Army rice

    rice pattern army shirt  as per photo slight mark upper right hand corner  size across the chest 46cm hight 60cm

As worn by the Czechoslovak People's Army. The Falling Rain Camo on these jackets is a legendary Cold War pattern. First developed by East Germany using ex WWII patterns, it would go on to be featured extensively among Warsaw Pact militaries for more than 30 years. This pattern was also used by insurgents and terrorist groups during Southern African Border Wars and was produced and sourced from various Eastern European countries in support or SWAPO (PLAN)/ ZIPRA/ FRELIMO etc. Heavy-duty cotton construction. Pockets inside and out. I am an XL and it fits me just.    

1913 first edition hardcover with 326 pages in good antiquarian condition. R60 postage in SA. Has been rebound on spine with new endpapers. Compiled from the correspondence of Colonel Samuel Rice C.B. K.H. 51st Light Infantry and from other sources by Lt.-Col. A.F. Mockler-Ferryman. This is a first-hand account of the life of a regimental officer during the Napoleonic War from 1793-1815. It is compiled from the correspondence of Colonel Samuel Rice, C.B., K.H. of the 51st Light Infantry (The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), and from other sources. Chapters include: Studying for the Army. Ensign of the 51st. The Attack on Corsica. Corsica Won and Lost. From the Mediterranean to Ceylon. The Reform of the Army. The Corunna Campaign, and After. Campaigns of 1811 in the Peninsula. Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Salamanca and Madrid. Driving the French Out of Spain, 1813. The Close of the Peninsular War. The Waterloo Campaign. Paris - and Peace.