Pagri Badges - Definition

Not wishing to hijack Ivan's thread here, I thought it might be worth opening a small spin-off thread.

Patently obvious to many no doubt, but I wonder how members would define a badge as being for the pagri? Would it purely be down to slider length (date of badge issue notwithstanding, of course)?

If not, then how would such a badge be identified if the slider was missing... would it be possible?

Is the example below be a pagri badge?:

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Cheers,

Peter

[John Mulcahy]

Peter

an thought provoking topic, it will be interesting to see the responses.

These days I pay little attention to the fixing. I try to study photos from the period 1881 - 1922 which is the period that interests me and judge from that.

The badges worn on the white FSH are a little easier to ascertain, in most cases the full dress badges and the FSC badges were also approved for the FSH and I tend to see this born out with the full dress badges in use. I am not aware that the fittings at this time were in gereral, any different for the FSH than for the other headdress.

Later in 1903 we had the effort to try to use the HPC , glengarry grenades etc noted here in post # 9.

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I think c. 1903 is where these long sliders begin to come in but I am more inclined to think that they were originally intended for the so called slouch hat.

With regard to the khaki FSH , although badges were expressly forbidden for wear I sometimes see un-official badges in wear and I get the feeling that regiments exercised a lot of freedom in what they unoficially wore in this headdress pre 1922.

[SAS1]

Do you mean 'puggaree', the strip of folded cloth around a Sun helmet, pith hat or bush hat? A 'pagri' is a turban...

John,

Many thanks for your reply.

I dare say my question is perhaps a little broad, simply aiming, as I am, at the somewhat general term we all tend casually to use here on the forum to describe these particular badges.

As you say, it will be interesting to see any reposnses that members may make.

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SAS1,

Thanks also for your reply.

Without wishing to split hairs, my understanding is that the words 'pagri' and 'puggaree' mean one and the same thing, the former being a commonly used variant spelling of the latter, either of which can be used when referring to (as in this case) the thin scarf-like muslin band used on (for example) the FSH. The term 'puggaree' originating from the Hindi word, 'Pagri'.

But again, this is possibly splitting hairs, though certainly an interesting side-issue to the main point of how one might actually define the so-called pagri/puggaree badge

Thanks again, gents,

Peter.

[SAS1]

I guess most collectors would think of one thing whichever term was used, but they are two distinctly different items, despite the fact a puggaree has its origins in the pagri. One is an item of headwear, often worn as a symbol of honour, the other an item that accompanies a piece of headgear, both with a lot of meaning behind the colours and number of folds.

I have RAF badges for both the puggaree and the pagri, again, two distinctly different items.

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by SAS1

I guess most collectors would think of one thing whichever term was used, but they are two distinctly different items, despite the fact a puggaree has its origins in the pagri. One is an item of headwear, often worn as a symbol of honour, the other an item that accompanies a piece of headgear, both with a lot of meaning behind the colours and number of folds.

I have RAF badges for both the puggaree and the pagri, again, two distinctly different items.

Dangerous ground!

The usually accepted authority on Anglo-Indian is HOBSON JOBSON.

This gives Pagri as the "Hindi .. in the colloquial for a scarf of cotton or silk wound round the head in turban form, to protest the head from the sun ......
also spellings puggry, puggerie,pagari, puggaree, puckerie ...."


I think you need to substantiate your definition.

The OED does nothing to contradict the above.