Natal Mounted Rifles cap badges and titles

[Brian Conyngham]

Originally Posted by Alex Rice

Hi All
That blackened brass title is a bit odd. I have my doubts about it being WWII because I would have expected there to be more of them around if it was . I wonder if they were made for border service in the 70's or 80's? I used to be with NMR and have a reasonable collection of their badges and don't remember seeing one like this before. Nice find though
Cheers,
Alex

Alex

Never worn on the Border, not even cap/beret badges...we all wore bush hats minus all insignia apart from name tags which was often the case to prevent theft . The UDF issued many blackened badges during the war but with time it largely wore off exposing the brass beneath. Nice to see originals.

BC