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Old 24-02-19, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank Kelley View Post
Well, I cannot agree, their shoulder titles were made here, in Great Britain, along with the Queensland Mounted Infantry, if that badge had been made in pairs to be worn upon shoulder straps, you would certainly expect them to be far more common than they actually are, given the relative scarcity of their shoulder titles.
I'm of the opinion that it is a shoulder title unofficially made in South Africa. It's of a similar size to other unofficially made shoulder titles I have seen. Quite a few Australian units that served in the Boer War had unofficial insignia made in South Africa during their deployment.

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