Bess,
Many thanks for your replies.
I thought badge #1 was part of a Malawi Army badge when I originally posted a few years ago, and anodisedbob confirmed this; however, your posts show the correct configuration and type of finish to the 'sun' badge.
I bought a pile of pre and post-independence, a/a and gm, colonial badges from a shop in Peterborough about twenty-odd years ago, in amongst them were two 'suns', one in gold a/a, as you depict, and the other in dull silver a/a, I now know the gold a/a belongs to the lion. I had always assumed the 'suns' were collar badges for officers and ORs of the Malawi Army, now I know.
Thanks for the confirmation Bess.
George
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