Pakistan Army - Frontier Force Regiment (including the Pathan Regiment) Silver Plated Cap Badge.
A post independence cap badge, theatre made and attractively silver plated with two original loops to the reverse. In very good condition. Formerly the 12th Frontier Force Regiment.
'FF' to the centre of a shield on crossed swords and the scroll with the word 'PATHAN' below. As worn from 1949 until replaced by a new badge pattern in 1956. Different battalions wore different ... read more
22.00 GBP
British Indian & Indian Army - Sikh Light Infantry Cap Badge
A cast white metal silver plated example with two original loops to the reverse. In good worn condition. Circa 4cms tall. Formed in 1941 and this badge worn post Independence.
The regiment's cap badge is a chakram or quoit, with a mounted kirpan. The insignia was designed to honour the Khalsa community's Akali Nihang ancestry.
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40.00 GBP
British India - WW2 Indian Observer Corps Blackened Cap Badge
In good condition a blackened cast brass cap badge with two original loops to the reverse. Circa 3.8cms tall. Date '1940' on tablet at base of badge. Scarce.
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25.00 GBP
British India - Burma Rifles Brass Cap Badge (of Gurkha Interest)
A nicely cast example of the Peacock with tail up and the scroll below 'BURMA RIFLES'. With two original loops to the reverse.
The Gurkha Museum Publication "Insignia of Gurkha Units in India and Burma up to 1948" dates this pattern of their cap badge from 1920 - 1937. Renfrew claims (Vol 1 no 1010) that it was worn from 1937 to 1942. In any event, the regiment contained a ... read more
British India - 4th Bombay Grenadiers Cast Brass Cap Badge
An Indian made example, sand cast in brass with original slider to the reverse. Of two part construction with a white metal numeral '4' mounted to the centre. Circa 3.7cms tall. Some loss of detail to the flames in the casting process otherwise in good condition. Worn 1922 - 1945.
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WW2 Burma Army Service Corps (BASC) GVI Brass Cap Badge, 2nd Pattern
Cast cap badge with two original loops to the reverse. In good condition. Worn from 1940 - 1948. Scarce.
See my item 68170 for the 1st pattern cap badge in the form of a Chinthe.
Renfrew et al, Vol 1 No 1013 refers.
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75.00 GBP
WW2 Burma Army Service Corps (BASC) Brass Cap Badge, 1st Pattern
A delicately cast example of the Chinthe with two original loops to the reverse and of Indian manufacture. Circa 3.9cms tall. This pattern believed to have been worn from 1937 - 1939. See my item 68169 for the later pattern. Scarce.
Renfrew et al, Vol 1 No 1017 refers.
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British India - South Waziristan Scouts Silver Plated Cap Badge, circa 1922
An attractive badge, cast and silver plated with two original loops to the reverse. It depicts the head of an urial ram, a wild sheep of Western Asia with the scroll below bearing the unit title, surmounted by a King's crown. Circa 4.2cms tall. (interestingly, the badge looks like a frog when viewed from the rear!).
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Indian Auxiliary (Volunteer) Army - Assam Valley Light Horse (AVLH) Bi-Metal Cap Badge
Cap badge, Assam Valley Light Horse, 1901-1947. Bi-metal badge consisting of an eight-pointed star with "AVLH" unit monogram surmounted by King's Crown, with scroll bearing the unit's motto, "Semper Paratus", meaning "Always Ready". Finely cast and of two part construction, locally made, with two original loops to reverse (one retaining strip truncated but still holds the central device in plac... read more
75.00 GBP
Indian Army Military Police cap badge, post Independence 1947
An Indian made sand cast example silver plated with original long slider to reverse (clipped) suggesting it was worn in a sun helmet or pagri band. In very good condition.
The Lions of Ashoka over a wreath, five pointed star in centre, scroll below MILITARY POLICE.
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35.00 GBP