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Silver Band
Please can any Forum Member help me identify this badge. He said it was a "Silver Band" badge - which I doubt. Could be Indian with the I in front. It's a good size, bigger than the average badge. I'd say dead genuine.
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I/SB
Indian Stretcher Bearer?
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No, not that. If IA stretcher bearers wore a badge, and they were cloth arm bands, not brass badges, they would have said 'S.B.' just like the rest of the British and Imperial armies.
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As far as I know the strecher bearers never had any kind of badge, cloth or metal.
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That said, any badges they did use tended to be the same as or similar to British issue, so no metal 'SB' badges. |
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By WW2 though even the IA seems to have begun sprouting some patches though not as much as their British counterparts..i guess that was because of the massive increase in numbers, units and subunits so some kind of identifying marks were needed, i guess. The badge does have an 'Indian' look to it so would be nice to know..have asked Ashok Nath..let's see if he can help.. |
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