Rhodesia african command arm

 RHODESIA CENTRAL AFRICAN COMMAND ARM PATCH. This a clean, scarce arm patch in good condition. •The postage on this item will be R45.00 within S. A. (Registered with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

 RHODESIA CENTRAL AFRICAN COMMAND ARM PATCH. This a clean, scarce arm patch in good condition. •The postage on this item will be R48.00 within S. A. (Registered with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

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Buy South African Army Infantry School arm flash, Western Province Command balkie, pin intact for R95.00

The South African Air Force (SAAF), formed on 1 February 1920, is the second oldest air force in the Commonwealth. The air arm played a major role in securing victory for the Allies during the Second World War, in the 1948/49 Berlin Airlift, and in Korea in the 1950s. The SAAF assisted Rhodesia in the 1960s and 70s, made a major contribution to the Border or Bush war in South West Africa and Angola, participated in the transition to a new democracy in South Africa and continuously supports South African peace missions in Africa. It has also assisted in countless relief and rescue missions in southern Africa throughout this entire period. However, the SAAF is not just about aircraft and ordnance; it is made up of people and it is in this compilation that these people, airmen and ground crew alike, find their voice. These are their stories, all told in the first person by the actual participants as unvarnished, unabbreviated and intensely immediate and personal recollections. Through their stories of heroism, duty, adventure and tragedy, the reader will follow the history of the SAAF from 1939 to the present day. To complement the stories, the final chapter includes a collection of squadron pub songs from the Second World War, Korea and the Border War. Paperback, 338  pages 130 colour & b/w photos, 8 maps Published February 2013 (First Edition)

Here we have on auction a used but good condition (bright colours) 2nd battalion South African Cape Corps (SACC) "tupper-ware" plastic field-dress uniform (Browns) arm unit flash. The pin on the flash is intact and the flash features the Western province Command higher formation command bar. Please see the photos for confirmation of the item's condition and further details. The flash shield itself and unit insignia do have some cracks and aging. There is also some "glue" residue at the rear of the flash. 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!!!                                

Bandit Mentality captures Lindsay Kiwi OBriens Bush War service from 19761980 at the coalface of the Rhodesian conflict. Starting in the BSA Police Support Unit, the police professional anti-terrorist battalion, he served across the country as a section leader and a troop commander before joining the UANC political armies as trainer and advisor. Much has been written about the Armys elite units, but Support Units war record was mainly unknown during the conflict, and has faded into obscurity afterwards. Support Unit started poorly supplied and equipped, but the caliber of the men, mostly African, was second-to-none. Support Unit specialized in the grunt work inside Rhodesia with none of the flamboyant helicopter or cross-border raids carried out by the army. OBriens war was primarily within selected tribal lands, seeking out and destroying terrorist units in brisk close range battles with little to no support. OBrien moved from the police to working with the initial UANC deployment in the Zambezi Valley where the poorly trained recruits were delivered into the terrorist lair. They had to learn fast or die. OBriens account is a foreign-born perspective from a junior commander uninterested in promotion and the wrangling of upper command. He was decorated and wounded three times. First published: July 2017. Paperback 352 pages with photos.