SADF 2 South African Infantry (2 SAI) Battalion Shoulder Flash. No Pins.

SADF 2 South African Infantry (2 SAI) Battalion Shoulder Flash.  No Pins.

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From warinangola.com:  2 South African Infantry Battalion Group (2 SAI) [Afr: 2 Suid-Afrikaanse Infanteriebataljongroep (2 SAI)] was a composite battalion established at Walvis Bay in 1962. From 1973 it also had an artillery battery (43 Bty) and an armoured car squadron (D Sqn), both of which were attached permanently and located at Rooikop. 2 SAI was involved in incursions into Angola right from the start as part of Operation Savannah in 1975. The unit was awarded its colours by the local municipality in 1969, and adopted the town's motto and flamingo emblem. The freedom of Walvis Bay was granted to 2 SAI on 30th August 1974. 2 SAI was demobilised at the end of the Border War (1989), but was later reactivated at Pomfret, in the Northern Cape, on 1 July 1993, from the remnants of 32 Battalion, the "Buffalo soldiers". By 1998, as part of the SANDF, the unit was transferred to North West Command as a motorised infantry unit and based in Zeerust.