Rhodesian BSAP P.A.T.U. (Police Anti-Terrorist Unit) Camouflage Shield Patch Decorations and awards This bilingual format is consistent

This bilingual format is consistent with Union Defence Force-era and WWII/early post-war South African Air Force uniform shoulder titles

This variant may reflect a non-standard or commemorative issue

The presence of the “Successors to” phrasing places this tin post-merger or company rebranding

awarded to Permanent Force members for long

original metal-lined cylindrical tin manufactured by F

Rhodesian BSAP P.A.T.U. (Police Anti-Terrorist Unit) Camouflage Shield Patch Decorations and awards This bilingual format is consistentAn original Rhodesian Police Anti Terrorist Unit (P. A. T. U.) cloth patch, manufactured on camouflage twill with a black embroidered paw motif and the unit title P. A. T. U. above. Worn by members of the British South Africa Polices elite rural counter insurgency unit, PATU teams were made up of highly trained policemen operating in small bush tracking and rapid reaction groups. This style of shield patch is strongly associated with the mid to late