Odd "South Africa" orange tab slip on
 

A quite odd piece of insignia: a tubular slip on orange (as a matter of fact red) tab, with "South Africa" hand embroidered in white lettering... some possible distinguishing sign for a SA volunteer serving in foreign armed forces, e.g. the British Army or the RAF? What's your advise? Thank you in advance for your help!

Not sure, but a very nice piece to have I think.
Cheers,
Alex

Loupie

First time to see one of these period pieces and yes possibly unique?

Thanks for posting.

BC

another one!
 

Different patter of "South Africa" inscribed orange tab: this time the lettering writes SOUTH / AFRICA and the tab looks like a very weathered red one. Could have belonged to a SA serving with British Troops?

Loupie

A nice item...where do you find these :confused:

Brian

Nice one, some of the SA guys serving with Brit units just had red tabs, as per the Airborne denison on display at the Saxonwold Museum in Johanesburg.

Hello Richard, is there any chance to see a pic of this Denison smock?

I have seen these before in an old Cape Town collection. I believe they are SA members serving in the RAF.

I'll try get a pic next time, unfortunately I didn't take a pic on my last visit as I've seen it a lot.

Could the colour actually be Orange as in Orange Free State?

The tabs were actually red tabs at the time and described as such in official period documents I believe. They tended to fade and got the name orange tabs, but officially red.
Cheers,
Alex

That was my guess also...

Latest finding
 

Another slip on red tab South Africa title: this time is not attached to a strip of KD material, but is embroidered on a single strip of red material.