South African Constabulary SAC Paramilitary Police cap badge
Worn between 1902 and 1908
With King’s Crown
Colin Owen no. 1854
Material: gilding metal
Size: approx. 44 x 28 mm
Reverse: 2 original fittings.
Fine original condition

The South African Constabulary (SAC) was a paramilitary force set up in 1900 under British Army control to police areas captured from the two independent Boer republics of Transvaal and Orange Free State during the Second Boer War. Its first Inspector-General was Major-General Robert Baden-Powell, later the founder of the worldwide Scout Movement. After hostilities ended in 1902, the two countries became British colonies and the force was disbanded in 1908.

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