British India - Gilgit Scouts White Metal Cap Badge

An attractive small cap badge, cast with two original loops to the reverse. Circa 33mm tall.

The Gilgit Scouts was formed in 1913. The Gilgit Agency was the British administrative system in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir. The Scouts was a force with British officers which formed part of the Frontier Corps, undertaking local and border security. In 1947 the pro-Pakistan...  read more

Code: 68179

British Indian Army - Reserve Battalion Burma Military Police (BMP) Officer's Silver Cap Badge, pre 1937

A cast unmarked silver example with two original loops to the reverse. A seated crowned Chinthe facing left on a torse above the scroll 'Civis Sed Miles' (A citizen but a soldier) with a further scroll below that with the words "RESERVE Bn. B.M.P." Some loss of detail from service wear but scarce. In 1937 the Reserve Battalion was transferred to the Burma Frontier Force. Circa 4.2cms tall. ...  read more

Code: 68178

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

Code: 68177

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.

NAM.2013-10-20-55-13.

read more

Code: 68173

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.

Comm TeMo  read more

Code: 68174

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

Code: 68171

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.

Comm TeMo  read more

Code: 68176

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.

Comm TeMo  read more

Code: 68169

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.

Comm TeMo  read more

Code: 68170

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!).

The South Waziristan Scouts, formerly the South Waziristan Mi...  read more

Code: 68172