S.A Boer War Colonial Defence Force slouch hat badge Anodised Cap Badges WW2 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division

WW2 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division

manufactured in solid silver by William Dowler & Sons of Birmingham

WW1 Machine Gun Corps gilded brass button brooch

the factory opened in 1941–42 as part of the Ministry of Supply’s national network of “filling factories” — places where explosive material was packed into shells and huge aerial bombs

just post‑independence but before full Malay‑language insignia was standardised

S.A Boer War Colonial Defence Force slouch hat badge Anodised Cap Badges WW2 3rd Anti-Aircraft DivisionSouth African Boer War Colonial Defence Force slouch hat badge, sheet brass cut still retaining the original wire loop fixings. (Owen 1683 refers)