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Originally Posted by fairlie63
That's an interesting SA Arty 'gun' badge Tinto with the red cloth behind the wheel. I have one of those, a blackened badge and I've always wondered if it was just one of those things soldiers did to embellish themselves, or there was a particular unit or sub-unit which had this practice.
Both my small SAHA badges are lugged, the gilt one appears to have the ends of the gun barrels clipped.
Keith
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Hi Keith
Red backing was I believe associated with becoming an NCO. Back in the mid 1970's my brother on becoming a Lance Bombadier, was only then entitled to wear red felt behind his beret badge. Later it seems all SA Artillery came out with red plastic card backings, anti-aircraft unit badges had a further pale blue plastic card behind the red one.
Brian