Original South African political campaign badge commemorating Jan Smuts’s 1940 parliamentary victory during World War II. This patriotic badge was produced in support of General Jan Smuts, then Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, who led the country into the war on the side of the Allies. This badge features a side profile of Smuts’s head in a oval plaque with a “V” in the background, worn by supporters during the election campaign that secured his wartime mandate.
Struck in bronze with a north-south broach pin on the reverse
Condition: Very good
Dimensions: Approx. 31mm x 27mm
