South Africa - Kaffrarian Rifles Beret Badge complete with Felt Cloth Badge Backing, post 1964

A red enamel and blackened brass cap badge, post 1964 so worn without a crown and mounted on its original felt backing cloth (the correct pattern for this regiment). Two original loops with cotter pin Some glue traces to reverse. Slight hole in the maroon half of the backing cloth otherwise in super condition for age. This format as worn on the beret.

In order to keep pace with the changing political climate in South Africa, the regiment was renamed the Buffalo Volunteer Rifles in 1999, a revised form of the regiment's name when it was raised.

K34.4

Code: 68990