South African Air Force C-130 Hercules “1000 Hours” Cloth Badge Medals leading to minor variations in

leading to minor variations in thread tone and material weave between different production batches

Unlike the olive-drab combat versions

indicating use on higher-echelon wagons or ceremonial locomotives

This is the badge of the Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment (RhACR)

whose lineage traces back to the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade (1854)

South African Air Force C-130 Hercules “1000 Hours” Cloth Badge Medals leading to minor variations inEmbroidered cloth badge commemorating 1,000 flight hours on the C 130 Hercules transport aircraft, used by the South African Air Force (SAAF). The design features a front facing silhouette of the C 130 Hercules in white and black stitching, with bold yellow text reading HERCULES and 1000 on a dark green background, bordered in yellow. These types of badges were typically awarded or worn by aircrew (especially pilots and loadmasters) who had completed