XI S.A.I badge

[Alex Rice]

Originally Posted by Arthur R

By "Arabic numerals" I meant the numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0, as we write them, as distinct from the Roman numerals which are combinations of letters : I II III IV etc.

Must be a gap in my education, I don't think I've ever heard the numbers referred to as 'Arabic'!

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Alex Rice

Must be a gap in my education, I don't think I've ever heard the numbers referred to as 'Arabic'!

Western Arabic Numerals


"The term Arabic numerals is ambiguous, as it may also be intended to mean the numerals used by Arabs, in which case it generally refers to the Eastern Arabic numerals. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

Here endeth the lesson .

[pukman]

Originally Posted by Traist

Hi, It is definitely WW1 11th South African Infantry. I have similar design titles in my collection. 10, 11 and 12 SAI tended to use Roman numerals and the rest normal numbers. Regards Andrew

Great Andrew , problem solved. My guess was just an educated one, so nice to find a South Africa badge collector to confirm it ,


Cheers Iain.

[HBPencil]

Thank you all for the replies, very informative.

I happened to dig up that photo I mentioned before in the hope it may have shown other badges/patches which would link that fellow to the IXth but it did not (it was dated 1915 and the location was a Red Cross camp).