Period orange

Buy 1942 WW2 period Orange Free State free drivers licence for Thomas Dry for R750.00

Interim Period  in Blocks of four with Luderitz and Windhoek  cancelled. Two shades of orange. 

Interim Period  in Blocks of four with Luderitz and Windhoek  cancelled    Two shades of orange Superb Items

Here we have on auction a used pair of late period Bophuthatswana BDF orange ceremonial dress eppaulettes as worn on the later issued BDF DPM camo uniform; Please see the below photo of the items being worn at the BDF Mil school cisrc 1992; Bophuthatswana  was an old pre-1994 Venda ex-Homelands which was re-incorparated into South Africa post-1994. This is a rare find, esp of a matching pair equally faded and in good condition. Please see the photos for confirmation of the item's condition and further details. Postage quotes supplied to the winning bidder and dependent on the persons location and preferred shipping/ postage method. Local shipping possible via Postnet on this item at R100 flat-rate anywhere in SA! You are welcome to combine shipping with other items offered here on BoB. Please note that Postnet parcels will only be dispatched on Weds or Fri and SAPO parcels ONLY on Sat (due to current work commitments and time restrictions to get to SAPO and the queues. Foreign bidders most welcome BUT please use BoB voucher or BoB bucks for payment! Happy bidding!!!                                          

Rare stamp from the Cape of good Hope period overprinted Orange River colony. overprinted to the left side of the stamp where normally up or down. one penny stamp used, VF and LH.  

Up for grabs on auction - a mint piece of SADF bushwar period dayglo material. This piece measures 155cm x 110cm. This orange hi-vis nylon material was tpically used by SADF troops to mark own positions to aircraft overhead and as a command and control tool for commanders on the ground. Many headress form the period had this material incoprorated in the inside and when the hat was reveresed then it was visible to overhead aircraft and helos. This material was also cut into larger pieces for use when mounted on vehicles for own forces recognition. Often used by special forces (the Recce's) and 32 Bn etc. in Angola and other operational areas as a vital tool for avoiding being targetted by own forces aircraft! This material is rare in this quantity and quality (mint off the roll)! Please see photos for more detail. Happy bidding!!!    

2015 paperback new and unread with 260 pages. R50 postage in SA. The past is brought to life in this historical epic about a South African family whose lives collided with the biggest event in history: the First World War. The central theme is the largely forgotten East Africa campaign, but by definition a world war has a wide reach. Five members of one family with deep roots in all four corners of the country, served in three different theaters of war. Their lives on active service are all interwoven and inseparable from the home front. Global events are juxtaposed with everyday life on a farm in the eastern Orange Free State. Appropriately, the author constructs linkages that span generations, uncovering individual experiences of an earlier conflict which had engulfed South Africa barely a decade before the eruption of the 1914–18 war. As the sons of early pioneers, this generation witnessed history in the making before writing their own. Riding into action on horseback or in a flying machine, their paths led from the South West African desert, through disease-infested jungles in East Africa to some of the great battles on the Western Front. Only one of the five came home unscathed although he crash-landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and only made it back through his audacity and brute strength. Another, an intellectual priest, was left for dead at Delville Wood, and his brother was wounded on Messines Ridge. The remaining two suffered from debilitating tropical illnesses. Hazard and hardship lingered on in the form of Spanish influenza, mining strikes and the Great Depression. The war cast a long shadow. Between them, these consciously literate men left substantial documentary legacies. Using extracts of their letters from the front, the story is to a large extent told in the words of those who were there. Context is provided by referencing existing literature, unpublished memoirs and archival material. It could be called a military history or a social history, but it is a truly South African story which contains much new material for historians, while for the general reader it offers an accessible insight into an unparalleled period of history.