sabrigade Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 Some of the WW2 uniforms that were worn by South African forces. The pith helmet was my grandfather's original issue and many of the badges and insignia on the uniforms were part of my inheritence when he died in 1975.
sabrigade Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 South African Railways Police and early Prisons Department
sabrigade Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 The tragedy of the 1922 miner's strike in Johannesburg
sabrigade Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Brassards worn by the government COMMANDOES that were mobilised to assist in the suppression of the 1922 strike in Johannesburg Edited January 16, 2011 by sabrigade
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Brassards worn by the government COMMANDOES that were mobilised to assist in the suppression of the 1922 strike in Johannesburg Interesting! Almost "German" solution !
sabrigade Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) They were very prominent on the East Rand and were led by former Anglo-Boer War and WW1 Boer commanders like General Van Deventer who died soon after the strike. Edited January 16, 2011 by sabrigade
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