Selous Scouts Wings

[Sgt127]

Well thank you so much. 
I suppose, in the grand scheme, I actually have a decent little Selous Scouts collection!

 

My silver wings are andonized. If I could find a Sterling one. That would be cool. Stuff is so often faked now. 

[Sgt127]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274842604219
 

Seller has a bunch of named Selous Scout stuff for sale. 

[Kadet]

Your OR beret badge and necklace are also original IMO. The beret badge is typically identified as the 1st pattern because it doesn't have the Reuteler maker mark stamped on the reverse. With the exception of the maker mark, the 2nd patterns are identical to the 1st patterns. Yours also looks like it may have the original backing material from being worn on a beret. Many original berets have this feature as it gave a smarter appearance...

[Sgt127]

Thank you very much. 

[AKC123]

On 7/6/2021 at 12:48 PM, Sgt127 said:

A friend gave me this set of camo. He told me it was Rhodesian. I would appreciate anyone’s input. If they are correct, I will leave the photo in the thread for reference. If not, I will delete to not clutter the thread. Marked “Paramount”. 

Nice shirt. The shirts that I have seen were made by three manufacturers: Paramount, Trevain, and Statesman. Paramount white the thin black label that is folded in half and the other two with larger flat white labels. And from what I can tell the paramount shirts were the only ones with the scalloped detailed pocket flaps like yours. 

[RhodesianMilitaria]

On 11/7/2018 at 10:40 PM, 509thPIB said:

Selous Scouts wings have been heavily faked. Are these original or fake?

 

They're good. Awarded to African soldier Tpr S. Kona Tpr 648184.

On 10/10/2020 at 5:27 AM, Kia kaha said:

Cloth wing

 

proberly never worn, taken from Selous Scout H.Q. by an Officer in the last days. Then sold in the U.S. There are two types one has zig zag stitching around edge. 

Ok. never worn because they never existed in the Selous Scouts. I have heard the story that these were taken from Selous Scouts HQ but have never seen the evidence to prove it. There were certianly two types made in SA after the war, this type and the one with the cross stitching. I would be surprised if the Scouts were thinking of cloth wings in the late 70s with the intensity of the war.

On 7/7/2021 at 3:22 AM, Sgt127 said:

Well thank you so much. 
I suppose, in the grand scheme, I actually have a decent little Selous Scouts collection!

 

My silver wings are andonized. If I could find a Sterling one. That would be cool. Stuff is so often faked now. 

First issue as unstamped. The scarcer of the two to find nowadays. Faked officer's badges. Well here you go.

[Lyall-45-condor]

Find this forum really interesting especially the rhodesian army, security forces side, wishing had joined earlier, will post shortly, gra 

[Stucky151]

First post here on WMF, long time member over at USMF. Just wanted to share this grouping I ended up purchasing from goodwill. Was a rather large lot Special force insignia, patches and flashes that was poorly photographed. Lot came in, and hidden in everything were these wings. Had no idea what they were and had come here to learn more. Surprised to say the least! Ended up selling everything but kept some photos for my personal reference. Thought they could be used and appreciated here. There was a total of seven numbered wings along with other Rhodesian and SAS insignia. Unfortunately none of the numbered wings were low enough to have been issued. Still a great little score for $300. 

This was the mentioned grouping that everything came in. You never know where incredible things will show up. 

[Proud Kraut]

That´s a fantastic insignia lot. Thanks for sharing and welcome to the WMF!