STAFF - any idea as to who wore this ?

[natal01]

Sometimes titles turn up that initially seem to identify themselves. This STAFF title is one such title that has taunted me for a while. Who wore it ? and in which military force ? I havent been able to find the title in any of my reference works so I'm hoping that someone on the Forum can solve the problem .
Many thanks
Mike

[leigh kitchen]

A guess - Australian army Staff Corps?

[mike_vee]

Variation of Indian Army Staff Corps ?

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[natal01]

Thanks for the leads. A google search seems to indicate that the Australians used a unitary " Staff Corps" title. This is not to say that there wasnt a two part title, but I cant find it . I think that it is most likely a variation of the Indian title.
The help is greatly appreciated.
Mike

[kingsley]

The height of the badge would help identification. I would only be Australian if it was part of a pre-1916 metal title (title/Australia, sometimes with a number above) before colour patches were introduced.
The unique raised letters and the type of lugs don't look Australian to me. A curved "Staff Corps" title was worn in Australia between the wars.
I have two varieties of plain STAFF titles. The smaller one might be Australian but I believe the larger one was Indian Army, but both are different to yours.

[badgecollector]

highly unlikely to be australian made like this with those lugs.
would say more like India or african or cast up in the middle east somewhere?
bc

[peter monahan]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

would say more like India or african or cast up in the middle east somewhere?
bc

I've just seen this post. It sounds as if 'STAFF' titles were common to many Imperial armies, but the lugs on this one - flat tabs with holes - are typical of a lot of Indian badges, and practically universal, in cruder form, for the many, many 'bazaar cast' Indian badges made up to sell to tourists. So, IMO, Inidan is a good guess.

My tuppence worth.