Sa sai

 SA (SAI)PARACHUTE BERET BADGE IN METAL (PROTOTYPE)SOME OFFICERS WORE THIS BADGE,BUT VERY FEW WERE MADE & IT IS RARE - 2 LUGS

 SA Military compass used at 5 SAI by CPL. RG Hillio - Alpha Coy Platoon 6 - Not accurate 

 WW1 TRIO named to Pvt P.A. STOPFORTH. 3rd SAI. Mounted with a Somme unofficial medal. LOCAL BUYER PAYS R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BUYER SEE POSTAGE TABLE FOR OPTION

  Full Size. Group of Four Medals. To:  Sgt A Bennet  4 SAI SA Army   Pro Patria Medal no. 31843 Southern Africa Medal no. 009817 General Service Medal no. 129763 Unitas Medal no. 118320    From the collection of the late General Piet Fransen.

Buy SADF - SAI - 5 SA Infantry battalion flash (no pins) for R90.00

Buy SADF - SA INFANTRY (SAI) CAP BADGE (LARGER TYPE) - LUGS INTACT for R50.00

UP FOR AUCTION ARE 3 X TUPPERWARE FLASHES-ORIGINAL-1 SAI /8 SAI & INFANTRY COMPANY FLASH. ALL HAVE PINS-GOOD CONDITION. SHIPPING (SA) PREFERRED METHOD-POSTNET R110.00 OR PEP PAXI R55.00. OVERSEAS BIDDERS WELCOME BUT ONLY PAY THROUGH BOB-I DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL. HAPPY BIDDING!! PLEASE CHECK MY SITE FOR OTHER SADF MEMORABILIA-OR PICK UP AT MILITARY SHOP IN PRIMROSE-FISHERS HILL-THANK YOU!!

Here we have on auction a good used condition original period "step-out" 3 SAI Bn (Kimberley)  flash as would have been worn on the std SA Army tunic  - 3 x pins intact. This item is genuine, original period item and does have some "wear-and-tear", light surface scratches etc. Please see the pics for further detail and as a confirmation of the item and its condition as on auction. Please note that the camo used as a background is not included in this auction. Postage quotes supplied at close of successful auction depending on the winning bidder and his/ her location! Paypal gladly accepted for foreign or overseas buyers! Happy bidding!!!            

     6 SAI Shoulder Flash      Important   Thanks for supporting my auctions Your order will dispatch the day, following the day I receive your payment in full. To save on shipping costs, orders can be combined for maximum of 30 days, but payment  must be done as you go along just leave shipping costs until the very end.    INTERNATIONAL  Please let me quote you shipping to your specific country. Yes you may combine orders to save shipping fees. I use SA Postal Services either airmail or surface mail depending on the size of the order.  All additional charges like customs duty is for the pocket of the buyer.         

2 SAI Flash    3 Pins      Actual item depicted below              Important   Thanks for supporting my auctions Your order will dispatch the day, following the day I receive your payment in full. To save on shipping costs, orders can be combined for maximum of 30 days, but payment  must be done as you go along just leave shipping costs until the very end.  SOUTH AFRICA ONLY If you are in the Western Cape (Northern and Southern Suburbs) choose The Courier Guy on checkout at R50.00 or free collection from   Boston, Bellville.   POSTNET at R99.00 up to 5kgs. Please advise the nearest POSTNET branch and street address where the order must be sent to.If all fails I can use the Post Office as a last resort   it is R45 below 2kgs and R65 above 2kgs. I will advise the tracking number as soon as an order dispatches, please follow the progress of your parcel to make sure you receive it in the quickest possible time. If you have not received your parcel after 7 days please advise me so that I can try and assist with locating the parcel.     INTERNATIONAL  Please let me quote you shipping to your specific country. Yes you may combine orders to save shipping fees.Combining for maximum 30days before payment must be done,can combine further then. I use SA Postal Services either airmail or surface mail depending on the size of the order.  All additional charges like customs duty is for the pocket of the buyer.       

     6 SAI Shoulder Flash  Metal shoulder flash with 3 pins   Important   Thanks for supporting my auctions Your order will dispatch the day, following the day I receive your payment in full. To save on shipping costs, orders can be combined for maximum of 30 days, but payment  must be done as you go along just leave shipping costs until the very end.  SOUTH AFRICA ONLY If you are in the Western Cape (Northern and Southern Suburbs) choose The Courier Guy on checkout at R50.00 or free collection from   Boston, Bellville.   POSTNET at R99.00 up to 5kgs. Please advise the nearest POSTNET branch and street address where the order must be sent to.If all fails I can use the Post Office as a last resort   it is R45 below 2kgs and R65 above 2kgs. I will advise the tracking number as soon as an order dispatches, please follow the progress of your parcel to make sure you receive it in the quickest possible time. If you have not received your parcel after 7 days please advise me so that I can try and assist with locating the parcel.     INTERNATIONAL  Please let me quote you shipping to your specific country. Yes you may combine orders to save shipping fees. I use SA Postal Services either airmail or surface mail depending on the size of the order.  All additional charges like customs duty is for the pocket of the buyer.     

 SADF 5 SAI  stable belt complete with catch...comes with tupperware for 5 SAI,beret badge in cloth and  Golf Company tupperware flash.Sold as a lot LOCAL BIDDER PAYS R100 POSTNET OVERSEAS BUYER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR OPTIONS

Spesiale 1983 uitgawe ter viering van 8 SAI se 10de bestaansjaar. Baie foto's. Ook interessante foto's uit die rebellie van 1914. Special 1983 publication for the 10th anniversary of  8 SAI. Lots of photos and interesting 1914 rebellion information Soft cover in good condition

UP FOR  AUCTION IS A COMPLETE SET OF 2ND  SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BATTALION INSIGNIA ON BOARD. THE TUPPERWARE FLASH HAS WALVIS BAY COMMAND BAR. THE CLOTH SHOULDER FLASHES ARE 1ST TYPE. PLEASE CHECK PHOTO'S. SHIPPING (SA) R79.00. HAPPY BIDDING!! OR PICK UP AT MILITARY SHOP -HERITAGE COLLECTIONS -PRIMROSE-FISHERS HILL-THANK YOU.

5 SAI shoulder title set - Original Bottom one slightly faded from washing    

 SADF SAI company flashes including rare H Company.SOLD AS A LOT LOCAL BUYER R110 POSTNET OVERSEAS BUYER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS  

 Single set of 3 SAI shoulder title and number. All lugs intact SOLD AS A SET LOCAL BUYER R110 POSTNET OVERSEASW BUYER SEE POSTAGE TABLE FOR OPTIONS

2014 paperback with 163 pages brand new. R50 postage in SA. I also do an affordable courier.....ask me!   Ops Askari was a large-scale, cross-border, mechanised operation launched by the South African Defence Force in November 1983. As is the nature with an assault like this, the constituent parts of Ops Askari was a complex blend of fighting men and support personnel from different Defence Force corps and combat disciplines. This account does not strive to recount the exploits of all these different elements in all their various facets. The focus is a rather narrow one. It is the story of five disparate, yet very similar, groups of young men who took part in this great raid into enemy territory against a superior force holding most of the battlefield aces. These five groups feature in this story for one reason: they all took part in the two attacks on a rickety little town in Angola called Cuvelai, on the 31st of December 1983 and again on the 3rd and 4th of January 1984. They only formed part of a much larger effort. The entire force is the subject of a number of books, but in this account the focus is on the five groups which I call the Spine of Delta. The first of these groups was a company of National Servicemen, known as Alpha Company (A Coy,) hailing from 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1 SAI Bn) in Bloemfontein, 1983. I was their captain, and it was my privilege to be their company commander from March 1983 right through the training phases and for the duration of Ops Askari. Then there was Delta Company (D Coy,) also NSM from 1 SAI. They formed part of 61 Mechanized Battalion Group (61 Mech Bn Gp) during Ops Askari. Also from the 1983 intake in 1 SAI was an 81 mm mortar platoon from the units Support Company, a young squad who fought courageously as part of The Spine during the hectic final five-day struggle for the occupation of Cuvelai.  The fourth element was also trained at 1 SAI Bn but during operations it did not deploy as a group. These men were Ratel drivers allocated where they were needed. They were fondly referred to as Digue's Platoon, named after their indefatigable platoon sergeant, Pierre Digue. This platoon participated as drivers for The Spine. These four bands of comrades shared their military roots, all being trained at 1 SAI in 1983. There was, however, a fifth and quite different group. They were'nt national servicemen at all, but students from four University Military Units; from University of Pretoria, University of the Free State, University of Stellenbosch and Rand Afrikaans University. They had already completed their two years' commitment as NSM and were civilians once more. During the university recess they had the option to volunteer for deployment as individuals or as a group from various Citizen Force (CF) Regiments. This book is mainly a compilation of their stories; of the reminiscences of those young national servicemen from Alpha and Delta Companies, 1 SAI; the 81-mm Mortar Platoon from 1 SAI by way of 4 SAI, Middelburg; Digues Platoon, officially the Chief of the Army's Platoon of drivers, and the valiant students from Tuks, Kovsies, Maties and RAU. With 63 black and white photos from the operation and the authentic war journal by Ian Scott from the University of Pretoria Military Unit.  

2014 paperback with 163 pages brand new. R50 postage in SA. Special edition limited to 200 copies. Numbered 162 and made out to a Van der Poel. I also do an affordable courier.....ask me!   Ops Askari was a large-scale, cross-border, mechanised operation launched by the South African Defence Force in November 1983. As is the nature with an assault like this, the constituent parts of Ops Askari was a complex blend of fighting men and support personnel from different Defence Force corps and combat disciplines. This account does not strive to recount the exploits of all these different elements in all their various facets. The focus is a rather narrow one. It is the story of five disparate, yet very similar, groups of young men who took part in this great raid into enemy territory against a superior force holding most of the battlefield aces. These five groups feature in this story for one reason: they all took part in the two attacks on a rickety little town in Angola called Cuvelai, on the 31st of December 1983 and again on the 3rd and 4th of January 1984. They only formed part of a much larger effort. The entire force is the subject of a number of books, but in this account the focus is on the five groups which I call the Spine of Delta. The first of these groups was a company of National Servicemen, known as Alpha Company (A Coy,) hailing from 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1 SAI Bn) in Bloemfontein, 1983. I was their captain, and it was my privilege to be their company commander from March 1983 right through the training phases and for the duration of Ops Askari. Then there was Delta Company (D Coy,) also NSM from 1 SAI. They formed part of 61 Mechanized Battalion Group (61 Mech Bn Gp) during Ops Askari. Also from the 1983 intake in 1 SAI was an 81 mm mortar platoon from the units Support Company, a young squad who fought courageously as part of The Spine during the hectic final five-day struggle for the occupation of Cuvelai.  The fourth element was also trained at 1 SAI Bn but during operations it did not deploy as a group. These men were Ratel drivers allocated where they were needed. They were fondly referred to as Digue's Platoon, named after their indefatigable platoon sergeant, Pierre Digue. This platoon participated as drivers for The Spine. These four bands of comrades shared their military roots, all being trained at 1 SAI in 1983. There was, however, a fifth and quite different group. They were'nt national servicemen at all, but students from four University Military Units; from University of Pretoria, University of the Free State, University of Stellenbosch and Rand Afrikaans University. They had already completed their two years' commitment as NSM and were civilians once more. During the university recess they had the option to volunteer for deployment as individuals or as a group from various Citizen Force (CF) Regiments. This book is mainly a compilation of their stories; of the reminiscences of those young national servicemen from Alpha and Delta Companies, 1 SAI; the 81-mm Mortar Platoon from 1 SAI by way of 4 SAI, Middelburg; Digues Platoon, officially the Chief of the Army's Platoon of drivers, and the valiant students from Tuks, Kovsies, Maties and RAU. With 63 black and white photos from the operation and the authentic war journal by Ian Scott from the University of Pretoria Military Unit.  

 Four quantity SA Infantry stable belts complete with buckles for 1 SAI,..4 SAI...,7 SAI AND 8 SAI. All with early style belts. SOLD AS A LOT LOCAL BIDDER PAYS R100 CENTRAL FEDEX TOWN OR R200 OUT LYING TOWNS OVERSEAS BIDDER SEE POSTAGE RATES TABLE FOR SHIPPING OPTIONS

A double issue WW1 British War Medal to Pte. G.C Burgon who served in both the BSAP (A-186) and 8 SAI. See records and picture below.   Here is our man, looking all squared away. Records for 8 SAI indicate BWM and VM.   Records for BSAP indicate BWM, VM and Star.  Overseas bidders welcome but you retain the risk of postage. No paypal - only Creditcard. NO SAPO for domestic bidders - only POSTNET (R120.00) or Courier (Please wait for charges). Please do not ask for SAPO as I will delete your bid and register an SNC, even if you win. If you don't like the postage options - Don't bid. Only SA bidders who can access Bobpay or the CC facility should bid. No paypal. Postnet costs include packaging and transport. IF YOU PAY ONLY THE STANDARD  POSTNET COSTS I WILL WITHHOLD THE ITEM UNTIL THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT IS PAID. Payment to be completed within 48 hours of winning bid confirmation

     3 SAI Shoulder Flash      Important   Thanks for supporting my auctions Your order will dispatch the day, following the day I receive your payment in full. To save on shipping costs, orders can be combined for maximum of 30 days, but payment  must be done as you go along just leave shipping costs until the very end.    INTERNATIONAL  Please let me quote you shipping to your specific country. Yes you may combine orders to save shipping fees. I use SA Postal Services either airmail or surface mail depending on the size of the order.  All additional charges like customs duty is for the pocket of the buyer.         

A confirmed WW1 medal group to Pte D.J.Fullard (6428 WW1). Also 3rd SAI - E Company. Wounded at Delville Wood on the 15th July 1916. He joins the Southern Rifles on the 24th October 1914 and sees action in GSWA. He is discharged on the 20th July 1915 and re-enlists on the 11th October 1915 and qualifies as a sniper. He is wounded in action on the 15th July 1916, shot in the left hand. He is transferred to Calais and then on to England. He is reflected on the roll call taken on the evening of the 14th July 1916. He is also gassed by the enemy at some point. Court mounted for display - research will be mailed to the successful bidder. All medals confirmed and correctly impressed. A neat group for more research.      Overseas buyers welcome - you retain the risk of postage. No paypal only Credit card. NO SAPO for domestic bidders - only POSTNET (R140.00) or Courier (Please wait for charges). Please do not ask for SAPO as I will delete your bid and register an SNC, even if you win. If you don't like the postage options - Don't bid. Only SA bidders who can access Bobpay or the CC facility should bid. No paypal. Payment to be completed within 48 hours of winning bid confirmation. If no payment after 7 days - SNC will be registered, no exceptions.