The Auction will take place at 9 a.m. (+8 G.M.T.) Sunday 3rd May 2020 at 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Western Australia. The auction will be an internet, phone bid & absentee bid auction only, this being due to the regulations relating to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This will mean there will be no public attendance to view or bid on the day of the auction. We will be anticipating a large number of phone and absentee bids, so please do request these in good time, so that we may be able to assist you with your bidding requirements. Viewing of lots will take place between 27th April to 2nd May 9am to 4pm with the auction taking place at 9am and finishing around 5:00pm. Photos of each lot can be viewed via our ‘Auction’ tab of our website www.jbmilitaryantiques.com.au. Onsite registration will take place on onsite in during regular business hours, via email using a registered credit card or via internet auction portal. Bids will only be accepted from registered bidders. All telephone and absentee bids need to be received 3 days prior to the auction. Online registration is via www.the-saleroom.com & www.invaluable.com. All prices are listed in Australian Dollars. The buyer’s premium onsite, telephone & absentee bidding is 18%, with internet bidding at 21% + A.B.P. All lots are guaranteed authentic and come with a 90-day inspection/return period. All lots are deemed ‘inspected’ for any faults or defects based on the full description and photographs provided both electronically and via the pre-sale viewing, with lots sold without warranty in this regard. We are proud to announce the full catalogue, with photographs now available for viewing and pre-auction bidding via www.the- saleroom.com & www.invaluable.com (photos & PDF catalogue can be viewed through our website auction section), as well as offering traditional floor, absentee & phone bidding. Bidders agree to all the ‘Conditions of Sale’ contained at the back of this catalogue when registering to bid. Post Auction Items can be paid for & collected after the auction from the auction room from Monday 4th May, with full payment and collection within 7 days of the end of the auction. We can also post items to customers worldwide. Our business hours for collection/trade are as follows: Monday 9am to 4pm Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 5pm Friday to Saturday 9am to 4pm We would be happy to discuss with you consigning lots for our future auctions, again offering very competitive terms of between 0 - 15% sellers’ premium on lots. Our next auction will take place on Sunday 11th October 2020. 1 Categories Lot # A collection of daggers, knives & weapons Australia 1 - 15 British & Commonwealth 16 - 35 Germany 36 - 68 Japan 69 - 72 United States of America 73 - 94 The rest of the world 95 - 115 Bayonets 116 - 124 Swords 125 - 138 Books & paperwork 139 - 153 Miscellaneous Items 154 - 166 Field Equipment & Ordnance 167 - 190 Licensed Firearms 191 - 195 Non-Licenced Firearms, Ordnance & Accessories 196 - 217 Australian Orders & Medals Singles 218 - 226 Groups 227 - 241 Australian & Commonwealth Badges 242 - 288 British & Commonwealth Orders & Medals Singles 289 - 327 A collection of medals to the 16th Lancers 328 - 334 Groups 335 - 380 German Medals & badges 381 - 436 World Medals & Badges 437 - 465 Flags, Banners & Cloth Items 466 - 469 Uniforms 470 - 477 Headgear Helmets 478 - 494 Caps 495 - 510 2 A collection of daggers, knives & weapons Australia 1. WW2 Australian ‘Z Force’ knuckle knife & sheath. Features heavy alloy knuckle duster with 'D/I\ D' 'broad arrow over 177' and double ‘broad arrow' impressed into the surface. 11.7cm double edged blade with the tang fitting into a recessed channel & fixed with two rivets. Tang has the 'broad arrow’ over 446’ stamped. The leather sheath has a button-down knife retention strap and has two cuts in the back tongue for a belt, facing stamped 'BONNEY & CLARK LTD. MAKERS'. Knife length 22cm long. Est $1200 to $1600 Of limited wartime production & used by special units of the Australian forces in the Pacific, this is an extraordinarily well maintained & significant military historical & cultural item rarely offered up for sale and worthy of any collection. 2. WW2 Australian special forces knuckle knife & sheath by Gregsteel, named to Captain Lucier. Features heavy 2-piece alloy knuckle duster secured with 3 pin rivets, with 'GREGORY STEEL PRODUCTS MADE IN AUSTRALIA’ impressed into the surface. 14cm double edged blade secured through tang has makers stamp GREGSTEEL with L lightly visible. Blade surface carries sections of shallow pitting and age darkening but majority of blade is bright steel. The leather sheath has a button-down knife retention strap missing the last 2cm of strap. Back section of scabbard has the details ‘CAPT ES LUCIER 1942 0-908923. Knife length 26.5cm. Est: $1000 to $1400 A very rare Australian special forces knife, the only other example we’ve come across is currently in the Australian War Memorial museum. 3. WW2 Australian & New Zealand knuckle knife with blued blade. Features cast aluminium chequered grip with raised knuckle duster guard and pommel, remnants of dull grey green coating to grip. 15.5cm double edged matt black blue finish blade with light edge sharpening. Heavy duty brown leather scabbard with intact rivets and stitching, pop stud grip strap complete and in very good condition. 27.5cm long commonwealth fighting knife. Scarce. Est: $600 to $800 4. WW2 Australian New Zealand knuckle knife & scabbard. Features cast aluminium chequered grip with raised knuckle duster guard and pommel. 12.5cm double edged bright finish blade with light edge sharpening. Well tooled thick brown leather scabbard with intact rivets and stitching, press stud handle strap complete and in very good condition. 24.5cm long commonwealth fighting knife. Scarce. Est: $600 to $800 5. WW2 Australian New Zealand converted knuckle fighting knife. Features cast aluminium chequered grip with raised skull crusher pommel, rasp marks to hilt where knuckle duster guard has been removed. 15.3cm double edged dull finish blade with light edge sharpening and light pitting to surface. 27.5cm commonwealth fighting knife. Est: $100 to $120 3 6. WW2 Australian smatchet ‘Z Force’ O.S.S. fighting combat knife & scabbard. Features wooden grips with pinned rivets, thick oval steel guard and metal pommel with leather hand strap. Broad leaf 28cm x 7cm across the belly, unmarked blade carries 80% of the original black matt finish with nicely field sharpened edge. Leather covered wooden scabbard is in very good condition, the retaining strap for the knife handle has torn off at the snap attachment end. Est: $800 to $1200 The Smatchet was designed as a pure combat knife by combat & knife fighting instructor Capt. William E. Fairbairn during WW2 and was believed to be based on the Royal Welch Fusiliers trench knife of WW1. These were issued to Special Operations personnel such as Z Special Forces and OSS. There is one in the collection of Army Museum of Western Australia which saw service with ‘Z’ Special unit. 7. WW2 Australian V44 bowie fighting knife & scabbard. Features black grip with 3 brass rivets and brass guard. 23.5cm bowie style blade with period edge sharpening and surface cleaning scour marks. Scabbard with numerous rivets in steel and copper, belt loop and military belt hooks, large Australian broad arrow stamp to leather front, good fit to blade. Patterned on the Collins #18 V44 knife there were 3 Australian makers of this 35.4cm long unmarked knife. Est: $250 to $300 8. WW2 Australian commando dagger stiletto knife by Gregory Steel. Cast zinc Mazak handle with steel cross guard. 18.7cm blade is GREGORY STEEL PRODUCTS manufacturer stamped to ricasso. Blade is solid stiletto pattern with field sharpening marks. Leather scabbard is correct with metal fittings and stitching complete, leather stiff with one small tear near upper left eyelet. Approx. 500 made, they were issued in small numbers to Australian Special Operations ‘Z force’ and to all members of the 2/6 independent Company. Est: $1200 to $1400 9. WW2 Australian fighting knife & scabbard, being originally gifted by Levenson Radio, Sydney. Features stacked leather and aluminium handle with full tang hunting style blade, 13.5cm from hilt. Customised single edged hunting style blade has been etched FROM LEVENSONS RADIO 225 PITT ST SYDNEY and is a likely parting gift to an employee from his workmates, who had enlisted. Brown leather scabbard with good stitching and rivets. Est: $200 to $280 10. WW2 Australian Army combat utility knife & scabbard by East Bros. Features plain wooden grips with 3 flathead rivets, original diamond profile knuckle guard. 15 cm blade Sydney maker marked and is period keen edged with some age darkening and light pitting. Scabbard maker stamped to W. Trathen & Co Sydney 1943, small tear to upper left leather near throat, all stitching and rivets present with working locking strap. 28cm total length. Est: $180 to $220 11. WW2 Australian Army combat utility knife & scabbard. Features plain wooden grips, with 3 flathead rivets, oval profile knuckle guard. 15 cm bright blade non maker marked and is keen edged. Scabbard Broad arrow ‘S’ stamped, all stitching and rivets present with locking strap complete but with break to the lower band. 28cm total length. Est: $180 to $220 4 12. WW2 Australian Army Artillery billhook machete. Features fixed pin, broad arrow stamped grips with some wood loss to right grip. Full tang, neutral non maker marked 25cm x 7.5cm across belly, billhook blade with sharpened edge. At 40cm the billhook was a standard artillery clearance tool for service between WW2 & the Vietnam War.