Bophuthatswana Defence Force Service Medal (Bronze) Medals The curved base plate is

The curved base plate is typical for mounting onto the rounded receiver of the small-frame Martini actions

" Collar badges were worn as part of officers' or soldiers' uniforms

with a scroll inscribed “RHODESIA” below

Two chest pockets with buttons

Blackened metal cap badge of the Royal Rhodesia Regiment (RRR) featuring a Maltese-style star surmounted by the King’s Crown

Bophuthatswana Defence Force Service Medal (Bronze) Medals The curved base plate isA bronze service medal issued by the Bophuthatswana Defence Force (BDF) prior to the reintegration of the homeland into South Africa in 1994. The obverse shows the distinctive carved leopard head in a circular fieldsymbolic of the BDFs identitysurrounded by stylised arrow motifs. The reverse displays the Bophuthatswana national coat of arms, featuring two kudu supporters and the national motto. Ribbon colours: Blue with yellow edge stripes,