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Regimental Badges
Other Site Details
Classification  | A.08.6. Historical and Military Sites, Other
Proclamation No  | 076/1978
Place  | Swakopmund, Farm Tibit
Region  | Erongo
Site Environment  | Desert
Refences  | Official Gazette 3706, No. AG 6, 1978. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p.107. Cooke, Bryan V., "Insignia in the Desert", S.W.A. Jaarboek 1975, p.25-31.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 17.02.1978 by the National Monuments Council of South Africa (NMC, National Monuments Act 1969, No. 28).
     

Description

Diamond shape of white quartz pebbles encircled by wreaths in brown and the symbols "2 KR" in white. Below it is another one with a huge "2", surrounded by "D L I". Between the two is written "TIT-BIT" in large letters which refers to their mascot.

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Brief History

The badges were laid out in stone in May 1915 by units of the Second Battalions of the Kimberley and the Durban light Infantry Regiments while they were guarding the railway line between Swakopmund and Usakos against possible German sabotage.
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