Pre-1952 Northern Rhodesia Rhodesian Prison Service Insignia Group Cap Badge Shoulder Title & Buttons

King's Crown Northern Rhodesian Prison Service insignia brass badges & buttons:

1 x 19mm button heavily polished.
1 x 25mm button. GC.
1 x Cap badge polished on lugs.
1 x NRPS shoulder title.GC.




The Rhodesia Prison Service (RPS) was a law enforcement agency of Rhodesia. A subdivision of the Rhodesian Security Forces, it was responsible for the administration of the Rhodesian prison system. Established in 1954 as the Southern Rhodesia Prison Department and incorporated into the federal prison service of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, it continued as the prison service of independent



Rhodesia during the UDI period. Upon Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, it was dissolved and superseded by the Zimbabwe Prison Services.

The RPS was led by the director of prisons, who was assisted by a deputy director and an assistant director. The first director of prisons was David Cameron in 1954, and the final officeholder was Frank Leslie Patch, serving from 1968 to 1980.

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