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***PLEASE NOTE WE DELIVER TO CAPE TOWN, JOHANNESBURG AND BLOEMFONTEIN*** NAME OF BADGE/ INSIGNIA:  BRITISH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT GIBRALTAR TALAVERA CAP BADGE DATE OF ISSUE:  WWI & WWII MEASUREMENT:  4.8cm WIDE x 4.4cm HIGH PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE LOADING A SELECTION OF MEDALS AND BADGES EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

BRITISH ANTARTIC TERRITORY. F ull set, mint, not hinged. View scans as it form part of the description, CV R 1,020.00. Note, display card not included, and,  t he line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.

BRITISH ANTARCTIC, 1966. The 1st Anniversary of the Death of Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965).   Wmk: 1  Perf: 14. Full set, used, not hinged. Country's name is not clearly visible. View scans for condition as it form part of the description, CV +/-R 500.00. Note, display card not  included, and t he line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Samoa West 1878/1879, 1 Shilling, perf 12 & a half (line above x not broken) SG No. 7, superb mounted mint & sold as per scan. 325

1879, 5 shillings, Stanley Gibbons no. 19b, 3nd state, perf 12, line above X is not repaired, superb- UM & sold as per scan.  Please note according to specialists all the originals were imperf on one or 2 sides except the 1877 issue, and 1879 issue 1d which can have perfs on 4 sides Thanks for looking. Click on my name to view other items I am selling. Please refer to image inlay for full details, if still unsure or unclear please do not hesitate to ask me a question as I cannot be held responsible for any errors that are visible on the image and are not noticed before purchase.    900mm

From Great Britain, a Medal to Commemorate the Review of the British Naval Fleet by the Newly Crowned King Edward VII at Spithead on 16 August 1902 immediately after the Boer War. Originally planned for 28 June (as dated on the medal) but postponed because of the King's illness. Designed by Emil Fuchs and made by Elkingon & Co. Reference: British Historical Medals 3866. Further information at South African Medals.  Bronze. Diameter 38.8 mm. Mass 30.6 gm. Comes inside the original case from Searle & Co. Ltd. of London. Out of the hundreds of ships in line on review, the Union-Castle Line ship, the SS Hawarden Castle (according to BHM), was chosen for the reverse. She was still part of the British Navy having been requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a troop ship during the Boer war.     

Buy WW 2 BRITISH NAVAL SCHERMULLY PATENT LINE THROWER for R3,800.00

Titanic, RMS, White Star Line, Gold Plated Coin, Ship, April 12, 1912 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Metal Purity:    Gold Plated, Gilded Box:   Year of Issue:   Weight:   1 oz CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:   40     Quality:       Mintage:     New token with capsule RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Andrews was among those lost in the sinking. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE 1889-1980. Peter Gibbs & Hugh Phillips 3 Volumes in one. Hard cover with dust jacket, published 2000. 423 pages.  Excellent condition. Scarce edition due to its small print run. 1. The history of the British South Africa Police by Peter Gibbs 2. The end of the line, 1939-1980 by Hugh Phillips. 3. British South Africa Police, 1972-1974 by Peter Tracey Gibbs Includes Male and Female Nominal Rolls. Excellent condition. Tracked postage is R60.00.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Published in hardback as THE ART OF BETRAYAL and fully updated for the paperback edition. The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created a hundred years ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by the fictional worlds of James Bond and John le Carre. THE ART OF BETRAYAL provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction. It tells the story of how the secret service has changed since the end of World War II and by focusing on the people and the relationships that lie at the heart of espionage, revealing the danger, the drama, the intrigue, the moral ambiguities and the occasional comedy that comes with working for British intelligence. From the defining period of the early Cold War through to the modern day, MI6 has undergone a dramatic transformation from a gung-ho, amateurish organisation to its modern, no less controversial, incarnation. Gordon Corera reveals the triumphs and disasters along the way. The grand dramas of the Cold War and after - the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 11 September attacks and the Iraq war - are the backdrop for the human stories of the individual spies whose stories form the centrepiece of the narrative. But some of the individuals featured here, in turn, helped shape the course of those events. Corera draws on the first-hand accounts of those who have spied, lied and in some cases nearly died in service of the state. They range from the spymasters to the agents they ran to their sworn enemies. Many of these accounts are based on exclusive interviews and access. From Afghanistan to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the voices of those who have worked on the front line of Britain's secret wars. And the truth is often more remarkable than the fiction. Features Summary The secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day. Author Gordon Corera Publisher Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date Pages 496 ISBN ISBN

3 Volumes in one 2000. Hard cover, 423 pages. Very good condition. Over 1kg. 1. The history of the British South Africa Police by Peter Gibbs  2. The end of the line, 1939-1980 by Hugh Phillips. 3. British South Africa Police, 1972-1974  by Peter Gibbs      

GREAT BRITAIN. 1982.  British Mariners.  WM: None   Design: Trickett & Webb Ltd   Engraving: Harrison & Sons Ltd   Perf: 15 x 14 ¼.   Full set, m int, not hinged. View scans for  condition as it form part of the description, CV +-R 60.00.  Note, display card not included, and,  t he horizontal line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

ENGLAND, 1958. Flag with British Empire and Commonwealth Games Emblem.  WM: 22  Engraving: Printed by Harrison   Perf:  14 ¾ x 14¼.    Full set, mint, not  hinged. View scans  for  condition as it form part of the description,  CV +/-R 55.00. Note, display card not  included, and t he  line across the images are due to the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

ENGLAND, 1980.  British Conductors. Full set with side margins, m int, not  hinged. View scans for  condition as it form part of the description, CV +/-R 25.00.  Note, display card not included, and,  t he line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                      

ENGLAND, 1967.  British Discoveries.  WM: 23    Engraving: Harrison   Perf: 14¾ x 14¼.   Full set, mint, not  hinged. Red mark on back of 4 d.  View scans for  condition as it form part of the description, CV +/- R 6.50.  Note, display card not  included, and,  t he line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Item type...........................:Hard cover book Compilers........................: H.F.WARD & J.W.MULLIGAN. Illustrations....................:b+w photos, line drawings, adverts, tables, 2x fold out maps Publisher.........................:THE CAXTON (B.E.A.)PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO., LTD.,NAIROBI B.E.A. Edition..............................: 1ST, Size...................................: 130 x 210mm Condition.........................:good Covers..............................:good, some corner creases & edge wear Pages................................:314 generally very fresh & clean, binding is tight small spotting to back end paper light browning to front end paper & front fly m/s in pencil on front fly "Dad. Xmas ". Blurb................................:Attractive volume in good condition for age. A detailed, informative & important work. Essential to the serious student of this period in East Africa. Fantastic range of lovely advertisements. Comprehensive details on climate, topography, travel, living & cost of living. Economics - business, farming, professional with good list of residents of the time.      

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 7 MAU MAU: THE KENYAN EMERGENCY 195260 The Second World War forever altered the complexion of the British Empire. From Cyprus to Malaya, from Borneo to Suez, the dominoes began to fall within a decade of peace in Europe. Africa in the late 1940s and 1950s was energized by the grant of independence to India, and the emergence of a credible indigenous intellectual and political caste that was poised to inherit control from the waning European imperial powers.  The British on the whole managed to disengage from Africa with a minimum of ill feeling and violence, conceding power in the Gold Coast, Nigeria and Sierra Leone under an orderly constitutional process, and engaging only in the suppression of civil disturbances in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia as the practicalities of a political handover were negotiated. In Kenya, however, matters were different.  A vociferous local settler lobby had accrued significant economic and political authority under a local legislature, coupled with the fact that much familial pressure could be brought to bear in Whitehall by British settlers of wealth and influence, most of whom were utterly irreconciled to the notion of any kind of political handover. Mau Mau was less than a liberation movement, but much more than a mere civil disturbance. Its historic importance is based primarily on the fact that the Mau Mau campaign was one of the first violent confrontations in sub-Saharan Africa to take place over the question of the self-determination of the masses. It also epitomized the quandary suffered by the white settler communities of Africa who had been promised utopia in an earlier century, only to be confronted in a post-war world by the completely unexpected reality of black political aspiration.  This book journeys through the birth of British East Africa as a settled territory of the Empire, and the inevitable politics of confrontation that emerged from the unequal distribution of resources and power. It covers the emergence and growth of Mau Mau, and the strategies applied by the British to confront and nullify what was in reality a tactically inexpert, but nonetheless powerfully symbolic black expression of political violence.  That Mau Mau set the tone for Kenyan independence somewhat blurred the clean line of victory and defeat. The revolt was suppressed and peace restored, but events in the colony were nevertheless swept along by the greater movement of Africa toward independences, resulting in the eventual establishment of majority rule in Kenya in 1964. Paperback, 72 pages

One of the greatest talents that Winston Churchill was blessed with was his extraordinary command of the English language. He would go on to write a prodigious 65 books in his lifetime. He was rewarded for this in 1953 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yet in Britain his abilities as a writer were already widely recognized by the end of the 19th century. Yet oddly enough he had not excelled academically at school and it was only on his third attempt that he passed the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Before entering politics he went on to combine his military career with journalism and shortly after the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, he was contracted as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. He made his way to the Natal front where he was destined to become one of the highest-paid newspaper reporters in the world. Much has been made of Churchill’s heroism. The exceptional courage he displayed when defending the derailed armoured train at Chieveley in Natal made his reputation. Yet strictly speaking as a journalist he was a non-combatant, but on his capture, the Boers treated him as a combatant because of his actions at the armoured train. This was not an isolated incident of bravery for on other occasions, in Cuba, India and in Africa, his sometimes almost reckless courage had drawn widespread comment. On three different occasions during the Malakand campaign in India, he rode his pony along the skirmish line while everyone else was ducking for cover. He admitted that his actions were foolish, but playing for high stakes was a calculated risk. ‘Given an audience there is no act too daring or too noble’, he wrote to his mother, and concluded his letter by saying: ‘... without the gallery things are different.’ Scaling the wall surrounding the prison yard in Pretoria and making his way through enemy territory to Portuguese East Africa was not considered a particularly great feat by the British military. Yet his escape he was largely unknown to the British people until then was hailed by many as one of the greatest military escapes ever. His instant fame, to a large degree, came about because the war was going badly for the British Army at the time. A depressed British people needed a hero to bolster their sagging enthusiasm for the war, so Winston Churchill was their man. He had the need to stay in the limelight to fuel his political ambitions and the best way to achieve that was by returning to the front as a journalist and part-time soldier after his escape where he continued to captivate the readers of the Morning Post with his dispatches, writing convincingly about his own and other’s front-line experiences. His stories of how he miraculously escaped the bullets that whistled around him in Natal and the Orange Free State and how he rode a bicycle through enemy-held Johannesburg, ending with his triumphant returned to Pretoria where he helped to liberate his former fellow POW's from captivity, earned his newspaper a fortune. The fact that the adventures he described sometimes did not happen exactly the way he related them didn't seem to bother anyone. William Manchester wrote: ‘Virtually every event he (Churchill) described in South Africa, as in Cuba, on the North-West Frontier, and at Omdurman, was witnessed by others with whom recollections were consistent. The difference, of course, lay in the interpretation.’ I set out to discover the real Churchill in those early years of his life. During this process I discovered many facets to this complex and controversial man. At times I felt like a certain painter described by Cervantes. This sage artist was asked, as he was starting on a new canvas, what his picture was to be. ‘That’, he replied, ‘is as it may turn out.’ So this, my account of how the young and extraordinary Winston Churchill became a hero during the South African War, is how it turned out. Paperback, 268 pages. Published August 2008  

One of the greatest talents that Winston Churchill was blessed with was his extraordinary command of the English language. He would go on to write a prodigious 65 books in his lifetime. He was rewarded for this in 1953 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yet in Britain his abilities as a writer were already widely recognized by the end of the 19th century. Yet oddly enough he had not excelled academically at school and it was only on his third attempt that he passed the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Before entering politics he went on to combine his military career with journalism and shortly after the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, he was contracted as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. He made his way to the Natal front where he was destined to become one of the highest-paid newspaper reporters in the world. Much has been made of Churchills heroism. The exceptional courage he displayed when defending the derailed armoured train at Chieveley in Natal made his reputation. Yet strictly speaking as a journalist he was a non-combatant, but on his capture, the Boers treated him as a combatant because of his actions at the armoured train. This was not an isolated incident of bravery for on other occasions, in Cuba, India and in Africa, his sometimes almost reckless courage had drawn widespread comment. On three different occasions during the Malakand campaign in India, he rode his pony along the skirmish line while everyone else was ducking for cover. He admitted that his actions were foolish, but playing for high stakes was a calculated risk. Given an audience there is no act too daring or too noble, he wrote to his mother, and concluded his letter by saying:... without the gallery things are different. Scaling the wall surrounding the prison yard in Pretoria and making his way through enemy territory to Portuguese East Africa was not considered a particularly great feat by the British military. Yet his escape he was largely unknown to the British people until then was hailed by many as one of the greatest military escapes ever. His instant fame, to a large degree, came about because the war was going badly for the British Army at the time. A depressed British people needed a hero to bolster their sagging enthusiasm for the war, so Winston Churchill was their man. He had the need to stay in the limelight to fuel his political ambitions and the best way to achieve that was by returning to the front as a journalist and part-time soldier after his escape where he continued to captivate the readers of the Morning Post with his dispatches, writing convincingly about his own and others front-line experiences. His stories of how he miraculously escaped the bullets that whistled around him in Natal and the Orange Free State and how he rode a bicycle through enemy-held Johannesburg, ending with his triumphant returned to Pretoria where he helped to liberate his former fellow POW's from captivity, earned his newspaper a fortune. The fact that the adventures he described sometimes did not happen exactly the way he related them didn't seem to bother anyone. William Manchester wrote: Virtually every event he (Churchill) described in South Africa, as in Cuba, on the North-West Frontier, and at Omdurman, was witnessed by others with whom recollections were consistent. The difference, of course, lay in the interpretation. I set out to discover the real Churchill in those early years of his life. During this process I discovered many facets to this complex and controversial man. At times I felt like a certain painter described by Cervantes. This sage artist was asked, as he was starting on a new canvas, what his picture was to be. That, he replied, is as it may turn out. So this, my account of how the young and extraordinary Winston Churchill became a hero during the South African War, is how it turned out. Paperback, 268 pages. Published August 2008  

TITLE........................: CHIEFS AND CITIES OF CENTRAL AFRICA  SUBTITLE..................: ACROSS LAKE CHAD BY WAY OF BRITISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN TERRITORIES  AUTHOR...................: OLIVE MACLEOD  PUBLISHER...............: WM. BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH & LONDON  DATE & EDITION.......:st  COVER SIZE (mm)....: 160 x 250  CONDITION...............: fair - good  DUST JACKET...........: no  COVERS.....................: black boards, gilt title & decoration, age soil, bumped worn corners  SPINE.........................: with title, slight wear to extremities, sunned  END & FLY PAPERS.: good, adhesive strip on front fly, light foxing / spotting  PAGES.......................: 321pp including index, generally clean, light age soil  BINDING....................: tight  PLATES & MAPS.......: many b+w photo plates, 3 maps (one folding, coloured)  INSCRIPTIONS..........:  2 line gift inscription in ink inside front cover  1 line inscription in pencil ? lent by P. Lawrence? inside front cover  boxed h/s ?THIS IS THE PROPERTY OF THOMAS REGAMY? front fly + two more  SYNOPSIS, BLURB...:  The book is a record of the travels undertaken in and by the author and her friends, Mr and Mrs P A Talbot. Keen botanists, a list of the plants they collected is included as an appendix. The book is of particular interest because it is early enough to give an account of African life little affected by modernity, yet late enough to present an invaluable detailed and accurate photographic record.   A chronological account of the author's journeys with Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Talbot, the former of which was a District Commissioner of Southern Nigeria, as they progressed across Central Africa through countries under both French and German rule. Miss MacLeod relates in detail each stage of her trip, her chapter headings bearing consecutive dates between August and May . Written by a woman, this book is an unusual find in the normally male-dominated genre of Africana travel narratives. Olive MacLeod was the daughter of John Reginald and Lady Agnes MacLeod of MacLeod, and was the fiancée of Boyd Alexander who was killed in on the borders of Dar Fur.  Internally fresh & clean copy of this most elusive, desirable and scarce title.       

Hardcover. English. British South African Police,. 1972 1st ed & 1974 1st ed. ISBN: 0797400257. 266 pp & 244pp. Very good condition in hardcovers with slightly edgeworn dw in protective plastic. Vol. 1 First Line of Defence 1889-1903 & Vol. 2 The Right of the Line 1903-1939 - The history of this renowned police force from the occupation of Mashonaland until the beginning of the second World War. Book No: 2501584

Vol. 1 First Line of Defence 1889-1903 & Vol. 2 The Right of the Line 1903-1939 - The history of this renowned police force from the occupation of Mashonaland until the beginning of the second World War. Hardcover. English. British South African Police,. 1972 1st ed & 1974 1st ed. ISBN: 0797400257. 266 pp & 244pp. Very good condition in hardcovers with slightly edgeworn dw in protective plastic. Book No: 2501584

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as the target of a Soviet strike for the simple reason that it housed the launch pad for not only the British deterrent, but also America's first line of defence. The book also examines the early development of the UK's nuclear arsenal, with ballistic and environmental testing of nuclear bombs at Orford Ness and storage and maintenance at one of the country's most secret sites, Barnham. Cold War: East Anglia reveals the secrets of the years of confrontation, and looks at what life might have been like had the Cold War turned 'hot'. Features Summary This is the story of how the Cold War impacted on the people of East Anglia. Had nuclear conflict broken out, the region would have found itself as the target of a Soviet strike for the simple reason that it housed the launch pad for not only the British deterrent... Author Jim Wilson Publisher The History Press Ltd Release date Pages 160 ISBN ISBN

 The War Diaries of André Dennison - JRT Wood - Ashanti - 1989 - 394pp, indexed, black and white photographs - Hard cover with dust cover in good, clean and tight condition. Another fighting soldier, Johan Meiring, Bronze Cross of Rhodesia, said about Dennison that somehow his battles seemed bigger brighter and bolder. His war was always noisier, far noisier, than the fights of other soldiers. At one stage of the Rhodesian conflict, A Company 2-RAR held the current record, notching up the largest single kill of the war, eliminating 32 of the enemy after a bloody day-long battle on Rhodesia's south-eastern border with Mozambique - But Dennison's war was largely a blunt, no frills operation. There was no glamour in the killing ground. The glamour was at home. She was his pert attractive British wife, Helen. After the failure of this, his second marriage, and her subsequent return to her aristocratic home in Britain, there were other glamorous women. There were other wars, too. Egypt, Cyprus, Aden, Borneo, The Oman and Northern Ireland. Of these he spoke as little as he did of his women. But there were unguarded moments when Dennison hinted of dark deeds. Like the elusive IRA leader holed up in his Londonderry safe house, where the frustrated SAS could not legally reach him for months on end. Then came the mysterious, never explained shotgun blast in the dark of the night, snuffing out the IRA man on his own doorstep when he answered the coded knock known only to his mistress. There was an equally inexplicable incident when the newly arrived British Commissioner designate, Field Marshall Lord Carver, flew in to meet 2-RAR. Moving down the line of officers at 2-RAR HQ in Fort Victoria, the Field Marshall paused to exchange a few words with each. Introduced to Dennison, he paused briefly but then moved on wordlessly, ignoring the outstretched hand. Dennison never spoke about it and no one thought of asking Lord Carver. Mostly he kept his thoughts to himself and wrote of the war as he had seen it. He would labour into the night over his diary, recording events while memories still jangled fresh in his mind. There were reports of large fireforce actions and of 2-RAR officers and men receiving bravery awards. And there were tersely worded Combined Operations HQ's communiquÌ©s announcing deaths in action.

Very old British " Express Case" suitcase from the Union Castle Line era. Unique wood ribbed strengtheners with iron bound corners and original two keys. In good condition with both locks working perfectly. Dimensions 72x49x24 cms.

The 100th anniversary of Titanic, 1912-2012, Gold Plated bar, Ship Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Metal Purity:    Gold Plated, Gilded Box:   Year of Issue:   Weight:   1 oz CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:   44x28 mm     Quality:       Mintage:     New bar with capsule RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Andrews was among those lost in the sinking. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

Britain, RMS TITANIC, Ship, Passenger Liner, Maiden Voyage, Map, Memorial Medal Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Metal Purity:    Silver and Gold Clad Box:   Year of Issue:   Weight:   1 oz CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:   40     Quality:       Mintage:     New token with capsule RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Andrews was among those lost in the sinking. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew. ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.