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 Lot 10161 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: Vietnam War: Australian individual biography collection (21) inc All Guts & No Glory, the story of a Long Tan warrior, Bob Buick. Barry Petersen Tiger Men, SE Asia edition & signed by author. An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam - Behind Enemy Lines, T O'Farrell. Captain Bullen's War (The Vietnam War Diary) edited by P Ham. Command Vietnam Colonel F Peter Scott. Payne VC by M Colman 2009. The Jungle Dark (biography of Frank Hunt & others of 3rd Platoon A Company 6th RAR). Ted Serong - The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert. Still walking Thru Life, Bill Parry. The Tiger Man of Vietnam (biography of Barry Petersen). What Soldiers Do - An Australian Artillery Man in Vietnam, Gordon Pound. Plus 10 others inc A Soldier Returns by Terry Burstall (a Long Tan veteran discovers the other side of Vietnam). Plus Vietnam, The Australian War by Paul Ham (illustrated edition). Most excellent condition inc some brand new. Retail $600+. (22) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10170 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Library reduction - 28 books inc 'The Russian Revolution 1899-1919' (940 pgs, Pipes 1990). 'The Secret War against the Jews' (656 pgs, Aarons & Loftus 1994), 'The Voyage of Their Life - SS Derna & its Passengers (480 pgs, Armstrong 2001), 'The Gehlen Memoirs (General Reinhard Gehlen'. Then a mixture of 'un-orthodox titles' inc 'Beer Glorious Beer' (Cyril Pearl, 1969), 'Aust Cigarette Cards & their Values' (Skinner, 1984), 'Tough 101 Australian Gangsters', 'South with Scott (Evans, 1956), 'The Ghost of Flight 401' (Lockheed Tri-Star Crash, Florida, 1972) & 'Good Morning Hanoi' (Findlay, 2006). Plus 18 others. Lots of good reading here & high original cost. Mixed good - VF condition. (28) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10182 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Bayonet WWI Ersatz bayonet, all steel handle one piece, no separate grips, no obvious markings, overall length 46cm, blade 30cm. Part open muzzle ring, no marks visible. Steel scabbard, leather frog. Minor pitting & rust o/w quite presentable. Ref. The German Bayonet by John Walter, pg 16. Scarce bayonet. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10198 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Luftfeldpost airmail cover with 2 blue Luftfeldpost stamps depicting Junkers transport plane cancelled Feldpost cancel, to Germany, violet swastika h/s. Minor aging o/w GC. Also interesting swastika seal in red & white. Post war insignia lot. 10 army cloth unit patches, 16 army Em's collar tabs & 10 rank badges. Excellent condition. Ideal collector or reseller. (38 items). Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10156 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: WWII POW Collection (20) inc Prisoners of War From Gallipoli to Korea (Patsy Adam Smith, 600 pgs, hard cover with DJ, pub 1992). The Diggers of Colditz (Jack Champ, one of 19 Aussies imprisoned there, hard cover with DJ, pub 1985). Dangerous Days - A Diggers Great Escape (E Brough, 2009). POW-Australian Prisoners of War in Hitler's Reich (Monteith, pub 2011). Hellfire, The Story of Australia, Japan & the POW's (Forbes, hard cover with DJ, pub 2005). The Changi Brownlow (R Perry 2010). The Rats of Rangoon (Wing Commander L Hudson). Sandakan - A Conspiracy of Silence (Ramsay-Silver). The Duke, A Hero's Hero at Sandakan-Caption Lionel Matthews GC MC (D Matthews, pub 2008). Hells Heroes - The Forgotten Story of the Worst POW Camp in Japan (Maynard, pub 2009). Plus 11 others. Mostly VG-near new, retail $550. Also 10 others, mostly British inc 'The Wooden Horse (Williams), Miracle on the River Kwai (Gordon) & Return from the River Kwai (retail $150). Great lot of good reading, total retail/original cost $700. (30) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10176 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Vehicle light WWI marked Herm Reiman, Phanomen, Chemniz-Gablenz. Powered by kerosene, oil or similar. This lantern reputedly captured from a similar WWI German vehicle by a WWI Digger. Appears nickel plated metal. Must be scarce. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10193 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Headgear: WWII Water Ways Police Officer's side cap. Navy blue wool with full rayon lining. Post 1942 period gold cellulon Officer's piping. BEVO woven cap Eagle to front. Genuine Scarce. (P) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
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 Lot 10151 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Australia: (18) inc WWI Official History Vol VIII 'The Australian Flying Corps' by EM Cutluck. 1983 Edition & WWII (16) with Penguin reprints (5) inc Behind Bamboo, Coast Watchers & We Were the Rats. Then A Bastard of a Place, The Australians in Papua, ANZAC Fury Battle of Crete 1941 (Thompson), Kokoda (Ham), Tobruk (Fitzsimons) & The White Mouse by Nancy Wake. FB (18) inc Baden-Powell - The Two Lives of a Hero pub 1964, WWII RAF (6) inc Bomber Boys (Bishop), Eagle Day (Collier), Hurricane - Victor of the Battle of Britain (McKinstry) & The Battle of Britain, July-Oct 1970 (Parker), Spike Milligan's Memoirs (3 hardback) with Adolf Hitler, Monty & Rommel. 1982 Falklands War (3) inc 2 Para Falklands (Maj-Gen J Frost) & Battle of the Falklands (Hastings). 1992 Gulf war, Storm Command by Gen de la Billiere. Plus others inc Six Days of War - June 1967 (Oren) & Secret Soldier - The Six Day War - Golan Heights - Entebbe.. By Col M Betser. Odd minor edge toning, mostly VG-excellent condition with some near new. (40) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10167 - militaria books - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Great Britain: WWII RAF group of 10 with Bader-The Man & his Men (Burns, 1990). Bomber Crew - Taking on the Reich (Sweetman, 2004). Claims to Fame - The Lancaster A History of the 34 Aircraft that Flew 100+ Missions, (Franks, 1994) Churchill's Few - Battle of Britain Remembered (Willis, 1985). Fight for the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire & Hurricane (Douglas Bader, 1973). Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940 (Bishop, 2003. Fly - True Stories from the Airmen of WWII (Veitch, 2008). The Few - Americans Who Fought in the Battle of Britain (Kershaw, 2006). With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain (Korda, 2009). The Reconstruction of Warriors (Mayhew, 2004). Also Tigers - The Story of No 74 Squadron RAF (Cossey, 1992). Whirlwind - The Air War Against Japan 1942-45 (Tillman, 2009). MIG Pilot (J Barron, 1980), The Story of the Escape & Defection of Lieut Belenko with his MIG-25 from the USSR to USA via Japan. Hell-Fire (Ed Macy, 2009) plus 3 paperbacks inc Bomber Offensive Sir Arthur Harris Marshall of the RAF & The Spitfire 50 Years On (1986). Except for the last 3, all hardcover with dust jacket, mostly VF-near new, retail $500+ (17) Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria books |
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 Lot 10188 - militaria germany - Status International Stamps & Covers Public Auction 366Bayonet: WWII era blade, handle, scabbard all in VG order. Ricasso marked '3679 + J. SCH' & '41'. Hilt marked 655 twice, faint German eagle at top. Scabbard marked ' BERG & CO 1940'. GC. Status International Coins & Banknotes Auction 366militaria germany |
