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| 201: | Shotgun. 12g Double Barrel S X S Percussion Muzzle Loading, no makers name. 29" barrel, bores fair. Mismatched hammers and left hand hammer at fault. Metal a greyish patina, wood in fair condition with many marks and a chip out of lock area. Complete with ramrod. FC |
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| 202: | Shotgun - Side by Side under lever break action hammer shotgun, 12 gauge by J. Smith, London. Barrels 29 1/2 inches, bores good, metalwork - Damascus pattern to barrels, lovely case harden colours to action area. Action strong. Woodwork good with checkering to forewood and grip and with escutcheon plate on butt. A nice old shot gun in good condition. Ser # NVN |
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| 203: | Shotgun. 12g Double Barrel Side Lever Hammer Gun by J. Claire Newton. 30" barrels, bore pitted. Metal a dark patina. Action loose, hammers strong. Wood in worn condition but has no cracks, segment missing in forewood. S/N 1358 FC. |
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| 204: | Shotgun. 16g Rolling Block Single shot by Husqvarna. Bore good, metal a darkish patina with speckling. Action strong, 36" barrel, octagonal at breech for first 10". Wood in good condition with coarse checkering to the grip. Butt has cheek piece and wood with nice grain. Varnish finish has usual marks and a few scratches. S/N 57384 F -G o/a C Pic  |
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| 205: | Badges. Pair of NZ WW1 Medical Corps brass hat (8/158) and collar 8/161) badges. Both marked NZMC. These hat badges were only produced in 1916. Lugs intact, GC |
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| 206: | Medal WW1 1914-15 Star. Marked 6701 Pte.E.Taylor E.Lanc R. Replacement ribbon. GC |
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| 207: | Badges. Royal NZ Signals Cap Badge with separate crown. Three brass Great Coat ? Buttons mkd Firman, London & J.R.Gaunt, Montreal and one brass Officer's Shoulder Pip. |
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| 208: | Group of WW1 NZ Staff Corps badges including Hat Badge (8/291) missing 1 lug, two Staff Corps buttons, NZ Staff shoulder badge, Permanent Staff Fern badge. GC |
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| 209: | Buttons. A lovely selection of buttons, mostly NZ Forces in many variations. NZ Prisons various and approx 15 Firefighters along with 3 badges, NZ Women's Land Service x 2 and one Canadian. Various conditions. |
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| 210: | Badge - Queen Victoria Crown Artillery Helmet Plate. GC |
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| 211: | Badge - 2nd Wellington (West Coast) Rifle Volunteers Helmet Plate. With King's crown.VGV |
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| 212: | Button – White metal button approx 23mm dia. for “Dunedin No 1 City Guards” Marker Hobson & Son London. Vendor states c1880. GC for age. |
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| 213: | Button – White metal button approx 23mm dia. for “Dunedin No 1 City Guards”. GC for age. |
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| 214: | Medal – WWI British War Medal issued to 3/2455 PTE. E.W. COLLINGWOOD. N.Z.E.F. Medal in GC. E W Collinwood recorded on Auckland Museum Cenotaph web site. |
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| 215: | Medal - WWI British War Medal issued to 645939 PTE. J.F. RICHMOND. 29-CAN. INF. Medal with edge knock at 7 o’clock otherwise GC. |
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| 216: | Medal – WWI British medals 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and British Victory medal issued to 2101. SPR. R.W. ROFE. R.E. Medals VGC for age. Pic |
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| 217: | Medal - British Lusitania Medal. On May 71915, a German submarine fired a single torpedo sending the Lusitania to the bottom of the ocean with a loss of nearly 1,200 lives. Shortly after the sinking, a German medalist, Karl Goetz, cast a medal chastising the Cunard Shipping Line for allowing passengers on a ship destined for the war zone around Great Britain. Great Britain seized the opportunity to copy the medal and sell it to the general public for propaganda purposes. The medal is VGC and has its original box, which is well worn, but complete and excellent for display. Pic |
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| 218: | Medal - WWI British War Medal 1914-18, WWI Victory Medal, and Memorial Plaque for “66167 Pte David Henderson.” Medals marked 66167 PTE. D. HENDERSON. N.Z.E.F. Plaque is in original cardboard container and comes with memorial certificate and receipt for Memorial Plaque noting next of kin as Mrs J Henderson of Manunui, King Country. Medals, plaque and papers in very good condition. Noted on the Cenotaph database, Auckland Museum web site as having embarked with 33rd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company. Died of wounds in France 6 November 1918. Noted on Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site as buried at the Caudry British Cemetery, Nord France. Pic |
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| 219: | Medal - Copy of a British Victory Cross. VGC |
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| 220: | Medal - British George Cross. Marked "COPY" on reverse. VGC |
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| 221: | Medal - British Military Cross . Marked "COPY" of reverse. VGC |
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| 222: | Medal – Copy of a British Military Medal, with King George VI on obverse. Marked as copy on reverse of medal. This is a nice quality copy. |
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| 223: | Medal - British General Service medal 1918-62 with Malaya Bar issued to “13976 SC.MOHAMED V ABDULLAH F.OF.M.POL.” Medal has King George the VI on obverse. Medal is in VGC Pic |
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| 224: | Medal – Set of reproduction WWI British medals – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal WWI. All in GC |
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| 225: | Medals (4) Group of four Soviet medals: Victory over Germany with document, Combat Service medal, two medals for 10 and 15 years Irreproachable Service. All GC |
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| 226: | Medals (4) Group of four Soviet awards; Capture of Budapest medal, Veteran Serviceman's medal, Soviet Afghanistan Army 5 yr service medal, Soviet Honorary Badge "To a Warrior - Internationalist". Screw back ribbon bar with brass star with enameling suspended below. Issued primary to those who took part in the Afghan campaign. GC |
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| 227: | Badges - German Nazi reproduction cloth items. Cuff titles for "Hohenstaufen" 9. SS-Panzer-Division, "SS Feldgendarmerie" and "Reinhard Heydrich" 11th SS Gebirgsjager Regiment. Pair of Waffen SS Panzer runes collar tabs with pink piping. Silver Bullion Army Eagle and Sturmmann Rank badge. All GC |
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| 228: | Misc. Wooden Gun case 11"x 5" x 48" long. Well made with two lockable clasps, no keys. F-G o/a C |
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| 229: | Miscellaneous. Sheet metal case for Military Periscope. 650mm long, painted green with leather strap. Hinged lid with compartment for spare lens. QGC |
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| 230: | Misc. Electric Daylight Signalling Lamp MkII, 1918 in its original wooden box. Lamp lens good. Has morse key but no battery or carry straps. Made by Arthur Lyon & Wrench Ltd. 6" x 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" with canvas covered top. |
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| 231: | Misc. Framed and glazed black and white photo of a three mast sailing ship in Wellington harbour (Vendor states "Esmerelda") Shows Tug etc in background. Modern frame. VGC. |
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| 232: | Misc. Print - Framed and glazed print of a Sailing ship. 1010 x 730mm depicting ship in rough seas, signed Miley NBA. Oak frame, some water damage and backing paper loose. FC. |
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| 233: | Misc. Framed and Glazed board showing the Official Crests of the Royal Navy. Gilt wooden frame 900 x 580mm with 108 colour Crests from WW1 & WW2 ships, submarines and Naval barracks, including HMS Zealandia. Some fold marks and minor tears to paper. GC |
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| 234: | Misc. Framed Print depicting NZ Armed Forces. 10 pictures illustrating training and combat scenes. GC |
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| 235: | Airforce Memorabilla. Framed photo of WW1 British Bi Plane with camera, repro tin advertising poster of Goodyear War products, The Kings Airforce Magazine, The Battle of Britain 1940 magazine plus 3 copies of Airforce. |
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| 236: | Sign. Winchester Full Colour Advertising Sign. Approximately 300mm x 200mm. Depicts a game bird on a log. With “Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells”, “The Kind for Hunting -We Have a Full Stock”. Has two small suspension holes. Good condition |
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| 237: | Misc. Framed & Glazed B&W photo of HMNZS Royalist. 350 x 300mm. Shows ship in port with sailors on deck. VGC. |
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| 238: | Sign. Winchester Felt Advertising Sign which would have laid on a gun shop counter top. Approximately 350mm x 250mm. Red felt faded with the words “Ask for Winchester cartridges loaded shells, rifles and shotguns”. Has Winchester address and logo, some mothing. Quite good condition. |
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| 239: | Pocket Watch/Stopwatch c 1890 – Jeweled movement, face diameter approx 2 inches. Watch face is as a normal pocket/stop watch for era but with additional calibration on outer edge noted as miles per hour. This type of watch was used on railways to covert time into miles travelled. Comes with leather carrying pouch. In GC. |
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| 240: | Sign. Winchester World Standard Guns and Ammunition full colour advertising sign. Approximately 400mm x 300mm, depicts farmer and horses with a plough, dated 1917, with U.S. flag Winchester Eagle etc. Some minor staining. In a plastic protector. Quite good condition. |
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| 241: | Two framed and glazed pictures of Boer Commandos measuring 390 x 290mm. One group standing by a large mortar. GC |
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| 242: | Miscellaneous. Stoning Kit. A Trigger Sear and Hammer Stoning kit. Comes in a steel ammo tin complete with fixture base attachments in their wooden cases. A tin of stones, instructions and a gunsmith's block. |
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| 243: | Misc. Wooden box containing a Bore Inspecting Mirror for .303. Mkd AM 1937 Wray London . Also in the box bore inspecting 303 round with see through aspect inspecting mirror Crown Marked. VGC Pic |
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| 244: | WWI Officers Whistle marked J. Hudson & Co. Birmingham dated 1918. Has leather strap. GC Pic |
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| 245: | WWII Officers Whistle marked ADIE BROS. Birmingham with Broad Arrow and dated 1940. Has leather strap. Pic |
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| 246: | Misc. Cleaning Rod. Three piece ebony with brass shotgun cleaning rod. Brass marked J. Purdie & Sons London. 83cm long. VGC. Pic |
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| 247: | Brass and Copper Bugle with King’s Crown NZ Onwards badge affixed. Odd minor dent otherwise VGC. Pic |
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| 248: | WWI Queen Mary brass 1914 Christmas Tin in VGC for age. Pic |
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| 249: | Soviet Navy Ship Chronometer, Model 6MX in a fitted mahogany case. Made for the Soviet Navy by the Moscow Kirova watch factory (now the Polet factory). The face of the chronometer is 100mm in diameter marked with serial number 9779. Set in gimbals fitted in a mahogany case with brass fittings, complete with key. Case has a top that opens to view the chronometer under the protection of glass. The case measures approx 19 x 19 x19 cm. This is quality timepiece made of solid brass. Good to VGC Pic |
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| 250: | Misc. Radio Head Phones etc. Microphone Hand No 7 and Microphone Hand No8 NZ, set of head phones etc |
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