Well, I decided to open this as a reference for old SAF items
like old collar badges, formation patches and uniform items.
Hope it's helpful. Feel free to add on.
COLLAR BADGES
:Mostly the same as today's collar badges but MP badge is
just the word 'MP'. Airforce and Navy also have, Navy is
anchor, Airforce is plane, refer to site below:
http://timesofmylife.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/bmt-to-rod/
There is one with a grenade, which I believe belongs to ARTY,
and the Medic badge was a pole with 2 snakes.
BTW collar badges should have been worn on both collars.
NAME BADGES
:Still referring to site above. There are sidebars on the badge
denoting what language the soldier is capable of speaking in.
Green: English
Orange: Mandarin
Malay and Tamil I can't remember. Someone told me before.
SHOULDER TITLES
:The word SINGAPURA in a curved fashion. Worn on the strap where
you put your epaulette.
FORMATION PATCH
:Worn where you put it today, but on both arms.
1 PDF: PDF Lion on blue background
ARMOUR: Fist and bayonets in saltire on red background.
ARTY: 2 yellow cannons in saltire on red circle with blue
background.
SCE: A yellow symbol that looks like hourglass (Displays tower,
bomb and something else) on a brown background.
SAFTI: Yellow Sword and Torch on red background.
Signals: 3 vertical stripes of red-blue-red. A stylised S is in
the middle of the blue stripe. (Like today's logo. Reminds you of
the Schutzstaffel runes)
Navy: Swordfish on light blue background
SADC? Eagle with red background
There was also the 3DIV Patch but I can't describe it in colour.
Just the tiger in the middle.
BRASSARD
MPs have their brassard, but it is black lettering on red, not
the reverse as is today.
HELMET
MP Helmet has the words MP in front and a red stripe going
around its circumference.
BELT
The pistol belt was used. White for MPs and i think brown was
for everybody else. Correct me if i'm wrong.
UNIFORM
Some pics from NHB suggest that our current MP No.3 was used by
SAF Band but without boots(just shoes) and a black belt.
It is also common knowledge that the early RSAF no. 3 was more
blue than it is today. The NCC(Air) still uses the old No.3
Well, that's all I can think of.
On a side note, I'm trying to acquire such old insignia. Do they
sell such stuff at Beach Road? I once saw the shoulder titles
there.