Military collectables & memorabilia

 Heavy set for it’s size, weighs approx 228 grams & measures 76.2mm in diameter x 6mm thick. Made by DONDERO Inc in either brass or bronze.

Weighs approx 21.6 grams & is 36.9mm in diameter.    Obverse Description Bust of Marianne, the national emblem of the French Republic, facing right. She wears a helmet and holds a sword. Text reads: 'ON NE PASSE PAS' (They Shall not...

Measures 39mm wide & weighs approx 2.9 grams. The rear is crudely engraved with tiny marks that look like   PP Ltd 9G  No other history is known about the item.

Measures 32mm in diameter & weighs approx 20.1 grams. No other history is known about the item.

Appears to have been made by  E R WATTS & SON, LONDON  with serial number 16485. The Australian retailer was N H Seward, Melbourne. Comes in original leather case, note that the lid of the case is detached. Re the level, it’s...

Needs a good clean / dry clean, very musty. Size 22, 120cms high, 52cm across from armpit to armpit    

 

Ex estate. All of what is seen in the photos was contained in a tin and include 3 sets of dog tags, buttons, badges, patches, personel items, ephemera & booklets. The 4 patches across the top are scarce ... 2/1st Fortress Engineers,...

The 3 FOBS were all won by the same person  SGT. W STAINES  and are all dated 1908 and all appear to have been won in Queensland. 2 are 9ct gold & the other Sterling Silver. The combined weight of the gold FOBS is approx 14.7 grams...

Unknown group, have no history, the back has no details. 

WWII Vintage Vertex British Military Wrist Watch "Dirty Dozen". The black dial with luminous batons and matching hands, sub seconds at 6 is signed Vertex with broad arrow below. The 15 jewel manual wind movement is working and is signed Vertex, may...

Weighs approx 7.6 grams and is English ring size T. There is wear consistent with age and the band is slightly out of shape. No history is known about the item. The band is stamped BASTIAN STERLING.

Assuming they were brothers, if so a RARE find, Boer War brother medals would not be common. #73 Pte T G Cole, 1st Coy. Wilts IMP. Yeo & #64 Pte G F Cole, 1st Coy. Wilts IMP. Yeo. Both with 2 bars exactly the same, Orange Free State...

The largest is 24mm x 19mm, all pin holes are bent. Nice lot !!

Possibly the only one remaining from the occasion. Read the Menu, quite funny. 17cms x 22cms, creasing, marks, some tears, but a great collectable.

Possibly the only one remaining from the occasion. Read the Menu, quite funny. 17cms x 22cms, creasing, marks, some tears, but a great collectable.

The writing to the back of one appears to be   L/Cpl Matthews W C on duty in cabin 45, main deck.  Batman (then unknown signature)  Of course a BATMAN in war time is a soldier assigned to a commissioned officer as a...

19mm wide x 26.2mm high, very nice condition.