Marc
You have a nice selection of SA Artillery badges. There are many variations as well. Your "narrow" S.A.H.A. is WW2 worn mainly in East Africa, many people get confused with this badge, thinking it is a variation of the WW1 S.A.H.A. title. Another badge is a plain HA worn by the Heavy Artillery in G.S.W.A. and must not get confused with the S.A.H.A. that served on the Western Front. These are not in Owen's so when they are found they are ignored, there are a few size variations as well, as they were I suspect all made in the Cape Railway workshops. The heavy guns for this campaign were all erected at the Salt River Railway Workshops along with the searchlights, which were used for signalling.
I will start updating my album today, time consuming but worth it.
Regards
Brian
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