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Lot Description Est€
30 Royal Irish Fusiliers gold sweetheart brooch mounted on gold pin. Fine.
35
31 Army (Irish?) white leather satchel with shoulder strap. Good.
30
32 Irish Army brass buttons "I harp V". Fine. (6) 25
33 Military. Cap Badge Royal Irish Rifles. Fine. 20
34 Hibernian Marine School set of six uniform buttons. Very fine. (6)
30
35 1886 medallion in white metal, obverse Great Eastern Steamship, reverse "SOUVENIR OF VISIT TO THE GREAT EASTERN DUBLIN 1886", holed at top. The Great Eastern was designed by Brunel and was the largest steamship in the world when built. She served as transatlantic passenger liner and then was used to lay transatlantic and other telegraph cables. She visited Dublin in 1886 and was scrapped two years later. Scarce medallion, fine. Pic
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36 Temperance medallion/badge. 1905 All Ireland Temperance Bazaar, yellow metal by Hopkins & Hopkins, "SOBRIETY" at centre, with suspension bar "DUBLIN MAY 1905" and faded blue ribbon with "CAVAN STALL" in gold. Fine. Pic
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37 Badges. Christian Herald, Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes Orphanage opening 1921, cross 1921, Veterans of Foreign Wars of US, Shropshire Yeomanry. Fine. (6) 50
38 Medals. Silver gilt Egans Cork CYMS Chess Winner 1939-40, five small silver medals, modern hurling medal, Ulster Farmers Union badge. Fine. (8) 50
39 Girls Brigade silver medal, hallmarked Dublin 1940. Very fine. 30
40 Medals, University College Dublin. 1940s Silver gilt "Annual Sports" and silver "Athletic Union". Very fine. (2) 25
41 Badges. Enamel badges for Bowling Clubs, Kenilworth, Dun Laoghaire, Ballycastle and Castleton. Fine. (4)
20
42 Mixed group of pin badges: Caltex, Tayto, Total Abstinence, GMB ATU, Natural Gas Irish Supporter (2), Chubb Safety First and Guinness keyring penknife etc. Fair to fine. (10) 25
43 Austria/Hungary. WWI bravery medal, bronze with ribbon. Very fine. 25
44 Austria/Hungary. World War I medal "PRO DEO ET PATRIA 1914-1918" white metal, with ribbon. Fine.
25
45 Canada Military. Three shoulder titles "CANADA", cap badges Canadian Infantry, Royal Montreal Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Ontario Regiment, Canadian Forestry Corps, Canada maple leaf. Fine. (9) 50
46 Germany. 1916 medallion "gold for iron" for donation to the war effort. Iron, fine.
30
47 Germany. WWI Iron Cross second class with replacement ribbon. Fine.
40
48 Germany. 1937 Hitler Youth collar badge, dug from ground. Fair.
25
49 Germany. Small group of WWII edelweiss buttons and insignia (mainly Bavarian), dug from ground. Fair. (13) 35
50 Germany. WWII Wound Badge, solid form, with pin back. Very fine. Pic 45
51 Military Cap Badges etc. British American, Royal Army Service Corps, Elgin Regiment (2), Lord Strathcona's Horse, Frontiersmen etc. (8) 40
52 UK Medallions. Middlesbrough Borough group: 1887 Jubilee, 1889 Opening Municipal Buildings (2), all in white metal, 1897 Diamond Jubilee Col. Sadler Mayor, yellow metal, 1902 Coronation Ald McLaughlin Mayor, yellow metal, 1911 Coronation Richmond Borough, 1862 International Exhibition white metal, 1903 London Medical Conference bronze, two buttons, two imitation South African ponds etc. Many with suspension holes, fine. (16) 30
53 UK. Two small medallions by Barratt & Co "Sweets Are Pure", one 1897 QV Diamond Jubilee, other 1902 EVII Coronation. Very fine. (2) 20
54 UK, Navy. Silver cigarette case (hallmarked Sheffield 1898) engraved "Channel Squadron Regatta 1898 OFFICER'S CHALLENGE CUP won by HMS Majestic". HMS Majestic was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Kerr commanding the Channel Squadron during that period. Very fine. Pic 160
55 Cap badge/brooch from Boer War, comprising Zulu spears and clubs in gold on silver Zulu shield, with 3in gold pin. Said to have been worn by member of Lord Methven's force. Possibly a sweetheart brooch. In original case, fine. Pic 50
56 UK. WWI victory medal with ribbon, to Driver R. Bibby Royal Artillery. Very fine. 25
57 UK. Methodist Missionary Society medal awarded "FOR ZEAL FOR CHRIST", maltese cross shape with "JMC DSO" at centre, suspended on blue ribbon with two orange stripes and bars for 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956. Very fine. 25
58 Mixed group incl 1914 Victory medal miniature, 1939-45 Victory medal, cap badge "Steady Hood", modern badge "He Who Dared", 1994 50th Anniversary of D-Day in rosette, QV Diamond Jubilee, 1887 Sherrards Golden Jubilee etc. Mainly fine. (12) 40

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