tobruk (Fitzsimons) & The White Mouse by Nancy Wake. FB (18) inc Baden-Powell - The Two Lives of a Hero pub 1964,...
Lot #4031 - militaria Australia
Books: WWII Armed Forces O.A.S. Books written by still serving members & pub by the AWM comp set of all 20 diff with 2nd AIF 'On Active Service' (1941), RAN 'HMAS I-VI' (1942-45), AMF '4' from 'Soldering On' (1942) to 'Stand Easy' (1945), RAAF (4) from 'These Eagles' (1942) to 'Victory Roll' (1945), Communications Branch 'Signals' (1944), VDC 'On Guard' (1944) & 'As You Were' (1946-1950). Most with original paper DJ, 3 still in AWM...
Lot #4032 - militaria Australia
Books: WWII 1939-45. Australia In The War of 1939-45 Official AWM publications RAAF set of 4 'Royal Australian Airforce 1939-42' (Gillison), Air War Against Japan 1943-45 (Odgers), Air War Against Germany & Italy (Herington), Air Power Over Europe (Herington) all VGC comp with DJ. (Retail $400). Also 'Pictorial History of Australia of War 1939-45' set of 5 (retail $125). Worn spines, GC, plus 'With The Australians In Korea' (Bartlett)...
Lot #4033 - militaria Australia
Books: WWII POW Collection (20) inc Prisoners of War From Gallipoli to Korea (Patsy Adam Smith, 600 pgs, hard cover with DJ, pub 1992). The Diggers of Colditz (Jack Champ, one of 19 Aussies imprisoned there, hard cover with DJ, pub 1985). Dangerous Days - A Diggers Great Escape (E Brough, 2009). POW-Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich (Monteith, pub 2011). Hellfire, The Story of Australia, Japan & the POW's (Forbes, hard cover...
Lot #4034 - militaria Australia
Books: Vietnam War Literature collection with around 15 diff books inc 'The Team Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972' (McNeill), 2 books original hard cover (1984) & revised soft cover (1992) edition (both only good condition). Then Contact (Lex McAulay), Ghost Platoon (Walker), Mine Fields & Miniskirts (McHugh - 2 diff editions, inc omissions & corrections). The Battle of Coral (McAulay), The Battle of Long Tan (McAulay...
Lot #4035 - militaria Australia
Books: Biographies (8) 'Charles Kingsford Smith' by Fitzsimons, pub 2009, 'Peter Cosgrove - My story' pub 2006, 'Weary, the life of Sir Edward Dunlop & The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop' pub as single vol 1997. 'My War 1939-45' by Michael 'The Breaker' by Kit Denton (1987 edition) large VX 123, missing frontispiece Self pub 1990. 'Brothers in War' by M Walsh, pub 2006, (brief History of 8 brother who served in WWI inc Gallipoli), 'Letters...
Lot #4036 - militaria Australia
Books: Larger 'Coffee Table' size books (12) inc Australians at War - A Pictorial History (McDougall 2002), German Military Aircraft (Philpott 1981), Rust in Peace - South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited (Adams 1976), Bomber Command 1939-45 (Overy 1997), Spitfire - A Complete Fighting History (Price 1991), This is the SAS (Geraghty 1982), The Art of War (Churcher 2004, pub AWN/SBS) & World War II on Land (Chandler 1990). Then others (14)...
Lot #4037 - militaria Australia
Books - Vietnam War: Australian individual biography collection (21) inc All Guts & No Glory, the story of a Long Tan warrior, Bob Buick. Barry Petersen Tiger Men, SE Asia edition & signed by author. An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam - Behind Enemy Lines, T O'Farrell. Captain Bullen's War (The Vietnam War Diary) edited by P Ham. Command Vietnam Colonel F Peter Scott. Payne VC by M Colman 2009. The Jungle Dark (biography of Frank...
Lot #4038 - militaria Australia
Books - Vietnam War: Australian general history collection (30+) inc Australians in Vietnam, Ian Mackey 1968. The Saving of South Vietnam, K Grenville 1968, inc a chapter written by Brigadier F P (Ted) Serong. Genesis of a Tragedy (Historical Background of the Vietnam War) pub London 1968. The Vietnam Years (from the jungle to the Australian Suburbs) M Caulfield 2007. Vietnam, The American War, Paul Ham 2007. You're Leaving Tomorrow (...
Lot #4039 - militaria Australia
Books: Vietnam War Australian Regimental/Unit Histories inc The Team (AATTV) 1962-72, Ian McNeil, pub AWM 1984. Vietnam Task, 5th Battalion RAR 1966-97, PUB 1968. We Too Were ANZACs (6th Battalion RAR 1969-70) by Col B Avery, pub by Slouch Hat 2004. Vietnam Shots (A Photographic Account by McKay & Stewart, pub 2002). Mission Vietnam, RAAF Operations 1964-74 by G Odgers, pub 1974. Long Tan & Beyond, Alpha Company 6 RAR 1966-67 by Col...
Lot #4040 - militaria Australia
Books Australian War Memorial publications (17). 'Guns of the Regiment' by SN Gower, near new with DJ. 'With the Australian's in Korea' (1957); 'Pictorial History of Australia at War 1939-45 Vol II'; 'HMAS' (1942); 'RAAF log'(1943); Victory Roll' (1945), then Army related (11) with 'Jungle Warfare', 'Khaki & Green', 'Soldiering On' (2 of ea) & 'Active Service', 'Stand Easy' & 'As your Were' 1947, 1949 & 1950. Most with...
Lot #4041 - militaria Australia
Carton Lot: Rising Sun Badge set & corresponding stamps 1902-1991 (5) by Australia Post in a timber box. Souvenir programs 'All In Fun' Beit Jivja Dec 1941 (3). Amenities Services March 1942 (2). ND Christmas Card. Souvenir photo packs WWII for Aleppo, Nazareth, Tripoli, Damascus, Baalbeck, Bouka. Syria tourist dagger. Various badges inc mother of pearl Rising Sun, Return from Active Service WWII, Women of Australia 1940 1 star, Legendary...
Lot #4042 - militaria Australia
Flag: 1968-69 104 Field Battery, RAA, souvenir South Vietnam National Flag, printed red 'bars' on yellow 1400 x 770mm, inscribed in texta: 'THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH - 'THE POSTIE' - '104 Field battery, 12 Field Regiment, RAA/Nui Dat, South Vietnam 1968-69', with the names of all the men listed under their respective gun detachment titles (ie: 'No.5 GUN-ECHO', 'No.4 GUN-DELTA' etc) - 43 names. A scarce & original Vietnam souvenir 'Tour...
Lot #4043 - militaria Australia
Flying Helmet: Vintage, leather, cloth lining with maker's label Stagg gloves. Has ear holes for comms, earflap buttons stamped Stagg Melbourne, GC. British Merchant Navy - BP cap badges (2), Captain's rank epaulettes (2) Cadets epaulettes (2), master's cuff rank(2), buttons (10), Royal Naval Petty Officer's bullion insignia (2), Army 1970s Sgts stripes (10) RAAF (2). Diverse group all GC-EXC. (33 items).
Lot #4044 - militaria Australia
FOB: A.M.T.U.D.L Return from Active Service 9ct gold appreciation fob Soldier holding a rifle supported by Kangaroo & emu rev engraved 'A.M.T.U.D.L. 26th Batt Pte W Ashton Ret 27.9.19' 662. Pte William Ashton enlisted 28 May 1915 served at Gallipoli, France, WIA, Belgium. Discharged 20 Nov 1919. 9ct hallmarked by Willis 5.1g (P)
Lot #4045 - militaria Australia
FOB: ARNCLIFFE LODGE 103, NSW Return from Active Service 9ct gold appreciation fob. IOOF. In memorial Bro O Degener, Killed in action 24/04/1917, Great European War 1914-1920.Oscar Degener enlisted as Oscar Dignam no 2639 - the name change probably due to German origins. He enlisted 22.05.1916 at the RAS Showgrounds Sydney, age 21 & 9 months, his occupation was labourer and his next of kin is listed as Amy Dignam (mother) & Charles...
Lot #4046 - militaria Australia
FOB: Bacchus Marsh District, Victoria. Return from Active Service. Bronze medallion. Unnamed. Presented to AIF who responded to the Empire's call in Great European War 1914-18. No suspension mount probably a specimen strike UNC. C 1914-15/1 aU. Rare (P)
Lot #4047 - militaria Australia
FOB: Bacchus Marsh District, Victoria. Return from Active Service. Gilt appreciation fob no suspension ring. Unnamed. Presented to AIF who responded to the Empire's call in the Great European War 1914-18. Un- awarded, either unissued or a trial strike. Some wear to gilding. EF. Rare. (P)
Lot #4048 - militaria Australia
FOB: Bellbird Patriotic Association. Returned from Active Service 9ct gold appreciation fob no.884, presented to Cpl AT Regan 35th Bn, by the Bellbird Patriotic Association 25/10/1919. (Amos Theodore Regan, no.884, enlisted 27/11/1915 at West Maitland. Age 23. Occupation: Miner. Next of kin: Patrick Regan (father). Served in France. Discharged 16/6/1919 as medically unfit). 7.58g. This fob illustrated pg 710 'Australian's Awarded'. (P)
Lot #4049 - militaria Australia
FOB: Bellbird Patriotic Association, NSW. Return from Active Service 9ct gold appreciation fob. 25/10/1919. 6.36g Similar to fob illustrated on pg 710 'Australian's Awarded'. (P)
Lot #4050 - militaria Australia
FOB: Benalla, VIC Return from Active Service 9ct gold appreciation fob. Pres to Pte A Dunlop by the Citizens of Benalla on his return from Active Service 1919. 4.85g. This fob illustrated pg 710 'Australian's Awarded'. 2096 Pte Alexander James Dunlop enlisted 3rd Mar 1916 3rd Rfts, 2nd Pioneer Btn, served in France, RTA 2nd Jun 1919. (P)
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