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Old 05-07-21, 09:24 AM
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Default Scorpion - Indian Special Forces - Arm Qualification Badge Post 47

Can anyone tell me anything more about the badge listed in the title usually found in cast brass with two lugs?

I had always assumed it was a badge for passing a "LRDG style" desert warfare course, but happy to be corrected

Tel recently sold an example. Only the second example I have ever seen.

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Is it this badge from 2019 post asking for I.D.

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ion#post491595

If it is it could possibly be connected to 10 Para (SF) - The Desert Scorpions.

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Known earlier as 10 PARA Commando (cdo) , 10 PARA was formed after splitting the "Bravo" Team of 9 PARA Commando to form a new Desert Warfare Unit on July 1, 1967 to carry out long-distance desert raids behind enemy lines paving way for Infantry Attacks in a similar way as the British SAS did in North Africa during World War-2. Based at Jodhpur, 10 PARA is now one of the most combat experienced units in Indian Army with a Detachment deployed in Kashmir for Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency Operations and an additional team in Delhi.

Some of the most notable operations by 10 PARA including the infamous Chachro and Islamkot Raid of 1971 which was led by Lt Col (Then) His Highness Bhawani Singh, King of Jaipur. 10 PARA has also contributed to multiple Counter Terror Ops in Kashmir for which it has won many accolades and distinctions.
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Thank you for the reply.

That is one type of this badge I have observed, with the red painted sting.

I was aware of 10 Para involvement in desert warfare but was unable to confirm as I could not find a photograph of the badge in wear.

The placard/shield is very interesting. Its shows a third type of scorpion badge I have not seen.
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Thank you for the reply.

That is one type of this badge I have observed, with the red painted sting.

I was aware of 10 Para involvement in desert warfare but was unable to confirm as I could not find a photograph of the badge in wear.

The placard/shield is very interesting. What is the connection with the SAS winged dagger? Possibly the Ballidaan badge although hard to see the base scroll in the pic.
It does appear to be a Balidan badge :

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Even though a candidate may have cleared selection, he is not formally inducted into the regiment until completion of the balidan padh where, after training, a candidate is involved in active operations in a hostile zone for a year. Provided the candidate survives the balidan padh, he is given the balidan badge and formally inducted into the regiment.
https://www.quora.com/When-does-a-Pa...-Balidan-Badge

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