{"product_id":"royal-swaziland-police-brass-button-circa-1965-72","title":"Royal Swaziland Police brass button circa 1965-72","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoyal Swaziland Police (later Royal Eswatini Police) 23mm brass tunic button.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQueen Elizabeth II’s crown above crossed spears\/assegais\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“SP” (Swaziland Police) in the centre roundel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA banner reading “Pro Rege Lege Et Grege” — “For King, Law and People”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDating: This version, with the Queen’s Crown, was used 1965–1972 — the run-up to and just after Swaziland’s independence from Britain in 1968. King Sobhuza II kept the force’s colonial-era badge design for a few years post-independence before it was updated (and later renamed Royal Eswatini Police Service after the country’s 2018 name change).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bit of context on the motto: it’s a variant of the classic British police motto “Pro Lege” (for the law), but with “Rege” (king) and “Grege” (the people\/flock) added — fitting for a police force answering directly to the monarch, since Swaziland\/Eswatini remains one of the world’s last absolute monarchies and the police chain of command still runs to the king as commander-in-chief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe reverse shank matches a standard sew-through tunic button of that era, and the 23mm size is right for a large coat\/tunic button rather than a smaller cuff button.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53691452162376,"sku":"10063","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-1700.heic?v=1786218763","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/royal-swaziland-police-brass-button-circa-1965-72","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}