A nice group.
I have a SAAF uniform, with Navigators wings, no medals unfortunately.
I'm told that it looks as though Commandant Fourie retired in the 1980s:, the side cap being introduced during the early 1980's and the SADF Good Service Medal ribbons being of pre-1986 pattern.
The ribbons:
Korea Medal
Pro Patria Medal (it doesn't have a Cunene Clasp rosette for service in Angola, but as that was introduced in 1986, he may have served there)
SADF Good Service Medal Gold (30 years)
SADF Good Service Medal Silver (20 years)
Permanent Force Good Service Medal (18 years)
Chief of the SADF Commendation Medal
(renamed 'Military Merit Medal', with post-nominal letters MMM, and given precedence over campaign medals in 1993)
UN Service Medal for Korea
South Korea War Medal
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