Regimental Badges (Swakopmund)
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | National Monument : Monument | ||
| location | at Swakopmund | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 22 ° 34 '28.9 " S , 14 ° 47' 5.3" E | ||
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| Emergence | April to June 1915 | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
17th February 1978 | ||
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| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Regimental Badges near Swakopmund in Namibia have been a national monument of Namibia since February 17, 1978 . These are several oversized regimental badges that were created during the First World War by the South African Army using stones laid on the ground according to the model .
Origin and location
The badges were made of stone between April and June 1915 in the final phase of the fighting in what was then German South West Africa by troops of the South African Army . Swakopmund is in the Erongo region , where a few battalions of South African infantry secured the rail link between Swakopmund and Usakos against possible attacks by the German protection force for South West Africa .
There are different regimental coats of arms or military symbols: One is diamond-shaped and consists of quartz pebbles, surrounded by a brown laurel wreath and with the numbers "2 KR" (2nd Battalion, Kimberley Regiment ) in white. Below is a "2", surrounded by the letters "DLI" (2nd Battalion, Durban Light Infantry ). In between stands "TIT-BIT" (name of a mascot of the Kimberley Regiment).
literature
- Andreas Vogt : National Monuments in Namibia. An inventory of proclaimed national monuments in the Republic of Namibia. Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2004, ISBN 99916-0-593-2 .
Web links
- Bryan V. Cooke: Insignia in the Desert of South West Africa SWA , SWA Annual 1975
- Photos of the badges
See also
Individual evidence