Thanks Arthur,
I had seen Haarhof's site a while back and have copies of these images along with many more. A very useful resource. Magazines of the early period of the UDF can also be found at our National Libraries in Pretoria and Cape Town. They appear to have copies of every SA magazine produced (including small privately published) and are open to the public to view and make copies of.
The early R&HB collar badges are very interesting. When I found those pics I came to the conclusion that the Armoured Train section wore grenade collars as they were an artillery unit and the infantry and engineer section wore the coat-of-arms collar badge. There was also a difference in there helmet flash. At some point they must have adopted the R&HB collar badge.
Regards
Steven
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