Militaria

Sale 140    25–28 Nov 2025   Michael Crouch Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 1416    SESSION 8 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER)    Militaria

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au

AUSTRALIA, WWI, tribute fob, in gold and enamel (9ct, 6.7g, 39x24mm), obverse, standing soldier at top in front of rising sun, below "The Great War", above a shield with engraved initials "L.B.", a wreath around, at the base a boomerang "Returned With Honor", reverse inscribed "W.C.A./to/L.Brayley". Pin-back and also with suspension loop, very fine.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 111 (lot 5044).^721 Leslie Keith Brayley, 15th Battalion, labourer, age 21, born at Bourke, NSW; Enl.24Sep1914 at Mitchell, QLD; WIA 07Aug1915 Gallipoli, bomb wound right hand; right hand amputated 16Aug1915; RTA 30Sep1915; Disch.09Feb1916.^With copy of Service File and other research.

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