Guys
These are very desirable badges......and pricey! 20p an absolute bargain, one can now expect to pay around 15-20+ pounds for the small ones.
The Orange Free State badges are a lot scarcer, they had a smaller artillery section than the Transvaal Staats Artillery.
I do believe that some were also worn by the uniformed Boer Republic civil servants such as post office workers etc (unable to verify this)
A failing with them is that often the little spikes on the standards tended to get broken off and very few are complete, complete ones would possibly cost a few bob more.
Brian
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