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Originally Posted by Khyber
Hi Piffer. This is the real thing. Kev's badge may well have been cast from such an example. Ive seen cast copies to many Indian regiments but not one to the 15th though. Always a bit iffy therefore.
I have the plain quoit badge to the 15th that is not included innS&S which Ashok did say might be to the regiment.
Been looking for the 15th badge under discussion for long. Hopefully one day will come across a silver officers badge.
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Khyber, The images of the authentic badge to 15th Sikhs uploaded for comparison is via courtesy of our common friend Captain Ashok Nath and from his collection. Many Indian badges were cast and therefore are genuine, one has to be very careful and might be a good thing to check with a senior experienced collector. There are also die struck badges to Gurkha Regiments made in UK which are aged and then being passed off as genuine.