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WWII VERY RARE (Single Decal) Medic South African Desert Helmet, desert sand camouflaged dated with her original net and field dressing complete with very rare type liner and chin strap. This Helmet comes with her original Medic Bag! "Not the Water Bottle!!" ~ Only The Helmet & the Bag "these two came together as a set!" together in the same crate whom belonged to the same medic who these items once belonged to back in WWII. South Africa made, a genuine piece of Second World War history, it's an original dated South African helmet.
It's original owner fought in the British 8th Army as a medic in Africa against Germany, the Afrika Corps. Eighth Army had the South African 2nd Infantry Division making a total of 7 divisions.

Everything about this is 100% correct and finding a medic Helmet today has become almost virtually impossible let alone a Medic Helmet due to their scarcity and value in the collectors market, these pieces are those collectors usually keep and this helmet along with all it's contents are as issued together as a set and the first aid field dressing kit was added under the net by the soldier and left as it was and kept that way!! Even the chin strap is in working order and beautifully preserved, she came with the net and the first aid pouch!
the liner is stamped with "JAGER-RAND U (with WD arrows inside the "U") .

stamped size 7 1/8 The decal on this medic Medic helmet is brilliantly preserved and this helmet overall has been taken care of very well.  As with other Imperial contingents, South African troops on the Western Front in W.W.I wore the British Brodie or Mk.I helmet.In World War II, South Africa began production of its own helmets, based on the British Mk.II with a copy of the early Lining Mk.I.

The bodies were made by Transvaal Steel Pressing Syndicate, the linings by Jäger Rand. Nearly 1.5 million helmets were produced. Helmets were provided to the other contingents in North Africa and India. Many ended up in Greece after the War. Body: Unlike the Mk.I or other Commonwealth made Mk.IIs, South African made Mk IIs are almost circular in shape (1 foot/30cm in diameter The chin-strap lugs are square and attached by flat headed rivets Three holes were punched between the skull and the rear rim. It is thought these were to attach a curtain, but no evidence of this has been found. Chin-Strap: Most had the British Mk.II type chin-strap with the elastic Mk.III or IIIA type on later issues.
Lining: Like the British Lining Mk.I, with an oval felt top pad and round felt or rectangular foam buffers. I had another Helmet similar to this one many years ago that I sold for R to a collector in New Zealand, the two Medic helmets were the only two I have ever come across in my life, they are unobtainable today and highly collectable overseas. This one is in far better condition and complete. I am asking very little for this helmet cause I need to sell quick together with it's bag.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Influence: Science and Practiceis an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say "yes" to another's request). Written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research, Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and in other positions inside organizations that commonly use compliance tactics to get us to say "yes." Widely used in classes, as well as sold to people operating successfully in the business world, the eagerly awaited revision of Influence reminds the reader of the power of persuasion. Cialdini organizes compliance techniques into six categories based on psychological principles that direct human behavior: reciprocation, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity. Features Summary In his bestselling book, Cialdini, former salesperson, fundraiser, and advertiser, examines the science and practice of compliance. Widely used in classes... Author Robert B. Cialdini Publisher Allyn & Bacon Release date Pages 260 ISBN ISBN

ITEM ON OFFER = COVER FRONT ONLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LETTER POSTED DURING THE SENSOR PERIOD OF 1915-1919 AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF GSWA DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WW1. THE LETTER WAS POSTED AND "PASSED BY CENSOR" IN KEETMANSHOOP ON 17 AUGUST 1916. THE VALUE OF THE CENSOR CACHET IS INDEPENDENT OF THE VALUE OF THE STAMP AND THE POST MARK - READ BELOW. SEE BELOW FOR THE SCARCITY VALUATION OF THIS CENSOR CACHET        

ITEM ON OFFER = COVER FRONT ONLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LETTER POSTED DURING THE SENSOR PERIOD OF 1915-1919 AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF GSWA DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WW1. THE LETTER WAS POSTED AND "PASSED BY CENSOR" IN KEETMANSHOOP ON 15 APRIL 1916. THE VALUE OF THE CENSOR CACHET IS INDEPENDENT OF THE VALUE OF THE STAMP AND THE POST MARK - READ BELOW. SEE BELOW FOR THE SCARCITY VALUATION OF THIS CENSOR CACHET        

ITEM ON OFFER = COVER FRONT ONLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LETTER POSTED DURING THE SENSOR PERIOD OF 1915-1919 AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF GSWA DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WW1. THE LETTER WAS POSTED AND "PASSED BY CENSOR" IN KEETMANSHOOP ON 2 NOVEMBER 1916. THE VALUE OF THE CENSOR CACHET IS INDEPENDENT OF THE VALUE OF THE STAMP AND THE POST MARK - READ BELOW. SEE BELOW FOR THE SCARCITY VALUATION OF THIS CENSOR CACHET        

  Rare Irish George I Half Louis d'Or Brass Coin Weight, 1718 An interesting and scarce numismatic find!    Coin weights are weights which were designed to be used to check the weight of a gold or silver coin during a transaction. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there was an extensive series of locally produced weights available to Irish merchants. These weights were designed to be used to check the weight of many of the more common gold coins and a few silver coins which were in use in Ireland.    Please judge grade from pictures:   Pictured next to a 20c coin for size comparison:   Coin weights are weights which were designed to be used to check the weight of a gold or silver coin during a transaction. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there was an extensive series of locally produced weights available to Irish merchants. These weights were designed to be used to check the weight of many of the more common gold coins and a few silver coins which were in use in Ireland. In association with the weight and the scales the merchant would refer to a table of values in Irish pounds shillings and pence of each coin and an accompanying note indicating how much was to be decremented from the value of the coin for each grain it was below the minimum weight. Because there was a wide variety of foreign coin in circulation and many of which were produced to a different fineness (or carat in modern terms) a merchant who did not understand how to use weights and determine the local value correctly could be at a significant disadvantage. The authority to produce weights was granted to a series of local goldsmiths. Typically every few years, and often at the turn of a reign the standards were adjusted. Irish coin weights often carry a date which is generally the date of the standard or license they are derived from rather than their year of manufacture. So for example a weight dated 1714 could have been produced anytime between 1714 and 1723 when a new standard set of values was devised. Irish coin weights of the 17th and 18th centuries are generally made of brass. The weights which were most commonly produced were those designed for weighing the most common coins in circulation (typically English Guineas and Half Guineas) whilst weights for more obscure coins were produced in smaller quantities and are consequently scarcer. This having been said I have seldom seen the modern value of a coin weight take the scarcity of the particular denomination into account, and there is very little published to support the casual collector. Though there is a book from Galata which gives a great deal of detailed information about the series. The normal range of dates encountered in Irish coin Weights is from 1680 through 1760. Examples from before 1680 are generally scarce and examples from after 1760 are usually undated though they often carry the makers monogram and therefore can be dated. The practice of having a wide range of weights for foreign coins died out in the early nineteenth century as the circulation of foreign coin was reduced and eventually eliminated by about 1830.        Please have a look at all my Items here!!    

US Speical Force Faves -  Afghan Pakol Cap - Coyote Brown The pakol is part of the Chitrali Khow culture, and got its popularity during Afghan war when mujahideen members started using it, as it was an excellent alternative to the Pashtun turban. Today it has become an integral part of Pashtun culture all over the world, and that is one of the reasons it became one of the major items sold by Chitrali business men outside Chitral. In Peshawar there is a market called Chitrali bazaar, and one of the major products is the pakol. Originally the pakol was made from Chitrali patti, a woolen cloth made from hand-spun yarn,[1] but due to high prices and scarcity of Chitrali patti, business men started making it from other sources also. The hat may have originated in the Chitral and Nuristan region. However, its ancestor is perhaps the remarkably similar ancient Macedonian kausia.[2] It gained popularity among the northeastern Pashtun tribes in the early twentieth century. It is also popular among the Tajiks of Panjshir and Badakhshan, and is also worn in Gilgit–Baltistan including Hunza, and some northern regions of Jammu and Kashmir. The patti is first sewn into the shape of a cylinder, about a foot or more long. One end of the cylinder is capped with a round piece of the same material, slightly wider than the cylinder itself. The woolen cylinder is then inverted and fitted onto a round wooden block. The rim of the woolen cylinder is then rolled up to the top. The flat top protrudes a little over the rolled-up edge to give the cap a tiny brim. Otherwise, all Pakistani headwear, unlike Western hats, is brimless. This is because Muslims pray with their heads covered. A brimmed hat would interfere with the sajdah (act of prostration during prayers). The little brim of the pakol, however, presents no such problem. In Chitral, and Gilgit-Baltistan, the white color pakol is more popular and is sometimes worn with a peacock plume stuck in the folds, like a badge, on the front or the side of the cap. The deep blue and green of the peacock feather, set against the white of the cap, is quite eye catching. Because of the woolen material, the pakol is basically a cold weather cap. In particularly chilly weather of Nuristan, the cap can be unrolled and pulled down over the ears, like a ski cap. Worn this way, it may look sloppy but is effective against the cold. The Afghan military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud is often shown in photographs wearing a pakol.            

1924 Half Crown (2/6-): MINT STATE (Uncirculated): NGC GRADED MS61 Very seldom offered for sale illustrating the scarcity of the coin in Mint State    

ITEM ON OFFER = COVER FRONT ONLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LETTER POSTED DURING THE SENSOR PERIOD OF 1915-1919 AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF GSWA DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WW1. THE LETTER WAS POSTED AND "PASSED BY CENSOR" IN LUDERITZBUCHT ON 29 JULY 1916. THE VALUE OF THE CENSOR CACHET IS INDEPENDENT OF THE VALUE OF THE STAMP AND THE POST MARK - READ BELOW. SEE BELOW FOR THE SCARCITY VALUATION OF THIS CENSOR CACHET          

ITEM ON OFFER = COVER FRONT ONLY YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LETTER POSTED DURING THE SENSOR PERIOD OF 1915-1919 AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF GSWA DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER WW1. THE LETTER WAS POSTED AND "PASSED BY CENSOR" IN KEETMANSHOOP ON 29 NOVEMBER 1915. THE VALUE OF THE CENSOR CACHET IS INDEPENDENT OF THE VALUE OF THE STAMP AND THE POST MARK - READ BELOW. SEE BELOW FOR THE SCARCITY VALUATION OF THIS CENSOR CACHET      

YOU NEED AN ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SWISS PAPER AND HARRISON PAPER. SWISS PAPER SHOWS UP PINK UNDERNEATH AN ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT WHILE HARRISON PAPER SHOWS UP GREYISH-WHITE. THE SET ON OFFER HERE INCLUDES SACC 57aH AND IS HARRISON PAPER, ALL WITH THE AFRIKAANS ON TOP. NB!!! SACC 58aH (THE 4c VALUE) WITH THE AFRIKAANS ON TOP DOES NOT EXIST. BELOW IS AN EXTRACT OF THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM A STAMP DEALER: They were only issued in April 1971, probably in a hurry due to a shortage of these 2 values at the time, and were to be replaced by the new designs to be released in March 1972. With less than a year required for use, I doubt the printing quantity was significant, hence their relative scarcity & price. It can therefore be presumed why there was no need to print the 4c in both languages. However, despite the lack of printed evidence, I have been in the trade since 1972 and it has always been common knowledge that this is the case and I can assure you, because these 4c stamps are all quite scarce, I check them every time I get in any. In over 44 years of experience, not a single Afrikaans copy has surfaced but the English version has regularly.  

  1946 Halfpenny NGC MS63RD Mintage: 1 021 890 NGC: Two Red Coins graded, MS65 and This MS63 PCGS: No Red Coins graded For the serious Union collector who is aware of such scarcity Thanks for looking  

THE BUYER TO DETERMINE HIS/HER PERSONAL GRADE FOR THIS COIN I.M.H.O.  THE GRADE MS64/5 IS A REALISTIC BUT PERSONAL OPINION. MANY VERY  EXPERIENCED GRADERS  MAY LOOK AT THE  SAME COIN  AND COME UP WITH DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS,SOMETIMES UP TO A WHOLE GRADE MORE OR EVEN LESS.   IN THE END, THE VALUE OF THE COIN IS WHAT THE PERSON WILL PAY FOR IT, BASED ON THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT OF CONDITION, SCARCITY, VALUE, DESIRABILITY, AND WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY TO OWN IT.    

  THE BUYER TO DETERMINE HIS/HER PERSONAL GRADE FOR THIS COIN I.M.H.O.  THE GRADE MS64 / MS65    IS A REALISTIC BUT PERSONAL OPINION. MANY VERY  EXPERIENCED GRADERS  MAY LOOK AT THE  SAME COIN  AND COME UP WITH DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS,SOMETIMES UP TO A WHOLE GRADE MORE OR EVEN LESS.   IN THE END, THE VALUE OF THE COIN IS WHAT THE PERSON WILL PAY FOR IT, BASED ON THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT OF CONDITION, SCARCITY, VALUE, DESIRABILITY, AND WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY TO OWN IT.     THE FEATHERS ON THE EAGLES HEAD, CHEST AND WINGS ARE PERFECT.

  THE BUYER TO DETERMINE HIS/HER PERSONAL GRADE FOR THIS COIN I.M.H.O.  THE GRADE MS61/62   (full details, sharp lettering,each leaf is crisp and sharp)  IS A REALISTIC BUT PERSONAL OPINION. MANY VERY  EXPERIENCED GRADERS  MAY LOOK AT THE  SAME COIN  AND COME UP WITH DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS,SOMETIMES UP TO A WHOLE GRADE MORE OR EVEN LESS.   IN THE END, THE VALUE OF THE COIN IS WHAT THE PERSON WILL PAY FOR IT, BASED ON THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT OF CONDITION, SCARCITY, VALUE, DESIRABILITY, AND WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY TO OWN IT.    

CV in UNC is R100 000 and EF is R40000. Even in VF this coin has an above average high CV of R7500 wich should be proof enough of the scarcity of this fine coin. This coin is two grades away from UNC. At NGC there is only two graded in ms. Get your hands on this investment coin

1885 United Kingdom farthing value VG F VF EF aUnc Unc £0.40 £1.30 £3.80 £22 £46 £55+ 1885 UK farthing specifications Monarch Victoria (1837 - 1901) Edge plain Weight 2.7 to 2.9 g Diameter 20 mm Composition bronze Minted London, England Mintage app. 5,442,310 Scarcity common for period   1885 United Kingdom farthing design Obverse Leonard Wyon Reverse Leonard Wyon

1886 United Kingdom Penny Specifications Monarch Victoria (1837 - 1901) Edge plain Weight 9.4 g Diameter 30.8 mm Composition bronze Minted London, England Mintage  approx. 6,087,760 Scarcity common for period   1886 United Kingdom Penny Value VG F VF EF aUnc Unc £2.15 £5.35 £14 £61 £159 £219+ 1886 United Kingdom Penny Design Obverse Leonard Wyon Reverse Leonard Wyon