more South African badges

[Wayne Ihaka]

these are some more SA badges

brass, WM and blakened

any idea of period involved

[Alex Rice]

Hi Wayne
The W/M one was used 1902-1922; the brass with collars 1922-1963 and the bronze would be the same period.
Cheers,
Alex

[Traist]

The white metal badge is most likely a restrike from the 70's. Regards Andrew

[Frank Kelley]

Sadly, badges from that particular regiment have been done to death, perhaps you can photograph each badge in turn, in particular, their reverse?

Originally Posted by Wayne Ihaka

these are some more SA badges

brass, WM and blakened

any idea of period involved

[milhistry]

For Wayne's benefit, the DUKES as the Regiment is known was the first Cape regiment to go "up North" in WW2 with 1 SA Brigade in 1940 and is one of the best known Cape Town units. It was named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, a son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who visited the Cape Colony in the 1860s. Alfred later went on to become reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha. The unit is now officially the 'Cape Town Rifles (Dukes)' or 'CTR' but everybody still calls them the DUKES and this is also reflected on their shoulder titles which say DUKES rather than CTR.

I've certainly come across fake early DEOVR badges (the early "Volunteer" type) which one often sees on eBay but I'm would not have thought anyone would bother to fake the WW2 DEOR badges as they ought to be relatively common I would have thought.