Collar badge Technical Service Corps South Africa

single piece , The year 1960 was a major one in the history of the Technical Services Corps, for this was the year that the present proud badge came into being. The bimetal device was adopted on 4 July 1960, replacing the cap badge of 1942. The stallion in white metal is alert, wears a headstall and stands with its hind feet on the subjacent scroll. The stallion with headstall indicates power under control, mechanical or horsepower, while the lightning flash symbolises electrical power. These symbols were freely adopted from the badge of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, which derived inspiration from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The scroll is subdivided into three proportions, the first containing the initials T.D.K., the second is without letters while the third has T.S.C. A year later and shortly after South Africa was declared a Republic, the first of the new TSC badges was issued throughout the Corps.