Blue and Old Gold

The History of the British South Africa Police 1889 - 1980
By Peter Gibbs, Hugh Phillips and Nick Russell.
Illustrated by Richard Hamley.

This leather-bound collector’s edition is limited to one hundred numbered copies only.
This being 93 of 100.
Signed.

The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia (now modern day Zimbabwe, since 1980). It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil 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 it also dropped "Company's" from its name. It thereafter served as Rhodesia's regular police force, retaining its name, until 1980, when it was superseded by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, soon after the country's reconstitution into Zimbabwe in April that year.

While it was in the main a law enforcement organisation, the line between police and military was significantly blurred.

220mm x 275mm x 35mm

R2,000