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FRENCH ARMY PARKA WITH FLEECE LINING -1987 SEE PICS FOR CONDITION ***Check out our other great deals  here ***          

Buy French army fitness & sport award pocket badge - as per photo for R95.00

Buy French army fitness and sport award pocket badge for R95.00

 1951 French Army postal cover - French cancellations on English cover

Buy THE FRENCH ARMY IN THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS SERIES No.244) BY CHARTRAND for R185.00

Buy German / French Army German-Franco Brigade arm patch (Bundeswehr/Wehrmacht/Heer) for R95.00

French Tresoret Postes, Army Cancellation dated 22 - 5 - 1920, Army Base Number 506B Stabul Turkey Army Base, very good condition & sold as per scan. Bit Of Info - French Army Offices That Were In The East For A Short Period Of Time Were Also Accepting Public Mail For Postage In Turkish Towns With A Greek Population. Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.    

French Tresoret Postes - Army Cancellation On An Envelope, dated 23 - 11 - 1920, Army Base Number 528........Bit Of Info - French Army Offices That Were In The East For A Short Period Of Time Between 1919 - 1921 Were Also Accepting Public Mail For Postage In Turkish Towns With A Greek Population. Very good condition & sold as per scan. Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.    

French Tresoret Postes, Army Cancellation dated 7 - 5 - 1918,.........BIT OF INFO - French Army Offices That Were In The East For A Short Period Of Time Were Accepting Public Mail For Postage In Turkish Towns With A Greek Population. Good condition & sold as per scan. Thanks for looking. Please click on my name to view other items I am selling.    

Buy French NAAFI 1/2 Franc token - Type 3 - Navy Army and Air Force institute for R100.00

As Per Photos.FRENCH CROIX DE LA VALEUR MILITAIRE(MILITARY VALOUR) FULL SIZE MEDAL WITH LAUREL PALME DECORATION This cross was instituted in 1956 and was initially awarded for mentions in despatches in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).In reality, most of the crosses awarded were for service in Algeria(French involvement in Morocco and Tunisia had already drawn to a close when this medal was instituted). This is an Original Croix De La Valeur Militaire Full Size Medal with a BRONZE Laural Palme(Branch) for mention in Army Despatch. PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS    

As Per Photos.FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE THEATRES D'OPERATIONS EXTERIEURS WITH LAUREL PALME DECORATION The award was created on 30 April 1921 to be attributed to military personnel who received an individual citation for feats of arms in territories other than metropolitan France after 11 November 1918. The cross was awarded mainly from 1918 to 1939 for actions in the Middle East and North Africa and from 1945 to 1954 for operations in Indo-China This is an Original Croix De Guerre Theatres D'Operations Exterieurs(For Overseas Theatres of Operations) FULL SIZE Medal with a BRONZE Laurel Palme(Branch) Decoration for mention in Army Desptach. PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS  

 Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier - Ace Books soft cover with 190 pages 

  French Army Mention in Dispatches Bronze Palm Leaf on Ashanti Ribbon.

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2003. Hard cover with dust cover. 294 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound, neat and clean. Under 1kg. Drawing on the archives of the National Army Museum, this book recreates the harsh reality of the Anglo-Zulu War - one of the most dramatic campaigns in British History. The Zulus were a fiercely independent and extremely brave warrior race. When the might of the British army was defeated by this indigenous foe at Isandlwana in 1879, it sent shock waves throughout the Empire - 1300 British troops and their African allies were killed. In the aftermath, Zulu reserves mounted a raid on a British border post at Rorke's Drift, which was held by just 145 men. After ten hours of ferocious fighting the Zulus were driven away. Eventually superior weaponry carried the day for the British, (though not before the exiled French prince, Louis Napoleon, was killed in skirmish). Invading Zululand, the British took the capital of Ulundi and 5000 British defeated 20,000 Zulus. King Cetewayo was captured and the war was over. Ian Knight draws on a host of previously unpublished letters and diaries, from ordinary soldiers to the British commander-in-chief, to bring this war to life - one which saw great acts of bravery an courage on both sides.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Writing to his mother the day after the fighting, Captain Thomas Wildman of the 7th Hussars described 'a victory so splendid & important that you may search the annals of history in vain for its parallel'. Little wonder, for Waterloo was widely recognised - even in its immediate wake - as one of the most decisive battles in history: after more than twenty years of uninterrupted conflict this single day's encounter finally put paid to French aspirations for European hegemony. The culminating point of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo also witnessed levels of determination and bravery by both sides which far exceeded anything experienced by the veterans of Wellington's recent campaigns in Spain and Portugal. Indeed, it was that unconquerable spirit which left over men dead on the field of battle and tens of thousands of others wounded. This thoroughly researched and highly detailed account of one history's greatest human dramas looks first at the wider strategic picture before focussing on the tactical roles played by individual British units - all meticulously examined with the benefit of the extensive array of hitherto unexploited primary sources which reveal the battlefield experience of officers and soldiers as never before. Refusing simply to repeat the same unchallenged accounts and to commit the same errors of previous historians, this work relies exclusively on hundreds of first-hand accounts by men of all ranks and from practically every British regiment and corps present on that fateful day to provide a fresh and revised perspective on one of the most pivotal events of modern times. Features Summary Waterloo Author Gregory Fremont-Barnes Publisher The History Press Ltd Release date Pages 440 ISBN ISBN

The 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (French: 13e Rgiment de Dragons Parachutistes, 13e RDP) is a special reconnaissance regiment of the French Army. It is one of two regiments in the French Army Special Forces Brigade, which is under the control of the COS (special operations command). It is based in Martignas-sur-Jalle. The coin diameter is 50mm.

CROSS FIRE Synopsis: Kill and kill again... Cross Fire is an action-packed, actioner set during the Vietnam War. The prologue shows a French army convoy being ambushed by the Vietcong in . They kill all the French soldiers and steal millions of dollars in art,important documents and diamonds that the convoy was transporting. Flash-forward fifteen years and a group of American commandos are raiding a secret underground tunnel that is the headquarters for VC General Diap (Ken Watanabe). After killing all the VCin the tunnel and capturing General Diap, the leader of the commandos. When back-up finally arrives, greed sets in and all all breaks loose.   Starring: Michael James Gordon Mitchell   Category: War   Age Restriction: 13 VL

The Quiet American is a terrifying portrait of innocence at large.  While the French army  in Indo-China is grappling with the Vietminh, back at Saigon a young and high-minded American begins to channel Economic Aid to a 'Third Force'.  The narrator, a seasoned foreign correspondent, is forced to observe:  "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused." As young Pyle's policies blunder on into bloodshed, the older man finds it impossible to stand aside as an observer.  But his motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and himself: for Pyle has robbed him of his Annamite mistress. Soft cover, good condition.  The paper is slightly yellowed.  188 pages.

In the spring of 1811, while quartered in the crumbling Portuguese fort of San Isidro, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit commanded by the formidable Brigadier Loup, and suffer heavy losses. Sharpe has already clashed once with Loup, and the Frenchman has sworn to have his revenge. After the attack, Sharpe is faced with the ruin of his career and reputation, as the army's high command tries to blame him for the disaster. With thousands of French troops massing at a tiny village nearby, Sharpe's only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield. To save his honour, Sharpe must lead his men to glory in the narrow streets of Fuentes de Onoro.

The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World War 2 – Breakout From Normandy   Consultant Editor: Brig-Gen James L. Collins, Jr., USA Chief of Military Hist5ory Department of the Army Publisher: Orbis Publishing Ltd, Great Britain Edition: First Edition, 1972 Condition: Good. Wear to cover, edges and corners, otherwise really clean with tight binding. Binding: hardcover Pages: 145. Numerous colour and black & white photographs, illustrations, maps and diagrams    ,       Additional Information   “The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World War 2 – Breakout From Normandy ” covers General De Gaulle & the Fighting French, Aid from the Greeks & Czechs, Poland’s Overseas Armies, Volunteers from Holland, Growth of the French Resistance, etc.   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. Regretfully, no buyers from outside the borders of South Africa  

This is a soldier's story about South African soldiers in southern Angola and Namibia and the enemies they fought. It tells of insurgency and counter-insurgency, guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare, almost conventional warfare and conventional warfare. It tells of a conflict which the world saw as unpopular and unjust, in which South Africa was perceived as the aggressor. The South African soldiers who fought in it, however, saw it as a conflict fought to stop what is now Namibia falling into the hands of the Soviet and Cuban-backed SWAPO black nationalist political organisation. After Namibia South Africa would be next. They saw the whole conflict as an extension of the Cold War, but while it was on the frontiers in Europe, in Angola they were fighting a very hot war in Angola. Eventually, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the war was resolved by the democratic solution of UN supervised free and fair elections in Namibia. Since then, regrettably, there has been interference by the ruling party with the democratic constitution put in place in Namibia which has eroded much of that hard won democracy. 32 Battalion, of which Colonel Jan Breytenbach was the founding commander, became the most controversial unit in the South African Army because of the secrecy surrounding it. Its story is virtually the story of the Angolan/Namibian war, because its involvement in it was greater than any other South African unit. The regiment primarily consisted of black troops and NCOs originating from virtually every tribe in Angola. They were led by white South African officers and NCOs. Neither apartheid nor any form of racial discrimination was ever practiced in the unit. There was always a sprinkling of whites originating from countries like Great Britain, the old Rhodesia, Portugal and the USA amongst its leadership cadre, although in the latter stages of its existence this shrank to only a few. Such a presence undoubtedly led to stories circulating that the unit was a led by foreign white mercenaries. While it was true that the black Angolan element could have fallen with the mercenary definition, the whites involved were attested soldiers in the South African Army. In any case, they formed a minority and the vast majority of white officers and NCOs were born South Africans. The unit's aggressiveness and the successes it achieved in the field of battle, often against incredible odds, lay in its spirit and its  espirit de corps. In this respect and in many other ways it compared favourably with the French Foreign Legion. Its story parallels with and reminds one of the British and British Commonwealth Chindits of World War-2, operating behind the Japanese lines in Burma in large formations, out-guerrillaing those who only three years earlier had been regarded in awe as the unbeatable jungle warfare experts. Likewise, 32-Battalion consistently outfought both FAPLA, SWAPO and the Cubans in the Angola bush throughout the war years. It created a problem to which neither they nor their Soviet and East German mentors ever found a solution to. After the 1989 Namibian settlement the unit was with withdrawn to South Africa where they were deployed to effectively deal with MK infiltrations into the north of South Africa. From there, after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, they were redeployed to deal with political troubles, principally between armed ANC self defense units and armed units of the IFP. The intrusion of black foreigners into the townships who were prepared to deal with troubles robustly and without fear or favour, did not suit either the ANC or the IFP, as they could not be subverted to support local causes because they held no local tribal allegiances. In the end it seems they became something of a bargaining chip at the CODESA negotiations, designed to find a new political dispensation for South Africa. Despite it having borne the brunt of South Africa' war in Angola with the blood of its troops, the National Party Government disgracefully ordered its arbitrary disbandment in March 1993 and the unit ceased to exist. Paperback, 360 pages with photos & maps  

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.

  Issued in 1960/1970 period by French Navy Elite divers, underwater Demolition team. Seals, Army divers, Frogmen & Scuba Divers. (Not sure if working)