British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > South African Military and Police Insignia > General Topics

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 16-02-22, 03:56 PM
GatinhoDeGato123 GatinhoDeGato123 is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 62
Default Help needed with Indian and Malay Corps insignia

Hello everyone,

I recently was sent a picture of two Indian and Malay Corps soldiers, one a Corporal, the other a Sergeant. The Corporal happened to be wearing metal shoulder titles, with the "IMC" lettering. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to share the picture.

I've seen it worn once before in another picture of what I presume to be an officer (though to my knowledge there were only white officers), and was wondering whether it was common or not for these shoulder titles to be worn.

I've attached a picture of the shoulder title below for context, and any help would be appreciated.
Attached Images
File Type: png IMC shoulder title.png (17.2 KB, 11 views)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 17-02-22, 03:23 AM
Milmed's Avatar
Milmed Milmed is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 1,702
Default

Not commonly worn by the ranks and shoulder titles were NOT worn by officers.

Very few of these titles are seen and I have yet to see a picture of one been worn. All the titles I have seen like this have been lead cast, locally manufactured so possibly done in some workshop for a few guys and not done for the whole corps.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 17-02-22, 04:06 AM
Home Guard's Avatar
Home Guard Home Guard is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,742
Default

I've run across a few and they were always ID'd as Indian Medical Service title! Nice to know what they actually are.

Terry
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 17-02-22, 04:01 PM
Milmed's Avatar
Milmed Milmed is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 1,702
Default

Terry,
That would be the IMS title you are referring to which is "Indian Medical Service" and an India unit from 1890's to 1946

This thread is around a South African Corps called the Indian & Malay Corps (IMC) from WWII vintage

Steven
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 17-02-22, 04:23 PM
Home Guard's Avatar
Home Guard Home Guard is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,742
Default

Ah, You are right Steven. I was going form memory and thought the ones I saw were IMC. Yes, now I remember they are IMS. My bad - sorry!

Terry
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
imc, south africa, ww2, wwii

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 02:12 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.