Rhodesia jameson

    Rhodesia - 1967 copper medallion Leander Starr Jameson - Lobengula's kraal W eight: 24.7 g ACTUAL PICTURES

Rhodesia - 1967 copper medallion Leander Starr Jameson - Lobengula's kraal W eight: 24.7 g ACTUAL PICTURES

RHODESIA, 1967. The 50th Anniversary of the Death of Administrator Dr Jameson. Wmk: None Perf: 14 ½.  Single issue for the day, used, previously  hinged. Tinting on back. View scans for condition as it form part of the description,  CV R 7.00. Note, display card not included, and,  t he line across the images are due to   the display card that we use to scan items.                                                                                                                       

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 LOVELY BOOK WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE THEN RHODESIA. A COLLECTORS GEM IN VERY GOOD CONDITION  THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO BOOK SET BOOKS OF ZIMBABWE 1982   SCHOOLS INCLUDE; ELLIS ROBIN, TOWNSEND,ORIEL, NORTHLEA, MONTROSE, JAMESON HIGH, HAMILTON, FORT VICTORIA, ST STEPHENS COLLEGE MOUNT PLEASANT SINOIA HIGH AND OTHERS.

  RHODESIA 1933 - 40th Anniversary of Occupation of Matabeleland Bronze Medal During 1893 Matabeleland was invaded by troops of the British South Africa Company. King Lobengula of the Matabele fled the capital, Bulawayo. On 4 November 1893, Leander Starr Jameson declared Matabeleland to be under the rule of the B.S.A. Company and Cecil John Rhodes ordered that Bulawayo should be rebuilt for white settlement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Width = approx. 34 mm Weight = 17.3 grams ACTUAL PICTURES

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

1974 first edition hardcover in good condition. Dust jacket has some wear around edges.  395 pages. R46 postage in SA or R52 courier to most bigger cities.  Also inside: Admiral Bierman, Angola, FNLA, Frelimo, Jameson, Kaunda, Mao-Tse-tung, Mobuto Sese Seko, MPLA, Nyerere, Rhodesia, Ian Smith, SWAPO, Tanzania, General Walls, ZANU, Zimbabwe.

Van Onselen (C.). Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2010. First Edition. "For two decades before a railway system linked southern Africa's principal cities in the mid-1890s, the world's richest supplies of diamonds and gold were transported by coach and horses to distant ports for export. For Irish soldiers based at Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, the temptation of this fabulous wealth proved irresistible: they deserted by the score and, as members of the criminal 'Irish Brigade', embarked on a spree of bank, safe and highway robberies. "Masked Raiders" follows the wild exploits of legendary brigands like the McKeone brothers and 'One-Armed Jack' McLaughlin, who ravaged the subcontinent, from the mining towns of Barberton, Kimberley and Johannesburg to the borders of Basotholand, Bechuanaland, Mozambique and Rhodesia. With tales of heists, safe-cracking, illegal gold dealings, prison breaks and hidden roadside treasure, the book reveals the potency of the highveld's 'criminal heroes', a force - until now - largely hidden from history. Startling new insights reveal how the hidden grammar of brigandage informed political actions of the day, such as the Jameson Raid, and how the movement of bandits across the interior helped shape the borders of what was to become modern South Africa. With inimitable storytelling flair, Charles van Onselen illuminates the intrigue and influence of a secretive, oath-bound brotherhood." 292pp., b+w plates. Near Fine. Pictorial Laminated Wrappers. (##2727)