British South Africa Police
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The British South Africa Police was, for most of its existence, the police force of Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia. It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes
Officer's cap badge of the BSAP, c. 1965, showing the "wounded lion" device.
Marmon-Herrington armoured cars of the BSAP Reserve.
British South Africa Company
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The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed
British South Africa Police
…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…
The first board of directors of the British South Africa Company, 1889. Top row: Horace Farquhar; Albert Grey; Alfred Beit. Middle row: the Duke of Fife; C. J. Rhodes (founder and managing director in South Africa); the Duke of Abercorn. Bottom row: Lord Gifford, V.C.; Herbert Canning (Secretary); George Cawston.
British South Africa Company stamp used to validate emergency issue currency for use in Bulawayo, authorized by Hugh Marshall Hole.
The arms of the British South Africa Company