Reserve forces military competition

Buy SANDF - 2019 RESERVE FORCES MILITARY SKILLS COMPETITION PATCH FOR CATEGORY 1 (UP TO 29 YEARS) for R100.00

Buy SANDF - 2019 RESERVE FORCES MILITARY SKILLS COMPETITION PATCH FOR CATEGORY 1 (UP TO 29 YEARS) for R50.00

  1st place Swiss International Military Route March competition medal.These where awarded to 3 SF participants which Team SA won but then later disqualified.This medal is on page 297 of the book RECCE.Rare to find for advanced Recce collector LOCALBUYER PAYS R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

Large lot 5 WW2 and 1 SADF border war medals and variety of military badges for 1 bid. This lot consists of: A WW11 War 1939–1945 medal and an Italy Star medal awarded to 280009 - S.J. Brazelle. The War Medal 1939–1945 was a British decoration awarded to those who had served in the Armed Forces or Merchant Navy full-time for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. The Italy Star was awarded for operational service (on land) in Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Pantelleria, the Aegean area and Dodecanese Islands, and Elba at any time between 11 June 1943 and 8 May 1945. The Africa Service medal for 216826 - H.P.J.J. Van Rensburg. Instituted on 16 November 1943 by King George VI of Great Britain. The medal was given for service in the Union of South Africa defense forces and other uniformed services. A WW11 War 1939–1945 medal awarded to 546181 - R. Mansley. A full size SADF General Service medal no. 148267. These medals were awarded for service in the SADF between 1 January 1983 and 23 August 1993. An uninscribed WW11 War 1939–1945 medal. WW2 S.A.C Signals S.A. Sein-Korps bi-metal cap badge. WW2 South African Tank Corps cap badge. A Cambridgeshire National Reserve cap badge. 4 SAAF/SALM badges. This consists of 2 cap badges (1 WW2 & 1 contemporary) and 2 other insignia. They are all SAAF/SALM. All medals and badges are in good condition considering their respective ages. None of the medals have ribbons. 1 bid for the lot!!!

Peter Gibbs was born in London in 1903, educated at Aldenham, and lived in Bulawayo since 1936. A number of his books have been published in London and New York. He served in the BSA Police Reserve for 21 years, retiring with the rank of reserve superintendent. He was awarded the MBE in 1964. He is deceased. Hugh Phillips was born in the UK and immigrated to Southern Rhodesia in 1951 to join the BSAP. He attained the rank of assistant commissioner prior to his retirement after nearly 30 years' service. Prior to returning to the UK in 2002, he was involved, without success, in liaison activities between the Commercial Farmers Union and Zimbabwean government in efforts to bring a more pragmatic outlook and policy towards the white farm invasions. Hugh wrote Part 3 of this history, covering the period from 1939 to 1980. Nick Russell joined the BSAP as a cadet in 1975 and served at Sinoia and Kariba before attending Morris Depot where he formed part of the mounted squad for the opening of parliament. After graduation he was posted to uniform-branch duties at Mount Darwin and substations in the district. He transferred to Special Branch and spent two years, mostly in the Mt Darwin area, until the cessation of hostilities. He now lives in Australia. The BSAP held the honour of occupying the Right of the Line-one of the greatest police forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth In 1889 Cecil John Rhodes was granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria to settle Mashonaland, in what was to become Southern Rhodesia. So was formed the British South Africa Company; its regiment of troopers raised to protect the occupying Pioneer Column dubbed the British South Africa Police, the BSAP. From the 1893 Matabele War, the 1896 Mashona Rebellion and the Jameson Raid, the Anglo-Boer War, through both world wars and finally to the bitter Rhodesian bush war of the 1960s and '70s, troopers and officers of this fine regiment of policemen, both black and white, were proudly to the fore, in civilian and military roles... until the disbandment of the Force in 1980 when the country became the independent Zimbabwe. HARDBACK: 620 PAGES & 750 COLOR & B/W PHOTOS, PLATES, SKETCHES & MAPS AUTHORS: PETER GIBBS, HUGH PHILLIPS & NICK RUSSELL