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SOUTH AFRICA 4th South African Infantry Battalion 'tupperware' shoulder flash
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Plastic embossed ('tupperware') shoulder flash. The 4 SAI was established on January 1, 1962 at Middelburg, South Africa. First troops began training in April 1962 and became an operational motorised unit in 1969. In 1982 it converted to a mechanised infantry battalion consisting of Ratel-20 IFV, with an artillery battery of G5 howitzers and a Ratel-90 armoured car squadron attached. In some operations, an Oilfant tank squadron was also temporarily attached to the battalion.4 SAI took part in many external operations during the South African border war such as Operations Dolfyn, Askari, Alpha Centauri, Moduler, Hooper and Prone. The flash has a clutch pin at the bottom on the reverse.