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Is this a military badge Indian ??
I have a pair of these gilt badges, 3.6cms across, 4 rear pins, donkey / mule in the centre and what appears to be Sankrit writing at the bottom. Any ideas, not even sure if they are military, but they did come with a few WW1 badges, possibly Indian ?
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Order of the Golden Donkey !!!??
No offence meant! The writing at the bottom appears to be one of the south-Indian scripts, but no idea what it is..Doubt whether it is military though. |
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Hello
could it be furniture, clock, decoration..... ?? cordially Didier |
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Thanks for your replies, it is a bit of a mystery, as you say, probably not military, but it did come with a collection of WW1 Canadian badges, so who knows ???? Maybe it is the Order of the Golden Donkey as suggested
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Looks more like a hare to me. Whatever, I'm convinced it isn't military - looks more like a decorative fitment. Possibly even with a reference to hunting
GTB |
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I do believe you`re right, it is indeed a hare or rabbit, didn`t notice the short tail.
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I believe that one of the British units - possibly the Transport Corps - rejoiced in the nickname 'Donley Wallopers' but, no, this is not an Indian military badge and, like others, I suspect it is a) a rabbit and b) purely decorative.
Not convinced that the squiggles at the bottom are Deva Nagri script either, though they may be intended for that. But, as I don't read that script I may be wrong. |
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the 'key' border looks Chinese to me and the hare or rabbit features in their iconography .... I would guess a Chinese good luck charm & perhaps related to the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.
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I should add that the plant depicted is the lotus , which features in both Indian and Chinese decoration , but in conjunction with the key pattern border and the rabbit , this makes the badge sure to be Chinese .
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[QUOTE=Not convinced that the squiggles at the bottom are Deva Nagri script either, though they may be intended for that. But, as I don't read that script I may be wrong. [/QUOTE]
Hi Peter, It's not Devanagri script. That's used in most North Indian languages. This is almost certainly one of the Dravidian languages from down south I think- either Malayalam or Kannada ... I'm a south Indian myself and the former is my mother tongue, but am sorry to say that I unfortunately cannot read it..anyway neither here no there |
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Thank you everyone for your interesting comments and suggestions, looks like they`re going to remain a mystery for now.
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I am pretty sure that it is a Sri Lankan badge. I had an aluminium badge of a similar design.
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Chinese makes sense to me too, but if someone has a confirmed example from Sri Lanka, I suppose that's the answer. And one of the reasons I love this forum! An early girl friend once referred to my 'storehouse of mental dross' and where but here would I ever get to share it with like minded... gentlemen? Peter |
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