Producing a book on badges has to be a 'labour of love' as with your limited audience you are unlikely to make any money. I am therefor grateful to to those authors who took the time to share the knowledge that they had gained over years of collecting . There are always going to be problems of error or omission.
The earliest formal publications on Southern African badges were :
1) Regimental Devices in South Africa 1783-1954. Dr H H Curzon. Pub. Caxton 1954.
2) ore Military and Police Devices from South Africa 1790-1962. Dr H H Curzon . Pub. 1962.
The publication quality was pretty basic and the print run was limited so very hard to find these days. This is a great pity as Curzon gave lots of very good description and quite a few of the badges he discusses dont appear in the books which have been published subsequently.
There is no definitive work on SA badges as each of the authors will have 'taken a view' on his subject. The only solution is to get all the books ever published on the subject and even then you are going to find badges that dont appear in any of them. Maybe an online badge 'book'which is capable of regular revision might be a solution, but then not everyone likes to share !
Regards
Mike
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