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collar. All badges are placed vertically except
All Army vocations (less Military Police and
Military Band) will wear beret with SAF No.1
Dress. All Military Police, Military Band and
Officer Cadets will wear peak cap for No.1
dress.
VOCATIONAL COLLAR BADGES
These badges are worn at the collar of the SAF
No 1 uniforms. Vocation collar badges are
worn by LTC and below on each side of the
collar, 0.5 cm away from the edge of the
for Artillery, which is placed horizontally.
AIGUILLETTE
Originally, the word “aiguillette” referred to
the lacing used to fasten armour plate
together. As such, a knot or loop arrangement
was used which sometimes hung down from
the shoulder. The present use of the word to
denote the accoutrement worn by Aides-de-
Camp probably stems from this earlier use.
A series of fanciful and somewhat ridiculous
legends have grown up about the origin of
aiguillettes. One account relates that when
certain European troops behaved
reprehensibly on the field of battle, their
commander would decide to hang some of
them. The troops asked to be given a chance
to redeem themselves and began wearing a
rope and spike about their shoulders with the
promise that if they ever behaved badly again,
they were ready to be hanged on the spot. It is
further related that these troops covered
themselves with glory thereafter.
Another tale recounts that aiguillettes
originated with the cord with a pencil worn by
generals and staff officers for writing
dispatches. Still another account has it that the
idea started with the custom of the general’s
aide-de-camp carrying a rope over his shoulder,
together with pegs fastened thereto, for the
purpose of hobbling his own general’s horses.
All such accounts have no basis in fact. The
aiguillette is an “insignia used to
distinguish officers holding certain
appointments”. They are worn with all
uniforms except the No.4 dress.
The following officers are entitled to wear the
aiguillette:
1. Chief of Defense Force (CDF), whilst in