I've seen them for sale quite a few times. I would not describe them as common but probably wouldn't go so far as to say they are very rare either. I haven't seen them in a period photograph yet to be able to place them accurately and suspect it may have been a late war issue to a formation that may have ceased to exist soon after. This is just speculation though and will keep digging... Information on the SA Home Defence units is very sparse. Unlike the traditional regiments, most of which continued to exist postwar , most of the war-raised units and formations were disbanded at the end of the war, quite a few even before that. With the new government in 1948 rather keen to forget South Africa's war contribution altogether their histories were sadly not considered important.
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