Badge, bearer, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947.
Anodised aluminium badge with an elephant above a cartouche bearing the battle honour, ‘Assaye’, above a Chinese dragon, surmounted by a curved scroll bearing the unit title, ‘1st Punjab Regiment’; all on a rayed ground surmounted with a Tudor crown.
Associated with 1st Punjab Regiment (1922-1947), Battle of Assaye, 1803, 2nd Maratha War (1803-1805) and the 1st China War (1839-1842).
From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.