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Old 24-09-16, 05:45 AM
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Rob,
The two Kommando badges are cap badges worn by the Skiet Kommando equivalent to the British Territorial service units. They are a direct descendant of the Kommando forces serving in the Boer War.

The first one you show is earlier worn 1954 to 1963
The second one (UNITAS) was worn from 1963 to c. 1975 in GM and from 1975 in chrome. A smaller (collar size) badge in chrome is worn on the beret with a green/orange/green balkie.

Sometime in the late 80's, early 90's a lot of these territorial units aquired there own unique beret badges are are quite collectable and hard to find.

With the new government coming to power these units were fased out and eventually disbanded.

Steven
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