Gurkha Badge for ID

[Alex Rice]

Hi All
Can somebody ID this Gurkha badge please, it seems to be unmarked silver, so maybe an officer's pugri badge? It is about 40mm x 32mm.
Thanks, cheers,
Alex

[Gurkha]

Hi Alex,
There is one very similar in the 4th Gurkha Rifles Insignia book. It is not positively identified, but was possibly worn by the 4th GR in the 1920's

Regards
Steve

[Alex Rice]

Thanks Steve, that would be fantastic. I had thought perhaps 4GR with the feathers but from looking on the net the POW feathers don't seem to have been exclusively 4GR.
Cheers,
Alex

[gurkharifles]

Alex you did really well. I concur with Steve that it’s probably an officers 4G badge from the 1920s - I saw it on the South African site Bidorbuy- and I put in a low offer myself- I’d never used the site before and heard very mixed reviews about it plus I wasn’t convinced I’d got the rand conversion rate right! I now wish I’d been a bit braver! As Steve said it’s similar to one that’s illustrated in the Gurkha Museum’s book on the insignia but not identical- and the museum is not entirely confident on the attribution of it - but the books on the 6 Gurkha Regiments that went to India (inc the 4G ) are not as comprehensive as the books on the 4 regiments that stayed in British service. That’s because a lot of the source documents at the Regimental centres in India were not consulted. The books remain the definitive works on the subject but it’s why “unrecorded “ badges occasionally appear in the market. Tim