SADF Ordnance Service School Pocket Flash (Metal)

Short Description

SADF Ordnance Service School metal pocket flash featuring torch emblem and redwhiteblue vertical stripes. Collectable Technical Service Corps insignia.

Full Description

This item is a SADF-era metal pocket flash for the South African Ordnance Service School (Krygsbehoeftes Diensteskool), a training institution within the Technical Service Corps responsible for logistics, supply, maintenance and technical training.

The badge features:
A torch symbol representing knowledge, education and technical learning, appropriate for a military training school.
Red, white and blue vertical stripes traditional heraldic colours used throughout South African military insignia, symbolising service, readiness and lineage.

The Ordnance Service School played a key role in producing technicians, logisticians and maintenance personnel for the SADF prior to the major organisational changes of 1994. Its insignia is sought after by collectors of South African technical and training unit flashes.

Specifications

Origin: South Africa
Force: SADF
Unit: Ordnance Service School (Technical Service Corps)
Type: Pocket flash (metal)
Design: Torch on red/white/blue vertical stripes
Era: SADF (pre-1994)
Condition: As per images
Size: As per image with ruler
Material: Metal

Condition

Condition visible in photographs. Images form part of the description.

Disclaimer

All information provided is given to the best of my knowledge and may be incorrect.