You are very lucky to encounter one of those plates in South Africa these days.
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Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham
Hi All
Another resent acquisition for my small but growing Natal Colony Colonial badge collection.
The Natal Hussars were a forerunner of the present day Umvoti Mounted Rifles, an armour Regiment. Never a large unit numbers appear to be around 100 odd at any one time. It has been one of those badges that I have always been after but somehow never came my way until late last month.
They only earned 40 Zulu War medals in 1879.
Regards
Brian
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