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Old 14-03-20, 08:18 PM
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Default Unknown Gurkha(?) Badges for ID

Out of curiosity - can anyone identify the two badges in the attached image please? (They are part of a current auction lot on eBay). Not my area, just interested.

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The figure above the kukris is the number 2 in Devanagari script which is used for both Nepali and Hindi.
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The figure above the kukris is the number 2 in Devanagari script which is used for both Nepali and Hindi.
Which suggests to me that they are Nepali badges, not British Gurkha or Indian Army, both of which organizations use Arabic or Roman numerals in numbering units.

Unless they're privately produced pins meant for veterans or family members of the 2 & 3 GR, but even there I'd expect Arabic numbers, not Deva Nagri.

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