South African Army 1 Parachute Battalion Metal Shoulder Flash Decorations and awards serving both symbolic and decorative

serving both symbolic and decorative roles within military and state institutions

This insignia is highly collectible due to 1 Para’s central role in Rhodesia’s Fireforce counter-insurgency strategy

stitched crown

This variant was widely employed by Rhodesian Light Infantry and other security forces

carefully machined to suit the earlier Lee-Metford/Lee-Enfield long rifles which did not originally include such advanced aperture sights

South African Army 1 Parachute Battalion Metal Shoulder Flash Decorations and awards serving both symbolic and decorativeGilt and enamel shield shaped shoulder flash featuring a white parachute canopy with the numeral 1 above a descending eagle over green field, bordered in black and gold. This is a South African Army 1 Parachute Battalion (1 Para Bn) metal shoulder title flash. This is not a cloth shoulder flash, but rather the later metal and enamel dress badge variant, typically worn on ceremonial or service dress. The design corresponds directly to 1 Parachute