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Union of South Africa & The Great War - 1914-18 Official History - 1924 issue - only 1000 copies made - General staff, defence headquarters, Pretoria TRUST COINS WILL BE CLOSING END FEBRUARY 2020 AND ALL STOCK WILL BE SOLD AT A DISCOUNT. CONTACT US AND FEEL FREE TO MAKE OFFERS.    

   Welcome to MT's Collectables. Our goal is to offer good quality collectables at reasonable prices. International bidders are welcome, but should take note of the international shipping charges. We are happy to combine orders to save on shipping. We do not make use of discreet listings, this is to keep all transactions transparent and without question. Items will be dispatched on Mondays and Tuesdays. Payment is due within 7 days of auction end if alternative arrangements are not made. We are reasonable, so talk to us and see what we can do to help. Have a good look at the pictures provided, these are of the actual item you are bidding on and form a vital part of the description. We do not close our auctions early, so please don't ask. We believe in a fair system where everybody has an equal opportunity. Happy bidding and thanks for taking the time to view our items. Up for auction is a Union of South Africa Medallion.   Happy bidding

Provenance: Used by Chief Petty Officer (Gunnery) Rueben Carter (from the Royal Navy)  during the South African Navy's formative years. Leather not cane. Note damage to end as pictured. Length 70cm. Thickest part of leather 15mm. SHIPPING: Post Office R60/ Postnet to Postnet R99.

 VERY FINE UNMOUNTED MINT STRIPS OF 10 PAIRS EACH FROM LEFT SIDE OF SHEET. UHB 44CB ISSUE 16 "CROSS-HATCHED" VARIETY V5 ROW 14/1 - Extension to lower end of left solid bar.

Issue I was produced from a 240-unit Cylinder with it's number "12" imprinted on the right margin at the end of the 20th row. There were no bars on the top or bottom margins, but the top margin of the sheets in the final printings appeared with an unusual cylinder flaw in the form of a prominent brick-red mark varying in length and thickness above the centre arrow. It was caused by the chromium plating beginning to peel off the copper cylincer and from first of all being barely visible, it developed to the final stages where it stretched from above stamp no. 4 to the edge of no. 9. The flaw had a flattish base, but with a very much indented top line, not unlike a range of mountains seen at a distance - a feature which earned it the name of the "Drakensberg" variety. Quite exceptional item superb MNH but for 3 light hinge marks in margins.   The first and scarcest stage of the flaw. Second stage Next stage The final stage    

   Welcome to MT's Collectables. Our goal is to offer good quality collectables at reasonable prices. International bidders are welcome, but should take note of the international shipping charges. We are happy to combine orders to save on shipping. We do not make use of discreet listings, this is to keep all transactions transparent and without question. Items will be dispatched on Mondays and Tuesdays. Payment is due within 7 days of auction end if alternative arrangements are not made. We are reasonable, so talk to us and see what we can do to help. Have a good look at the pictures provided, these are of the actual item you are bidding on and form a vital part of the description. We do not close our auctions early, so please don't ask. We believe in a fair system where everybody has an equal opportunity. Happy bidding and thanks for taking the time to view our items.   Up for auction is a Locally Manufactured Pattern 1901 Mounted Infantry 12 pocket Bandolier for.303 rounds. Thes Bandoliers were in use from 1912-1961 and widely used the GSWA invasion up to WWII.  Bandolier has union markings, MR 214 and N stamped on the tongue. The inside of the bandolier is marked in T.L.G. Fourie 1/4/1926.  Item is in good condition.   Happy bidding

Condition As Per Scans.1961 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 50 CENTS SILVER COIN WITH CRACKED DIE JUDGE GRADE OF COIN FOR YOURSELF PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS CRACKED DIE THROUGH END "A" IN AFRIKA      

   Welcome to MT's Collectables. Our goal is to offer good quality collectables at reasonable prices. International bidders are welcome, but should take note of the international shipping charges. We are happy to combine orders to save on shipping. We do not make use of discreet listings, this is to keep all transactions transparent and without question. Items will be dispatched on Mondays and Tuesdays only. Payment is due within 7 days of auction end if alternative arrangements are not made. Have a good look at the pictures provided, these are of the actual item you are bidding on and form a vital part of the description. We do not close our auctions early, so please don't ask.  Happy bidding and thanks for taking the time to view our items. Please visit out website www.mtscollectables.co.za for our other online Auctions. Up for auction is a British Army Union Jack arm patch. Please have a look at our other listings for more Parachute and Special Forces Badges.   Happy bidding

  Out of a total of  69 NGC graded 1950 shillings, only 29 coins are better than MS63! If investment is your goal, you might consider this perfect specimen.   (Consider that NGC grading costs more than R500 per coin with no guarantee of the grade outcome. You may end up paying R1000 for a low grade coin!  buy 'em graded...)                      Click here for more great deals (and R1 auctions!!!) on South African and ZAR coins      

  Out of a total of  42 NGC graded 1953 shillings, only 18 coins are better than MS63! If investment is your goal, you might consider this perfect specimen.                (Consider that NGC grading costs more than R500 per coin with no guarantee of the grade outcome. You may end up paying R800 for a low grade coin!  buy 'em graded...)         Click here for more great deals (and R1 auctions!!!) on South African and ZAR coins      

  Out of a total of  114 NGC graded 1955 shillings, only 1 coin is better than PF67! If investment is your goal, you might consider this perfect specimen.                (Consider that NGC grading costs more than R500 per coin with no guarantee of the grade outcome. You may end up paying R900 for a low grade coin!  buy 'em graded...)           Click here for more great deals (and R1 auctions!!!) on South African and ZAR coins      

One of the definitive books written on the Union Castle Shipping Line. Coffee table book. Hardcover.180 pages many in colour. From beginnings to end of this famous line. Price R399 + postage which should be about R60.Excellent condition. Please phone me on 043 7262858

  Out of a total of  69 NGC graded 1950 shillings, only 29 coins are better than MS63! If investment is your goal, you might consider this perfect specimen. The NGC Grading cost alone  is in excess  of R600 per coin,  and then you may end up  with an AU...                      Click here for more great deals (and R1 auctions!!!) on South African and ZAR coins      

One of the definitive books written on the Union Castle Shipping Line. Coffee table book. Hardcover.180 pages many in colour. From beginnings to end of this famous line. Price R250 + postage which should be about R60 or i suggest using Postnet at R100 to save time.Excellent condition. Please do not email but use whats app 0648533570

Putin, Lukashenko, Nazarbayev, Set, 4 coins 1 Ruble, 3 Years Customs Union, 2013 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Russia Metal Purity:    Copper-Nickel Box:   Year of Issue:   2013 Weight:   38 CoA:   Face Value:   1 Ruble Dimensions:   39     Quality:   Proof Like     Mintage:     New coins with capsules The Poltava Battle (June 27, 1709 - July 9, 1709) - the general engagement of Russian and Swedish troops during the Northern War 1700-1721. In the hard fight, the Russian Army under command of Peter I, routed the Swedish Army of Charles XII. The decisive Victory of Russians in the environs of Poltava led to an change in the Northern War to Russia's benefit and put an end for supremacy of Sweden as the main military power in Europe ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

SPECIAL ORDER   (not in stock) - This item is ordered direct from manufacturer upon auction closing and receipt of payment. Normally ships within 5 - 10 business days. Parcel ships USPS 1st Class International™, Priority Mail Express International™, Global Express Guaranteed® or via Courier (subject to value and / or size limitations as noted in Shipping & Other Charges). Allow business days to 8 weeks for delivery from date shipped (subject to how shipped). PLEASE NOTE: Item available when listed. Every now and again an item may be back ordered, temporarily out of stock or discontinued. Should this occur, any payment made will be reverted. Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January , as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity almost the entire country listened to the 15-minute, Monday through Friday adventures of Amos 'n' Andy. Department stores open in the evening piped in the broadcasts so shoppers wouldn't miss an episode; movie theaters scheduled their features to end just prior to the start of Amos ‘n’ Andy so they too could pipe it in. The characters were members of The Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, of which George Stevens was "The Kingfish". Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In , after quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy Hollywood-style production, complete with studio audience, full cast of supporting actors and full orchestra. In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo. The new Amos 'n' Andy Show endured for the next twelve years as one of the most popular weekly programs on radio. CD# “Uncle” The 1st show in the half-hour format / “Piano Lesson” CD# “Libel” / “Trunk” CD# “Matrimonial” / “Thanksgiving” CD# “Friendship” / “Counterfeiters” CD# “Baby Carriage” / “Laundry Business” CD# “New Year’s Eve” / “Soldier”   PAYMENT:  For your convenience, I gladly accept PayPal (5% PayPal fee added)     EFT / EBT is accepted PROVIDED buyer is agreeable to paying $USD International bank fee charged by BancorpSouth, USA.  Also accepted: Western Union and MoneyGram.  SHIPPING COSTS: See particulars under Shipping & Payment tab. Buyer to pay shipping costs separately once costs are calculated. If you would like a 'guesstimate' of shipping costs, please send an inquiry via Q&A.  I will NOT be responsible for delays in USPS/SAPO, Customs or 'Acts of God'. INSURANCE: Optional. Seller will not be responsible for loss or damage in transit if uninsured. DUTIES / TAXES / VAT: If and when applicable are the responsibility of the buyer.     Not1CentMore

As we advanced the tanks began firing ahead speculatively. It was an amazing sight. After an Olifant [tank] unleashed a 105 mm shell you saw a path opening up through the forest just like the Red Sea divided for Moses. It is September 1987. The Angolan Army with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War.  In the battles that followed, and shortly thereafter centred around the small town of Cuito Cuanavale, 3 000 SADF soldiers and 8 000 Unita fighters were up against a much bigger Angolan and Cuban force of over 50 000 men.  Thousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.  The final battles of the war in 1987 and 1988 had an impact far beyond the borders of Namibia and Angola. They not only spelled the end of the last great neo-colonial attempts at African conquest by Cuba and the former Soviet Union, but also made possible the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa. Paperback, 496 pages & 16 pages image section. PROVISIONAL RELEASE DATE: 19 JUNE 2017

Army, Korean War, 38th Parallel, Volunteer Army, Woe, The Forgotten War, Token Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Metal Purity:     Box:   Year of Issue:   Weight:   1 oz CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:   40     Quality:       Mintage:     New token with capsule The Korean War ("Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 ¿ 27 July 1953) was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 9 SOMALIA: US INTERVENTION 1992-1994 The end of the Cold War introduced an altered global dynamic. The old bond of East/West patronage in Africa was broken, weakening the first crop of independent revolutionary leadership on the continent who no longer had the support of one or other of the superpowers. With collapse of the Soviet Union, all this changed. The question of global/strategic security devolved into regional peacekeeping and peace enforcement, characterized primarily by the Balkans War, but also many other minor regional squabbles across the developing world that erupted as old regimes fell and nations sought to build unity out of the ashes. In Africa the situation was exacerbated by an inherent tribalism and factionalism that had tended to be artificially suppressed by powerful, often military, dictatorships, generally unconcerned with the needs and requirements of an oppressed population. No more striking example of this can be found than Somalia. One of the only effective armed resistance movements mounted against European colonisation in Africa took place in Somalia, which was suppressed only after enormous military expenditure. The crisis in Somalia that began to take shape with the ouster of military leader Mohammed Siad Barre during the early years of the 1990s forced both the United States and the United Nations to adapt their collective military policy toward the challenges of peacekeeping, and peace enforcement, in a human environment only dimly understood, extremely austere in terms of local infrastructure and with a warring clan leadership. This book tells the story of the international intervention that took place in Somalia, the successes, failures and lessons learned. Many broad assumptions were made based on an unclear understanding of the dynamics of a regional conflict, coupled with the necessity for the first time in modern military history to balance political necessities with military. The crisis in Somalia set the tone for military intervention in a post-Cold War world, and although the same mistakes have been depressingly often repeated, the complexion of global military organization changed dramatically as a consequence of this episode. Paperback,  72 pages. 130 colour & b/w photos, maps  

This is a soldier's story about South African soldiers in southern Angola and Namibia and the enemies they fought. It tells of insurgency and counter-insurgency, guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare, almost conventional warfare and conventional warfare. It tells of a conflict which the world saw as unpopular and unjust, in which South Africa was perceived as the aggressor. The South African soldiers who fought in it, however, saw it as a conflict fought to stop what is now Namibia falling into the hands of the Soviet and Cuban-backed SWAPO black nationalist political organisation. After Namibia South Africa would be next. They saw the whole conflict as an extension of the Cold War, but while it was on the frontiers in Europe, in Angola they were fighting a very hot war in Angola. Eventually, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the war was resolved by the democratic solution of UN supervised free and fair elections in Namibia. Since then, regrettably, there has been interference by the ruling party with the democratic constitution put in place in Namibia which has eroded much of that hard won democracy. 32 Battalion, of which Colonel Jan Breytenbach was the founding commander, became the most controversial unit in the South African Army because of the secrecy surrounding it. Its story is virtually the story of the Angolan/Namibian war, because its involvement in it was greater than any other South African unit. The regiment primarily consisted of black troops and NCOs originating from virtually every tribe in Angola. They were led by white South African officers and NCOs. Neither apartheid nor any form of racial discrimination was ever practiced in the unit. There was always a sprinkling of whites originating from countries like Great Britain, the old Rhodesia, Portugal and the USA amongst its leadership cadre, although in the latter stages of its existence this shrank to only a few. Such a presence undoubtedly led to stories circulating that the unit was a led by foreign white mercenaries. While it was true that the black Angolan element could have fallen with the mercenary definition, the whites involved were attested soldiers in the South African Army. In any case, they formed a minority and the vast majority of white officers and NCOs were born South Africans. The unit's aggressiveness and the successes it achieved in the field of battle, often against incredible odds, lay in its spirit and its  espirit de corps. In this respect and in many other ways it compared favourably with the French Foreign Legion. Its story parallels with and reminds one of the British and British Commonwealth Chindits of World War-2, operating behind the Japanese lines in Burma in large formations, out-guerrillaing those who only three years earlier had been regarded in awe as the unbeatable jungle warfare experts. Likewise, 32-Battalion consistently outfought both FAPLA, SWAPO and the Cubans in the Angola bush throughout the war years. It created a problem to which neither they nor their Soviet and East German mentors ever found a solution to. After the 1989 Namibian settlement the unit was with withdrawn to South Africa where they were deployed to effectively deal with MK infiltrations into the north of South Africa. From there, after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, they were redeployed to deal with political troubles, principally between armed ANC self defense units and armed units of the IFP. The intrusion of black foreigners into the townships who were prepared to deal with troubles robustly and without fear or favour, did not suit either the ANC or the IFP, as they could not be subverted to support local causes because they held no local tribal allegiances. In the end it seems they became something of a bargaining chip at the CODESA negotiations, designed to find a new political dispensation for South Africa. Despite it having borne the brunt of South Africa' war in Angola with the blood of its troops, the National Party Government disgracefully ordered its arbitrary disbandment in March 1993 and the unit ceased to exist. Paperback, 360 pages with photos & maps  

It   was in 1972 when the seemingly ordinary Craig Williamson registered at Wits University and joined the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Williamson was elected NUSASs vice president and in January 1977, when his career in student politics came to an abrupt end, he fled the country and from Europe continued his anti-apartheid work. But Williamson was not the activist his friends and comrades thought he was. In January 1980, Captain Williamson was unmasked as a South African spy.  Williamson returned to South Africa and during the turbulent 1980's worked for the foreign section of the South African Polices notorious Security Branch and South Africas super-spy transformed into a parcel-bomb assassin. Through a series of interviews with the many people Williamson interacted with while he was undercover and after his secret identity was eventually exposed, Jonathan Ancer details Williamsons double life, the stories of a generation of courageous activists, and the book eventually culminates with Ancer interviewing South Africas super-spy face-to-face. It deals with crucial issues of justice, reconciliation, forgiveness, betrayal and the consequences of apartheid that South Africans are still grappling with. Paperback, 294 pages. 1st Published March 2017.

As we advanced the tanks began firing ahead speculatively. It was an amazing sight. After an Olifant tank unleashed a 105 mm shell you saw a path opening up through the forest just like the Red Sea divided for Moses. It is September 1987. The Angolan Army with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War.  In the battles that followed, and shortly thereafter centred around the small town of Cuito Cuanavale, 3 000 SADF soldiers and 8 000 Unita fighters were up against a much bigger Angolan and Cuban force of over 50 000 men.  Thousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.  The final battles of the war in 1987 and 1988 had an impact far beyond the borders of Namibia and Angola. They not only spelled the end of the last great neo-colonial attempts at African conquest by Cuba and the former Soviet Union, but also made possible the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa. Paperback, 496 pages & 16 pages image section. Originally published in 1990 as The War for Africa: Twelve Months that Transformed a Continent, this edition has a few minor changes and a new foreword written by Bridgland.

Army, Tank, IX Corps, Military, WWII, Korean War, Navy, The Forgotten War Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Metal Purity: Box: Year of Issue: Weight: 1 oz CoA: Face Value: Dimensions: 40 Quality: Mintage: New token with capsule The Korean War (Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 ﾖ 27 July 1953) was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. The war arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II and from the global tensions of the Cold War that developed immediately afterwards. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Book and wrapper in great condition - Actually looks brand new and unread to me - 403 pages which includes and excellent index at the back -  Before Southern Africa's peac e there came the war. Between August 1987 and July 1988 Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, the South African Defence Force, Angolan government forces directed by Soviet officers and an Angolan opposition guerrilla army trained by Red China, France and the United States clashed in the biggest land battles in the history of black Africa. It was a fierce collision of ideologies and of modern warplanes, missiles and tanks across one of the world's most remote and undeveloped terrains known to Angola's former Portuguese colonial rulers as the Land at the End of the Earth. Thousands of men died and thousands more were terribly maimed. Weapons and ammunition worth billions of dollars were destroyed and expended. The Angolan economy was crippled. The budgets of Cuba, South Africa and the Soviet Union were subjected to terrible strains. It was a War for Africa's very soul. It culminated in a peace agreement, the New York Accords, signed on 22 December 1988,. The reader will learn what it is like to encounter an advanced Soviet MiG fighter in a French Mirage warplane 30,000 feet above the forests of Africa; what emotion grip a reconnaissance commando lying unseen inside Cuban lines within feet of enemy soldiers; how it feels in an armoured car to face a Soviet T-55 tank at just 30 feet in burning bush and swirling dust and smoke. This is, however, far more than just an account of men in battle. Woven through are details of the political background to the conflict and the diplomatic initiatives which governed the lives and deaths of young Cuban, South African and Angolan men at the front.    * Africana *  *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book   – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.

1990. Hard cover with dust cover. 403 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Front endpapers have rubber stamps and marks where paper was attached. Under 1kg. Between August 1987 and July 1988 Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, the south African Defence Force, Angolan government forces directed by Soviet officers and an Angolan opposition guerrilla army trained by Red China, France and the United States clashed in the biggest land battles in the history of black Africa. It was a fierce collision of ideologies and of modern warplanes, missiles and tanks across one of the world's most remote and undeveloped terrains known to Angola's former Portuguese colonial rulers as the Land at the End of the Earth. Thousands of men died and thousands more were terribly maimed. Weapons and ammunition worth billions of collars were destroyed and expended. The Angolan economy was crippled. The budgets of Cuba, South Africa and the Soviet Union were subjected to terrible strains. It was a War for Africa's very soul. It culminated in a peace agreement, the New York Accords, signed on 22 December 1988,. The reader will learn what it is like to encounter an advanced Soviet MiG fighter in a French Mirage warplane 30,000 feet above the forests of Africa; what emotion grip a reconnaissance commando lying unseen inside Cuban lines within feet of enemy soldiers; how it feels in an armoured car to face a Soviet T-55 tank at just 30 feet in burning bush and swirling dust and smoke. This is, however, far more than just an account of men in battle. Woven through are details of the political background to the conflict and the diplomatic initiatives which governed the lives and deaths of young Cuban, South African and Angolan men at the front. It is, all in all, a story of African fighting on an unprecedented scale, the international intrigue spanning several continents, and the new opportunities it opened up for democracy to 100 million people in five countries.

 Cuito Cuanavale - 12 Months Of War That Transformed A Continent - Fred Bridgland - Jonathan Ball - 2017 - Paperback in good, clean and tight condition. “As we advanced the tanks began firing ahead speculatively. It was an amazing sight. After an Olifant [tank] unleashed a 105 mm shell you saw a path opening up through the forest just like the Red Sea divided for Moses.” It is September 1987. The Angolan Army – with the support of Cuban troops and Soviet advisors – has built up a massive force on the Lomba River near Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola. Their goal? To capture Jamba, the headquarters of the rebel group Unita, supported by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in the so-called Border War. In the battles that followed, and shortly thereafter centred around the small town of Cuito Cuanavale, 3 000 SADF soldiers and 8 000 Unita fighters were up against a much bigger Angolan and Cuban force of over 50 000 men.   inRead invented by Teads Thousands of soldiers died in the vicious fighting that is described in vivid detail in this book. Bridgland pieced together this account through scores of interviews with SADF men who were on the front line. This dramatic retelling takes the reader to the heart of the action.     The final battles of the war in 1987 and 1988 had an impact far beyond the borders of Namibia and Angola. They not only spelled the end of the last great neo-colonial attempts at African conquest by Cuba and the former Soviet Union, but also made possible the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa. Fred Bridgland is a veteran British foreign correspondent and author who covered the Angolan civil war and the Border War for Reuters as an Africa correspondent in the 1970s and then for the Sunday Telegraph and The Scotsman in the 1980s. In 1975 his discovery of South Africa’s secret US-engineered invasion of Angola uncovered the CIA’s involvement in the Angolan civil war, and was a world scoop. Bridgland has written a number of books and has just completed a biography of Winnie Mandela.