RARE collection of South African Constabulary S.A.C. Police INSIGNIA

Baden-Powell designed the uniform of the SAC, which he later adapted for the Boy Scout movement.

That includes a Campaign Hat "Slouch Hat" Badge, two different collar badges (One being "voided and the other non-voided) with several DIFFERENT design SAC uniform BUTTONS

Most LUGS have been REMOVED = READY FOR FRAMING !

(Many SAC Police badges have had their "lugs" (suspenders) truncated to prevent impersonation)

UNIQUE badge design used by a TINY Police Force that existed for only a few SHORT YEARS between 1900-1908

THESE BADGES ARE EXTREMELY RARE and very SELDOM seen for sale

The South African Constabulary (SAC) was a paramilitary force set up in 1900 under British Army control to police areas captured from the 2 independent Boer republics of Transvaal & 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 & the force was disbanded in 1908

Establishment of The S.A.C.

On 22 October 1900, Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of Imperial forces in South Africa, issued Proclamation 24 which founded the SAC

The first Inspector-General of the force was Major-General Baden-Powell, who earlier in the war had been in command of the British garrison at the Siege of Mafeking. He showed exceptional ability in organising a force from scratch in a short space of time

In South Africa he recruited men from the two British colonies of the Cape and Natal and from overseas men from the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Ceylon, Australia and New Zealand.

At first the force was organised in 4 divisions, with each being commanded by a colonel & 1 assistant. 3 of the divisions were in the Transvaal & 1 in the Orange River Colony. Each division was subdivided into troops of 100 men, each commanded by a captain & supported by a lieutenant