Australian Groups

Lot 3492    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Australian Groups

Estimate $7,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $6,000

GROUP OF FOUR: Queen's South Africa Medal - three bars - Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 141 Pte N.T.Swensen, Qnslnd M.R. on first, Lieut M.T.Svensen 15/Bn A.I.F. on second, Lieut N.T.Svensen A.I.F. on third to fourth. Impressed. Very fine.

N.T.Svensen, AIF. Landed at Gallipoli 25Apri1915. With extensive research and supporting material including Brisbane Rifle Club medal Won By N.T.Svenson, Queenlsand English Rifle Club 1908 medal Won By N.T.Svenson 1908, shoulder straps, Queenland Rifles field rations (intact), bullets, shrapnel, Queensland Rifles sewing kit, Anzac Medallion engraved N.T.Svenson, Field First Aid Dressing 1914, period newspaper articles (including Battle of Trafalgar and WWI), WWII Air Raid Warden card, original draft letter written 23Aug1915 at Keplialos, letter confirming awards, recipient's Suggestions for Post War Settlement (20Aug1943), copy of biography published in The War Game Digest (vol.II, IV), letter of promotion to Hon. Major, contemporary maps depicting Imbros Adassi (Dardenelles), Gallipoli and Kephalos Camp, World's News article pertaining to recipient, ticket to Regimental Ball August 9th 1918, Centenary of Trafalgar October 21st 1905 souvenir magazine, ribbons, badges, photographs of 25 Battalion (2), 'C' Company Order Book (senior cadets), Pocketbook of Arabic Self Study for the British Soldiers in Egypt, personal records of military movements with diagrams, Musketry Regulations (Part II) - Rifle Ranges and Musketry Applications (1910), personal scrapbook of period newspaper articles.