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South African Police (ZUID AFRIKAANSE POLITIE) Badge. Vintage, Great Condition for Age. This is a very old Police Badge issued when King George VI was King of England (The crown at the top of the badge is that go King George VI) who passed away in 1952.

The South African Police were the successors to the police forces of the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony in law enforcement in South Africa. Proclamation 18 formed the South African Police on 1 April 1913 with the amalgamation of the police forces of the four old British colonies after the founding of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

In 1939, the SAP took over the South West African Police and became responsible for policing South West Africa, which was under South African administration at that time.

When the conservative National Party edged out liberal opponents in South Africa's elections in 1948, the new government enacted legislation strengthening the relationship between the police and the military. The police were heavily armed after that, especially when facing unruly or hostile crowds.The Police Act (No. 7) of 1958 broadened the mission of the SAP beyond conventional police functions, such as maintaining law and order and investigating and buy preventing crime and gave the police extraordinary powers to quell unrest and to conduct counterinsurgency activities. (From Wikipedia)