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Lot 4017 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaAustralia - Korean War (5) inc With the Australians in Korea (AWM, 1954), Korea Remembered (Pears & Kirkland, 1985) as new with DJ. The Korean War (Forbes, 2010). British Forces in the Korean War (1988) & Korea 1951-53 (US Army- Centre of Military History, 1998). Then WWII (7) inc Air War against Germany & Italy (part 3 of 4 Official History of the War, pub AWM, 1954). Killer Caldwell-Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot (Waston 2005). Kokoda, Tobruk (both by Fitzsimons) hard covers with DJ. Cruiser - The Life & Loss of HMAS Perth. Also Macmillan Dictionary of Military Biography (1998) lists Commanders & Generals from Roman Times (Julius Caesar) to Modern Era (Colin Powell). VCs of the Air (Turner, 1993) & General Sir Peter de la Billiere "Supreme Courage", Heroic Stories from 150 Years of the Victoria Cross" (signed first edition & very scarce). Mostly F-VF condition with some near new. Retail $600. (15). Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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Lot 4009 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaAustralia: 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 Africa & the Transvaal War (Creswicke 1901) Vols 2, 4, 5 & 6. Mostly F-VF condition with later books near new. Retail $600+ (15 items). Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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 Lot 4001 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaBoer War Trench art 1894 ZAR 1/- obv engraved to add a hat, pipe & smoking jacket to President Kruger. (P) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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Lot 4021 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaGreat Britain: WWII RAF group of 10 with Bader-The Man and his Men (Burns, 1990). Bomber Crew - Taking on the Reich (Sweetman, 2004). Claims to Fame - The Lancaster A History of the 34 Aircraft that Flew 100+ Missions, (Franks, 1994) Churchill's Few - Battle of Britain Remembered (Willis, 1985). Fight for the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire & Hurricane (Douglas Bader, 1973). Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940 (Bishop, 2003. Fly - True Stories from the Airmen of WWII (Veitch, 2008). The Few - Americans Who Fought in the Battle of Britain (Kershaw, 2006). With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain (Korda, 2009). The Reconstruction of Warriors (Mayhew, 2004). Also Tigers - The Story of No 74 Squadron RAF (Cossey, 1992). Whirlwind - The Air War Against Japan 1942-45 (Tillman, 2009). MIG Pilot (J Barron, 1980), The Story of the Escape & Defection of Lieut Belenko with his MIG-25 from the USSR to USA via Japan. Hell-Fire (Ed Macy, 2009) plus 3 paperbacks inc Bomber Offensive Sir Arthur Harris Marshall of the RAF & The Spitfire 50 Years On (1986). Except for the last 3, all hardcover with dust jacket, mostly VF-near new condition, retail $500+ (17) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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Lot 4015 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaAustralia - WWII Army Campaign Histories (15) inc ANZAC Fury - Battle of Crete 1941 (Thompson), Bardia (Stockings) - notes capture of around 40,000 Italians! Tobruk (Fitzsimons), A Bastard of A Place - The Australians In Papua (Brune), Kokoda (Fitzsimons), The Coast Watches (Lindsay), The Japanese Defeat of Buna & Gona 1942-43 (McAuley), Timor 1942 (Wray) & Wounded Eagle - The Bombing of Darwin (Ewer). Battalion/Unit Histories (5) with "Against All Odds - History of 2/18 Battalion, New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company 1942-45, Hold Hard Cobbers - 57th and 60th & 57/60 Aust Infantry Battalions 1912-1990 (2 vols) & Forgotten Men - Aust Army Veterinary Corps 1909-1946. Plus 10 others inc Nancy Wake, Weary Dunlop, Roden Cutler, General Gordon Bennett, Biographies & 200 shots (photographs), The Australians of War in New Guinea. Mixed hard/soft covers, mostly VG/Excellent condition, new retail $900+. (30) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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 Lot 4030 - Collectibles General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaWWII Wound Badge 3rd class depicting Swastika on helmet over crossed bayonets brass stamped L/16. Steinhaues & Huck. Ludenscheid. Sl rubbing to high points. EF. (2) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaCollectibles General |
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Lot 4010 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaAustralia - WWI Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol IX "The Royal Australian Navy" (3rd edition 1935) & Vol XI "Australia During The War" (4th edition 1938). Vol III "The AIF in France 1916", Vol VIII "The Australian Flying Corps", Vol X "The Australians At Rabaul". 1st two hard cover, other three UQP. 1980s soft cover editions. Russian ANZACS in Australian History by E Govor pub by UNSW Press 2005. ANZACS in Archangel (Australia & the invasion of Russia 1918-19), definitive history noting 2 Victoria Cross recipients, pub 2010. "The Great War" by Les Carlyon, h/c with DJ, near new condition. Then Individual Biographies (6) inc "The Broken Years" (Bill Gammage), To Hell & Back (Sydney Loch) & Hard Jacka - the story of a Gallipoli Legend. Also "They Dared Mightily - Victoria Cross/George Cross recipients Boer War - Korea War" (hard cover, 1st edition pub AWM 1963). Mostly VG - near condition, retail $500+. (15) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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 Lot 4005 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaWWI ID Disc. GB KEVII 1d rev. shaved & engraved '8474 F.G. Shard 18BTY 6BRG AIF CE' obv eng F. ELY. 8474 Driver Frank George Shard enlisted 7-9-1915, WIA gsw chest & body severe in France 1917. Discharged 11-7-1919. Awarded WWI trio. Scarce. (P) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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Lot 4022 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaVietnam War USA Point of View (25) inc Vietnam-A History (Karnow 1983), Vietnam-The Ten Thousand Day War (Maclear 1981), American Soldier (General Tommy Franks 2004), A Bright Shining Lie (John Paul Vann) & America in Vietnam (Sheehan 1988), Anatomy of A War (Kolko 1985, Vietnam-Conflict & Controversy (Elliott 1996), Air America from WWII to Vietnam (Robbins 2001), Spies & Commandos-How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam (Conboya Andrade 2000), Line Doggie-Foot Soldier in Vietnam (Gadd 1987), Steel My Soldier Hearts (Col. Hackworth 2003), Cheating Death-Combat Rescues in Vietnam & Laos (Marrett 2006), Tiger Force (Sallah & Weiss 2006). Plus others of interest inc "Coffee Table" size books. Roll Call Thud-A Photographic Record of the F-105 Thunderchief (Campbell & Hill 1996) & The Vietnam Experience - Images of War (Fisher & Stone 1986). Very diverse group inc strong Political overtones. Mostly F-VF condition inc some near new. Retail around $500. (28). Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
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Lot 4016 - militaria General - Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, MilitariaAustralia - 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 with DJ, pub 2005). The Changi Brownlow (R Perry 2010). The Rats of Rangoon (Wing Commander L Hudson). Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence (Ramsay-Silver). The Duke, A Hero's Hero at Sandakan-Caption Lionel Matthews GC MC (D Matthews, pub 2008). Hells Heroes - The Forgotten Story of the Worst POW Camp in Japan (Maynard, pub 2009). Plus 11 others. Mostly VG-near new condition, retail $550. Also 10 others, mostly British inc "The Wooden Horse (Williams), Miracle on the River Kwai (Gordon) & Return from the River Kwai (retail $150). Great lot of good reading, total retail/original cost $700. (30) Status International Auction #333 - Coins, Banknotes, Militariamilitaria General |
