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British South Africa Legion BESL British Empire Service League Badge Steel enamel Size: 27 x 20 mm Recerse: Text: S.A.M. Pictures are part of the description In fine original condition Early Type! History: After suffering the horrors of war in France and Flanders, thousands of men who fought on the British side in World War […]

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British South Africa Legion BESL British Empire Service League Badge
Steel enamel
Size: 27 x 20 mm
Recerse: Text: S.A.M.
Pictures are part of the description
In fine original condition
Early Type!

History:
After suffering the horrors of war in France and Flanders, thousands of men who fought on the British side in World War One underwent incredible hardship once they had been discharged from the armed services and returned to civilian life.

The headquarters of the Legion, founded in Cape Town year 1921, were originally in Bloemfontein in the centre of the country, but moved to Johannesburg in 1942, where it still is

Box J_14

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