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Ephemera — Militaria & Weapons - Cordy's
Auction House:
| Cordy's | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 32 |
| Lots with images: | 32 |
| Prices available: | 32 |
Category:
Ephemera
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Flight Lieutenant Clive Woodward (Bomber) Estcourt, RNZAF (NZ 391045), RAF Bomber Command World War II archive collection. Includes historical memorabilia from pre-World War II, World War II period and some later material. Estcourt flew as a bomber aimer… | *** |  |
| *** | A very rare New Zealand World War I woman's death plaque 'To Esther Maud Tubman 22/517', Staff Nurse Esther Maud Tubman, New Zealand Army Nursing Service 40th reinforcements travelled to England between 10th July and 10th September 1918. Died 18th… | *** |  |
| *** | A two page hand-written letter by 'Lieut. C.H. Upham'. 'C.' Coy. 20 BN. 4 Inf Bde. N.Z.E.F. Thurs. 23 Oct./41', ink on lined paper, to a fellow soldier, Rewa' Including: 'Many thanks for your letter. I was very pleased to hear that you are alive and well,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two World War I photograph albums of 13/583 2nd Lt. Ernest Arthur Bunkall, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, Imperial Camel Corps and the Royal Flying Corps. A solicitor from Buckland Road, Epsom he served at Gallipoli as a Trooper before being involved in… | *** |  |
| *** | A German World War I Colonial Services flag, ex. Samoa. Provenance: Captured in Samoa. 187 x 116 cm, one tear and some marking consistent with age. | *** |  |
| *** | A historical World War II U.S. Navy-Maori carved presentation sculpture, the stylised standing figure upon a base carved with a mask and two weku figures, paua inset eyes. A presentation plaque affixed to the reverse, 'To Lst-172 From Wish Winn, Whakatane… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of 15 German World War II medals and badges, mounted on a card, the badges include: RAD, Red Cross, RAD Harvest, Marksman's Lanyard, Military Harvest, Driver's Award, enamelled Mother's, Black Wound, Senior Harvest, etc. Also War Merit Cross… | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian postcard album, containing two hundred and sixty-five postcards, including forty-one Bruce Bairnsfather 'Fragments from France' cards plus other World War I cards, vintage souvenir, travel, humorous, greetings and Japanese cards. | *** |  |
| *** | An interesting medal group and album associated with Captain Eben J Thomas (1858 - 1920), R. N. Retired, Capt. Paymaster Imperial Forces South Africa, Navy League Auck. Branch pres., Auck. Hosp. house manager, and joint treasurer for the Auck. Motor… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chinese leather photo album, filled with photos of the Shanghai Incident 1932 which preceded the second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 | *** |  |
| *** | An early 20th century postcard album, with one hundred and twenty-four silk post cards, including many from World War I, souvenir, greetings and good luck cards, all in good condition. | *** |  |
| *** | An original production lithograph of Private Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli, from the original watercolour by Sapper H. Moore-Jones, printed inscription across the lower front 'With the Compliments of Hill & Plummer Ltd, Oil & Colour Merchants..… | *** |  |
| *** | A Napoleonic prisoner of war spinning jenny c.1810, the top with seated woman wearing traditional Celtic high hat in front of a spinning wheel with small windmill beside, all above a base with turned supports to the cog and hand operated pully, pedestal… | *** |  |
| *** | Two World War II cap tallies from opposing vessels engaged in the Battle of the North Cape, the German Battleship Scharnhorst and HMS Belfast, along with other uniform badges, patches, epaulettes, buttons etc., and a selection of reprinted war postcards. | *** |  |
| *** | An oak panel carved with shields of the 30 French knights from the 'Combat des Trente', Commemorating the Brittany war of 1351 against English knights, supporters of John Montfort. Labels and photos of monuments verso. The panel noted as being 16th… | *** |  |
| *** | A large format World War I warship photo 'HMS New Zealand', arriving in Auckland 1913, in period oak frame with presentation plaque. An Indefatigable-class battlecruiser built for the defence of the British Empire, launched in 1911, funded by the New… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Nazi German vehicle identification drape / flag, swastika motif, with tie-down grommets to the corners. Reputedly souvenired ex Africa Campaign. Some faults. 200 cm x 100 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A World War II American flag in N.Z.E.F. Named bag, the stars and stripes flag showing some distress, machine stitched individual stars and stripes. 4 metal eyes to the band and printed 'No.11'. 140 x 70 cm. The bag stencil printed '515921 Evans.N.C. N.Z… | *** |  |
| *** | A World War II German Swastika flag, with needlework title 'Munster-Stadt, 2', with hanging rings. Distressed. | *** |  |
| *** | A World War II period Japanese serviceman's 'Good Luck flag', (yosegaki hinomaru) inked with a profusion of signatures and inscriptions surrounding the Rising Sun emblem. | *** |  |
| *** | Three framed vintage photographs, of tourists on wagons at Tikitapu [Marsh] and cavalcade of soldiers on wagons [E.A.Phillips]. | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage large format signed photograph of Benito Mussolini, showing him in military uniform with helmet, signed in ink, c.1934. 39 cm x 29 cm. Detailed note attached to backing board 'I Don't Know How Dad got This Photo After the War'. | *** |  |
| *** | An extremely rare set of hand painted German Elastolin composition American revolutionary soldiers including superb mounted General ( Height 11 cm) and a flag bearer holding a tinplate early stars and stripes flag ( Height 12 cm) and eight soldiers… | *** |  |
| *** | A postcard album including World War I NZEF images, 17 real photo postcards including platoons on training Remutaka Hill (multiples of 28th with ferns adorning their lemon-squeezers), Trentham Camp (Wellington College Old Boys), 'Bill Massey's Rough's,… | *** |  |
| *** | World War I 1st Anzac Corps position map, at Marc 1917, No.4 Coy Xmas 1917 dinner menu card (Flanders), NZEF map of Cairo, 60+ autographs of 2NZEF members | *** |  |
| *** | World War I ephemera including 'Nouvelle Zelande Division' Xmas 1916 menu card, Estaires (Nord)' [Flanders], with manuscript attendees note verso, an Army message form 1917, an ANZAC commemorative lapel badge (Aust 1967), a 1916 school children's cert.,… | *** |  |
| *** | Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 '28 (Maori Battalion)', by J.F. Cody (1956) and 'Supply Company' by P.W. Yates (1955), pp. 514 and 371, red cloth binding and complete with illustrations, photos and coloured folding maps. In… | *** |  |
| *** | Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 '27 (Machine Gun) Battalion', by Robin Kay, published by War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs Wellington, 1958. pp. 543, red cloth binding and complete with illustrations, photos and… | *** |  |
| *** | World War I photos, including 12th Reg in camp at Tapawera, Nelson, and photographic portraits/groups of German military personnel | *** |  |
| *** | Six large format vintage photographs from World War II Solomon Islands campaign, including an RNZAF official photograph of Lieutenant General Kanda and Vice Admiral Baron Samejima arriving to sign documents of surrender, Bougainville 1945, personnel en… | *** |  |
| *** | A table bell made from a 1941 brass 3.7 inch Howitzer shell, by the 'New Zealand Home Servicemen's Assn., Auckland Branch' the shell cut and inverted on a brass rod with stepped circular rimu base, detailed underneath. Height 18 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 '20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment', by D.J.C. Pringle and W.A. Glue (1957) and '18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment' by W.D. Dawson (1961), pp. 631 and 676, red cloth binding and complete… | *** |  |