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Director's Selection & Militaria Auction — Vickers & Hoad Auctioneers

Auction House:Vickers & Hoad AuctioneersNumber of lots recorded:575
Sale Title:Director's Selection & Militaria AuctionLots with images:575
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:438
Date:24-Oct-2015
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Brown leather rifle sling circa 1880
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White shoulder belt for side drum
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Officer's Maroon sword belt with gold bullion hangers
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Officer's Blue sword belt with gold bullion hangers
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Brown leather belt with snake buckle circa 1900
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Brown leather bullet pouch New Zealand marked circa 1900
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Repro white Home service helmet with RM helmet plate
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Military copper and brass bugle by 'Boosey and Hawkes Ltd London' c/w naval cord
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Royal Marine plaque, approx 15 cm x 25 cm
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Brass belt buckle
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Victorian pouch badge 1837-1901
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Helmet plate other rank
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Helmet plate, officers
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Shoulder flashes assorted
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Artillery cap badge sergeants, approx 1855-1857
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Set of collars and cap gilt
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Set of collars and cap blackened
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Assortment of specialist badges and Warrant officers wrist strap
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Commander dagger badges, sergeants stripes, PTI (physical training instructor) and rare cap tally for Royal Navy Medic (NA) (J)
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Single Collar Badges Etc: RM officers (silver globe), RM NCO (gilt), RM other ranks (copper World War I), RM other ranks (Lovat), RM other ranks (plastic) Childs dress-up hat, badge Southsea Brass RMP shoulder title
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Hungarian, possible Polish dress sword, highly decorated and showing some restoration
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German World War II era steel helmet with wire camouflage net, liner backing.
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Pant, G.N. Indian Arms and Armour Volume 1 (Pre and Protohistoric Weapons and Archery) 1978. Large hardcover. 184 pages plus 89 plates. A major and essential reference. Long out of print
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George Cameron Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour, 1961 reprint, (Stone's Glossary) - Essential reference for edge weapons and armour collectors.
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A good lot of six books to include i) Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War ii) American Military Equipage 1851 to 1872 iii) Military Dress of North America 1665-1970 iv) The United States Cavalry v) Battles of the American Revolution vi) A Concise Encyclopaedia of the Civil War (6)
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Wilkinson, F. Swords and Daggers. 1972. Hardcover. 256 pages, 195 plates.
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Miller, Y.A. Caucasian Arms from the State Hermitage Museu, St. Petersburg. Hardcover. 2000. 356 pages, 200 fine colour plates. Text in both Danish and English. The major reference on Caucasian arms. Long out of print
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Four books: i) U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes. Book III by M.H. Cole, ii) Commando Dagger. The Complete Illustrated History of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife by L. Thompson, iii) Fighting Knives. An Illustrated Guide to Fighting Knives and Military Survival Weapons of the World by F.J. Stephens, Daggers & Fighting Knives of the Western World by H.L. Peterson.
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A choice lot of ten books to include i) The Queen's Royal Regiment ii) The Buff iii) The Grenadier Guards iv) The Rifle Brigade v) The 7th Queen's Own Hussars vi) The Royal Fusiliers vii) The King's Own viii) The Green Howards ix) The 11th Hussars x) Encyclopaedia of Continent of Army Units (10)
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Two books to include i) The All-Australia Memorial History, Heroes and Helpers, 1917 includes hundreds of photos and biographies of AIF members ii) The History of the Sea
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Six books: i) The Sheffield Bowie & Pocket Knife Makers 1825-1925, ii) The Sword and Bayonet Makers of Imperial Germany 1871-1918, iii) German Daggers and Dress Sidearm's of World War II, iv) A Primer of German Military Knives of the two World Wars, v) Italian Fascist Daggers, vi) Dagues et Couteaux
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Assortment, US helmet with netting and tin cigarette case, World War I French helmet, World War II blanket (3)
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Robinson, F. Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500. 1991. Large soft cover. 238, many plates and maps.
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Armes A Feu Francaises Modeles Reglementaires, two volumes i) 1833 to 1861, Chargement Bouche and Percussion ii) Armament dessai 1759 to 1917
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Rogers, J.M. and Ward, R.W. Suleyman the Magnificent. 1988. Large hardcover. 224 pages, 164 very fine colour plates. A major reference on ottoman art, arms and armour of the period of Sultan Suleyman (1494-1566). Long out of print.
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A British Naval Officers dress sword, with 79 cm etched blade, lion pommel and shagreen handle with gilt metal hilt and mounted scabbard, Ex Norwich Castle Collection
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Antique Dorset Artillery officers sword, with etched 83 cm curved blade, Newton & Co. London, shagreen handle, 98 cm long. Ex Norwich Castle Collection
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Two old leather Leg O Mutton gun cases (2)
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Framed scarce Australian World War I printed by Walter Jardine (a commissioned war illustrator in both World War I and World War II) 'War Chest Coffee Stall' 27.5 cm x 25 cm
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Pair of World War I brass trench art vases, crimped and embossed, 34.5 cm high (2)
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An original photograph of HMAS Canberra in Sydney Harbour circa 1932. This is a previously unknown photograph and does not appear to exist in the public domain.
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Good lot of ten books to include i) Mash of Treachery ii) No Pcinic iii) Experiences of the Great War 1914-1918 iv) The Crime of Mary Stuart v)Behind Bamboo vi) The Spirit of the Digger vii) The Ship Bunter viii) ANZAC ix) Maria Theresa x) Triumph in the West (10)
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Pair French World War I trench art vases (2)
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Pair of World War I brass trench art vases, Titled Lorraine & Alsace, each approx 35 cm high (2)
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Single brass artillery shell, etched numbers and letters, approx 35 cm high
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Pair of World War I brass Trench art vases, Embossed Verdun 1917, each approx 28.5 cm high (2)
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A lot of four books i) The Golden Calm. An English lady's Life In Moghuel Delhi ii) Lives of The Indian Princes iii) A Viceroy's India iv) The British Rag (In Library) (4)
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The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. 1990. Large soft cover. 144 pages, many very fine colour plates. The catalogue of the important exhibition held at the Art Gallery of NSW. Long out of print.
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Rawson, P.S. The Indian Sword. 1967. The original soft cover edition. 184 pages, 72 fine plates. A choice copy of this major and essential reference. Long out of print.
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Part 2: 1900-1930, Australian Army Badges by J.K. Cossum, A presentation copy from the author - inscribed inside from cover. With loose pages, but all are present, just needs re-stapling. The definitive work, long out of print.
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World War I German helmet
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World War II German Nazi era helmet
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Long qun Seven Star sword with bronze mounts along with Chinese dagger, mounted with dragon
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An Antique halberd with crescent shaped blade on wooden shaft, approx 263 cm long, Ex Norwich Castle
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An Antique halberd with pierced crescent shaped blade on wooden shaft, approx 227 cm long, Ex Norwich Castle
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An Antique Indian pole arm, square tapering spear tip with ball collar, mounted on wooden shaft, Ex Norwich Castle, approx 215 cm long
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Antique pole arm, possibly Indian origin, pierced wavy blade mounted on wooden shaft, approx 266 cm long
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Antique Indian pole arm, spear metal tip, with flutted boss mount, wooden shaft, approx 202 cm long
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An antique Victorian Queen's South Africa medal with five bars, South Africa 1901, 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, awarded to 31627 Pte A J Smith 37th Coy Imp Yeo, together with a soldiers small book, belonging to his brother F Smith 4728 of the Rifle Brigade
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Three First World War medals, Victory, War and star, all awarded to Sjt G Knox 2nd CC, together with German iron crosses and other misc German coins from the period
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Two pairs of first World War victory and war medals, awarded to 506707 Spr J King RE and 1913 Pte F S Walters DCLI
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Good old Arab jambiya with scabbard. 320 mm overall with 195 mm curved double edged blade with pronounced central ridge. Silver mounted horn hilt. Wooden scabbard backed with brown leather and faced with finely pierced silver of a quality that indicates it was specially made for this purpose on the Malabar Coast of India
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Police solid rubber truncheon, 32 cm long
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Antique bayonet and scabbard, 74 cm long
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Remington 22-250 bolt action rifle, model 788. rego number 706575623 PTA Licence required B. Good clean condition
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Proofed bronze model of a Crimea War period canon, wood mounts with brass wheels, 21 cm long
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Antique coloured litho, 'Gordon's and Greys to the Front, at the battle of Waterloo, mounted din oak frame, 83 cm x 115 cm including frame
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Antique coloured litho titled, 'The lady with the lamp' Miss Nightingale at Scutari 1854, printed by Cassell & Company London, mounted in oak frame, 75.5 x 64 cm including frame
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Antique coloured Print, 'Wellington first encounter with the French', mounted in a Australian silky oak frame, 80 x 64 cm including the frame
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Antique lithograph, titled, 'It may be for a few years or it may be forever'. Drummer boy with his mother dock side, oak frame, 76 x 65 cm
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Antique black & white print in antique frame, Titled Drake on the Revenge, 'The defeat of the Amada 'Don Pedro de Paldez surrending his sword to Sir Francis Drake on board the Revenge, 63 x 83 cm including frame
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Bronze death plaque along with Official AIF rising sun wall mount panel
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Recruitment poster print, print of a digger with his family along with a print of an Australian soldier, along with a coloured print from a book, The Greatest American Moment in the War (4)
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Book, 'Made in the Trenches' limited edition of 150 copies, first printed 1916. Sir Frederick Treves Bt. And George Goodchild. Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd
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17th century English civil war, good old single combed visored burgonet of heavy weight. Visor associated. 31 cm high
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