Rhodesia armoured car unit

  Rhodesia - Armoured Car Unit Fantasy Shoulder Flash Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Original Pins Registered Mail @ R 55.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Please have a look at all our other items.

    Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car Regiment Maroon Tie. "Made in England" label. Condition as per photo.   PAYMENT OPTIONS BANK TRANSFER, CASH DEPOSIT, PAYPAL SHIPPING OPTIONS R100 FOR COURIER DELIVERY The parcel can be tracked on  www.parcelcode.co.za NO PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS    

  Rhodesia - Armoured Car Regiment Fantasy Flash Exact images of the item/s on Auction: 1 Missing Pin Registered Mail @ R 55.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Please have a look at all our other items.

  Rhodesia - Armoured Car Regiment Fantasy Flash Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Original Pins Registered Mail @ R 55.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Please have a look at all our other items.

Buy RHODESIA - BUSH WAR -. RHODESIAN ARMOURED CAR REGIMENT DRINKS COASTER for R65.00

 BOOK AS NEW SOFT BACK WITH 350 PAGES AND MANY PHOTOGRAPHS. BOOK ILLUSTRATES MOST IF NOT ALL VEHICLES INCLUDING MOTOR CYCLES USED BY THE POLICE AND INCLUDES THE POLICE CAR CLUB AND THEIR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS INVOLVEMENT IN MOTOR RACING, SCRAMBLING, AND RALLYING.  ALSO ARTICLES ON THE POLICE FIRE BRIGADE AND THE ARMOURED CAR RECCE UNIT. A MUST FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR.

Buy RHODESIA - PRE U.D.I. - ROYAL RHODESIA REGIMENT B. COMPANY ARM. CAR UNIT CAP BADGE for R75.00

Period Kiko                                   Excellent Condition                                                                       Armoured Car Regiment Stamps on the Inside                                    Please have a look at all our other items

  Uniforms of the Security Forces of Rhodesia - Limited Edition Numbered 113 of 500 Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Title:  UNIFORMS OF THE SECURITY FORCES OF RHODESIA Publisher:  Musketeer Press, Publication Date:  1979  Binding:  Hard Cover Elephant Hide Illustrator:  LAIRD, DAVID J. Book Condition: Excellent Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase as issued Edition:  First Limited Edition no 113 of R500 Book Type:  Coffee Table Book. ULTRA RARE Limited Edition of 500 copies: Numbered (113) and signed by the artist and publisher. Black elephant hide cover with gilt pressing of Rhodesia's Coat of Arms. No pagination but consists of 31 colored plates, each preceded by the Unit's name and badge and a full page history of the Unit (see examples) - Included are the RLI, Selous Scouts, SAS, Grey Scouts, Armoured Car Reg, Womens Service, Internal Affairs, Rhodesian Regiment, Defense Regiment, 1 Psychological Ops Unit, Education Corps, Guard Force, RAR, Intel Corps, Engineers, Chaplains, Medical, Pay, Army Services, BSAP, Rhodesian Corps of the Artillery, Signals. Military Police, The Airforce, and The Rhodesian Airforce,  In front is a 2pg spread of the portraits of the 5 Commanders of Combined Operations, headed by Lieut General G P Walls (ref photo): Size: 436x24p6mm and weighs over 3kgs   Condition: Please keep in mind that this book is 38 years old  - Very Minor spots on Elephant hide cover  - Very Minor foxing on first 2 and last 2 pages  - No tears, marks or inscriptions other than the author and artist signature  - From a collectors point of view its in an excellent condition  Registered Mail @ R 55.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 (Combine at no extra cost) Please have a look at all our other items.

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It is May 1983. The UMR is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Headquarters, the UMR Hall, in Greytown. A medal parade, civic dinner and a number of other events are on the programme. The members of the Unit are upbeat and enthusiastic and look forward to all the activities. There is an officers meeting in the old UMR Hall. On the agenda the Unit's history going forward from 1975 when the last edition was published. A decision is taken to appoint a senior officer (Maj. L. Palmer) to commence working on the History project. The idea is to begin collecting material, articles and photographs, interviewing the older ex-members and Comrades of the Unit, collecting anecdotes and any other related information. The years passed and the work load increased as time went on. The one man project became a 4 member committee and members came and went. Cmdt. John Allchin took over the project. Under his direction the work continued until in, 2004, there was enough progress to appoint a professional scribe to put it all together. Mark Coghlan of the Pietermaritzburg Museum, a person of great experience and insight into military history in KwaZulu-Natal, was approached and accepted the assignment;  To draft, collate and produce the History of the UMR 1864 to 2004. The rest is history, the culmination of over 20-odd years of hard but fulfilling work. As the reader turns the pagers of this document, the history of the illustrious UMR will unfold before his/her very eyes, and the reader will be taken for the ride of a lifetime. The ride starts with a small band of 45 cavalry volunteers in Greytown and ends with a modern Armoured Car Regiment, a compliment of 254 trained men and women, equipped with Rooikat armoured vehicles and a modern and functional headquarters at Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. The Umvoti Mounted Rifles is the second oldest Regiment in the South African National Defence Force. It was 150 years old on 16 May 2014. The regiment fought gallantly and with honour in the South African (Zulu) War of 1879; The South Africa (Anglo Boer) War of 1899 -1902; Natal (Bambata) Rebellion of 1906; South West Africa (First world War) 1914-1915 and Gibbon, Western Desert (Second World War) 1941-1943. The Regiment stands proud as the only active Armoured Car Regiment in KwaZulu-Natal, and is ready to serve the South African National Defence Force, The Country and its People, where and whenever called upon to do so. Hardcover, 795 pages. Published October 2012 

    WWII SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION TITLE BADGE The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.   History Lt Col George E Brink was given the responsibility for establishing the battalion at Roberts Heights and was the first commanding officer. The SSB was established to save the youth from physical and moral degeneration caused by massive unemployment due to the Great Depression. The SSB was to teach the young men military discipline, fitness and various trades to enable them to be employed by the Department of Labour and Welfare. The SSB men received a salary of a shilling a day causing the SSB soon to be known as the "Bob a Day Battalion".  In 1934 detachments were also established for 100 trainees at Durban and 150 at Cape Town. Training included elementary military subjects and physical training. After a year of the young men usually found employment in government departments or with civilian employers. By 1936 the output of the SSB totalled about 2000 youths a year. In 1937 the South African Railways established at Roberts Heights a special school to prepare boys for the railways. In 1937 3788 youths passed through the ranks of the SSB. A total of 882 of them joined the Permanent Force.  With the expansion of the South African Air Force in 1937 the SSB provided 248 air apprentices for special training but, with the improvement in the economic situation, the waiting list to join the battalion had dwindled to almost nil.  With the outbreak of war in September 1939, members of the SSB were posted to units requiring immediate reinforcement to get on to a wartime basis. An example of this being the Coastal Artillery. In February 1940 a number of troops were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Field Force Battalions. These served with distinction in East Africa, Abyssinia and the Middle East as part of 1st South African Division.  SADF era 1 SSB Commemorative Letter In August 1941 all members of the SSB below the age of 18 were transferred to the Youth Training Brigade. The remainder formed an infantry battalion, which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942.  In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade. In March 1943 the Field Force Battalion was disbanded and other ranks and some of the officers were transferred to the SSB, thus providing a nucleus of battle-tested veterans.  The unit sailed for the Middle East with the 6th SA Armoured Division in April 1943. In 1944 the division crossed the Mediterranean Sea to take part in the Italian campaign. The regiment played a prominent part in numerous actions during the campaign.  In 1946, SSB was resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit and reorganised on a two-battalion basis with the 1st Battalion as an armoured unit and the 2nd Battalion infantry. The former became a training regiment in 1953 and the latter was renamed the 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1SAI) in 1951.   CONDITION:  Very Good. Lugs in tact. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

An extraordinary collection of 77 Pre and Post UDI Rhodesian military badges. Please look at the list below for an itemisation of all the badges & if there is anything to note for each. Given the size of the collection it’s not possible to photograph each, however they are all original with no “Kariba” or collectors edition badges in the collection. Note that the lugs of the Pre & Post UDI badges do differ.    Rh RAR Slouch hat badge Rh RAR collar badge set (1 missing lugs) Rh Regiment blackened beret badge - Rhodesian Rh Regiment blackened badge - Queens Crown Rh Regiment blackened badge - Kings Crown (missing lug) Rh Regiment silvered collar badge set - also used as officers beret badges Rh RLI Beret Badge  Rh RLI collar badge set Rh RLI beret badge pre UDI in 1965   Rh Greys Scouts other ranks beret badge Rh Greys Scouts collar badge set Rh Intelligence Corps beret badge Rh Intelligence Corps collar badge set Rh 1st Psychological Operations Unit, beret badge Rh Artillery beret badge (missing 1 lug) Rh Military Police cap badge Rh Military Police collar badge set   Rh Prison Services officers cloth / bullion cap badge Rh Prison Services other ranks metal badge Rh Prison Services collar badge set Rh Airforce officers cloth / bullion cap badge Rh Airforce officers cap metal badge  Rh Airforce women’s badge Rh Regiment blackened beret badge  Rh Regiment blackened beret badge  Rh Grand Cross of Valour (G.C.V) medal bar Rh ?Regiment Officers Cord Boss beret badge? Rh ?Army Sgt Major Mess Dress rank badge? single Southern Rh ?General Service Corps beret badge? Rh ?Army Sgt Major Mess Dress rank badge? set Rh ?General Service Corps beret badge? Rh BSAP Officers cloth / bullion cap badge Rh BSAP metal cap badge Rh Guard Force ?Commander rank badge? also used as Officers cap badge Rh Guard Force Cap badge Rh Guard Force collar badge set Rh Internal Affairs badge Rh Internal Affairs collar badge set (missing lugs)   Rh Signals beret badge Rh Signals beret badge pre UDI in 1965 (crown stitched onto backing) Rh? Defence Regiment beret badge? Rh? Defence Regiment collar badge? - single Rh Armoured Car Regiment beret badge Rh Armoured Car Regiment collar badge set Rh Corps of Engineers collar badge set also used as Officers beret badges (one missing lugs) Rh ?Army Service Corps beret badge? Rh ?Army Service Corps collar badge? set Rh ?Army Service Corps beret badge? pre UDI in 1965 Rh ?Army Service Corps collar badge? set pre UDI in 1965   Rh Medical Corps beret badge Rh Medical Corps collar badge set Rh Medical Corps beret badge pre UDI in 1965 Rh Medical Corps collar badge set pre UDI in 1965 Rh Pay Corps beret badge Rh Pay Corps collar badge set Rh ?General Service Corps beret badge? Rh ?General Service Corps beret badge? pre UDI in 1965 Rh Chaplains Corps brass beret badge  Rh Education Corps beret badge Rh Education Corps collar badge set  

IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT TITLE BADGES The Light Horse Regiment, formerly the Imperial Light Horse, is an armoured car reconnaissance unit of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. Headquarters = Johannesburg Motto = Patria et Libertas (Country and Liberty) Founded = 1899 OC Angola campaign = Commandant Roy L. Jackson Equipment = Eland APC, Rooikat Beret Colour = Black   CONDITION:  Very Good. 2 Lugs on each. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

"SPRINGBOKS IN ARMOUR" HARRY KLEIN FIRST EDITION, 1965, PURNELL & Sons No previous ownership marks, a clean unmarked copy;  Binding sound;  338pp., Appendices, Bibliography, Index and Index to Arms, Formations, Regiments and Units. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece, 37 bl & wh photographs and 2 fold-out maps. First Edition. An authoritative account by an officer who served with the unit, and of the reconnaissance force which made up the South African Armoured Car Regiments of the South African Tank Corps, and their engagements in Kenya, Abyssinia and later, North Africa. Size: 25.3cm x 16.3cm Purnell & Sons, Cape Town 1965 no dustjacket postage quoted for South Africa only