{"product_id":"117-battalion-beret-badge","title":"117 Battalion beret badge","description":"\u003cp\u003e117 Battalion beret badge with rear screw post and nut fixings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBase and command.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The battalion was a motorised infantry unit, equipped with Buffel APCs and Samil 20 trucks. Its headquarters was at Soekmekaar. It first came under Group 45 and later moved to Group 14 at Pietersburg (now Polokwane). Commanders listed for the unit include Lt Col L Scheepers, Lt Col P de Vos Viljoen and Lt Col T Snyman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter 1994.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Around 1997 it became a training unit. It was later merged into 3 South African Infantry Battalion in the new SANDF.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe badge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The motto \"Tiro Šano\" is the battalion's official motto. It is Northern Sotho (Sepedi). It is usually read as \"working together\" or \"cooperation\". The leopard inside a rope wreath is a common motif in SADF regional battalion insignia. For example, its neighbour 121 Battalion in Zululand also used a leopard head.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54345070805320,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-2911.heic?v=1792359952","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/117-battalion-beret-badge","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}