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Above Us The Waves By C.E.T Warren & James Benson, With A Foreword By Admiral Sir George Creasy First Edition, Hard Cover, Published By George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953 Cover Boards Green With Red Writing To The Spine, Has Rubbing To Edges, Binding Tight & Strong. Has Inscriptions On Front Flyleaf In Blue & Black Pen. Pages Are Age - Coloured. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R30.00 Over Seas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote.

Ukraine 200000 karbovantsev Hero-City Sevastopol Victory WWII German Silver 1995 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Ukraine Metal Purity:    Nickel Silver Box:   No Year of Issue:   1995 Weight:   14,35 CoA:   No Face Value:   200000 karbovantsiv Dimensions:   33     Quality:   proof-like     Mintage:   75000   Coin has some scratches and oxides (please check photos of item) On the coin obverse there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with guelder-rose sprays. There are per five leaves and three bunch of berries on each spray. Upper bunch consists of seven berries, middle - of five, lower - of six berries. Above the State Emblem, there is the year of issue -1995. Beneath the small State Emblem, there ia a two line inscription 200000 ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, the coin face value (200000 number is split by the beads ornamentation). Around the coin circumference, between the external edge and the beads ornamentation, there is an inscription ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ split with rhombic separative marks from the word ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.On the coin reverse in the center there is depicted an Obelisk to the Hero-city of Sevastopol, erected on the high bank of the North Bay in honour of the perished warriors of Special Prymorsk Army, seamen of the Black Sea Navy, emergency volunteers and fighter battalion warriors, who had heroically defended the city against German-fascist invaders for 250 days - from November 1941 till July 1942. To the obelisk left against a background of sea waves, there is a monument to ships, sank when defending Sevastopol in 1854-1855. To the right there is a depiction of three rows of sea waves with a modern warship silhouette above them. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ¿¿¿¿¿-¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ - at the upper part and 1941-1945 - under the Obelisk. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Ukraine 200000 karbovanets Sevastopol Crimea Victory WWII German silver 1995 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: Nickel Silver Box: No Year of Issue: 1995 Weight: 14,35 CoA: No Face Value: 200000 karbovantsiv Dimensions: 33 Quality: proof-like Mintage: 75000 Coin has some scratches and oxides (please check photos of item) On the coin obverse there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine in the middle of the beads circumference decoration, framed with guelder-rose sprays. There are per five leaves and three bunch of berries on each spray. Upper bunch consists of seven berries, middle - of five, lower - of six berries. Above the State Emblem, there is the year of issue -1995. Beneath the small State Emblem, there ia a two line inscription 200000 ???????????, the coin face value (200000 number is split by the beads ornamentation). Around the coin circumference, between the external edge and the beads ornamentation, there is an inscription ???????????? ???? ??????? split with rhombic separative marks from the word ???????????.On the coin reverse in the center there is depicted an Obelisk to the Hero-city of Sevastopol, erected on the high bank of the North Bay in honour of the perished warriors of Special Prymorsk Army, seamen of the Black Sea Navy, emergency volunteers and fighter battalion warriors, who had heroically defended the city against German-fascist invaders for 250 days - from November 1941 till July 1942. To the obelisk left against a background of sea waves, there is a monument to ships, sank when defending Sevastopol in 1854-1855. To the right there is a depiction of three rows of sea waves with a modern warship silhouette above them. Around the coin circumference there are inscriptions: ?????-????? ??????????? - at the upper part and 1941-1945 - under the Obelisk. ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

1983 first edition hardcover with dust jacket and 208 pages in good condition. R46 postage in SA. Three bookshop stamps in book. -Spearheading the British assault waves in every Allied invasion landing during the Second World War were parties of khaki-clad naval officers and ratings, whose principal tasks were to secure the beachhead in the teeth of enemy defensive fire and direct and control the arrival of successive waves of landing craft bringing ashore the main body of the fighting troops and their equipment. Above the famous Combined Operations badge on the shoulders of their battledress they wore a special flash which bore the words 'RN Commando', a distinction for which they were fully qualified.Not only were they required to control the invasion beaches and, until the landings were assured, remain on them for days on end with little rest or food and under enemy bombing and shelling, their only protection a slit trench, they were also expected to undertake a variety of roles unrelated to that for which they had been specially trained. Their work was considered by Force Commanders to be 'the most important and dangerous in any landing'.--------------------------------------Royal Navy Commandos took part in combined operations in Madagascar, at Dieppe, in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, northern Italy and the Adriatic, the steaming, disease-ridden chaungs on the Arakan coast of Burma, and finally in Normandy itself and beyond up to the time of the collapse of the Third Reich.Few know even that Royal Naval Commandos existed, so that this is their previously untold story.

1983 first edition hardcover with dust jacket and 208 pages in good condition. R50 postage in SA. Three bookshop stamps in book. -Spearheading the British assault waves in every Allied invasion landing during the Second World War were parties of khaki-clad naval officers and ratings, whose principal tasks were to secure the beachhead in the teeth of enemy defensive fire and direct and control the arrival of successive waves of landing craft bringing ashore the main body of the fighting troops and their equipment. Above the famous Combined Operations badge on the shoulders of their battledress they wore a special flash which bore the words 'RN Commando', a distinction for which they were fully qualified.Not only were they required to control the invasion beaches and, until the landings were assured, remain on them for days on end with little rest or food and under enemy bombing and shelling, their only protection a slit trench, they were also expected to undertake a variety of roles unrelated to that for which they had been specially trained. Their work was considered by Force Commanders to be 'the most important and dangerous in any landing'.--------------------------------------Royal Navy Commandos took part in combined operations in Madagascar, at Dieppe, in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, northern Italy and the Adriatic, the steaming, disease-ridden chaungs on the Arakan coast of Burma, and finally in Normandy itself and beyond up to the time of the collapse of the Third Reich.Few know even that Royal Naval Commandos existed, so that this is their previously untold story.

Belarus 20 Roubles 1001 Night Fairy Tales Silver Coin Zircon Insert 2006 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Belarus Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   28.28 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   20 Ruble Dimensions:   38.61     Quality:   Antique-Finish     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Obverse:The central part of the coin depicts a boy and a girl sitting on the moon and reading fairy tales with stars in the background. Above: the emblem of the Republic of Belarus and a semicircular inscription in Russian saying: ¿The Republic of Belarus¿. In the lower part of the coin, along the rim - the face value of the coin in Belarusian ¿ ¿twenty roubles¿. Above - the year of issue: 2006.Reverse:In the central part of the coin - Scheherazade¿s face turned away and covered with a chador which is hidden among oriental ornamentation: an gateway to the sultan¿s palace and two arches behind which there are stunning landscapes: an urban and marine ones. In the middle of the arabesque, in the arch - a zircon in the color of the sky. At the bottom ¿ a view of an Arabic town; in the foreground there are four artifacts ¿ symbols which are very common in oriental fairy tales: an amphora, magic carpet, camel ¿ the ship of the desert, and a cobra ¿ the symbol of wisdom. On the left there is a part of the town covered in darkness and waves throwing a vessel with trapped Jin in it to the shore. On the right ¿ a tree with two birds and a tambura leaning against the tree. Over it, in a frame, there is a cage with a little bird. In the upper part of the coin ¿ along the coin¿s rim - an inscription saying ¿One Thousand and One Nights¿. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Belarus 20 Roubles 1001 Night Fairy Tales Silver Coin Zircon Insert 2006 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Belarus Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   No Year of Issue:   2006 Weight:   28.28 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   20 Ruble Dimensions:   38.61     Quality:   Antique-Finish     Mintage:   20000   New coin with capsule and CoA Obverse:The central part of the coin depicts a boy and a girl sitting on the moon and reading fairy tales with stars in the background. Above: the emblem of the Republic of Belarus and a semicircular inscription in Russian saying: ¿The Republic of Belarus¿. In the lower part of the coin, along the rim - the face value of the coin in Belarusian ¿ ¿twenty roubles¿. Above - the year of issue: 2006.Reverse:In the central part of the coin - Scheherazade¿s face turned away and covered with a chador which is hidden among oriental ornamentation: an gateway to the sultan¿s palace and two arches behind which there are stunning landscapes: an urban and marine ones. In the middle of the arabesque, in the arch - a zircon in the color of the sky. At the bottom ¿ a view of an Arabic town; in the foreground there are four artifacts ¿ symbols which are very common in oriental fairy tales: an amphora, magic carpet, camel ¿ the ship of the desert, and a cobra ¿ the symbol of wisdom. On the left there is a part of the town covered in darkness and waves throwing a vessel with trapped Jin in it to the shore. On the right ¿ a tree with two birds and a tambura leaning against the tree. Over it, in a frame, there is a cage with a little bird. In the upper part of the coin ¿ along the coin¿s rim - an inscription saying ¿One Thousand and One Nights¿. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

* 1865 m/2 Stand (can be subdivided into 2 plots) * Land is gently sloping with sea view from the top * The Property is approximately 70 meters from the South bank of the Mpenjati nature reserve which is also a Picnic/Braai area * Municipal services available * Water and electricity connection on property * Land and refuse rates R 2 230.92 per annum - Hibiscus Coast * Water rates R 1 755.80 per annum - UGU Municipality * Building restrictions - 2 storey's permissible above undercover garage and 30% of land area coverage * Houses on Collingwood Road - only 1 vacant lot remaining on Collingwood for sale * Greenville Ave - few houses but not as built up as Collingwood - 2 new homes presently * under construction The tiny coastal village of Trafalgar is situated about 150 km south of Durban on the south Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Trafalgar's beach is protected by shark nets, and provide decent waves for surfers. When the weather is clear, and the ocean calm the rocky reef formation just offshore provides an excellent place for snorkelling, where one will find fossilized remains of shellfish, various fish species, plant material and petrified wood. These 90 million year old fossil beds are located only a short distance from the shoreline, so at Spring tide it is possible for visitors to walk out and examine these ancient remains in greater detail Internal Agency Ref No:19840 Property Reference #: 3243354 Agent Details: Jaco de Lange Team 1 Waterfront 26 Kersieboom Crescent Zwartkop Ext 07 Centurion 0157 Centurion www.waterfrontproperties.co.za

Ukraine 5 hryvnia Buhai traditional folk music instrument drum bimetal coin 2007 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country: Ukraine Metal Purity: bimetal from nonprecious metals Box: No Year of Issue: 2007 Weight: 9,4 CoA: No Face Value: 5 hryvnias Dimensions: 28 Quality: special uncirculated Mintage: 50000 New coin with capsule The coin is dedicated to a Ukrainian folk musical instrument made in a form of conical barrel (wooden cylinder). At one end a sheep membrane is stretched with a hole in this skin`s center. Through this hole a tuft of horse hair with a knot at one end is passed. Pulling of the horsehair makes a sound similar to the bull roar or bittern boom. This bass instrument is used by folk instrument groups to create funny effects. Obverse is a relief surface imitating sound waves presented in a form of conventionalized floral baroque patterns. The following conventionalized inscriptions can be seen: ???????????? ???? ??????? (National Bank of Ukraine) (above), under which to the left - the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, 2007/ 5 ??????? (2007/ 5 Hryvnia) (below) and the logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine Mint. On the coin reverse there is On the reverse there is a depiction of the musical instrument, around the coin circumference - a baroque pattern and the conventionalized inscription: ????? (Buhai). ____________________________________________________ Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.