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PPuubblliicc AAuuccttiioonn 228899 FFrriiddaayy,, 2200th JJuullyy 22001122 will be held on Level 3, Status International House, 262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney MEDALS & MILITARIA Lots 10001 – 12497, commencing at 12:00 noon Viewing at Status International premises: 262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney Monday - Wednesday 16th – 18th July 2011 9.00am – 4.45 pm Thursday 19th July 2011 9.00 am - 12:00 noon Friday 20th July 2011 9.00 am - 12.00 noon Limited viewing on Thursday & Friday (auction days), preference will be given to clients from outside Sydney. Proprietor: Militaria Describers: IT Administrator: Stewart Wright Paddy O’Brien Frank Zheng Ben Smith Business Manager: Stewart Wright Catalogue Production: Robert Morello Tseng Chiung-yao Office Administrator: Auctioneer: Despatch/Shipping: Sabine Wincote Mervyn Baily John Webber Carl Veen Status International : PO Box A2176, Sydney South, NSW 1235. AUSTRALIA : +61 (0)2 9267 4525 FAX: +61 (0)2 9267 6124 Email : [email protected] web: www.statusint.com The I S Wright Group I S Wright I S Wright I S Wright I S Wright Shop 23 Adelaide Arcade 208 Sturt St 241 Lonsdale St 262 Castlereagh St Rundle Mall BALLARAT MELBOURNE SYDNEY ADELAIDE, SA 5000 VIC 3350 VIC 3000 NSW 2000 Ph: 08 8223 7603 Ph: 03 5332 3856 Ph: 03 9650 2345 Ph: 02 9264 7555 Fax: 08 8223-2129 Fax: 03 5331-6426 Fax: 03 9654 8825 Fax: 02 9264 2656 Grant Morton Ben Smith David Carr Paddy O’Brien [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IMPORTANT NOTICES ROOM BIDDERS: Please note the venue for this auction is Level 3, Status International House, 262 Castlereagh St, Sydney Most lots in this auction are sold on behalf of private vendors & as such are exempt from GST. All lots are sold GST inclusive, where applicable (A GST Tax invoice will be supplied on request) Bids are rounded up to valid bidding steps. For conditions of sale see reverse of bid-sheet or our website. Buyer’s commission of 16.5% applies to all lots. Postage, packing & insurance are subject to GST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10001 2011 Medal Yearbook, 612 pgs, illustrated in full colour. Describes & 10011 Australia: 1914-19 "The All Australia Memorial - A Historical values all medals & decorations from Great Britain, Australia, New Record of National Effort during the Great War" 1917. Approx Zealand, Canada & South Africa. A must for any medal collector. New 400pgs, hard, cloth bound covers. AIF Rising-Sun badge design ..........................................................................................................$50---- $75 impressed in gilt to front. Text, photos, maps & illustrations. Inc 10002 Anzac Elite - The Airborne & Special Insignia of Aust & NZ by Lord individual photos of "Australia's fighting families". This edition covers & Tennant 160pgs, 2000. Illustrates over 700 diff badges, Australian Victoria, South Australia & NSW. Couple of illustrations missing -- Army Unit colour patches 1987-2008 P Blackwell, 98pgs, 2008. Hat evidently, spine worn, but tight. Very scarce................................ $300 $400 Badges of the Australian Army by A Festburg, 1981, 114pgs. The first 2 new, last VGC plus The Duke, A Hero at Sandakan, Cptn Lionel 10012 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18. Vols I-XII. Matthews GC MC by David Matthews, 2008, 231 pgs. New. Retail $220. A comp set of C.E.W. Bean's monumental work. All in very good (4 vols)............................................................................................$110---$150 condition with only minor marks to the maroon bindings. Vols I & II particularly scarce & sought after. VGC. (12 vols)....$1000 -----$1250 10003 Australians Awarded by Clive Johnson. Depicts & values Orders, Medals & Decorations & related badges etc from mid 1800s to date. 10013 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol Deluxe leather bound edition autographed by Keith Payne (Vietnam VC III, "The AIF in France 1916" of C E W Bean's Official History of winner) & Tim Britten CV (Bali bombing hero) A must have for any Australia in the War of 1914-18. 11th edition 1940, 1036 pgs, hard, cloth medal collector. New. Sold out long ago. Scarce with VC & CV bound. Covers practically unmarked but some toning to pages. Overall autographs ........................................................................................$80---$120 VGC................................................................................................. $75 -- $100 10004 Australia: Gallantry & Distinguished Service Awards to the 10014 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol. V Australian Army during the First World War. Volume 2. The "The AIF in France 1918:". By CEW Bean. 1941 8th edition . 825 pgs , Military Medal (L-Z) by Michael Maton, 2005, H/C, 911 pgs. No 29 of H/C VGC, pgs minor tones, o/a VGC............................................ $75 -- $100 only 100 printed. History of the MM plus lists of all MM winners (L-Z) plus to Australian Flying Corps & their citations, alphabetically. The 10015 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol IX. standard reference. New.................................................................$180---$220 The Royal Australian Navy by A W Jose. 9th ed, 1941 649 pages. H/c in VGC, pgs some tones, o/a GC......................................................... $75 -- $110 10005 Australia: 1899-1902 "The Great Boer War" by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1900 with maps. Good tight original binding; "Pictures of War" by John 10016 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol X, Stuart, 1901. Card covers, detailed, fold-out maps. Good, tight binding; The Australian's at Rabaul" By S Mackenzie 10th ed, 1941 412 pgs H/c "South Africa & the Transvaal War" by Louis Creswicke, Vol IV (of 6) - VGC, minor tones to some pgs, o/a VGC....................................... $75 -- $120 "from Lord Roberts entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree". 10017 Australia: Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol XI Maps & illustrations ca 1901. Good tight binding. VGC. 1st & second "Australia during the War". By E Scott 7th ed, 1941 922 pages. H/c scarce. (3) .......................................................................................$100---$150 VGC. Toning to some pages. O/a GC............................................. $75 -- $110 10006 Australia 1900-70 Unit & General Australian Military History lot. 10018 Australia: "The ANZAC Book" facsimile edition with forward by Les "Silent Voices", (Kearney) 10 Bn AIF Unit History, S/C, 2005; "The Carlyon, 3rd, edition, 2010, edited by Australian War Memorial. A Somme" (Farrar-Hockley) 1964 with orig dust wrapper; "Tobruk" faithful reprint of the original 1916 edition. Brand new. Sealed in clear (Wilmott) 1945; "The Yamato Dynasty" 1999, S/C; "Kokoda" (Ham) plastic wrapper................................................................................. $75 -- $100 2004, S/C; "Weary" (Ebury) S/C; "World War II" S/C 1981 used; 10019 Australia: 1914-16 "The Illustrated London News - Australian "Vietnam - A War Lost & Won" 2003, S/C (Cawthorne); "The Vietnam Edition" 5 x large bound volumes: Vol I Editions from Oct 3, 1914 - Dec War Experience" (Souter) 2007 H/C with slip-case & CD ROM; "The 26, 1914; Vol II Jan 2, 1915 - Apr 24, 1915; Vol III May 1, 1915 - Aug 28, Visual Dictionary of Military Uniforms" 1992. Gen VGC, some as new. 1915; Vol IV Sep 4, 1915 - Dec 25, 1915; Vol V Jan 1, 1916 - Apr 29, Retail $100++ (10)...........................................................................$40---- $80 1916. Each profusely illustrated with B/W photo's illustrations (by such 10007 Australia 1914-18 Period Publications: "The ANZAC Book" 1916 famous artists as Caton-Woodville, Lacelles, De Neuvelle etc). Many fold Written & illustrated by the troops on Gallipoli, hard bound, soft cover out. Photos inc Officers & men decorated, Killed in Action etc. Much edition. Named to "Stan Hore". Some pages loose, but comp; "Australia in Gallipoli content. Overall VGC. Exc documentary & visual reference. Palestine" 1919, H/C. Named to "Lieut F.O. Boyle 3rd ALH Brigade Scarce............................................................................................. $400 -- $500 Band, AIF", VGC; "The Australian Soldiers Gift book" ca 1916, H/C. 10020 Australia "ANZAC Memorial", published by the NSW Returned Produced to raise funds for the Voluntary Workers, VGC.; "Glorious Soldiers Association, Sydney, 25 Apr 1916. Hard cove4rs, 304 pgs. Text Deeds of Australians in the Great War", E.C. Buley, 1916 (5th ed), H/C. & B/W photos. Frontispiece photo of Matron Miss I. Gould, Aust Nursing Missing frontispiece. GC. Overall VGC. Some scarce & desireable books. Service. Views of Gallipoli & portraits of 28 officers Killed in Action at (4) ...................................................................................................$250---$300 Gallipoli. Inc an initial (obviously incomplete) honour roll of NSW 10008 Australia: 1914-2002 medal reference book lot: "Master Index-World Enlistees died on service & missing 4/8/14 to 15/2/16. Some minor War I Awards to Australia" R.D. Williams, Vol 5, 1992 reprint of 1984 defacing to pgs by a child's hand in pencil. Covers with some damage & orig blue H/C bound; "The Medals Year Book" run of dates: 1993, 1995, soiling. Appears comp. VGC. Scarce...........................................
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