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Buy BRITISH COLONIAL ARMY BADGES - KENYA REGIMENT X 3 for R750.00

Buy WW1 British Colonial South African Artillery Regiment Brass Button for R30.00

Colonial administration. British Empire. Caribbean area. A WW II study. With 8 plates in colour and 25 illus in black and white. William Collins  (MMXXXXIII) lovely illus hardback well-binded, age marks, two inscriptions without dust jacket, map end pages, 48 pages, wear to covers, mostly spine of hardback.                                                                                                                                                                 

 BRITISH - COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES GEO V MINIATURE DECORATION This is a scarce silver miniature decoration which became obsolete in 1930. In good condition with ribbon. •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.    

 BRITISH - COLONIAL POLICE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MINIATURE MEDAL- QE2 This is an original silver miniature not a modern issue, in good condition with ribbon, mounted on white card. (easily removed) • The postage on this item will be R55.00 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.  

 BRITISH - COLONIAL POLICE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MINIATURE MEDAL- QE2 This is an original silver miniature not a modern issue, in good condition with ribbon, mounted on white card. (easily removed) • The postage on this item will be R55.00, within S. A. (Registered with tracking) • Postnet to Postnet R120.00, within S.A. • Courier to major S. A. cities R140.00 other areas please request quote. • If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. • I do not have a PayPal facility, I suggest buyers use Bob Vouches/ Bobbucks. • 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.    

BRITISH MEMORABILIA! Sold as a complete lot to interested Anglophile: * King George & Queen Mary rectangular tin

 Somaliland Scouts Collar badge worn from 1950-1954 - British Colonial

Buy Collection of old British Commonwealth and Colonial Coins for R161.00

1913: Colonial Police Webley MKIV Revolver Holster & Cross-Strap (Marked S.A.P).This item is in an EXCELLENT CONDITION, the full-grain leather is supple and fully intact. All buckles and press studs are perfect and functional. Such items, due to age & general wear, are not often found in a comparable state of preservation. This museum quality piece retains the ORIGINAL S.A.P (South African Police / Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie) markings on both the holster & Sam Browne cross-strap.This leather gear configuration was utilised in conjunction with the British Webley MKIV. 455 Revolver by South African Police personnel from 1913 onward.An ideal and perfectly preserved piece of S.A.P memorabilia for the discerning collector who desires that particular period item.FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING NO COLLECTIONS PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC SEE SHIPPING.

My memoirs of the British South African Police 1966 - 1981 ... and a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia Throughout the authors life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up on the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served.  The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin School, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in 1965, the author joined the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in March 1966 and elected to go into the district branch of the Force. The author traces his career from a young patrol officer, through the various ranks and district police stations on which he served, to his retirement in August 1981 as a superintendent, in what was then Zimbabwe.  He highlights the typical lifestyle associated with a district copper, including anecdotes from the Bush War that was raging. Apart from the lighter side of the book hitting an elephant at Makuti at 1 a.m. in a Mini Moke; realizing five minutes before presenting his men on parade to the Officer Commanding, at an annual inspection, that he had left his trousers at home; attending an internal disciplinary hearing as the accused for being drunk off duty where the presiding officer commented that the authors main defence witness appeared more drunk than the author and dismissed the casethere are some more serious chapters involving terrorist incidents, some of which are captured on an original station Incident Log which the author has included in the book.   Paperback / 256 pages 80 b/w photos, 2 maps  

Good condition. Colonial British officers chest Probably early 19th centuary  Crimean - Boer Wars. Two-part chest with recessed brass handles. Dims: 102H x 91W x 50D (cm) Buyer collects - Germiston, Gauteng

  Hut Tax Token 1914-15 Male Variety Hern 800l "A" area Charters Brass  38 by 25mm Uniface  No corrosion  Clear detail Tangible evidence of British colonial taxation Thanks for looking

  Hut Tax Token 1909-10 "A" variety Hern 800f Male token 32mm in diameter Brass uniface Excellent details minimal corrosion. Charters area Tangible proof of British Colonial taxation Very collectible Thanks for looking Shipping by door to door courier only R120 anywhere in SA Overseas shipping by EMS $30

 Hut Tax Token 1915-16 Male  Hern 800m Brass Uniface 38mm in diameter Area "T" Victoria (?scarcer) Tangible evidence of British colonial taxation and therefore very collectible. Crack in the planchet and some patches of light corrosion Clear inscription Thanks for looking

  Hut Tax Token 1912-13   Hern 800j Female type 18.3mm in diameter "M" Area Darwin  Brass uniface Lightly corroded but inscription clear Scarcer due to small size Tangible proof of British colonial taxation and lower "valuation" of women..collectible Thanks for looking Shipping by door to door courier anywhere in SA  R120 Overseas by EMS  $30

  Hut Tax Token 1915-16 Male Hern 800m Brass uniface 38.1mm in diameter Practically Unc in coin terms with original patina and no wear. Area "A" Charters Tangible evidence of British colonial taxation and highly collectible thus Thanks for looking  Shipping by door to door courier anywhere in SA cost R120 Overseas by EMS  $30

This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the unstable final stages of British colonial and white rule, the Squadron was never short of action. African nationalist movements, backed by Russia's and China's direct and indirect support posed a constant and deadly threat to the existing regimes. Small highly trained detachments of the SAS with highly developed bush warfare skills proved devastatingly effective and achieved results out of all proportion to their size. Often their enemies believed that they were facing rival factions and turned on each other. The inevitable involvement of African wildlife adds an extra dimension of excitement. Written by a seasoned former senior member of C Squadron, Secret **SAS Missions in Africa** paints a graphic and thrilling account of their covert operations and the colourful characters that undertook them. Hardcover, 200 pages. Available from 10 January 2018 - Delivery 15 to 19 January 2018. 

2008 Mahatma Ghandi 1/10oz Gold Proof   The Protea coin series commemorates various aspects and important events in the history of South Africa. The 2008 Protea Coin Series will feature Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – better known as Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948). Mahatma Gandhi lived in South Africa from April 1893 to July 1914 Although not South African by birth, he said “I was born in India, but I was made in South Africa”. He said these words because he first started with his campaign of “Ahimsa” (non-violence) and “Satyagraha” (way of truth) while he was campaigning for freedom in South Africa.   Gandhi influenced both nationalist and internationalist movements and brought the cause of India’s independence from British colonial rule to world attention. Gandhi’s principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit satya: truth, and graha: grasp/hold), has also inspired other democratic activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon and the 14 th Dalai Lama.   The title of “Mahatma” (Sanskrit term of reverence “mahatma” meaning “one of great soul”) was accorded on Gandhi in 1915 by his admirer Rabindranath Tagore (the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature). It was given in response to Gandhi conferring the title of “Gurudev” Hindus and Muslims in India made Gandhi a target and he was shot and killed on 30 th  January 1948 by a Hindu extremist. It is ironic that this great pacifist, the first to employ non-violence in a political context, was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize! The 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Luthuli from South Africa, applied Gandhi’s principles while fighting apartheid South Africa. The profound lessons Gandhi leant that South Africa, spurned him to stand-up and without violence fight for his beloved India, earning him the title of “Father of the Nation”  

From Great Britain, a Scarce Silver Medal to Commemorate the Visit by Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary, to South Africa in 1903. The purpose of the visit was to foster unity after the Boer War. By Joseph Fray. References: Hern 562; Eimer 1876; BHM 3888; Fearon 254.2.   Further information at South African Medals. Silver (so marked on edge). Diameter 51.0 mm. Mass 59.3 gm. Comes inside the original fitted case of issue. Note: This medal is solid silver and not silver plated bronze. The silver plated medals are more common. The plating is thick and the medals are often mistaken for solid silver.  

From Great Britain, a  Medal to Commemorate the Visit by Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary, to South Africa in 1903. The purpose of the visit was to foster unity after the Boer War. By Joseph Fray. References: Hern 562; Eimer 1876; BHM 3888; Fearon 254.2.   Further information at South African Medals. Silver plated copper. Diameter 51.6 mm. Mass 52.8 gm. Note: The silver plate is thick and this medal is often mistaken for solid silver in examples with little wear. This medal was lot 109 at the Spink & Son e-Auction No. 3 on 22/05/2019 and mistakenly billed as solid silver.   

 The Africa Star w/ Ribbon.  This item is in an EXCELLENT CONDITION - with ORIGINAL issue ribbon.  Awarded to:  J.A. DE FLAMINGH - 102074. An ideal addition to any British Colonial & South African Second World War medal collection.   FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING 

 1939-1945 Star Awarded to a Native soldier in Rhodesian African Rifles.  This item is in an EXCELLENT CONDITION,  retaining the ORIGINAL issue ribbon. Awarded to Native soldier: W. Mutorana -  N.26753  , Rhodesian African Rifles.  An ideal addition to any Second World War & British Colonial Medal collection - representing the efforts & sacrifices of the many African soldiers who served within the Commonwealth Forces.   FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING 

 The Italy Star - Awarded to Native Soldier.  This item is in GOOD CONDITION,  with ring suspender intact & fully functional.  Awarded to a Native South African soldier:  M. MATLALI -  N. 53151 An ideal addition to any British Colonial or Commonwealth Second World War medal collection, in recognition of the efforts & services rendered by African soldiers during the years of 1939 - 1945.   FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING 

British and French troops do battle in colonial America, with aid from various native American war parties. The British troops enlist the help of local colonial militia men, who are reluctant to leave their homes undefended. A budding romance between a British officer's daughter and an independent man who was reared as a Mohican complicates things for the British officer, as the adopted Mohican pursues his own agenda despite the wrath of different people on both sides of the conflict.

Hardcover with laminated boards. Written by John Laband, published by University of Natal Press, 2001. 140 pages. Tracked postage is R60.00. The Later Zulu wars of the 1880s were a last-ditch resistance to colonialism combined with bitter civil war, and their consequences proved more devastating for the Zulu people than the famous Anglo-Zulu war of 1879.  They took place at a time of changing fighting methods and tactics for both the British and the Zulu - the last time the British Army went on campaign wearing scarlet was in Zululand in 1888. This book explains the nature of the diverse Zulu, British and Boer military forces fighting in Zululand, and the ways in which the British and the Boers fostered and exploited divisions among the Zulu people in order to maintain colonial control. The author's research (supported by detailed maps) traces the complex series of wars and battles in Zululand during the 1880s. He places the campaigns in their historical context and assesses their broader significance.

  The regiment was originally formed as part of the  Imperial Yeomanry  in November 1901, as the  4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (King's Colonials), with the Prince of Wales (later King  George V) as honorary colonel. It was composed of four squadrons of colonial volunteers resident in London - one of Asians (British Asian Squadron), one of Canadians (British American Squadron), one of Australasians (Australasian Squadron), and one of South Africans and Rhodesians (British African Squadron). A New Zealand squadron was later formed, with the Australasian squadron being redesignated as Australian. It did not see service in the South African War. In 1905 it was retitled  The King's Colonials, Imperial Yeomanry, and in 1908 became part of the  Yeomanry  in the  Territorial Force. In 1909 the specific affiliations of the squadrons ended. With the death of  Edward VII, after whom it had been named, it was retitled  King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment)  in 1910. In 1913, it was transferred into the  Special Reserve, and ceased to be considered yeomanry NOT SURE IF RE-STRIKES OR ORIGINAL BADGES.You decide.9 Badges in total.All lugs intact.Sold as a lot. LOCAL BUYER PAYS R100 POSTNET OR COLLECTS FROM THE STORE OVERSEAS BUYER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

Lord Wakehurst signed studio photographic portrait in full regalia, 1950's, original in mount, 55 x 69 cms, slight crease to mount on LHS, image is fine, overall conditiion: good to very good.  John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst   KG,  KCMG,  GCStJ  (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970) was a  British Army  officer, politician and colonial administrator. After serving in the army, the Foreign Office, and as a Conservative  Member of Parliament  (MP) in the  House of Commons, Wakehurst was appointed as the last British  Governor of New South Wales, which he held from 1937–46. Upon returning to Britain he was appointed  Governor of Northern Ireland  from 1952–64. He was made a  Knight of the Order of the Garter  in 1962. Lord Wakehurst is seen in the garb of the  Lord Prior (1948-69) of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.

This is the first general history of the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer or South African War in over fifty years, and the first to use in depth the very rich and extensive official documents in South African and British archives. It provides a fresh perspective on a topic that has understandably aroused huge emotions because of the great numbers of Afrikaners, especially women and children, who died in the camps. This fascinating social history overturns many of the previously held assumptions and conclusions on all sides, and is sure to stimulate debate.    Rather than viewing the camps simply as the product of the scorched-earth policies of the war, the author sets them in the larger context of colonialism at the end of the 19th century, arguing that British views on poverty, poor relief and the management of colonial societies all shaped their administration. The book also attempts to explain why the camps were so badly administered in the first place, and why reform was so slow, suggesting that divided responsibility, ignorance, political opportunism and a failure to understand the needs of such institutions all played their part.    Since the original research arose from a project on the medical history of the camps, funded by the Wellcome Trust, there is a particularly strong focus on health and medicine, looking not only at the causes of mortality in the camps, but at the ideas which shaped the culture of the doctors and nurses ministering to the Boers.    The author has also used material derived from a database of the camp registers to argue, somewhat controversially, that the camp inmates were primarily landless bywoners, rather members of the middle classes, as people like Emily Hobhouse implied, and that the rather numerous men in the camps were young and able-bodied rather than the old men suggested in the conventional literature.   PAPERBACK, 391 pages. Published June 2013