Buttons

EX.UNITATE.VIRES ~ ENGINEERS GENIE

I have my own Antique Route that I follow every few weeks..
Little shops that have been around for years, for they have followers like me that simply cannot resist a good find.
Such were these buttons ~ the dealer had them grouped and sewn on cardboard squares.
I honestly  gave a little yell when I opened the  draw of an old dresser and found them  hidden away.Well I suppose they were not hidden but simply put away and forgotten.
It was like discovering  long lost  jewels.

SA ~ SOUTH AFRICA     
S.A.A ~ SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS  
SAP ~ SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE


Sentered at the top (copper with centered crown and sunburst) ~ AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES


Spring buck in circle below SAP
"UNION IS STRENTH"  ~ EENDRAG MAAK MAG

 I would like to know where these were used.

I am unable to make out the script on the elephant button, and also  love the crown.

both these look very colonial to me.

Black Bakelite with centered crown ~ POLICE FORCE

S.A.A.F~ SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
S.A.L.M~  SUID AFRIKAANSE LUGMAG
UNITAS ~ SKIETKOMMANDO ( soldier  kneeling with rifle, circled  in South Africa's national flower, the PROTEA)


ROYAL VISIT ~ KONINKLIKE BESOEK (Centre below UNITAS)

The Afrikaans versions on some of the buttons make them extra valuable. 

FOR KING AND EMPIRE SEVICES RENDERED ~ 

I would have liked it if the buttons were identified..I must do some research.  
Any South Africans out there that recognize any?

Have a lovely weekend.

We are in for another "take it slow in the heat"  this weekend, so I shall be lazy and relaxing...

  Colx