April 1943

Buy 1943: S. A. Bank Note: ONE POUND - EEN POND - 22 APRIL 1943 - J. Postmus (ONLY ISSUE). for R21.00

  Ten-Tien Shillings banknote J.Postmus dated 10 April 1943 Serial Number E/63 956541,Note size 134 x 77mm Watermarks: A Sailing Ship left and Jan van Riebeeck portrait right *    

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE FIVE POUNDS B23 APRIL 1943, AUNC - SERIAL NUMBER; B23 306544     PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE TEN POUNDS F1 APRIL 1943, ABOUT EF - SERIAL NUMBER: F1 748496       PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE TEN POUNDS APRIL 1943, FINE - SERIAL NUMBERS F1636946,   F1 908569, F1 767222,   F1 572656, F1 414348,   F1 541363, F2 006657,   F1 138729, F1 709838 -PLEASE ADVISE WHICH SERIAL NUMBER YOU WANT.         PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE TEN POUNDS F1 APRIL 1943, ABOUT EF - SERIAL NUMBER: F1 851440       PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE TEN POUNDS APRIL 1943, VF+ - SERIAL NUMBERS: F1 896730 F1 793165 F2 002811 F1 307893 **ADVISE WHICH SERIAL NUMBER YOU HAVE SELECTED**       PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

    J. POSTMUS 1ST ISSUE ONE POUND A134 APRIL 1943.EF - SERIAL NUMBER: A134 210816       PLEASE NOTE   International Buyers please contact us regarding shipping options. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL PAYMENTS Shipping is only done on a Tuesday and Thursday WE DO NOT SHIP ON A FRIDAY   Our office is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, for collections. Please ensure you provide a physical address for shipping as we   DO NOT USE THE SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE!  

Buy Union of SA: Ten Pounds, 19 April 1943: PMG graded 35 Choice Very Fine for R1,826.00

Buy J POSTMUS 1 POUND 3RD APRIL 1943 ENG/AFR A130 / 141431 FIRST AND ONLY ISSUE for R450.00

Buy AIRGRAPH=Mrs MC PARKIN=EAST LONDON=SOUTH AFRICA=14 APRIL 1943=PORTSMOUTH=ENGLAND=WW2=KODAK. for R125.00

  PMG30 Perforation Cancelled 1943 South Africa Ten Pounds /Tien Pond Sign.Postmus Serial Number F/1 853406 (English/Afrikaans) Auction consists of PMG certified banknote..rarely seen with Perforation Cancelled...graded Very Fine(VF) 30 condition.  Appealing banknote.. S/N F/1 853406, Dated 14 April 1943, Pick#87  Size 177 x 97 mm, Watermark: Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck      The first issue of the Ten Pound series, and only issue by this governor J.Postmus.    Obverse:  Sailing ship and landfall scene; Sun with rays; Table Mountain; camp fire; factories.  Reverse:  Coat of Arms depicting a lion, springbok and oryx (gemsbok).  Printed  Bradbury Wilinson & Co Ltd London.      

The Royal Navy From April 1942 to June 1943 - Commander E. Keble Chatterton Inside front Flyleaf has been repaired and has come insect damage - see image Hardcover With no Dust Jacket I send by Ord inary mail and supply a tracking number.   Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. For Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment    

Buy J.POSTMUS 10 POUND 1943 APRIL 14TH ENG/AFR,,,F1- for R1,450.00

Buy J.POSTMUS 10 POUND 1943 APRIL 14TH ENG/AFR,,,F1--947203 FIRST ISSUE VAN RIEBEECK WTM for R1,590.00

                                            PLEASE SEE PICTURES FOR DESCRIPTION AND GRADING  10 POUND 14 APRIL 1943 F1/ 865143 5 POUND 24 APRIL 1941B18/257759 1 POUND 21 SEPTEMBER 1942 A122/991517 10 SHILLINGS 8 APRIL 1947 E86/ 894. 007

                                                  PLEASE SEE PICTURES FOR DESCRIPION AND GRADING 10 SHILLING 1941 4TH NOVEMBER 1 POUND 12TH APRIL 1944 5 POUND 3TH APRIL 1944 10 POUND 14TH APRIL 1943  

    WWII SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION TITLE BADGE The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.   History Lt Col George E Brink was given the responsibility for establishing the battalion at Roberts Heights and was the first commanding officer. The SSB was established to save the youth from physical and moral degeneration caused by massive unemployment due to the Great Depression. The SSB was to teach the young men military discipline, fitness and various trades to enable them to be employed by the Department of Labour and Welfare. The SSB men received a salary of a shilling a day causing the SSB soon to be known as the "Bob a Day Battalion".  In 1934 detachments were also established for 100 trainees at Durban and 150 at Cape Town. Training included elementary military subjects and physical training. After a year of the young men usually found employment in government departments or with civilian employers. By 1936 the output of the SSB totalled about 2000 youths a year. In 1937 the South African Railways established at Roberts Heights a special school to prepare boys for the railways. In 1937 3788 youths passed through the ranks of the SSB. A total of 882 of them joined the Permanent Force.  With the expansion of the South African Air Force in 1937 the SSB provided 248 air apprentices for special training but, with the improvement in the economic situation, the waiting list to join the battalion had dwindled to almost nil.  With the outbreak of war in September 1939, members of the SSB were posted to units requiring immediate reinforcement to get on to a wartime basis. An example of this being the Coastal Artillery. In February 1940 a number of troops were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Field Force Battalions. These served with distinction in East Africa, Abyssinia and the Middle East as part of 1st South African Division.  SADF era 1 SSB Commemorative Letter In August 1941 all members of the SSB below the age of 18 were transferred to the Youth Training Brigade. The remainder formed an infantry battalion, which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942.  In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade. In March 1943 the Field Force Battalion was disbanded and other ranks and some of the officers were transferred to the SSB, thus providing a nucleus of battle-tested veterans.  The unit sailed for the Middle East with the 6th SA Armoured Division in April 1943. In 1944 the division crossed the Mediterranean Sea to take part in the Italian campaign. The regiment played a prominent part in numerous actions during the campaign.  In 1946, SSB was resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit and reorganised on a two-battalion basis with the 1st Battalion as an armoured unit and the 2nd Battalion infantry. The former became a training regiment in 1953 and the latter was renamed the 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1SAI) in 1951.   CONDITION:  Very Good. Lugs in tact. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

 SOUTH AFRICAN - WW2 GROUP OF SIX MEDALS -  M27546. Pvt. S. CANHAM - INDIAN & MALAY CORPS. This group is in good condition, correctly named  with ribbons.  All medals confirmed. Date of Birth 10.9.1919. Address:- Elim Mission. Lusikiski. Transkei Attested 29.Oct. 1942. at Ladysmith. 14 days D.B. 15.2.1943. Saw service at Sea April 43 -5 May 43. (6th S.A.A.D.) Egypt 5 May 43 - Nov 43. (11th Bde.Wk.Shop.) Egypt. Nov 43 –14 April 44. (I.L.H./Kim.Regt.) Italy 14 April – June 45. * * Egypt. June 45 –June 45 (158 Workshops) Tripoli. June 45 – Sept. 45. * * Egypt. Sept 45 – 22Feb 46. * * Discharge 6th June 1946. from I.L.H. Kimberley Regt. Total military service 3yrs 208 days. He joined the SAP, C/Cst. S.Canham. Kokstad. •The postage on this item will be R70.00, up to 100 grams, within S. A. (Reg with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale. •Please read my ‘Feedbacks’ for you peace of mind.  

  The badge is derived from that of its original parent formation, 7th Armoured Division. The design was changed in significant details and comprised a white circular background, with red border, enclosing the rat. The rat appears as green, brown or grey, some perhaps being originally green that suffered degradation through wear. The green rat seems to have been the intended colour and was adopted as a reminder of the unit's service in the Burma jungle and was known as the 'jungle rat'. This badge was adopted some time after the Brigade returned from Burma at the end of 1942 and was definitely in use when the Brigade went to Italy in May 1944. On the outbreak of war in 1939 the Brigade was a Regular Army formation in Egypt with the title of Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt). It was redesignated on 16 February 1940 as 7th Light Armoured Brigade, and was further re-titled on 16 April 1940 as 7th Armoured Brigade. It became an Armoured Brigade Group on 1 March 1942, reverting to an armoured brigade on 4 June 1943. On 1 May 1945 it was redesignated and reorganized as an armoured brigade Type B, that is without an infantry component and outside a divisional organization. The formation was initially under command of British Troops Egypt but joined the Mobile (later 7th Armoured) Division in December 1939. It fought with 7th Armoured until November 1941 when it was withdrawn and at the beginning of 1942 was  sent to Burma where it arrived at Rangoon on 21 February, with just two regiments under command, 7 Hussars and 2RTR. The Brigade fought in the retreat from Burma and went to India at the end of May 1942. At the beginning of October 1942 the Brigade was sent to join 'Paiforce' to deal with the unrest in Iraq and Syria. It was withdrawn to Egypt at the end of September 1943. The Brigade deployed to Italy at the beginning of May 1944 where it fought throughout the campaign to the final thrust through the Po Valley. At the conclusion of hostilities it formed part of the occupation forces in Austria. Comes with blazer badge for veteran.Pin intact   Local buyer R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

  REGIMENT BOTHA TITLE BADGE Named or the Prime Minister and Boer general, Regiment Botha was formed on April 1 1934 at Ermelo and recruited in the then-northern and eastern Transvaal. By 1939 there were two battalions but only the second was mobilised on June 19, 1940. The unit was brigaded with 3 Transvaal Scottish and the SA Irish and served in Ethiopia. It arrived in North Africa as part of 5 SA Brigade in May 1941 and met its nemesis at the hands of the Deutsches Afrika Korps on Totensontag, November 23, 1941 when, as Major G Tylden puts it, it was “badly cut up at Sidi Rezegh and suffered heavily”. The next month, the survivors of 2 Regt Botha and the other units of 5 SA Brigade were reorganised into a composite battalion for further service. The identity of the other units disappeared and after reinforcement by a draft of Witwatersrand Rifles, 2 Regt Botha was back at full strength by April 1942. The regiment fought at first Alamein from July to October 1942, helping to stop Panzerarmee Afrika in its tracks. The unit returned to South Africa in January 1943. In August, 2 Regt Botha and Regiment President Steyn merged “for the duration” to form the Botha-President Steyn Armoured Commando, assigned to 6 SA Armoured Division. Once in Italy, the unit as broken up, with some going to the Pretoria Regiment and other to the Imperial Light Horse (now Light Horse Regiment). In 1951 2 Regiment Botha became the Regiment Christiaan Beyers.   Current role: Motorised infantry =  Current base: Barberton Battle honours: Motto: Altyd gereed (Always ready).       Condition:  Good. Complete. Uncleaned.   Sold as seen in the images. Images form part for the description.  

  The inside story of today's Dambusters, 617 Squadron RAF, at war in Afghanistan. In May 1943, 617 Squadron RAF executed one of the most daring operations in military history as bombers mounted a raid against hydro-electric dams in Germany. 617 Squadron became a Second World War legend. Nearly 70 years later, in April 2011, a new generation of elite flyers, now flying supersonic Tornado GR4 bombers, was deployed to Afghanistan - their mission: to provide close air support to troops on the ground. Tim Bouquet was given unprecedented access to 617's pre-deployment training and blistering tour in Afghanistan. From dramatic air strikes to the life-and-death search for IEDs and low-flying shows of force designed to drive insurgents from civilian cover, he tracked every mission - and the skill, resilience, banter and exceptional airmanship that saw 617 through.

  2 x Service copies of Lt. Frederick Page Moore Copy No 21 - For service on the "HMS Jamaica", during 12th December 1943 to 27th March 1945. Copy No Z.23 - For service on the "HMS Duke of York", during 14th April 1945 to 2nd November 1945. Frame size 266mm x 215mm