Boer War Collector's thread........

[Rhino]

South African Flag.

I can't find the old flag anywhere to put on my truck. I DONT want the new flag. I might have to try to make my own sticky. I've seen a few cars with the new flag here in Calgary though.

 

[Boer seun]

I can't find the old flag anywhere to put on my truck. I DONT want the new flag. I might have to try to make my own sticky. I've seen a few cars with the new flag here in Calgary though.

What new flag Winnies g-string?
We only ever had one flag!! Oranje Blanje Blou!!
I know a place who does custom Number plates and Decals and stuff must be something like that in Calgary?
Just take 'em a pic.
I see folks with Winnies g-sting om here too and god I wish I could rip 'em off

 

[Boer seun]

Oh and I am gonna have to get a vier kleur for my tail gate (just a sticker)

 

[f_soldaten04]

http://www.sevenbros.com/
this place has the old flag. its in TX i think. Also has the AWB flag. Dont know how the heck it got there??

 

[Clead]

OK guys, I dug up the cable for the camera. Like my old vs new background? Here are my two trade badges, bugler and farrier:

 

[Boer seun]

this place has the old flag. its in TX i think. Also has the AWB flag. Dont know how the heck it got there??

Neat I'll be getting one soon.
Not interested in the AWB they are a bunch of idiots.

 

[f_soldaten04]

Neat I'll be getting one soon.
Not interested in the AWB they are a bunch of idiots.

have to agree! make us look lke idiots too!

 

[lastmag]

type in"south African flag" into ebay search engine...there are "old " style falgs and flag decals on there quite reasonably....

 

[Boer seun]

Thanks Lastmag, Actually a friend of mine here in Stoon has one of those ugly Bantu flags on her car and yes justice was done she washed it with the pressure washer and stripped all the paint of it! LOL

 

[Boer seun]

I think I'll be getting about 10 flags and swaping them with the "new" one on every car I see here.
And We could have a get together and start a big-ass bonfire/Braai vleis.

 

[jeepingpw]

local gun shop here has just gotten in a large private collection of Enfiels & such. There is a Boer War Enfield in the collection.
pm me if interested & I can get info

 

[10Ha.Wood]

I have a couple metal trade [cap?] badges.. does that meet the minimum? I've got the badges for Bugler and Farrier. LOL a military farrier . Slightly dated

I'm getting into farriery, for my own benefit, not as a career. It seems that the first farrier school in the U.S. was started by an ex english army farrier. The second was opened by one of his students...

It appears that most of the knowledge and skills used today originated in the military. I guess you might say that horseshoeing is a 'martial art'.

 

[lastmag]

More Boer Rifle shots

More shots of the Boer SAR Rifle.......update,.........Dave George author of Carvings from the Veldt,has narrowed this gun down to 3 Boers....have their names and units...will sort this out and update those interested on this historic artifact.
Cheers,LASTMAG.

 

[R005t3r]

All matching 1893 DWM

 

[Irish shooter]

I built one from an 1895 old action. Quite happy with the results and good shooting rifle.

 

[jtaylor]

Any Boer War collectors here?

How about showing us your rifles, pistols, uniforms, or anything else that's from the the Boer War period of 1899-1902.

I'll start the thread off with........

1896 Boer Mauser (7 x 57mm) Rifle - Mfg by Ludwig Lowe

(Click PIC to Enlarge)


1896 Boer Mauser (7 x 57mm) (lots more detailed pics ... click here)http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/germanservicerifles/1896boermauserrifleserialb7772

One of the first 20,000 rifles delivered in 1896 to Z.A.R.
Rifle serial number ranges were A1 - A10000 & B1 - B10000

All matching numbers except cleaning rod and un-numbered bolt.
Vet bring back and was originally part of CMI collection.


Regards,
Badger

Hi Badger. Lovely example you have. I thought to throw in a pic or two of the ZAR Flag made Pretoria 1901. This is a
state flag that was a capture. I also have a captured 1899 OVS Flag. It appears that some Boers have hijacked much of this site for personal banter unfortunately. In one of the last Switzer Auctions the Toye collection had just lovely examples of Boer rifles that included a minty OVS Guedes Model 1885 rifle in 8mm and a commercial Martini but I can't remember the caliber or manufacture. It would be nice to see pics of those rather than innocuus banter. John

 

[terrylee]

The Boer War Long Lees.


Magazine Lee Metfords: Rifles Mks. I*, II, II* and Cavalry Carbine


Magazine Lee Enfields: Rifles Mks. I, I* and Cavalry Carbines Mks I, I*

 

[RRCo.]

Here's a good read: https://archive.org/details/fromquebectopret00hartrich/page/n5/mode/2up