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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Cole (Barbara)

The Elite. The Story of The Rhodesian Special Air Service. ( Signed by Ian Smith )

Published: Three Knights, South Africa, 1984

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $250/280

Bidding opens: 14 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Nov 16:30 GMT

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Published by Three Knights. South Africa. 1984. 1st edition. 449pp. Near fine hardback covers in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. Internally fine with numerous black and white and coloured ills.

Signed pictorial plate of Ian Smith on the front pastedown. Rare.

The Rhodesian Special Air Service or Rhodesian SAS was the tier one special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army. The SAS and the RLI played crucial roles in the domestic clandestine operation, counterinsurgency, and special operations effort during the Rhodesian Bush War. The SAS and the Selous Scouts, were the principal special forces units used in external operations. In terms of some of the most important of the external operations, the SAS and RLI both participated in Operation Dingo, in November 1977, which was one of the most successful operations conducted during the war, where more than 3,000 ZANLA fighters were killed and 5,000 wounded. ( Wiki)

  • Jacket Condition: Near Fine
  • Binding Condition: Near fine
  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: Large 8vo


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