South West Africa Parachute Instructor Wing Cloth Badge Books Large size example

Large size example

confirming its authenticity

Silvered white-metal cap badge depicting an elephant standing within a laurel wreath

Widely exported to communist-aligned forces during the Cold War

bordered in yellow

South West Africa Parachute Instructor Wing Cloth Badge Books Large size exampleAn original embroidered cloth badge awarded to qualified parachute instructors serving with airborne elements of the South West African Territorial Force (SWATF). The badge features a stylised parachute canopy with outstretched wings, embroidered in black and bronze thread on an olive drab background. Above the wings is the designation "INSTR", identifying the wearer as an instructor. This wing would have been worn on training or combat fatigues by