c1922-45 13th Frontier Force Rifles (FFR) British Indian Army Brass Metal Shoulder Title Badge

Good cast 1th F.F.R. shoulder title on lugs. VGC. c1922-45.

The 1st Punjab Regiment became 55th Coke's Rifles; the 2nd became the 56th Punjabi Rifles; the 4th became 57th Wilde's Rifles; the 5th became 58th Vaughan's Rifles and the 6th Regiment became the 59th Scinde Rifles.

In 1922 the five Punjab regiments amalgamated to become the five battalions of the newly created 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Likewise, the four regiments of Sikh Infantry and the Corps of Guides formed five battalions of the newly formed 12th Frontier Force Rifles.






In 1945 the 13th Frontier Force Rifles was retitled as Frontier Force Rifles, and in 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army upon the Partition of India. In 1956 it was amalgamated with the Frontier Force Regiment (which was formerly the 12th Frontier Force Rifles) to become a new Frontier Force Regiment with a headquarters at Abbottabad, and it continues to serve with the Pakistan Army to this day.

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