WW2 Canadian Army WW2 Canadian Ontario (Tank) Regiment of Canada Cap Badge

In very good condition, a large die struck badge with two original loops to the reverse. More commonly known 'black cats' cap badge of the Ontario Tank Regiment. King's crown. As worn 1920 until the early 1950s. Circa 59mm tall.

This armoured unit was the first Canadian one to be equipped with Churchill tanks and fought with distinction in several theatres during the war, b...  read more

Code: 67926

WW1 Canada - 5th Mounted Rifles (Sherbrooke, Quebec) CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Cap Badge - Inglis

Flat backed pickled brass example with two original loops to the reverse. Stamped to reverse R.J. Inglis Limited to reverse.

Cox No 315 refers.

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Code: 67927

WW1 Canada - 23rd (Montreal & Quebec) Infantry Battalion CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Other Ranks Gilding Metal Cap Badge

Die struck in very good condition with two original loops.

See also my item 67923 for the officer's collar badge for this battalion. The final photo shows both of these badges along side each other for illustrative purposes only.

Cox 484 / Charlton p39 refer.

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Code: 67924

WW1 Canada - 23rd (Montreal & Quebec) Infantry Battalion CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Officer's Bi-Metal Collar Badge

Lugs neatly removed and replaced with a sweetheart pin. Flat back and circa 29mm tall. Bronze finish with applied white metal numerals '23'. Apart from its conversion to a brooch in very good condition. Circa 30mm tall.

See also my item 67924 for the other ranks cap badge.

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Code: 67923

Gurkha Transport Regiment Officer's Cross Belt Badge, QEII Issue, 1965 - 1992

A large impressive badge, circa 7.7cms by 7.7cms, with four original screw-posts and all four original retaining nuts. In un-issued condition. The marks on the kukris are reflection, it is in near mint condition. As worn from May 1965, when the Gurkha Army Service Corps was redesignated to become the Gurkha Transport Regiment, a name it would hold until 1992 when it became the Queen's Own Gu...  read more

Code: 67674

5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Officer's Silver Plated Helmet Badge, King's Crown

Die cast silver plated with two original short loops to the reverse. Some wear to detail but in good overall condition. Circa 49mm tall and 58mm wide. Worn 1927 - 1947 on the rifle green and white Wolesley helmets. Scarce.

"Insignia of The 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)" published by the Gurkha Museum. 5GR D8 refers.

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Code: 67107

EIIR 7th (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own) Gurkha Rifles Pipers Frosted Silver Plaid Brooch Badge

EIIR 7th (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own) Gurkha Rifles Piper's Plaid Brooch, superb quality frosted silvered badge with crowned laurel spray, Maltese cross with the centre having crossed Kukri knives and number 7, around the edge ‘GURKHA RIFLES’. Reverse with backing plate and broad vertical pin and hook fixing. Fine quality made badge but with some dulling to the frosted finish. Same pattern as wor...  read more

Code: 67105

Indian Army - 11th Gurkha Rifles Blackened Brass Shoulder Title

As the 11th Gurkha Rifles were raised again in 1948 as the new 11th Gorkha Rifles, it can be confusing to date their insignia, which continued much as before Independence. The loops suggest an earlier rather than later example but cannot be certain.

The Gurkha Museum Publication "Insignia of Gurkha Units in India and Burma up to 1948" (2016) pp68-69 refer.

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Code: 66819

Indian Para Military Police - 4th Battalion Special Armed Constabulary (SAC) Cast White Metal Cap Badge

A nicely cast silver plated cap badge with two original loops to the reverse. This unit with obvious Gurkha connection's. Believed to have been a post 1947 unit but dates not given for period of wear in the publication referred to below.

See the Gurkha Museum Publication "Insignia of Gurkha Units in India and Burma up to 1948" (2016) p58 refers.

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Code: 66818

Burma - Southern Shan States (SSS) Military Police Cap Badge, 1904 - 1942

Cast white metal which has been silver plated with two original lugs to the reverse. The letters SSS interspaced between crossed Gurkha kukri knifes beneath a King's Crown. As is found with every genuine examples of this badge, the final "S" is truncated. Circa 3.2cm wide and 3.5cm tall.

Renfrew et al, Vol 1 no 1037 refers (all genuine examples of this badge have a truncated f...  read more

Code: 66816