B.S.A.P 2 !! Vintage Collectable B.S.A.P Steelware Metal Figurines - Comm Officer & Patrol Officer

VINTAGE RARE AND COLLECTABLE B.S.A.P (BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE) STEELWARE METAL FIGURINES - B.S.A.P COMM OFFICER and B.S.A.P PATROL OFFICER

THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE (B.S.A.P) WAS, FOR MOST OF ITS EXISTENCE, THE POLICE FORCE OF RHODESIA.  IT WAS FORMED AS A PARAMILITARY FORCE OF MOUNTED INFANTRYMEN IN 1889 BY CECIL JOHN RHODES' BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY, FROM WHICH IT TOOK ITS ORIGINAL NAME, THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY'S POLICE.  INITIALLY RUN DIRECTLY BY THE COMPANY, IT BEGAN TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY IN 1896 AT WHICH TIME THE WORD "COMPANY'S" WAS DROPPED FROM ITS NAME.  THEREAFTER IT SERVED AS RHODESIA'S REGULAR POLICE FORCE UNTIL 1980.   THE LINE BETWEEN "POLICE" AND "MILITARY" WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BLURRED SINCE B.S.A.P OFFICERS TRAINED AS BOTH POLICE AND REGULAR MILITARY UNTIL 1954 AND B.S.A.P MEMBERS SERVED IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS AS WELL AS IN THE RHODESIAN BUSH WAR OF THE 1960's AND 1970's.    DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE 1980's WHITE OFFICERS WERE FORCED INTO RETIREMENT BY ROBERT MUGABE AND REPLACED BY BLACK OFFICERS PROMOTED RAPIDLY TO FILL THESE POSITIONS

THESE TWO FIGURINES EACH DEPICT AND ARE LABELLED WITH A BRASS DISC/PLAQUE.   EACH ITEM IS MOUNTED UPON A BLACK ACRYLIC / BAKELITE PLINTH / STAND

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

CONDITION : BOTH ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, BREAKAGES ETC

SIZE : COMM OFFICER - 9.3cm HEIGHT.....6cm by 6cm PLINTH

          PATROL OFFICER - 9.4cm HEIGHT.....6cm by 6cm PLINTH

ONE BID FOR BOTH ITEMS AS A LOT/SET

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice   

                   SAPO R50             A courier service is available on request

                   This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee OR 10kgs with courier