Hi Phil and Quicksilver
That confirms the badge is Bop signals then, so my shoulder flashes were probably correctly identified. I will have to dig them out and check my old references. Unfortunately my copy of Border War Badges is very far away at the moment.
My guess would be that the beret bar and Signals flashes were worn with the Bop Defence Force cap badge by Bop Defence Force HQ staff of the 'telecommunications' staff compartment and the beret bar might also have been worn with unit badges and flashes by signallers permanently attached to units, in the South African style of the time.
Since neither Andrew Dines nor Colin Owen listed a Bop Signals badge in their books and I don't recall one in the artwork files that I saw a few years ago, I still think that there was no distinct badge but will be happy to be proved wrong - one more badge to track down, along with that balkie you have.
Regards
Craig
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