World Wars
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Add to cartMORE INFOSAWW1OTH1388 – Named Trench Art From Captured Rebel In Maritz Rebellion
$500.00The Maritz rebellion, also known as the Boer revolt or Five Shilling rebellion was an armed insurrection which occurred in South Africa in 1914 at the start of World War I, led by Boers who supported the reestablishment of the South African Republic in the Transvaal
J.C.vd Merwe was part of the rebellion and was captured and sent to jail
1914-15
Carved stone with message in Afrikaans on reverse
Transvaal coat of arms carved into stone.
Upper left corner broken
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Read moreMORE INFOSAWW11BG1532 – SAAF No.5 Wing Pin Badge
$140.005 Wing came into being in February 1941 and was responsible for the ferrying of troops and supplies to the war front and bringing back wounded. The service was extended to Cairo as the war progressed and eventually through the north of Africa to Bari and Rome by which time Dakotas were in use.
The Shuttle Service was greatly expanded at the war’s end, the intention being the return of all South African troops by Christmas 1945
Badge has brooch pin intact
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Read moreMORE INFOSAWW11BG1524 – 82nd West African Division Flash
$100.00The 82nd (West Africa) Division was formed under British control during World War II. It took part in the later stages of the Burma Campaign and was disbanded in Burma between May and September 1946
Cloth embroidered
Brooch pin on rear.
