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This page serves as an informative overview of the various flashes and hackles utilized by different military units in the South African Military. The insignia were predominantly worn from the post-World War I period until approximately 1943, when the use of cloth helmets ceased and were replaced by berets in the Union Defence Force (UDF).
List of Helmet and Shoulder Flashes and Hackles of South African Military Units Media in category "Emblems of the South African Army" The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
This page provides an extensive list of various badges used by the South African Army to distinguish and identify different military units, branches, and ranks. It includes descriptions and images of badges such as shoulder titles, formation patches, trade badges, qualification badges, and others.
Helmet Flash: The Helmet Flash has the red W on a background of Blue. This flash is the opposite way around from all the other artillery units. Orpen explains [3] that the flash was worn on the left side of the helmet and the flash was orientated so that the point of the W pointed to the front.
The regiment was presented with a Regimental Colour by his Majesty King George VI during the visit of the royal family to South Africa on 31 March 1947. The wartime Prime Minister Gen Jan Smuts accepted the appointment as Colonel-In-Chief of the regiment from 17 September 1948.
M83 helmet: South Africa: 1983: Paratroopers of the South African Army: Variant of the OR-201 helmet M87: South Africa: 1987: South African Army: Similar to US PASGT Kevlar helmet, replacing earlier Israeli-style helmet in use since the 1980s M90 Helmet: Iraq: Another Iraqi copy of the M1 helmet, unlike the M80 helmet the M90 helmet is composed ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Help. Pages in category "Combat helmets of South Africa" The following 3 pages are in this ...