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#1
09-05-16, 04:36 PM
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Rhodesian SAS Beret.
This beret was acquired by a friend and since passed along to me.. This being a souvenir from his time serving in Rhodesia as part of the R.L.I during the mid to latter 1970's. Received from an SAS trooper one night while drinking in the Le Coc d' Or in Salisbury during a stand down from the bush. It has a circular weave pattern that is clear on the top of the beret.
Have the stable belt also. Hope you enjoy Jack   
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#2
09-05-16, 05:57 PM
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Beret
Hi,
That beret badge is definitely not a Rhodie pattern, but British (or possibly NZ). Of course you would never know how a British beret badge could end up in Salisbury. There were so many contacts between the SAS Regiments A circular weave pattern on a beret is quite common, I think. Cheers, Johan Last edited by johanwiegman; 09-05-16 at 07:10 PM.
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09-05-16, 07:09 PM
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Crossguard
Hi,
Can you see if the lower red line on the sword crossguard is missing or was never there? Cheers, Johan
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#6
09-05-16, 08:43 PM
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Beret badge
That missing red line is reportedly a characteristic of a New Zealand made beret badge.
I recall it was mentioned in an earlier thread. Can anybody confirm? Cheers, Johan Last edited by johanwiegman; 09-05-16 at 08:53 PM.
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#7
09-05-16, 08:49 PM
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Johan,
Interesting, thanks. My friend did say that the stable belt which came with the beret was from a N.Z. SAS Trooper. Were New Zealand SAS soldiers in Rhodesia at any time? Jack
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Major General George Alan Vasey CB, CBE, DSO and Bar New Guinea 1942
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#8
10-05-16, 04:44 AM
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NZ SAS
Hi,
NZ SAS never saw action as a unit in Rhodesia, but there could have been individual contacts or former NZ SAS members serving there. Cheers, Johan
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#9
11-05-16, 09:47 AM
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Hello,
It is very common for countries to exchange with each other. Normally as senior ranks for 6 months at a time,usually going back to the unit for promotion and a different role.
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#10
11-05-16, 07:42 PM
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#11
21-07-17, 08:06 AM
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Yes there were former NZSAS members serving in Rhodesia both within SAS and the Selous Scouts, one of the more famous was an officer who was awarded the MC for service in Vietnam and later went from Rhodesia to the Sth Afr special forces. Don't forget- the link between the kiwis and the When -We's went back to Malaya albeit at that time, up to 1986 the NZ SAS wore maroon berets, so while the beret badge in question may have been a kiwi one, the beret is/was not.
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#12
21-07-17, 08:21 AM
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Further to my last, in addition to former NZSAS members serving in Rhodesia's security forces there were some serving members who served in Op Midford, the Kiwi commitment to the Commonwealth Monitoring Force, they however did not wear SAS insignia etc, I even have/had a nominal role & still have a couple of the white brassards worn- the Kiwis didn't like them and ditched them in favour of sewing the Salamander badge to their sleeves and wearing just a white arm band. Pic won't attach sorry
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