c1950s 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Officer Blazer Button

10 PMO GRs Officer's Pattern blazer button. Circa 19mm in diameter, flat engraved silver plated button with fixed shank, maker marked Pitt & Co, Maddox Street, London (worn). Odd stain / spot otherwise in good worn condition. As worn from 1950 onwards.

Ref: Insignia of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles" 10GR K5.


Following the regiment's redesignation as the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1949/1950, a brand new cap badge was introduced. It replaced the old standard 10 GR crossed-kukri/bugle design with one incorporating the personal cipher and coronet of HRH Princess Mary (The Princess Royal) interlaced between the bugle horn and the numeral 10.

Code: 2551