S army bush hat

 56 CM INSIDE CIRCUMFERENCE - IN GOOD CONDITION - SEE PICS ABOVE                                             

Bush Hat - Border War Period - S.A.P.H.I. - Size 62 - 1983/84. The rim measurement of this hat is 60cm. This hat is in an excellent condition.

S.A. ARMY BUSH JACKET - NICE FIND, IN GOOD CONDITION - THESE WERE THE FIRST BUSH JACKETS AND DIFFERED FROM LATER ONES IN THAT IT HAD THE SLANTED TOP POCKETS ON CHEST AND PLEATED BOTTOM ONES. PEP PAXI = R50. POSTNET TO POSTNET = R99                                                                 

Defense Forces Camouflage Bush Hat. Brand new Round: 55 cm Size standard.

 Tiger stripes bush hat U.S size M -so SA Large Fits my Head I take 59 -60, I would say this as a reproduction /copy, Not original, in very good used condition, plz look at my other items  plz look at my other item s  Plz look at my other items

SADF bush hat, very nice condition, light signs of normal wear and tear. Size: 56 cm. Pictures are of the actual item up for auction. Please take a close look at all the photographs, they say more than a thousand words. N ote that in some cases there might be slight colour variations between the actual item and my photographs. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you might have before bidding, I will be glad to answer all of your questions.   >>> Click here to view all the other rare and interesting items from my collection! Please take 30 seconds to read this: I always describe items to the best of my knowledge and the pictures I post form an important part of the description. Please look at the photos carefully and only bid on the item if you really want it. Non-payers will be reported and given a negative feedback, no exceptions. If you have a feedback rating of 0 please contact me prior to bidding, otherwise I will remove your bid. I will offer a full refund of the purchase price plus original shipping costs if the item is not as described or if there is an obvious hidden fault. Should there be any problem after you have received your item please contact me immediately, there is always a way to work things out!

   Welcome to MT's Collectables. Our goal is to offer good quality collectables at reasonable prices. International bidders are welcome, but should take note of the international shipping charges. We are happy to combine orders to save on shipping. We do not make use of discreet listings, this is to keep all transactions transparent and without question. Items will be dispatched on Mondays and Tuesdays. Payment is due within 7 days of auction end if alternative arrangements are not made. We are reasonable, so talk to us and see what we can do to help. Have a good look at the pictures provided, these are of the actual item you are bidding on and form a vital part of the description. We do not close our auctions early, so please don't ask. We believe in a fair system where everybody has an equal opportunity. Happy bidding and thanks for taking the time to view our items. Up for auction is a Koevoet camo Bush hat as used by a member of Koevoet. Measurement 57 Cm. Please see my other auctions for more items belonging to this Koevoet member.   Happy bidding

 HJMC bush hat U.S size 60 I am not sure if this is a reproduction /copy, Or original, in very good used condition, plz look at my other items    Plz look at my other items

Buy Rare big SA Army/bush war late 1960`s Poncho/Ground sheet made by Ensign Cape Town 1968 for R250.00

WILLIAMS, David. On the Border 1965-1990. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2008. First Edition. The Border - for an entire generation of white South African men, this was code for the undeclared war in Angola and South West Africa (now Namibia) that began with a few skirmishes in the late 1960s and ended, twenty years later, with the most intense and extended conventional battles ever fought in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 600,000 men were called up by the South African Defence Force between 1968 and 1990. Much of what they did remained secret, the full story untold. In On the Border, David Williams captures the complexities of an era which is recalled with bitterness or nostalgia, often both, but which few who lived through can ever forget. 151pp., b+w photos. Near Fine. Previous Owner's bookmark neatly embossed on first 2 pages.. Pictorial Laminated Wrappers. (##2322) sadf, sanw, sandf, saw, bosoorlog, bush war, coin, teeninsurgensie, weermag, army, defence force, leër, grensoorlog, border war, national service, nasionale diensplig, dienspligtiges, troepe, troepie, troops, roof, oumanne, min dae,

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 Old.S.A Army Officers Chaplain hat in very good condition inside and outside.  Bullion wire still in good condition.  

This is a soldier's story about South African soldiers in southern Angola and Namibia and the enemies they fought. It tells of insurgency and counter-insurgency, guerrilla warfare and counter-guerrilla warfare, almost conventional warfare and conventional warfare. It tells of a conflict which the world saw as unpopular and unjust, in which South Africa was perceived as the aggressor. The South African soldiers who fought in it, however, saw it as a conflict fought to stop what is now Namibia falling into the hands of the Soviet and Cuban-backed SWAPO black nationalist political organisation. After Namibia South Africa would be next. They saw the whole conflict as an extension of the Cold War, but while it was on the frontiers in Europe, in Angola they were fighting a very hot war in Angola. Eventually, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the war was resolved by the democratic solution of UN supervised free and fair elections in Namibia. Since then, regrettably, there has been interference by the ruling party with the democratic constitution put in place in Namibia which has eroded much of that hard won democracy. 32 Battalion, of which Colonel Jan Breytenbach was the founding commander, became the most controversial unit in the South African Army because of the secrecy surrounding it. Its story is virtually the story of the Angolan/Namibian war, because its involvement in it was greater than any other South African unit. The regiment primarily consisted of black troops and NCOs originating from virtually every tribe in Angola. They were led by white South African officers and NCOs. Neither apartheid nor any form of racial discrimination was ever practiced in the unit. There was always a sprinkling of whites originating from countries like Great Britain, the old Rhodesia, Portugal and the USA amongst its leadership cadre, although in the latter stages of its existence this shrank to only a few. Such a presence undoubtedly led to stories circulating that the unit was a led by foreign white mercenaries. While it was true that the black Angolan element could have fallen with the mercenary definition, the whites involved were attested soldiers in the South African Army. In any case, they formed a minority and the vast majority of white officers and NCOs were born South Africans. The unit's aggressiveness and the successes it achieved in the field of battle, often against incredible odds, lay in its spirit and its  espirit de corps. In this respect and in many other ways it compared favourably with the French Foreign Legion. Its story parallels with and reminds one of the British and British Commonwealth Chindits of World War-2, operating behind the Japanese lines in Burma in large formations, out-guerrillaing those who only three years earlier had been regarded in awe as the unbeatable jungle warfare experts. Likewise, 32-Battalion consistently outfought both FAPLA, SWAPO and the Cubans in the Angola bush throughout the war years. It created a problem to which neither they nor their Soviet and East German mentors ever found a solution to. After the 1989 Namibian settlement the unit was with withdrawn to South Africa where they were deployed to effectively deal with MK infiltrations into the north of South Africa. From there, after the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, they were redeployed to deal with political troubles, principally between armed ANC self defense units and armed units of the IFP. The intrusion of black foreigners into the townships who were prepared to deal with troubles robustly and without fear or favour, did not suit either the ANC or the IFP, as they could not be subverted to support local causes because they held no local tribal allegiances. In the end it seems they became something of a bargaining chip at the CODESA negotiations, designed to find a new political dispensation for South Africa. Despite it having borne the brunt of South Africa' war in Angola with the blood of its troops, the National Party Government disgracefully ordered its arbitrary disbandment in March 1993 and the unit ceased to exist. Paperback, 360 pages with photos & maps  

Border-Line Insanity offers the reader an insight into the life of a conscripted soldier in the South African army during the dark days of apartheid. In 1984 I was thrust into a scary world of strict order and discipline as a teenage school graduate, experiencing subtle brain washing as I became molded into a white soldier for the mandatory two-year term. The reader is taken through the training, character building and bonds of camaraderie, before being dispatched into a bush life ripe with fear on the border line of South-West Africa/Namibia and Angola. From one patrol to the next we experienced the insanities that came with the hardship as we survived with an iron will under intense heat and heavy rainfall upon a land we scorned. Having seen and smelled innocent death on one border, only to have three troops from my section captured on another, and held prisoner under deplorable conditions in Mozambique. Experiencing real life fears in 1988, as we massed up in a mechanized armoured brigade as Citizen Force soldiers on the South-West African/Angolan border, in wait for an attack against Cuban and Angolan forces, with our fate a living hell in itself. With the army still breathing deeply in me, I left South Africa (after having served two and a half years) for a solo backpacking adventure across exotic parts of the world and behind the iron curtain, which lasted five years. In 2003 I returned to an independent Namibia to bury some tension, anxiety and hatred for a people, a land and a life where much of my ill feeling had been born only to fester silently for many years ahead. In so doing I had come full circle to closing a chapter never to be lived again and one certainly never to be forgotten. Paperback, 352pp; 32pp pages of colour pics and map Published: March 2007

Application: Outdoor, Camping, Overlanding Material: Roof: Heavy Duty 500gsm PVC with 4 air vents. Side Walls: Howard Safari Ripstop canvas 300gsm. Features: Weatherproof UV, rot mildew resistant. Frame: Electroplated steel poles. Complete with 6 side walls. There is a 1/3 Dropside with 80% shade net in the walls. Tent complete with poles, pegs guy rope 8 x braded cable chains for the corners. Size: 5.0m x 10.0m x 3.3m Pack Size: Tent comes in PVC zip up bag. Tent: 120cm x 70cm x 89cm 78kg. Frame: 220cm x 30cm x 30cm 25kg. Other: Please contact us for specific Tentco products and accessories not listed on our website. Please Note: This item exceeds 10kg's. Please contact us to confirm the shipping cost should you require shipping. Stock Code: 1214 Items Available: 1 Stock ID: 1214