CFA Imhoff Battery Cloth Flash

[Brian Conyngham]

Hi All

One of the gems I picked up on my visit to Cape Town this week.

These cloth flashes are reasonably scarce especially if you do not live in the Cape as I do. I found this 1950's tunic in a second hand store devoid of all its badges and buttons however the most scarce and important cloth badges were still there!

The I in the flash stands for Imhoff Q Battery. The other two batteries are Amsterdam P Battery and Wynyard R Battery, all named after old Dutch batteries situated at the Cape.

Link to CFA info: http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/docs/CAPE%20...0ARTILLERY.pdf

Needless to say I never hesitated a second, my wife was not impressed at my purchase "more junk" was the comment!

Brian