South African Union Defence Force Engineers Corps Cap Badge (King’s Crown) Gun Components during the late 19th and

during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

chest 22in

plus period correspondence linking the model supply to Colchester Military Museum—notably an ARMSCOR (Krygkor Armscor) letter dated 1990-04-19 headed “Information Request – Casspir” and a TEM (Pty) Ltd letter dated 1990-08-31 referencing dispatch of a Casspir model and payment

innerr seam 29in

South African Union Defence Force Engineers Corps Cap Badge (King’s Crown) Gun Components during the late 19th andWWII era Union Defence Force (UDF) South African Engineers Corps cap badge in darkened brass finish. Features the Kings Crown over a laurel wreath, circular bilingual legend SOUTH AFRICA SUID AFRIKA, central South African coat of arms, and scroll ENGINEERS CORPS. The Kings Crown confirms pre Elizabethan issue (George VI period), consistent with UDF service during the Second World War.