Other Militaria (including literature)
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Lot 5848 SESSION 20 (7.30PM FRIDAY 20TH APRIL Other Militaria (including literature)
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $80
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES, Know Japan, 1946, issued under direction of Commander-in-Chief, BCOF, soft cover, 94pp; Tokyo, hard cover b&w and colour picture book in slip case, text in Japanese and English, approx 50pp, appears to be c1950; Japan, 1945-50, post cards (40), featuring scenes throughout Japan and its cities; BCOF Memorial Dedication - Canberra 1998, chart showing Order of Battle for Australian Component and list of RAN ships and RAAF and RNZAF units in Japan 1946; program for BCOF 60th Anniversary Ceremony at Canberra 7 March 2006; menu for BCOF Australian Component 60th Anniversary Dinner held at Ainslie Football Club 7 March 2006; copy of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima Eye witness Account of P.T.Siemes S.J. 9pp, a card issued to members of Allied Force at Morotai on the surrender of Second Japanese Army, and the Instrument of Surrender; also a silk banner with metal and gold cord suspender, featuring Kure City, Japan; BCOF shoulder patch; Beer Ticket for Salon White Bear, Shimbashi (a district of Tokyo). Several postcards with some foxing and a few with water stain, all unused and colours still fresh, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (49)
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