Thanks Steven,
I’m pretty sure he told me that these were his badges, but memory is fallible and we had this chat 30 odd years ago.
I was looking at this super website earlier today:
https://www.mmofsa.org.za/
There is a section on the allocation of service numbers in blocks. Gramps’ number suggests he enlisted in the 5th MT Coy “Q”SC. This was probably in Bloemfontein in 1939 or 40.
How specific were these flashes? Company level, Battalion, or higher. And do the various shapes have any meaning? We’re they worn elsewhere?
My dad has some photos back in Cape Town. He will look them out and let me have copies, these may help.
Thanks,
Stephen