The Sudan Defence Force Badge Variations - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

sabrigade · #1 16-10-08, 09:33 AM

SDF Bronze 1.jpg SDF Bronze 2.jpg
bronze other ranks version?
SDF silver1.jpg SDF Silver 2.jpg
hallmarked silver officer's version?

Traist · #2 16-10-08, 11:36 AM

Would love to know when you get confirmation. One would assume that it is officers and other ranks though.

natal01 · #3 17-10-08, 05:06 AM

Here are the examples of the SDF badges that I have. They are all pretty rough and one always asks the question as to whether they are ok .

sabrigade · #4 17-10-08, 06:55 AM

My opinion is that there is no great demand for these badges and that the quality and make are correct. The badges I posted were purchased in Sudan and the Bronze badge appears to be a very rough casting. Obviously the Silver badge is of superior quality having been manufactured in Birmingham. The hallmarks indicate that it was struck in 1930. I think your badges are the "real" thing.

natal01 · #5 19-10-08, 07:46 AM

Thanks, as you say , there doesnt seem to be the same demand as for some badly faked "Special Forces" item, but that is OK by me - less competition for historically interesting pieces !

blackpowder44 · #6 20-04-09, 07:12 PM

Two Sudan Badges. Thr red felt backing to the SDF badge appears to be original to it. The Sudan Ordnance Corps badge has a stout pin back. John.

saumua · #7 26-04-09, 07:20 PM

very nice stuff.

Quicksilver · #8 26-04-09, 09:49 PM

Have seen a few of these in NZ over the years but they are scarce. Yes officers badge is silver. A New Zealander ran the SDF Signals in WW2 for a while and had a silver badge. He told me that the badge had signal cloth backing too. Dont know what it looked like though.
Quicksilver

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saumua · #9 07-05-09, 07:47 PM

Cliff look at this Nigeria Sigs formation patch

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ead.php?t=6204

Aberdeen Medals · #10 27-02-10, 08:14 PM

To add to the information on this post, I thought members might be curious to see some locally hall-marked officers silver collars of the S.D.F. that I recently took into stock

See below attached a 'pair' of S.D.F. collars (they came with provenance belonging to a former S.D.F. officer).

The hall-marks appear to be Arabic numerals (dates / letters ?). On one badge the hall-mark is stamped on the front of badge preceding the letter 'S' in the title scroll, on the the other badge it is hall-maked in the reverse centre.

As information.

Yours aye,
Mark