1950-60s FEDERATION SIGNALS brass shoulder titleThe Signals unit originated as a communications troop in 1949 and was redesignated Federation Signals Squadron and then Federation Brigade Signals Squadron around 1952, in the runup to Malayan independence in 1957. This British made brass title, with English motto and Britishstyle construction, fit well into this early Federation of Malay Signals era, i. e. mid1950s to early 1960s, just postindependence but before full Malaylanguage insignia was