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Originally Posted by QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone......
Here is a badge, a collar I think, that has been put on to a rosette to be worn on possibly a slouch hat......
The banner on the bottom scroll it reads "MEDICAL STAFF CORPS" and on the top scroll it reads "TRANSVAAL".....
The badge is Owen 1561.....
Mike
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Hi Mike,
Nice badge on rosette. This is of course a standard Transvaal Medical Staff Corps badge of the period 1903 - 1914.
I suspect the rosette may be related to a group of Nurses that were employed within the TMSC. I am aware that they wore the collar badge of the TMSC on there uniform, but seen your rosette makes me think maybe this was the full badge they wore. I have unfortunately not come across any photographs of these nurses in uniform yet.
Regards
Steven