24th Apr, 2018 10:00

The Professor Charles Thomas Collection

 
Lot 31
 

31

Indian Army Departmental and Regimental Insignia

Indian Army Departmental and Regimental Insignia A card of Chaplains' badges, including one of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment; cap-badges (Edward VII and George V imperial cyphers) for officers of Military Departments holding honorary rank, with some metal departmental shoulder-titles; cap-badges and other items of military schools, training establishments and the Indian Military Nursing Service; headdress badges and shoulder-titles of the WW2 Womens Auxiliary Service (India); a card of Indian Infantry Regimental insignia including brass shoulder-titles of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 21st Punjab Regiments, the 4th Battalion 9th Bhopals, 17th and 41st Dogras and 18th Royal Garwhal Rifles, and cap-badges of the 14th, 15th and 16th Punjabis and 18th RGR, the majority of cap-badges of native manufacture. Together with buttons of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Regiments; and another card of infantry regimental insignia, including metal shoulder-titles of the 9th Jats, 10th and 130th Baluchis, 11th, 14th, 15th and 35th Sikhs, 12th Frontier Force Regt,13th Frontier Force Rifles and the Guides; together with various buttons and badges, including those of the Guides and the 2nd Punjab Infantry (later 56th Punjabis), some of native manufacture. (3 cards, 94 items)

Sold for £520


 
Indian Army Departmental and Regimental Insignia A card of Chaplains' badges, including one of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment; cap-badges (Edward VII and George V imperial cyphers) for officers of Military Departments holding honorary rank, with some metal departmental shoulder-titles; cap-badges and other items of military schools, training establishments and the Indian Military Nursing Service; headdress badges and shoulder-titles of the WW2 Womens Auxiliary Service (India); a card of Indian Infantry Regimental insignia including brass shoulder-titles of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 21st Punjab Regiments, the 4th Battalion 9th Bhopals, 17th and 41st Dogras and 18th Royal Garwhal Rifles, and cap-badges of the 14th, 15th and 16th Punjabis and 18th RGR, the majority of cap-badges of native manufacture. Together with buttons of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Regiments; and another card of infantry regimental insignia, including metal shoulder-titles of the 9th Jats, 10th and 130th Baluchis, 11th, 14th, 15th and 35th Sikhs, 12th Frontier Force Regt,13th Frontier Force Rifles and the Guides; together with various buttons and badges, including those of the Guides and the 2nd Punjab Infantry (later 56th Punjabis), some of native manufacture. (3 cards, 94 items)