At last time to spend with the collection
 

Hi everyone

It's not often I get a chance to spend time with my collection, but managed to get a few hours over the holiday season ;)

Thought I'd share some of the badges that i have been fortunate to acquire over the past few years.

Hope everyone has a great 2018 and good luck with the collecting this year.

Rgds

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

Dave.

Superb badges, lovely to see.

regards

A really wonderful collection indeed.

Lovely to see these.

Cheerio,

Roy

A truly magnificent collection, thanks very much for sharing it.
Phil.

Outstanding collection.
Andy:eek:

Some quality items there. Thanks for sharing.
All the Best, Tinto

Thanks for showing this superb lot. I have never seen most of them.
I am intrigued to see the two ZAR HPs in photo number 3, in both brass and WM. Can you tell me who wore the different ones?
Thanks

Yes, what everyone else has said. Great looking collection.
Jack

Wow, that's a superb selection of rare SA badges. Thanks for showing them.
Cheers,
Alex

A superb specialised collection. Definitely to be displayed and enjoyed. Thanks very much for sharing

GTB

A very fine collection, some of those plates have become very hard to find over recent years.

Tx everyone ... having relocated to the UK from SA a few years ago my passion for collecting SA badges was rekindled. Up to then it had been medals, cadet badges and shoulder titles.

I think it is a link with home :)

Kingsley the two ZAR HPs are not identical although Owens book does list a w/m version of the brass one. I think that w/m HP was an officers, but open to correction. This particular badge I think was the one that Owen illustrated in his book.

DLI Helmet Plates
 

I hadn't noticed until yesterday that I had two versions of this plate.

The one on the left is actually a bi-metal plate (picture doesn't do it justice) and the one on the right w/m. I would appreciate it if anyone could shed light (i.e. is this an example of officers and ORs - the bi-metal has makers name Hobson's to reverse.

Rgds