Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria

Lot 3300    SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 25TH MARCH)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Militaria

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $400

26TH INFANTRY BATTALION, The Logan and Albert Regiment, 1930-42, pair of officer's enamel collar badges (Cossum p20), affixed to a period mess dress jacket in red wool with white collar and wide cuffs, made by Geo. R.Ryder Limited, Exclusive Tailors, Brisbane, with their label attached to inside of jacket, on the shoulders are fitted a set of bullion embroidered Captain's pips (one missing), together with a red wool waist coat with silk lining and red silk backing and with four brass Australian Military Forces buttons (KC) 1914-30 (Cossum 33a), and a pair of dark blue trousers with thin red stripe at the outer sides, inside is a small label that reads 'Thiokrease'. The clothing items uncleaned or pressed, some moth holes and stains on outside of jacket and some damage to inner lining particularly staining around arm pits, the waistcoat with some stains to silk lining, the trousers in excellent condition, overall fine - extremely fine, the badges rare.