SADF 11 Commando Shoulder Flash. All Pins Intact.

SADF 11 Commando Shoulder Flash. All Pins Intact.

From warinangola.com : 11 Commando (11 CMDO) [Afr: 11 Kommando] was formed at Kimberley and Gazetted in Nov 1973. The first intake of NSM's arrived from 9 Jan 1974. Most of the DTCS Training/Recruit wing Staff and other staff were transferred to this new unit. As most of recruits were area bound (Farmers, Business owners and essential service members) they would be allocated to Commando's after their initial training, they retained the Commando beret badge. It was a independent infantry battalion with Higher HQ NW Command in Potchefstroom. On 1 Apr 1974 the unit's area of responsibility was enlarged by the acquisition of an additional company, stationed at Jan Kempdorp. 11 Commando was disbanded in 1982 and on 21 Jun 1982 the SA Intelligence School (SA INT S) was established and took over the 11 Commando lines. It retained the name 11 Commando for its base.