All Headgear worn during the Border War
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Issued to a Troopie from TDK who was seconded to 32 Battalion
TDK Balkie
All badges original to beret
Beret is Infantry issue which 32 Battalion wore before they got camo berets
Rare
Label intact with COPY L and XS size label
Unissued condition
Worn by RECCES behind enemy lines
Badge not approved but worn 1986-88
Complete with badge and balkie
Beret in unissued condition with 1986 /87 date stamp
Size 58
Original wartime period beret with badge & balkie.
Size 57
Camo is sun faded
First pattern Hunter Group camo
Custom made
Early pattern badge with Infantry Mech balkie
Early cloth patch is not attached to bonnie but came together
Bonnie is named to J. Olivier
Badge is very rare
Padre Diek Venters beret
Embroidered badge on green infantry beret.
Size 56
Complete with tartan backing and badge
Small size
Complete with badge
When they returned to SA in 1989 it transferred back to the SADF.
Navy personnel attached to RECCES at 4 RR wore these berets
Liner removed
Lurex early issue officers cap badge.
1987/88
Size 55
Complete with balkie
Size 57.
Badge original to hat
Complete
From Sgt Major Patch Oosthuizen’s estate
Maker marked
Original period worn cap
One size fits all
1 Para MOT original to near mint beret
Dated 1977/78
Never worn example
Staff qualified beret badge for Colonel and above.
Makers label intact
Size 54
1993 dated
Warning label intact
Size XL
Bill cardboard damaged
Introduced 1962
British style beret with eyelets
Blackened badge with backing tartan
Winter dry pattern camo
No maker marks
1988
Complete with Infantry balkie
Complete with infantry balkie
Bi-metal badge
Label intact
Size 59
Complete and original badges beret
Also known as 37 Field Workshop.
Only airborne technical service unit of SADF.
Size 56.
1988 Fourth issue beret
Compass rose with muted gold lurex thread
Infantry Balkie intact
Liner pulled out
Part of School of Infantry and worn by instructors
1970
Beret maker marked
Large springbok head brass badge and early Balkie.
Clean condition
Recce “wet season” camouflage, this camouflage design was initially produced between circa 1970 and 1976
Named to a Brigadier General Q.B. Painter
Service Corps HQ
Comes with Termination of Service form
Worn in the field by RECCE Operators Flap cap intact. Size small 52 Rare
U.N. officers beret belonging to 2 RECCE Chaplain S van Niekerk Named to him on label He wore this beret when the U.N. helped oversee the hand over of SWA Officers U.N.. embroidered badge on size 59 beret. Rare