c1940-45 WW2 Argentina Overseas Foreign Assistance to British Army Shoulder Title Badge Patch

cWWII, Other Rank's Argentine Volunteers British employed army embroidered shoulder title badge. Removed from Uniform / Battle Dress. GC.

Ref: BoBD. p. 341.

The official War office account of the problems encountered in finding sufficient men for the Army's acknowledges that throughout the war it 'made considerable use of manpower from outside the UK, and a great...  read more

Code: 2103

cWW2 26th Indian Division Formation Sign Patch Badge

26th Indian Div formation sign. Good scarce silk embroidered issue. Yellow Bengal Tiger emerging from a blue triangle. Black ground. Removed from uniform.  read more

Code: 2081

c1942-46 WW2, 20th Indian Infantry Divison Cloth Formation Sign Patch Badge

cWWII, 20th Indian Inf Div. The division's insignia was a hand wielding a tulwar, in white on black. Paper backed. VGC.

The 20th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army in the Second World War, formed in India, and took part in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War. After the war, the bulk of the division was deployed to French Indochina to...  read more

Code: 2033

c1943-46, WW2 17th Indian Infantry Division Printed Cloth Formation Sign Badge Patch

17th Indian Inf Div WWII formation sign, printed black arching cat embroidered on KD rectangle. GC.

Raised Ahmednagar Spring 1941 under Major General Smythe VC. The black cat was adopted in 1943. Saw much bitter fighting against the Japanese in Burma and Assam and particularly in the Chin Hills and Imphal areas.


The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of...  read more

Code: 2028

c1942-47, WW2 The 23rd Indian Infantry Division Formation Sign Badge Patch

cWWII, 23rd Indian Inf Div badge of a fighting cock. It was designed to be symbolic to both British and Indian Troops without alienating Hindu of Muslim Troops. Superb condition.

The 23rd Infantry Division is an infantry division of the Indian Army. It was raised as a part of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign and the Battle of Surabaya during t...  read more

Code: 2027

cWW2 The 7th Indian Infantry Division Cloth Formation Sign Badge Patch

cWWII, British 7th Indian Inf Div badge with hooks to reverse. Good Service used condition. This circular black cloth patch features a gold arrow embroidered on it. The 7th Indian Infantry Division was nicknamed the "Golden Arrow" Division.

The division was created on 1 October 1940 at Attock, under the command of Major General Arthur Wakely. Its formation sign was an arrow, poin...  read more

Code: 2021

c1942-46 WW2, XV / 15th Indian Corps Cloth Formation Sign Badge Patch

cWWII, British Indian Army formation badge for the XV Indian Corps. The badge is a rectangular red cloth patch featuring three black embroidered Roman numeral "V"s arranged in a triangle. The three "V"s symbolize the number fifteen ("XV") to represent the XV Corps, which was active between 1942 and 1946. This corps served in the Burma Campaign as part of the Fourteenth Army.  read more

Code: 2020

c1942-48, cWW2 The Burma Regiment Officer Cap Badge

Rare, cWWII, Burma Regt blackened officer pattern cast cap badge. VGC.



The Regiment was formed in India on 1st October 1942, mainly from non-Burmese survivors of the retreat from Burma. Composition was personnel of the 7th and 8th Battalions, The Burma Rifles (the men for these battalions originally largely having been found from the Burma Frontier Force and the...  read more

Code: 2018

cWW2 1943-46 British Indian Army Chamar Regiment Medium Sized Brass Officer Button

cWWII, Charmar Regt scarce, 19mm med size button fixed shank officer pattern for wear on pockets or cuffs of the Service Dress or Tropical Jacket. No maker marks. GC.

The Regiment was formed on 1st March 1943 and disbanded in 1946. It fought with distinction until the war’s end in Burma with the Chindits.

World War Two: The Regiment Raised on 1 March 1943, the re...  read more

Code: 1587

c1922-47 The 2nd Punjab Regiment Officer Service Dress (OSD) Cap Badge

cWW2, the O.S.D. badge in the form of an oared galley with rigged sail, with scroll below, bearing the unit title, '2nd Punjab Regt'. Locally cast on blades. Some minor verdigris. GC.

The 2nd Punjab Regiment was formed in 1922 from the merging of the 67th Punjabis, the 69th Punjabis, the 72nd Punjabis, 74th Punjabis and the 87th Punjabis.

The 69th Punjabis, which b...  read more

Code: 1652