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Old 02-03-12, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by HMPbadges View Post
I'm not even sure if it was only used in this country? It may have been used in other places - comments please!
I have an idea it may have been worn by the Cape Colony's prisons personnel late 19th/ early 20th century. Certainly, in the Union of South Africa, the chief warders wore an embroidered cap badge of a crown with the letters PSGD below it from circa 1911 to 1955. The letters stand for 'Prisons Service - Gevangenis Diens'.
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