Circa wwii commonwealth

British Artillery Sergeants sleeve badge Dimensions: 50mm x 20mm

WWII VERY RARE (Single Decal) Medic South African Desert Helmet, desert sand camouflaged dated with her original net and field dressing complete with very rare type liner and chin strap. This Helmet comes with her original Medic Bag! "Not the Water Bottle!!" ~ Only The Helmet & the Bag "these two came together as a set!" together in the same crate whom belonged to the same medic who these items once belonged to back in WWII. South Africa made, a genuine piece of Second World War history, it's an original dated South African helmet.
It's original owner fought in the British 8th Army as a medic in Africa against Germany, the Afrika Corps. Eighth Army had the South African 2nd Infantry Division making a total of 7 divisions.

Everything about this is 100% correct and finding a medic Helmet today has become almost virtually impossible let alone a Medic Helmet due to their scarcity and value in the collectors market, these pieces are those collectors usually keep and this helmet along with all it's contents are as issued together as a set and the first aid field dressing kit was added under the net by the soldier and left as it was and kept that way!! Even the chin strap is in working order and beautifully preserved, she came with the net and the first aid pouch!
the liner is stamped with "JAGER-RAND U (with WD arrows inside the "U") .

stamped size 7 1/8 The decal on this medic Medic helmet is brilliantly preserved and this helmet overall has been taken care of very well.  As with other Imperial contingents, South African troops on the Western Front in W.W.I wore the British Brodie or Mk.I helmet.In World War II, South Africa began production of its own helmets, based on the British Mk.II with a copy of the early Lining Mk.I.

The bodies were made by Transvaal Steel Pressing Syndicate, the linings by Jäger Rand. Nearly 1.5 million helmets were produced. Helmets were provided to the other contingents in North Africa and India. Many ended up in Greece after the War. Body: Unlike the Mk.I or other Commonwealth made Mk.IIs, South African made Mk IIs are almost circular in shape (1 foot/30cm in diameter The chin-strap lugs are square and attached by flat headed rivets Three holes were punched between the skull and the rear rim. It is thought these were to attach a curtain, but no evidence of this has been found. Chin-Strap: Most had the British Mk.II type chin-strap with the elastic Mk.III or IIIA type on later issues.
Lining: Like the British Lining Mk.I, with an oval felt top pad and round felt or rectangular foam buffers. I had another Helmet similar to this one many years ago that I sold for R to a collector in New Zealand, the two Medic helmets were the only two I have ever come across in my life, they are unobtainable today and highly collectable overseas. This one is in far better condition and complete. I am asking very little for this helmet cause I need to sell quick together with it's bag.

Buy COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES - WWII - ITALY STAR - 15CMS RIBBON - (FREE SHIPPING IN S. AFRICA) for R30.00

Buy COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES - WWII - MINIATURE 1939-45 STAR for R85.00

WWII German Paratrooper Steel M38 Helmet- OD Green M38 paratrooper steel helmet, paragrey German Luftwaffe paratrooper steel helmet M38. This is the helmet was worn by the finest german soldiers in WWII - the german "Fallschirmj?ger" of the Luftwaffe. Great reproduction of an M38 helmet! Every little details of the original was taken care of. Weight with leather inlay circa 1,0 Kg/ 2 lbs - identical to the oringal. Colour: paragrey Size:  head circumference 58/59cm                   

    WWII German Paratrooper Steel M38 Helmet- Black M38 paratrooper steel helmet, paragrey German Luftwaffe paratrooper steel helmet M38. This is the helmet was worn by the finest german soldiers in WWII - the german "Fallschirmj?ger" of the Luftwaffe. Great reproduction of an M38 helmet! Every little details of the original was taken care of. Weight with leather inlay circa 1,0 Kg/ 2 lbs - identical to the oringal. Colour: black Size:  head circumference 58/59cm                      

  WWII German Paratrooper Steel M38 Helmet- Black M38 paratrooper steel helmet, paragrey German Luftwaffe paratrooper steel helmet M38. This is the helmet was worn by the finest german soldiers in WWII - the german "Fallschirmj?ger" of the Luftwaffe. Great reproduction of an M38 helmet! Every little details of the original was taken care of. Weight with leather inlay circa 1,0 Kg/ 2 lbs - identical to the oringal. Colour: black Size:  head circumference 58/59cm                      

WWII German Paratrooper Steel M38 Helmet - OD Green M38 paratrooper steel helmet, paragrey German Luftwaffe paratrooper steel helmet M38. This is the helmet was worn by the finest german soldiers in WWII - the german "Fallschirmj?ger" of the Luftwaffe. Great reproduction of an M38 helmet! Every little details of the original was taken care of. Weight with leather inlay circa 1,0 Kg/ 2 lbs - identical to the oringal. Colour: paragrey Size:  head circumference 58/59cm            

Buy Tilley Floodlight Projector (WWII). Made at Hendon, England. RD NO. 762129. Circa 1939/40 for R10,950.00

WWII - 1 939/1945 WAR MEDAL FULL SIZE. (NO NAME/NO) WITH MINIATURE MESS DRESS MEDAL.[GOOD FOR FILLER] -BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH FORCES -METAL: CUPRO-NICKEL OR SILVER;   [MEDAL YEARBOOK 2019 NO. 186] -DESCRIPTION AS IS, AND AS PER PHOTO.SHORT RIBBON  

My Reference: 1582502 Shipping:  Small Condition: Please judge the condition from the scan Condition: Used Catalogue: Scott Sc 174,175 (set) Tags: Commonwealth QEII Guadalcanal campaign in WWII, 25th anniv. 35c, US Marines landing, Red Beach, Guadalcanal, 1942.        

PENN JACK. A SURGEON'S STORY. "It's the devine right of man to look human." Cape Town ?, Circa . Typed Manuscript. This seems to be the typed manuscript of this extremely scares item. The only printed copy I could trace is part of the Brenthurst Library's collection. All the illustrations in their copy are full page photocopy quality portraits.The frontis and all the other illustrations, in my copy, are all original glossy b&w photos pasted in and include photos of Jack Penn, Anne Penn, Diana Penn, Lepers at Nagashima, Hiroshima mother and child, Jan van Riebeeck, Lord Joseph Lister, Winston Churchill, Sir Archibald McIndoe, Jan Smuts, Henrietta Stockdale, Roy Welensky, Albert Schweitzer, Dr Chaim Sheba, Moshe Dayan, David Ben-Gurion, General Matthew Ridgway, Abraham Colles, as well as photos of 2 letters written by dr Albert Schweitzer. In his Preface, Penn writes: "The major part of this autobiography was written in 'The Right to Look Human', which is now out of print. I have taken the decision to rewrite it with modifications as dictated by the flux of time."  217 Pp. A biographical discription of Jack Penn can be found at "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Penn"                Near Fine. Limp cardboard covers.. Spine is slightly faded and a small inkscratch appears on upper cover, otherwise this is a very neat, tight and well preserved item. (#) biography, south africa, plastic surgery, brenthurst, wwii, world war,