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 ATLANTIC STAR - FULL SIZE MEDAL This is a full size medal with ribbon in excellent condition. •The postage on this item will be R48.00 within S. A. (Registered 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.  

 ATLANTIC STAR - FULL SIZE MEDAL This is a full size medal with ribbon in excellent condition. Un-named as issued. •The postage on this item will be R48.00 within S. A. (Registered 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.  

Condition As Per Photos.WORLD WAR 2 MINIATURE MEDALS incl ATLANTIC STAR, FRANCE & GERMANY STAR AND DEFENCE MEDAL  THESE APPEAR TO BE REPLICAS  PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS  

As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where proxy forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein, with forces from both sides paying in blood what U.S.-Soviet diplomats were otherwise spending in diplomacy. The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, fully stocked with Soviet weapons, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to claim full sovereignty over the country. A giant FAPLA offensive so threatened to succeed in overcoming UNITA that apartheid-era South Africa stepped in to protect its own interests. The white army crossing the border prompted the Angolan government to call on their own foreign reinforcementsthe army of Communist Cubas. Thus began the epic battle of Cuito Cuanavale, largely unknown in the U.S., but which raged for three months in the entirely odd match-up of South African Boers vs. Castros armed forces, which for the first time in the Cold War proved what it could achieve. And it turned out the Cubans were very good. The South Africans were no slouches at warfare themselves, but had suffered under a boycott of weapons since 1977. The Cubans and Angolan troops, instead, had the latest Soviet weapons, easily delivered. But UNITA had its secret U.S. supply line and the South Africans knew how to fight, mainly at a disadvantage in air power for lack of spare parts. Meantime the Cubans overcame their logistic difficulties with an impressive airlift of troops over the Atlantic, while the Boers simply needed to drive next door. As a case study of ferocious fighting between East and Westalbeit proxies for the great powers on all sidesthis book unveils a remarkable episode of the end-game of the Cold War largely unknown to the public. The Angolans on both sides suffered heavily, but it was the apartheid South Africans versus Castros armed forces that provides utter fascination in one of historys rare match-ups. Paperback / 232 pages 54 b/w photos Published December 2013  

Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guin-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era. Commonly referred to as Lisbon's Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies, the War of Liberation (Guerra de Liberta£o), these struggles played a seminal role in ending white rule in Southern Africa. Though hardly on the scale of hostilities being fought in South East Asia, the casualty count by the time a military coup d'tat took place in Lisbon in April 1974 was significant. It was certainly enough to cause Portugal to call a halt to violence and pull all its troops back to the Metropolis. Ultimately, Lisbon was to move out of Africa altogether, when hundreds of thousands of Portuguese nationals returned to Europe, the majority having left everything they owned behind. Independence for all the former colonies, including the Atlantic islands, followed soon afterwards. Lisbon ruled its African territories for more than five centuries, not always undisputed by its black and mestizo subjects, but effectively enough to create a lasting Lusitanian tradition. That imprint is indelible and remains engraved in language, social mores and cultural traditions that sometimes have more in common with Europe than with Africa. Today, most of the newspapers in Luanda, Maputo - formerly Lourenco Marques - and Bissau are in Portuguese, as is the language taught in their schools and used by their respective representatives in international bodies to which they all subscribe. Indeed, on a recent visit to Central Mozambique in 2013, a youthful member of the American Peace Corps told this author that despite having been embroiled in conflict with the Portuguese for many years in the 1960s and 1970s, he found the local people with whom he came into contact inordinately fond of their erstwhile 'colonial overlords'. As a foreign correspondent, Al Venter covered all three wars over more than a decade, spending lengthy periods in the territories while going on operations with the Portuguese army, marines and air force. In the process he wrote several books on these conflicts, including a report on the conflict in Portuguese Guinea for the Munger Africana Library of the California Institute of Technology. Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa  represents an amalgam of these efforts. At the same time, this book is not an official history, but rather a journalist's perspective of military events as viewed by somebody who has made a career of reporting on overseas wars, Africa's especially. Venter's camera was always at hand; most of the images used between these covers are his. His approach is both intrusive and personal and he would like to believe that he has managed to record for posterity a tiny but vital segment of African history. HARDBACK, 544 PAGES WITH PHOTOS & MAPS Published December 2013

Signed by both the authors, Brett Hilton-Barber & Dr Lee R. Berger. Softcover. . First edition. Publisher: Struik. 212 pages. Near Fine condition. Signed / Autographed / Africana / Nature / Fossils / Science / Life Sciences / Evolution / Paleontology / Social Science / Archaeology / Travel / Africa / Republic of South Africa Additional photos on request. Please ask any questions before placing your order.  Many more books in stock, click here to browse!

WW2 MINIATURE MEDALS Consists of: 39-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, 39-45 War Medal, Africa Service Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal. 1939-1945 Star (Star War 1939-1945) is one of 8 stars campaigns of World War II. This is a British military decoration awarded to soldiers of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations (most often foreign). Atlantic Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth for service in the Second World War, specifically those who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous campaign of the war. Africa Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, specifically in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943 inclusive. 8th Army Clasp was awarded for service with the Eighth Army between 23 October 1942 and 12 May 1943 inclusive. War Medal 1939–1945 is a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. Africa Service Medal is a South African campaign medal for service during the Second World War, which was awarded to members of the Union Defence Forces, the South African Police and the South African Railways Police. The medal was originally intended for service in Africa, but it was later extended to cover service anywhere in the world. Territorial Efficiency Medal is a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Army. This award superseded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal when the Territorial Force became the Territorial Army in 1921. Condition: as per photo's.  

Dictators Homes By: Peter York A first edition softcover published by Atlantic Books in Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, an as new book Postage within South Africa R30.0 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postage Quote

Subtitle: One Woman's Battle for Africa's Most Sacred Animal Author: Linda Tucker Publisher: North Atlantic Books () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover edges. Binding: Softcover Pages: 393 Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm +++ by Linda Tucker +++ In this captivating memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry. In , Tucker (then a successful advertising executive) and a group of fellow travelers found themselves surrounded by a pride of angry lions. There was no way out, night had fallen, and the battery in their only flashlight was beginning to flicker. Miraculously, a local medicine woman, with two youngsters in tow, passed, trancelike and fearless, through the lions and escorted them all to safety. For Tucker, that life-threatening experience became a life-changing one. She abandoned her career, left Europe, and returned to Timbavati to track down the medicine woman who had saved her: Maria Khosa. Upon seeing Tucker again, Khosa only smiled and said, "What took you so long?"?. Under Khosa's shamanic tutelage, Tucker learned of her sacred destiny: to be the 'keeper of the white lions'. Compellingly written in the intimate style of a journal, Tucker describes with unflinching honesty her fears, doubts, hopes, and dreams, all the while unfolding for us an unforgettable tale of adventure, romance, spirituality, and most of all, justice.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Spice Route Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the cool rolling hills outside Darling, on the Cape west coast. These trellised Atlantic vineyards are on deep red oak leaf soils, and are amongst the finest Sauvignon Blanc vineyards in South Africa. Reticent nose of greenery and minerality, with distinct flinty notes and hints of green tea The palate is delicate and soft, echoing grassy tones and grapefruit acidity Floral notes linger on the finish

2001. Soft cover, 389 pages. Very good condition. The cover has minor edgewear. Under 1kg. In November 1965, Ian Smith's white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking with Great Britain. With a European population of a few hundred thousand dominating an African majority of several million, Rhodesia's racial structure echoed the apartheid of neighboring South Africa. Smith's declaration sparked an escalating guerrilla war that claimed thousands of lives. Across the Atlantic, President Lyndon B. Johnson nervously watched events in Rhodesia, fearing that racial conflict abroad could inflame racial discord at home. Although Washington officially voiced concerns over human rights violations, an attitude of tolerance generally marked U. S. relations with the Rhodesian government: sanctions were imposed but not strictly enforced, and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of American mercenaries joined white Rhodesia's side in battle with little to fear from U. S. laws. Despite such tacit U. S. support, Smith's regime fell in 1980, and the independent state of Zimbabwe was born. The first comprehensive account of American involvement in the war against Zimbabwe, this compelling work also explores how our relationship with Rhodesia helped define interracial dynamics in the United States, and vice versa. 

Bouvet Island, set of 6 coins Sleeddogs Husky Iceberg Penguin Seagull Ship 2014 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Bouvet Island Metal Purity:     Box:   Year of Issue:   2014 Weight:   CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:       Quality:       Mintage:     Coins have some scratches and oxides Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvet?ya, previously spelled Bouvet-?ya) is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54¿25.8?S 3¿22.8?ECoordinates: 54¿25.8?S 3¿22.8?E. It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) south-southwest of the coast of South Africa and approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Lars?ya, lie along the coast. Nyr?ysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Benin 1500 francs, Buffalo, 2003 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Benin Metal Purity:    nonprecious metal Box:   Year of Issue:   2003 Weight:   CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:       Quality:       Mintage:     Coin has some scratches (please check photos of item) Benin (/b??ni?n/ b?-neen or /b??n?n/ b?-nin; French: B?nin), officially the Republic of Benin (French: R?publique du B?nin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. A majority of the population live on its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of approximately 115,000 square kilometers (42,000 sq mi), with a population of approximately 9.98 million. Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

  The Marshall Cavendish illustrated Encyclopaedia of World War II – Complete Set of 25 Volumes Author: Eddy Bauer | James Lawton Collins | Peter Young Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation Binding: Hardcover   Volumes: 25 – Complete set Condition – Very Good. Rubber stamp of previous owner, other wise a clean set with tight binding    Language: English   An objective, chronological, and comprehensive history of the Second World War.   Volume 1: Hitlers War: 1936 – 1939 Volume 2: The Fall of the West: 1940 Volume 3: The Axis Turns South: 1940 Volume 4: Yugoslavia | Greece | Crete: 1941 Volume 5: Barbarossa | Pearl Harbour: 1941 Volume 6: Atlantic Ordeal: 1941 – 1942 Volume 7: Crisis in the Dessert: 1942 Volume 8: Japan At High Tide: 1942 Volume 9: The Grand Alliance | End In Africa: 1942 – 1943 Volume 10: The Invasion of Italy | Guadal Canal: 1943 Volume 11: Anzio | Cassino | Rome: 1943 – 1944 Volume 12: D-Day & After: 1944 to: To The Siegfried Line – 1944 Volume 13: The Russian Steamroller: 1944 Volume 14: Breakout from Normandy: 1944 Volume 15: To The Siegfried Line: L 1944 Volume 16: Hitlers Last Gamble: 1944 – 1945 Volume 17: Across the Rhine: 19544 Volume 18: Victory in Europe: 1945 Volume 19: Central Pacific: The first Battles: 1944 Volume 20: Return to The Philippines: 1945 Volume 21: Okinawa: The Last Ordeal: 1943 – 1945 Volume 22: Hiroshima | japan Surrenders: 1945 Volume 23: The American War Machine: 1945 Volume 24: The Fighting Men: 1945 Volume 25: Chronology |} Index | Heraldry of war   Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time Please refer to all images for condition, as this form an integral part of the description Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing Item will be posted on the first Saturday following receipt of payment. We are not responsible for damages to or loss of items once posted The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given. International bidders to kindly request details of shipping costs

  Set includes: WWI war medal, WWI victory medal, WWII war medal, WWII Africa service medal, 1939-3945 Star (unnamed), Africa star (unnamed), Italy Star (unnamed), Atlantic Star (unnamed).