Bophuthatswana Technical Service Stable Belt Buckle Italy First Edition

First Edition

the Constable can be seen wearing this pattern Shako

The cut is very similar to a first pattern bush jacket but In terms it more so resembles a workwear type of jacket

this ribbon is actually for the Transkei Defence Force meritorious service medal

Harris’ kit

Bophuthatswana Technical Service Stable Belt Buckle Italy First EditionBophuthatswana Technical Service Stable Belt Buckle. The Bophuthatswana Defence Force Technical Services Unit evolved from the Light Workshop Troop of One Infantry Battalion, at Military Base Molopo. Each of the four nominally independent homelands Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei, and Venda maintained small defense forces that were effectively under SADF control, despite each government's claim to national sovereignty. (No country except South Africa