Venda defence

Venda Defence Force Gold Medal for Long Service. 6"(150mm) piece.

Buy Venda Defence Force VDF Silver Gallantry cross mini & full-size medal (with ribbon) ex-TBVC for R5,000.00

Buy Venda Defence Force Gold Medal for Long Service for R60.00

Buy Venda Defence Force VDF Silver Gallantry cross mini & full-size medal (with ribbon) ex-TBVC for R4,000.00

Buy Venda defence force manenu metal shoulder flash for R550.00

Full size - Venda defence force medal ribbon (long service) 15cm NEW Please add us to your favour favourites

Full size - Venda defence force medal ribbon (long service) 15cm NEW Shipping up to five pieces of ribbon Registered shipping R60.00. Please add us to your favour favourites

Buy Full Size: South African (Venda) Defence Force Medal. Numbered for R495.00

Buy FULL SIZE VENDA DEFENCE FORCE MEDAL (MERIT) NUMBERED 0128 ON THE RIM for R300.00

Buy FULL SIZE VENDA DEFENCE FORCE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL-NUMBERED 0035 ON THE RIM for R300.00

Buy Homeland Venda Defence Force Full Size and Miniature Medals for R190.00

Buy Full Size Venda Defence Force Medal Numbered on Rim 0463 for R300.00

  Please note Green (Corrosion) on front of Medal - needs cleaning

      A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER RIBBONS ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST      Whenever possible orders of multiple lengths will be shipped as one length of ribbon.   Due to time constraints only limited information can be supplied in the listing. However, have a look at the description and photograph/s above and if in doubt, please ask.     MEDAL GRADING SYSTEM MINT - As minted. EF - Extremely fine; showing little if any wear and the design appear sharp and clear. NEF - Nearly extremely fine. VF - Very fine; showing little wear but clear wear on high relief of medal. The medal still has a pleasing appearance and design is quite clear. NVF - Nearly very fine. F - Fine; majority of the original detail is still visible, but there will be moderately heavy wear all over the medal. G - Good; should be poor with very little of the original detail visible. Edge knocks and field/rim contacts: all edge knocks and/or rim contacts are mentioned. At no time will a medal be down graded in order to conceal those field contacts, or other contacts/knocks or other. Renamed/part renamed or other: these will always be clearly described and mentioned, as will official mint corrections.  

Here we have on auction a used period Venda Defence Force stable-belt for Mavhathu VDF base in the old pre-1994 Venda ex-Homelands which was re-incorparated into South Africa post-1994. The pic below form the 'nt shows the various and differnet VDF insignia and badges; Please note that the stable-belt is used and that the flash type buckle badge has a small chip in the top right corner. Please see the photos for confirmation of the item's condition and further details. Postage quotes supplied to the winning bidder and dependent on the persons location and preferred shipping/ postage method. Local shipping possible via Postnet on this item at R100 flat-rate anywhere in SA! You are welcome to combine shipping with other items offered here on BoB. Please note that Postnet parcels will only be dispatched on Weds or Fri and SAPO parcels ONLY on Sat (due to current work commitments and time restrictions to get to SAPO and the queues. Foreign bidders most welcome BUT please use BoB voucher or BoB bucks for payment! Happy bidding!!!                  

 MINIATURE GALLANTRY CROSS GOLD (GCG) TO MEMBERS OF THE VENDA DEFENCE FORCE WHO DISPLAYED EXTREME COURAGE OR PERFORMED DEEDS OF SUPREME BRAVERY OR VALOUR

Large hardcover coffee-table book, copy number 1114, 774 pages, profusely illustrated, as new   The Fourth Dimension – the untold story of military health in South Africa is a magisterial study of the subject just published by the South African Military Health Service. A weighty tome of just less than 800 pages, it is the most comprehensive study of military health ever attempted in South Africa. As such it records matters military medical reaching back to the turn of the 20th Century, with a look at the health support available to forces then engaged on both sides of the Anglo Boer War. Detailed and richly illustrated with what must be very rare photographs – the reviewer confesses to not having seen most – the story moves via the World Wars and Korea to the modern era. Captured also is the post-war growth of the health component of the SA Defence Force from a branch of the SA Army – the South African Medical Corps – to a fully fledged fourth service and its role in the Namibian-Angolan border war of 1966-1989. A full section – with reminiscences – are included regarding the medical services of the Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei medical services before their integration into the South African National Defence Force in April 1994. Given extensive treatment is the health services of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania while in exile. Again, this is unique, readable material not published before. Also recorded for the first time is the struggle against apartheid in the health environment inside South Africa from the 1960s to 1994 – the medical side of the mass democratic movement. Also covered is white resistance to conscription (the End Conscription Campaign), the United Democratic Front and state reaction.  The last three chapters deal with the integration of various antagonistic factions into a new SANDF - and for health professionals, a new SA Medical Service, later renamed the SAMHS; the deployment of this new service onto the regional and international stage; and finally a bold look into the future.  Military health has here been given a comprehensive, fair and balanced treatment with substantial volumes of new information added to the narrative. “The Fourth Dimension – the untold story of military health in South Africa” sets a high standard and one hopes the other services and divisions of the SANDF, if not the organisation itself, will follow suit.  The Fourth Dimension – the untold story of military health in South Africa Col Ricky Naidoo (Editor-in-Chief) South African Military Health Service Department of Defence Pretoria