U.D.F.S. - U.V.M.S. shoulder title.

[High Wood]

I am struggling to identify a shoulder title with the two sets of initials. U.D.F.S. - U.V.M.S.

Clearly United Defence Force are the first three of the initials in English, but what is the fourth? Signals? Can anyone please enlighten me?

[Sonofacqms]

Is this a South African badge?

I am sure some of out SA collectors will know.

Rob

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Sonofacqms

Is this a South African badge?

I am sure some of out SA collectors will know.

Rob

Yes, definitely South African as it has the two sets of initials in the usual South African style, English and Dutch.

I will post a picture tomorrow.

[Buttonman]

UDF Union Defence Force.
UVM Unie-Verdedigins Mag.

South African but I don't know what the S is for.

David.

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Buttonman

UDF Union Defence Force.
UVM Unie-Verdedigins Mag.

South African but I don't know what the S is for.

David.

Thank you.

Looking at Wikipedia it could date from anytime between 1912 and 1957 when it became the South African Defence Force.

[Andy-Buchanan]

The badge is South African,

Union Defence Force Staff
Worn 1921-1922 Only

The shoulder title is shown in Colin Owens Book as number 2271

U.V.M.S is the Afrikaans translation

[High Wood]

Thank you very much for the positive identification, it is appreciated.

Good to know that it was a relatively short lived shoulder title. I rarely stumble across South African items in this part of the world but when I do, they all seem to be out of the ordinary.

[Andy-Buchanan]

Not a problem, i actually collect Soith African shoulder titles, the one in the photo is from my collection

Its a nice title and does not come up that often for sale, and when it does they quite pricey
I saw one the other day being sold for 40 Euro

Regards
Andrew