Badge Regiment “de Wet” 1935-1966

Regiment de Wet was one of six Afrikaans-speaking Citizen Force regiments established as part of the expansion of the then Union Defence Force of South Africa. The regiment was named after the Orange Free State Boer War commandant, Christiaan de Wet. The regiment’s headquarters was located in Kroonstad, a large town in the Orange Free State and a vital railway junction which gave some strategic importance.[1] Recruits were enlisted from the entire Orange Free State province. The Regiment was used to reinforce the ranks or Regiment President Steyn during World War two, both of which were infantry units at the time