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South African National Museum of Military History A softcover booklet published by Museum of History Picture cover cards are clean & bright, staple binding is tight & strong, 40 pages Packaging and Postage within South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

South African National Museum of Military History A revised & updated softcover published by the Museum in 1983 Picture cover boards are lightly agecoloured, staple binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions Packaging and Postage within South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

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 HARD COVER - VERY GOOD CONDITION -. This is a catalogue of the exhibition of the collections in the Africana Museum and the South African National War Museum held in Johannesburg 22 July - 10th August 1957.

A Guide to South African Orders, Decorations and Medals and their Ribbons 1869-1985  by JPI FFORDE & S MONICK Published by  South African National Museum of Military History (1986) Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. Ribbing and wear on the cover. 40 pages  No Jacket. 1st Edition. Useful reference with illustrations and descriptions of all orders, decorations and medals of South Africa. Sheets as centrefold. The cover have some wear. the title page have. A sticker on the title page..       Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire about shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labor, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R50, Courier R120 tot met 5 kg Items can be combined request.             Please see our other medallion, pins and coins, books ext.       

Soft cover An Exhibition Commemorating 75 Years of History of the South African Defence Force. Text is half in English half in Afrikaans published by S A National Museum in 1987 Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong. Good condition

  THE SILENT WAR South African Recce Operations 1969-1994 by Peter Stiff (SIGNED & DEDICATED  )   1 st Edition, Reprint, revised Galago 2003 Hardcover FOR FULL DETAILS OF THIS BOOK AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS PLEASE CONTACT THE SELLER Africana / Military / War / Guerrillas / National liberation movements / Rhodesia / Zimbabwe / Rhodesiana / South Africa /Suid-Afrika / Afrikaans / Geskiedenis / History / 

It is May 1983. The UMR is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Headquarters, the UMR Hall, in Greytown. A medal parade, civic dinner and a number of other events are on the programme. The members of the Unit are upbeat and enthusiastic and look forward to all the activities. There is an officers meeting in the old UMR Hall. On the agenda the Unit's history going forward from 1975 when the last edition was published. A decision is taken to appoint a senior officer (Maj. L. Palmer) to commence working on the History project. The idea is to begin collecting material, articles and photographs, interviewing the older ex-members and Comrades of the Unit, collecting anecdotes and any other related information. The years passed and the work load increased as time went on. The one man project became a 4 member committee and members came and went. Cmdt. John Allchin took over the project. Under his direction the work continued until in, 2004, there was enough progress to appoint a professional scribe to put it all together. Mark Coghlan of the Pietermaritzburg Museum, a person of great experience and insight into military history in KwaZulu-Natal, was approached and accepted the assignment;  To draft, collate and produce the History of the UMR 1864 to 2004. The rest is history, the culmination of over 20-odd years of hard but fulfilling work. As the reader turns the pagers of this document, the history of the illustrious UMR will unfold before his/her very eyes, and the reader will be taken for the ride of a lifetime. The ride starts with a small band of 45 cavalry volunteers in Greytown and ends with a modern Armoured Car Regiment, a compliment of 254 trained men and women, equipped with Rooikat armoured vehicles and a modern and functional headquarters at Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. The Umvoti Mounted Rifles is the second oldest Regiment in the South African National Defence Force. It was 150 years old on 16 May 2014. The regiment fought gallantly and with honour in the South African (Zulu) War of 1879; The South Africa (Anglo Boer) War of 1899 -1902; Natal (Bambata) Rebellion of 1906; South West Africa (First world War) 1914-1915 and Gibbon, Western Desert (Second World War) 1941-1943. The Regiment stands proud as the only active Armoured Car Regiment in KwaZulu-Natal, and is ready to serve the South African National Defence Force, The Country and its People, where and whenever called upon to do so. Hardcover, 795 pages. Published October 2012 

This auction is for the following three books: 1. South African military awards: 1912-1987  by S Monick; illustrations by C M Eloff; Publisher: South African National Museum of Military History 1988 (1st Edition) Publisher Johannesburg: South African National Museum of Military History. Soft cover, 58 pages. Signature of previous owner and year inscription inside front cover, ownership stamp on title page, clean inside, very good binding, very good condition. 2. A guide to South African orders, decorations, and medals and their ribbons, 1896-1985 by J P I Fforde; S Monick Publisher Johannesburg: South African National Museum of Military History, 1986 Soft cover, 40 pages. Signature of previous owner and year inscription inside front cover, ownership stamp on title page, foxing on title page and next four pages, clean inside, very good binding, very good condition. Some wear along spine on outer cover. Some postage stamps of medals affixed on pages. 3. Awards of the South African uniformed public services, 1922-1987: the South African Police, South African Railways Police, South African Prisons Service by S Monick. Publisher Johannesburg: South African National Museum of Military History, 1988 Soft cover, 87 pages. Signature of previous owner and year inscription inside front cover, ownership stamp on title page, clean inside, very good binding, very good condition.   Please judge from pictures:     Please note: Payment must be made within three days of auction close.    Please have a look at all my Items here!!  

 Pre-1994 SADF General Service Medal & National Service Info. Booklet  (English). This Lot consists of a SADF General Service Medal & a National Service Info. Booklet in English. Both items are in GOOD CONDITION.  The GSM retains the ORIGINAL ribbon & is numbered: 171827. The National Service booklet is near MINT - ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT. PRINT IS LEGIBLE & ALL ILLUSTRATIONS ARE CLEAR.  AN IDEAL PAIRING, FOR THOSE COLLECTOR'S INTERESTED IN THE PRE-1994 SADF & SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY HISTORY.    FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING 

 1988 SADF National Service Info. Booklet w/  Insert Card (English). This item is in GOOD CONDITION,  there are a few marks on the front cover and some signs of wear. However, binding is PERFECT & ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT. PRINT IS LEGIBLE & ALL ILLUSTRATIONS ARE CLEAR.  THIS INFO. BOOKLET WAS SUPPLIED TO ALL PROSPECTIVE NATIONAL SERVICEMEN,  PRIOR TO REPORTING - IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THEIR PREFERRED BRANCH OF SERVICE (ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE OR SAMS). - INCLUDED IS A INSERT CARD REQUIRING THE RETURN OF THE ALLOCATION QUESTIONNAIRE ON 24 JUNE 1988. ON THIS CARD, THE SERVICE NO:  86229598 HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY THE UNKNOWN CONSCRIPT.   AN IDEAL COLLECTOR'S ITEM FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PRE-1994 SADF MILITARIA & SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY HISTORY.    FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS  PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC  SEE SHIPPING 

This book captures the experience of the South African Air Force helicopter pilot as never before; from 'rookie' to seasoned combat aviator in one of history's most intense counter-insurgency conflicts - the South African Border War. Nick Lithgow's work relates the gruelling endurance of SADF National Service and its grind, grind, grind... until one day, helicopter drills with an SAAF Puma, saw him optimistically apply for pilot training. Called to Pretoria, Nick completed the mandatory tests before returning to the Border to complete his duty. At the end of his National Service, Nick was surprised to receive instructions to report to the Air Force Gymnasium in Valhalla. Here he began training began in earnest with Harvard fixed wing trainers and the Impala jet, before long Nick had progressed to rotary aircraft - training on the Alouette and graduating to the Puma under the guidance of one of the SAAF's legendary instructors, 'Monster Wilkins'. An operational tour in Rhodesia followed with deployment to the South West African/Namibian Border. Here Search and Rescue, troop carrying and close air support operations became the order of the day -an intense cycle of briefings and operations with the ever present threat of small arms fire and surface to air missiles. LZ Hot!  is an unrivaled work - it relates the drama of recovering downed fighter pilots under fire, responding to the horror of mine-strikes with soldiers dreadfully injured and needing urgent evacuation, or deep penetration operations into Angola in support of South African Special Forces. It also relates the candour of mess life, the characters and incidents that amuse, delivering much needed relief from the demands of operational flying - Nick's accounts of mess dinner high-jinks are especially entertaining and will be recognisable to all who have served! Flying mountain rescue missions and responding to terrifying shipwrecks, a crazed Military Policeman during a casevac, Lithgow takes all in his stride. LZ Hot!  is a stunning, captivating read. Paperback, 176 pages 16 colour & b/w photos.  Published December 2012

CHALLENGE Southern Africa within the African Revolutionary Context by Al J Venter (Editor) 1 st Edition Ashanti 1989 Hardcover. Unread. FOR FULL DETAILS OF THIS BOOK AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS PLEASE CONTACT THE SELLER   Africana / Military / War / Guerrillas / National liberation movements / Rhodesia / Zimbabwe / Rhodesiana / South Africa /Suid-Afrika / Afrikaans / Geskiedenis / History / 

Formed in 1916 as The Rhodesia Native Regiment, its troops were blooded with honour in the East African campaign. Disbanded in 1919, the regiment was re-formed in 1940 during World War II as The Rhodesian African Rifles, seeing action in Burma. In the 1950s, the regiment distinguished itself further during the Malayan Emergency. During the 1960s and 1970s, the regiment was at the forefront of hostilities in the bloody Rhodesian bush war. Ironically, it was after Zimbabwean independence in 1980, that the RARs finest hour came, when, fighting for their erstwhile enemy, Mugabe, the soldiers of the RAR defeated Nkomos invading ZIPRA armies at the battles of Entumbane in Bulawayo. Masodja  London launch address - Brigadier D. Heppenstall: 09/11/07 Lord Salisbury, our President, General Lord Michael Walker, the son of our battalion 2ic in Burma in World War 2, honoured guests, members of the Association, ladies and gentlemen. Like the Battle of Waterloo, this has been a close run thing. Yesterday morning I received four copies of Masodja from the printers in Durban, South Africa, by special delivery, and the main consignment only arrived at Heathrow yesterday evening. The main reason for the four by special delivery was so that we could present one of them to Prince Philip when he signed our Regimental Drumskin at lunchtime yesterday. He was most intrigued when Tobias Mutangadura pointed out to him his photograph taken at the Malayan Independence Merdeka celebrations fifty years ago in 1957. Anyway to get back to the main topic, the reasons why we almost didnt succeed in getting the books here for the launch were several. Firstly it was published and printed in South Africa on the one hand and the author and Regimental Association in the UK on the other. This of course prevented close liaison between the two sides although the use of email made things far easier than they used to be. Most of the text was completed by Alex Binda several years ago, although there were gaps in the records available, and more information was received right up to the last minute. Originally we had planned to have the Launch last April to coincide with our Regimental Day, Tanlwe Chaung Day. This was deemed too early, and it was put back to July, the month in which the Regiment was formed. In the meantime, however, in conjunction with Chris Cocks, Alex had written the History of the RLI, The Saints, which had a very impressive Launch last June. Chris Cocks, our publisher at 30 Degrees South, advised us that a July Launch would be too close to the Saints Launch and recommended that it be postponed to Remembrance Weekend  which we agreed and set the wheels in motion to hire this hall and invite our VIP guests. Apart from the distance between publishers and originators, other mitigating factors included the sheer volume of photographs of which about 75% have been included. These were still being annotated about ten days before the book went to print! Another major factor which nearly caused a postponement was the bad reaction to a new course of medicine prescribed to Kerrin Cocks. This resulted in her being rushed into intensive care followed by a two week break to recuperate. Kerrin is a vital cog in the 30 Degrees South machine, but was soon back on line to rush things through. Pinetown Printers in Durban did a great job in completing those books which we have here today, and in fact they were working 24 hours over the whole of last weekend. We owe a debt of gratitude to all involved in the publication, to Chris and Kerrin Cocks for their expertise, to Pinetown Printers and to Bill Welsh for acting as our Marshal Blucher and arriving with the books in the nick of time. Apart, of course, from Alex Binda, I owe a special thank you to John Hopkins, Iain Harper, Bridget Wells-West and all those who supplied photographs and reminiscences of their time in the Regiment. I would now like to deal with our four members whom we invited over from Zimbabwe. This has been possible due to the magnificent support given by the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League who paid all their expenses. Our four who came over are: Captain Machakada Patrick Nelomwe: He attested in time to go to the Canal Zone, Egypt, with 1RAR in 1952, and has subsequently seen service in Malaya, the Nyasaland Emergency, the Congo border and the Rhodesian bush war. He rose from company clerk in A Company to ORQMS in the 1st Battalion in 1980. He was commissioned, subsequently in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA). Major Tobias Chenharu Mutangadura DMM: A member of the Rhodesian Army Education Corps who served almost all his time with 1RAR. By 1980 he was a WO1 and had been awarded the Defence Forces Medal for Meritorious Service (DMM). He was commissioned in the ZNA, and retired as major. He was curator of the Gweru Military Museum for several years. RSM Gibson Zanago Mugadza BCR: A very talented half back in my battalion football team in his younger days. In the Rhodesian bush war he was awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR) for outstanding leadership and bravery in action. He retired from the Army after 1980 as RSM at the School of Infantry, Gwelo. RSM Obert Veremu DMM: Obert was in my platoon in Malaya where he was a junior NCO, leading scout and tracker. That was exactly 50 years ago. He rose steadily through the ranks, was a champion 110 mile marcher and was awarded his DMM in 1972. He was RSM 1RAR from 1977 to 1978 and 3RAR from its formation in 1978 until after independence when he retired and went farming. The four are ideally situated throughout the country. Patrick is in Bulawayo, Tobias in Gweru, Gibson in Harare and Obert in the Vumba. They will be able to tell all our old comrades that the Regiment is still very much alive! I must now emphasise that the main reason that they arrived here at all is thanks to Lt-Col Malcolm Clewer, the Chairman of our Association in Zimbabwe and also the Chairman of the Harare Branch of the Legion