Militaria

Lot 1658    SESSION 7 (11.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST)    Militaria

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240

AUSTRALIA, Rising sun hat badge in oxidised bronze (KC), one lug missing; Rising Sun collar badge in oxidised bronze (KC); Rising Sun badge in white metal and mounted on a boomerang (48x38mm), with provision on boomerang to slide in a small square item, perhaps an enamelled colour patch, pin-back; Rising Sun badge in centre of a map of Australia, in enamel and gilt (26x21mm) (KC), pin-back; Warrant Officer's crown (QC) in white metal, clip-pin back but no clips; Infantry Centre Australia badge in gilt and enamel (25x29mm) (QC), no suspension fitted; RAN title badge (one lug missing); RSL badge (2 figure type) with 40 slide on to KC, button back, reverse numbered A49869; another (3 figure type) with 67 slide onto QC, double lug back, reverse numbered N70687; slouch hat pendant made from an Australian 1953 halfpenny, with ring top suspension; Australian POW souvenir, an Australia 1936 penny impressed on front, 'Oranje/POW/1945'. Very fine. (11)

The Oranje, a Dutch passenger ship converted to a hospital ship, arrived at Brisbane on 27 September 1945 carrying Australian prisoners of war who had recently been freed from POW camps in Singapore including members of the Eighth Division who had been interned at Changi.

Ex Dr W.J.D.Mira Collection.