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An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004)
Mini Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/62662 An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) Grobler, John Edward Holloway marindavdnest@gmail.com Van der Nest, Marinda UCTD Heraldry Armorial bearings Coat of arms esprit de corps Mini Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Heraldry has been called the "shorthand of history" and with its own specific rules, symbols and shields in use for over eight hundred years, it is still of value today. Heraldry was first used as identification method in battle, but spread to other spheres of society. Heraldry was always part of the military and is still more visible in use by the military than other parts of society. It is these rules, terminology, and symbolism that influenced the choice of topic to understand the meaning of the emblems. Heraldry is a science that studies the rules and terminology of armorial bearings, as well as the colourful and artistic emblems of individuals, families, communities or nations. In ancient times man used symbols to distinguish and to identify with his world view. Ancient man's symbolic illustrative or carved signs evolved from totems being used as emblems of identification with clan members, to flags, badges and shields used in the army and logos used as trademarks. It grew into a science of heraldry with hereditary and regulating rules and systems. Symbols can mean different things to different people, the construction and reconstruction of meaning rely on the different cultural contexts in which it is used. It is these cultural contexts and the cohesion between them that will unveil the deeper meaning and worth of heraldic emblems. The study aims at compiling a catalogue of South African Army military units by presenting the emblems of the different units to understand the significance of the emblem for its users. To achieve this an exploratory and descriptive investigation on heraldry and South African military heraldry was done, defining esprit de corps, symbolism, identity, traditions, indigenous elements and totemism. The study focuses on the period 1994 to 2014 to give a snapshot of emblems in use during this period. It was mostly the emblems of higher headquarters that changed. The colours of the old flag of orange, white and blue changed to green, gold or yellow, red, blue, black and white. In spite of changes, the unit emblem still forged a strong bond of identity amongst members. Historical and Heritage Studies MHCS Unrestricted 2017-10-11T11:55:51Z 2017-10-11T11:55:51Z 2017-09-06 2017 Mini Dissertation Van der Nest, M 2017, An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004), MHCS Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62662> S2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62662 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Heraldry Armorial bearings Coat of arms esprit de corps An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title | An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title_full | An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title_fullStr | An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title_short | An heraldic overview of the SA army during 20 years of democracy (1994-2004) |
| title_sort | heraldic overview of the sa army during 20 years of democracy 1994 2004 |
| topic | UCTD Heraldry Armorial bearings Coat of arms esprit de corps |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62662 |