South African Air Force Shoulder Title “SAAF / SALM” (Bilingual) Equipment and post-colonial African militaria

and post-colonial African militaria

these pouches saw service alongside the SAP’s bush camouflage uniforms and webbing systems

Widely issued to both regular and reserve forces for rifles used in service shooting and training contexts

used to drape the coffin of serving personnel and veterans during formal funerals

This particular example is a Parker-Hale manufactured model

South African Air Force Shoulder Title “SAAF / SALM” (Bilingual) Equipment and post-colonial African militariaBrass shoulder title with SAAF (South African Air Force, English) above and SALM (Suid Afrikaanse Lugmag, Afrikaans) below. This bilingual format is consistent with Union Defence Force era and WWII early post war South African Air Force uniform shoulder titles. The open work, curved scroll pattern and abbreviation set match known period pieces rather than later SANDF era styles.