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SA AC Service Battalion Cap Badge plus 2 Collar Badges - 1 lug missing  

SA Special Service Battalion Brass Cap Badge - both lugs in place  

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    WWII SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION TITLE BADGE The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.   History Lt Col George E Brink was given the responsibility for establishing the battalion at Roberts Heights and was the first commanding officer. The SSB was established to save the youth from physical and moral degeneration caused by massive unemployment due to the Great Depression. The SSB was to teach the young men military discipline, fitness and various trades to enable them to be employed by the Department of Labour and Welfare. The SSB men received a salary of a shilling a day causing the SSB soon to be known as the "Bob a Day Battalion".  In 1934 detachments were also established for 100 trainees at Durban and 150 at Cape Town. Training included elementary military subjects and physical training. After a year of the young men usually found employment in government departments or with civilian employers. By 1936 the output of the SSB totalled about 2000 youths a year. In 1937 the South African Railways established at Roberts Heights a special school to prepare boys for the railways. In 1937 3788 youths passed through the ranks of the SSB. A total of 882 of them joined the Permanent Force.  With the expansion of the South African Air Force in 1937 the SSB provided 248 air apprentices for special training but, with the improvement in the economic situation, the waiting list to join the battalion had dwindled to almost nil.  With the outbreak of war in September 1939, members of the SSB were posted to units requiring immediate reinforcement to get on to a wartime basis. An example of this being the Coastal Artillery. In February 1940 a number of troops were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Field Force Battalions. These served with distinction in East Africa, Abyssinia and the Middle East as part of 1st South African Division.  SADF era 1 SSB Commemorative Letter In August 1941 all members of the SSB below the age of 18 were transferred to the Youth Training Brigade. The remainder formed an infantry battalion, which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942.  In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade. In March 1943 the Field Force Battalion was disbanded and other ranks and some of the officers were transferred to the SSB, thus providing a nucleus of battle-tested veterans.  The unit sailed for the Middle East with the 6th SA Armoured Division in April 1943. In 1944 the division crossed the Mediterranean Sea to take part in the Italian campaign. The regiment played a prominent part in numerous actions during the campaign.  In 1946, SSB was resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit and reorganised on a two-battalion basis with the 1st Battalion as an armoured unit and the 2nd Battalion infantry. The former became a training regiment in 1953 and the latter was renamed the 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1SAI) in 1951.   CONDITION:  Very Good. Lugs in tact. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

             Shipping Can be combined please discuss with me     POSTAGE: See Shipping Tab for Postage Fees. I  pack all all items very securely which affects the size and weight of the package. I  always try to post within 3 working days where possible. will always keep buyer informed. Please Note: Postage fees are estimated on the size and weight of the package. ITEMS  Can Be Combined an I do accept COLLECTIONS on arrangement     ITEM Description -  SSB SDB Title SA Army  Special Service Battalion/ Spesiale Diens Betaljon 28x25mm CONDITION:      SOLD as FOUND - -Please see ALL IMAGES                                                                                                      

Please Note    There are one with 3 pins and one with 0 pins  When bought one then the one with 3 pins will be send first     

South African Buttons x 12 12 buttons - includes SA Medical Corps, Special Service Battalion, SA Navy with the King's Crown, Zuid Afrika buttons and a SA Mounted Rifles button Shipping within South Africa: R50 - includes tracking. I am happy to combine shipping on multiple purchases to help save postage fees.  Foreign buyers please ask before buying if these items  will  be shipped overseas and what the international postage costs would be.  

SADF / WW2 medal group to 180617 Tpr J.H. Mostert. He needs permission to join the force and joins on the 28th August 1939 (Pioneer Battalion  in Bloemfontein). In 1940 he joins PF and is assigned to the 2nd Battalion - SSB. In 1941 he completes a weapons and radio operator course. he is stationed in North Africa and is wounded in action in 1944. - see pictures confirming this below. A scarce combination of WW 2 medals with a confirmed SADF LS medal.   Medal confirmation above as per his file. Confirmation of his PFLSGCM in the GO's above and confirmation of medal below. Permission to join the forces in 1940. Service card above. Confirmation of him being wounded in action (WIA).   Overseas buyers welcome - you retain the risk of postage. No paypal only Credit card. NO SAPO for domestic bidders - only POSTNET (R140.00) or Courier (Please wait for charges). Please do not ask for SAPO as I will delete your bid and register an SNC, even if you win. If you don't like the postage options - Don't bid. Only SA bidders who can access Bobpay or the CC facility should bid. No paypal. Payment to be completed within 48 hours of winning bid confirmation. If no payment after 7 days - SNC will be registered, no exceptions.

  REGIMENT BOTHA TITLE BADGE Named or the Prime Minister and Boer general, Regiment Botha was formed on April 1 1934 at Ermelo and recruited in the then-northern and eastern Transvaal. By 1939 there were two battalions but only the second was mobilised on June 19, 1940. The unit was brigaded with 3 Transvaal Scottish and the SA Irish and served in Ethiopia. It arrived in North Africa as part of 5 SA Brigade in May 1941 and met its nemesis at the hands of the Deutsches Afrika Korps on Totensontag, November 23, 1941 when, as Major G Tylden puts it, it was “badly cut up at Sidi Rezegh and suffered heavily”. The next month, the survivors of 2 Regt Botha and the other units of 5 SA Brigade were reorganised into a composite battalion for further service. The identity of the other units disappeared and after reinforcement by a draft of Witwatersrand Rifles, 2 Regt Botha was back at full strength by April 1942. The regiment fought at first Alamein from July to October 1942, helping to stop Panzerarmee Afrika in its tracks. The unit returned to South Africa in January 1943. In August, 2 Regt Botha and Regiment President Steyn merged “for the duration” to form the Botha-President Steyn Armoured Commando, assigned to 6 SA Armoured Division. Once in Italy, the unit as broken up, with some going to the Pretoria Regiment and other to the Imperial Light Horse (now Light Horse Regiment). In 1951 2 Regiment Botha became the Regiment Christiaan Beyers.   Current role: Motorised infantry =  Current base: Barberton Battle honours: Motto: Altyd gereed (Always ready).       Condition:  Good. Complete. Uncleaned.   Sold as seen in the images. Images form part for the description.