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Buy SADF EAST GRIQUALAND COMMANDO TUPPER WARE FLASH for R150.00

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  SADF - Regiment East Rand Cap Badge Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Original Screws 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.

    SADF Regiment North East Cape Small Mess Dress Collar Badge - Owen 920. Pins intact. Condition as per photo.   PAYMENT OPTIONS BANK TRANSFER, CASH DEPOSIT, PAYPAL SHIPPING OPTIONS R60 FOR COURIER DELIVERY NO PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS    

  SADF - Regiment East Rand Cap and Collar Set Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Original Lugs and 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.

    SADF Regiment North East Cape Small Mess Dress Collar Badge - Owen 920. Pins intact. Condition as per photo.   PAYMENT OPTIONS BANK TRANSFER, CASH DEPOSIT, PAYPAL SHIPPING OPTIONS R60 FOR COURIER DELIVERY The parcel can be tracked on  www.parcelcode.co.za NO PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS    

  SADF - Regiment East Rand Cap and Collar Badge Set 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.

Condition As Per Scans.SADF PRETORIA EAST COMMANDO SINGLE METAL FLASH TWO PINS MISSING - ONE PIN INTACT AT BOTTOM PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS      

  ##  AUCTION / BUY NOW RULES  ## 1.   OVERSEAS BIDDERS / BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE BEFORE PAYING. 2.   OVERSEAS BIDDERS / BUYERS PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES IN THE POSTAL SYSTEM. 3.   PAYMENT STRICTLY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF COMPLETION OF AUCTION / SALE. 4.   I USE POSTNET, SA POST OFFICE AND COURRIER ON REQUEST. 5.   I CANNOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOST PARCELS AFTER POSTAGE. I TRY TO POST AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE AFTER POSTAGE BUT IT CAN TAKE A FEW DAYS TO DO POSTNET. 6.   PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT MY POSTAGE FEES OR IF YOU ARE NOT PLANNING TO PAY.  7.   I AM NOT UNREASONABLE WHEN GIVING RATINGS AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO FILE SNC's. 8.   YOUR TRACKING NUMBER WILL BE GIVEN WITH YOUR RATING AFTER POSTAGE. -- ITEM DESCRIPTION -- SADF - REGIMENT NORTH EAST CAPE GILDING CAP BADGE - PINS INTACT This badge is in good condition with all pinss intact. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES BELOW, FEEL FREE TO ASK OR JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.  

  ##  AUCTION / BUY NOW RULES  ## 1.   OVERSEAS BIDDERS / BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE BEFORE PAYING. 2.   OVERSEAS BIDDERS / BUYERS PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES IN THE POSTAL SYSTEM. 3.   PAYMENT STRICTLY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF COMPLETION OF AUCTION / SALE. 4.   I USE POSTNET, SA POST OFFICE AND COURRIER ON REQUEST. 5.   I CANNOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOST PARCELS AFTER POSTAGE. I TRY TO POST AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE AFTER PAYMENT BUT IT CAN TAKE A FEW DAYS TO DO POSTNET. 6.   PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT MY POSTAGE FEES OR IF YOU ARE NOT PLANNING TO PAY.  7.   I AM NOT UNREASONABLE WHEN GIVING RATINGS AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO FILE SNC's. 8.   YOUR TRACKING NUMBER WILL BE GIVEN WITH YOUR RATING AFTER POSTAGE. -- ITEM DESCRIPTION -- SADF - REGIMENT NORTH EAST CAPE GILDING CAP BADGE - PINS INTACT This badge is in good condition with all pinss intact. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES BELOW, FEEL FREE TO ASK OR JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.  

    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.

Buy SADF SHOULDER FLASH EAST LONDON COMMANDO 3 PINS for R150.00

Buy SADF - Pretoria East Commando Shoulder Flash Pair for R350.00

Buy SADF - REGIMENT EAST RAND CAP BADGE - SCREWS INTACT for R80.00

Buy SADF - `East London Commando` Shoulder Flash (3 Pins) for R225.00

Here we have on auction a great period item from a proud and esteemed SADF era Citizen Force (reserve) Infantry unit based in East London in the Border area of the Eastern Cape - The Kaffrarian Rifles - the unit no longer exists after the name was changed to Buffalo Volunteer Rifles! A great pre- 1994 SADF era period piece (solid wood shield) and in great condition to boot! The rear suppliers tag/ label is intact and in place. No major damage besides to be expected aging! 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!!!      

WANTED TO BUY for R600: SADF Gately Commando Tupperware Arm Flash To complete my collection, I'm looking for a South African Army Gately Commando flash (see photos) that was worn on the army browns. Gately Commando was based at Woodbrook in East London, South Africa. Will pay R600. Thanks!

Will pay R1,000 for a SADF Army Gately Commando Flash (Tupper version) that was worn on the old army brown uniform, by Gately Commando in East London. (See photos).

South African Recce / SF East German Copy Camo Set! This set consists of: 1 x Kiko Cap (Large) 1 x Bush Jacket (Large) 1 x Trousers (Medium) 34" waist. SADF style cut No rips or tears..... Great kit for the South African Recce collector....   International bidders welcome. Paypal Accepted.  

A fully confirmed scarce WW2 / SADF medal group to WO Stanley Belton with both the Union medal (numbered 1035) and Pro Merito medal (numbered  130). He serves in East Africa and Abyssinia as T.S.C and then re-musters PF to SA Navy. All the medals are confirmed in his records - see pictures for more details. Interestingly he is nominated twice for the PMM in 1967 and 1970 and only received the medal in 1970. He also earns the clasp to the Union medal (the clasp is mint and SAM marked - also rare). The clasp alone seems to garner a price in excess of R1500 for some reason). His records show his award of the clasp, the medals and the confirmation of the medal numbers - a real find for the collector who looks for scarce combinations. All WW2 medals are also confirmed. Please note the clasp has not been fixed to the court mounted group. Comes with full file of information. Please note the PMM has some wear and tear. 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.

    SADF Yearbook 1985   large format, hard cover, illustrations, 208 pages in excellent antiquarian preservation     Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, BBB

    Helmoed-Römer Heitman War in Angola The Final South African Phase Ashanti Gibraltar 1990, first edition, hard cover, illustrations, 368 pages, original dust jacket in excellent second-hand condition   Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, Fapla

    SOUTH AFRICANS AT WAR SERIES no 5 CJ Harris War at Sea South African Maritime Operations during World War II Rivonia (Ashanti) 1991, first edition, hard cover, illustrations, 356 pages, original dust jacket in excellent second-hand condition   Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, Fapla

    SOUTH AFRICANS AT WAR SERIES no 1 James Ambrose Brown The War of a Hundred Days Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-1941 Rivonia (Ashanti) 1990, first edition, hard cover, illustrations, 300 pages, original dust jacket in excellent second-hand condition   Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, Fapla

    Eli Levine The Golden Key Bryanston 1980, first edition, hard cover, illustrations, 282 pages, original dust jacket (worn), stains, back hinge cracked   RARE   Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, Fapla

Conflicting Missions  is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa and of its escalating clash with US policy and later its direct military clashes with the South African Defence Force in Angola. It is the other side of a conflict that South Africans have not been told about until now. Gleijeses' narrative gallops from Cuba's first hesitant steps in rendering assistance to Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the war in the Congo (later Zaire and now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1964-65, when 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara, acting in support of the Simba rebels, were confronted by white mercenaries from South Africa, Rhodesia, Britain and elsewhere - supported and controlled by America's Central Intelligence Agency. Gleijeses writes about the dramatic dispatch to Angola of Cuban troops to aid the communist-backed rebel MPLA movement in 1975. And how, being the rainy season, their destruction of the major river bridges in Angola's north contributed to halting the rapid and victorious advance of the seemingly unstoppable Battle Group Zulu of South Africa's SADF. The blocking of Battle Group Zulu from reaching Luanda led to political decisions by the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, to call off the CIA's future operations in support of UNITA and the FNLA and to South African Prime Minister John Vorster withdrawing all South African forces from Angola. This left the MPLA and its Cuban and other communist allies in control. This was undoubtedly the most significant domino that would soon lead to the fall of white Rhodesia and ultimately to the handover of Namibia to SWAPO and finally to black rule in the Republic South Africa. Piero Gleijeses analysis is clear, rigorous and balanced; the archival research supporting it is unprecedented. Not only is he the first historian to have gained access to closed Cuban archives, he also worked extensively in the archives of the United States, Belgium, Great Britain and East and West Germany. In addition he interviewed many of the protagonists in the United States, Cuba and Africa - from the head of the CIA station in Luanda to Che Guevara's second-in-command in the Congo - and analysed the American, European, South African and other African press. The result is a remarkably comprehensive document that sheds new light on the history of those times. It  revolutionizes  our view of Cuba's international role, challenges conventional beliefs about the Soviet Union in directing Cuba's action in Africa and provides, for the first time, a look from the inside of Cuba's foreign policy during the Cold War Hardcover, 490 pages.  Published August 2005

    Gerald L'Ange Urgent Imperial Service Ashanti 1991, first edition, hard cover, illustrations, 352 pages, original dust jacket   in excellent second-hand condition       Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, BBB

    Siegfried Stander Like the Wind Cape Town 1985, first edition, hard cover, large format, illustrations, 144 pages, original dust jacket in excellent second-hand condition       Buy bulk to save on postage. Kindly have a look to my related books on Africana, South West Africa (Südwestafrika, Suid-Wes Afrika), SWA, DOA, German East Africa, ZAR, Anglo-Boer War, Border War (grensoorlog), Germany (Deutsches Reich), Colonies, Paul Kruger, Jan Smuts, Eugene Terre'Blanche, AWB, HNP, National Party, vryheidsoorlog, Rhodesia, Verwoerd, Angola, Bataljoen 32, SADF, Koevoet, Bushmen, Recce, Legion, Pik Botha PW, Viljoen, Weermag, Cuba, Paratroopers, Panzer, Cheetah, Olifant, SWAPO, terrorists, elite forces, Army, BBB

2003. Hard cover with dust cover; 490 pages. Very good condition. Tightly bound. Over 1kg. Conflicting Missions  is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa and of its escalating clash with US policy and later its direct military clashes with the South African Defence Force in Angola. It is the other side of a conflict that South Africans have not been told about until now. Gleijeses' narrative gallops from Cuba's first hesitant steps in rendering assistance to Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the war in the Congo (later Zaire and now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1964-65, when 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara, acting in support of the Simba rebels, were confronted by white mercenaries from South Africa, Rhodesia, Britain and elsewhere - supported and controlled by America's Central Intelligence Agency. Gleijeses writes about the dramatic dispatch to Angola of Cuban troops to aid the communist-backed rebel MPLA movement in 1975. And how, being the rainy season, their destruction of the major river bridges in Angola's north contributed to halting the rapid and victorious advance of the seemingly unstoppable Battle Group Zulu of South Africa's SADF. The blocking of Battle Group Zulu from reaching Luanda led to political decisions by the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, to call off the CIA's future operations in support of UNITA and the FNLA and to South African Prime Minister John Vorster withdrawing all South African forces from Angola. This left the MPLA and its Cuban and other communist allies in control. This was undoubtedly the most significant domino that would soon lead to the fall of white Rhodesia and ultimately to the handover of Namibia to SWAPO and finally to black rule in the Republic South Africa. Piero Gleijeses analysis is clear, rigorous and balanced; the archival research supporting it is unprecedented. Not only is he the first historian to have gained access to closed Cuban archives, he also worked extensively in the archives of the United States, Belgium, Great Britain and East and West Germany. In addition he interviewed many of the protagonists in the United States, Cuba and Africa - from the head of the CIA station in Luanda to Che Guevara's second-in-command in the Congo - and analysed the American, European, South African and other African press. The result is a remarkably comprehensive document that sheds new light on the history of those times. It  revolutionizes  our view of Cuba's international role, challenges conventional beliefs about the Soviet Union in directing Cuba's action in Africa and provides, for the first time, a look from the inside of Cuba's foreign policy during the Cold War