Trio: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Military Medal correctly impressed to 3972 SJT. E. J. WALLACE 45/AUST INF with his British War Medal and Victory Medal correctly impressed 3972 SJT. E. J. WALLACE 13 BN. A.I.F.
Emb. 23rd December 1915
WIA, gun shot wound right leg 22-11-1916
2nd WIA gun shot wound nose 18-10-1918
3rd WIA seriously wounded right leg 8-8-1918. (this is in the action he wins his Military Medal and is mentioned in the citation).
RTA 13 April 1919
London Gazette 17th June 1919
Great fighting citation in which he gets wounded on his third occasion in a very significant battle.
Good VF SOLD
Trio: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Military Medal is name erased, British War Medal and Victory Medal are correctly impressed to 3802 CPL. D. M. Baldwin 12 Bn. AIF.
Cpl Baldwin embarked on 17th December 1915 (not entitled to star).
WIA GSW Head and Arm 6. 9.1916
2nd WIA Left Thigh 10. 6. 1917
It was at this stage it appears that Cpl Baldwin wins his Military Medal at Messines with the 52nd Battalion. This is when the C.O. Lt. Col Pope is wounded. There is no clear citation for Cpl Baldwin only the London Gazette date of 20 December 1917.
This is a rare award to a double WIA soldier to the Western Australian branch of the 52nd Battalion.
SOLD
A Great War 1917 ‘Ypres’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant R. Hindes, 18th Battery, 6th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force
Trio: Military Medal, G.V.R. (29603 Gnr: R. Hindes. 18/By: 6 A. Bde: Aust: F.A.) British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 29603 T. CQMS R. Hindes 6 F.A.B. AIF
M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. The original recommendation (jointly listed with Corporal E. W. Mattner, Bombardiers W. C. Chambers and C. Fullgrave, and Gunner W. J. F. Sage) states:
‘At Plogesteert, Belgium, on 1st June 1917 these non-commissioned officers and men were under the orders of Major E. T. Dean whilst the 18th Battery was being heavily shelled, displayed the greatest bravery and devotion to duty in extinguishing, on three separate occasions, fires which had broken out from the hostile shelling in three gun-pits of the battery and in several ammunition dumps. Whilst the gun-pits were on fire, and the ammunition in them and several dumps surrounding the battery were exploding, they brought buckets of water to the battery commander who was standing on top of the pit being dealt with, and worked in the pits with him putting out the fire. They subsequently put out the burning dumps, on more than one occasion boxes exploding whilst they were handling the dump. On the pits again catching fire under heavy shelling they returned in the face of it and successfully renewed their efforts. Their disregard for personal safety, fine devotion and determination undoubtedly saved the guns and a large quantity of ammunition, 1,500 rounds only being destroyed out of some 5,000 stored at these pits.’
Rolon Hindes was born in Milang, South Australia in 1884. He was employed as a train driver before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force, 5 March 1916.
Hindes was posted to the 118th Howitzer Battery in September 1916, and transferred to the 18th Battery, 6th (Army) Brigade, Australian Field Artillery in March 1917. He served with the latter in the French theatre of war from March 1917, and distinguished himself in action at Ypres, 1 June 1917.
Hindes advanced to Temporary Sergeant, and contracted pneumonia in 1919 whilst still in service. He returned to Australia in September 1919, and was discharged in December of the same year.
Good very fine SOLD
Trio: Military Medal, War medal and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 2462 SJT W. DILLWORTH 46 BN. A.I.F.
Emb. 14th March 1916
WIA 19th September 1918 G.S.W. Buttock severe
Discharged in London to get married 17th March 1919
A very good strong fighting citation.
Good VF SOLD
Trio: Private P. S. Smith, 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
1914-15 Star (234 Pte. P. S. Smith. 25/Bn A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medal (234 Pte. P. S. Smith. 25 Bn. A.I.F.)
Percival Sydney Smith was born in 1878 and attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane on 28 January 1915. He served with the 25th Battalion at Gallipoli from August 1915, and on the Western Front from 1916. He was wounded in action with a gunshot wound on 2 September 1918 and was invalided to Weymouth Hospital. He was discharged on 18 January 1919, and died on 29 July 1950.
Lacquered, good very fine $975
Trio: Queens Korea Medal, United Nation Korea medal and Korea 50 year anniversary medal. Queens Korea Medal impressed 22540855 PTE. K. INGHAM. KINGS. UN Korea unnamed as issued.
Comes with regimental cap badge.
GD VF SOLD
Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed,
Very fine SOLD
Two extremely rare WW1 Cap tallys. First is to H.M.A.S. Sydney and the other is to S.M.S. Emden. These two Tallys were originally purchased in the 1960's in a Princess Mary chocolate tin from a junk shop, by a well known Australian collector. This collector acquired an original German WW1 "donald duck" cap in order to display the Emden tally.
Both Tally's are in Superb condition and are not cut short. Extremely rare and significant items with excellent provenance.
SOLD
UNDER FURRED HATS (6th Light Horse Regiment) By G. L. Berrie (Burridge reprint).
$150
$40
UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION (UNO) EARLY OPPOSING PATCH
$40
$30
$15
$245
Victoria Volunteer Cadet Corps 38mm brass cap badge (two lugs)
Victorian Military forces 38mm brass (two lugs) forage cap badge 1893
Victorian Military forces
38mm oxidised (two lugs)
forage cap badge 1893
SOLD
Victorian Military Forces Brass 42mm badge Two screw posts on the rear appear to make this some form of cross belt badge
Victorian Militia Artillery
Pill box brass cap badge
two lugs (32mm) Post 1884
SOLD
$20
$25
$30
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Pair: British War and Victory Medal, both correctly impressed to 6314 PTE S. W. PENTLOW.11 BN. A.I.F.
Stanley William Pentlow enlisted on the 11th of April 1916 listing his address as “Railway Coffee Palace, Perth W.A.
Private Pentlow embarked on the 18th September 1916 with the 11th Battalion A.I.F.
Tragically Private S. W. Pentlow was killed in action with the 11th Battalion on the Western Front on 15th April 1917. Sadly little is known about the death of Pentlow, no Red Cross file and he has no known grave being commemorated only on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.
A very sad story that’s likely no one will ever know how poor Stan really met his end.
Nearly extremely fine SOLD
$225
