Military Heraldry Society Journal: Pagri

[Painted Steel]

Do any back issues of the Military Heraldry Society Journal contain articles on cloth Pagri?

[mike_vee]

Found this in a 2013 thread :

Originally Posted by Postwarden

The noted military author John Mollo wrote a four part illustrated account of Indian Army pagri flashes 1922-1945 for the Military Heraldry Society which was published in four issues of their journal The Formation Sign between July 2001 and July 2002. It was fully illustrated in colour.

Back copies can be bought by Society members. To see how to join go to http://militaryheraldrysociety.com/

Jon

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[Painted Steel]

Originally Posted by mike_vee

Found this in a 2013 thread :



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Thank you very much mike_vee. Besides Litchfield’s book on Artillery Pagri, has anything else been published on the Pragi worn by the British Army?

[cbuehler]

I would certainly like to see that elusive Mollo article on Pagri flashes. Does it exist and does anyone have access to it?

CB

[cbuehler]

Originally Posted by Painted Steel

Thank you very much mike_vee. Besides Litchfield’s book on Artillery Pagri, has anything else been published on the Pragi worn by the British Army?

Nothing that I know of. I got much of my knowledge by internet image searching over the years and watching auction and dealer sites.
The problem with Pagri flashes is that there was not any general regulation concerning them, and battalions in India tended to wear whatever their commanding officer wanted at the time. Some regiment, corps etc. did wear a certain pattern over many years, eg. Lancashire Fusiliers, whilst others changed theirs many times.

CB

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by cbuehler

I would certainly like to see that elusive Mollo article on Pagri flashes. Does it exist and does anyone have access to it?

CB

Found this posted in 2013 :

Originally Posted by stuartb

According to John Mollo writing in The Formation Sign the IMS flash was as follows with an example from a Wolseley in my collection.

Stuart

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[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Painted Steel

Do any back issues of the Military Heraldry Society Journal contain articles on cloth Pagri?

Two sources quoted in an article on militarysunhelmets site :

Kidd, Ron, The Formation Sign, The Military Heraldry Society, FS 203-207, 209-210, 221-222, 229,232, Regimental Patches Worn during the South African War

Mollo, John, The Formation Sign, The Military Heraldry Society, FS 146-147, 149-152, 155, 158 Khaki Foreign Service helmet Embellishments, 1920-1940

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