"Orderly to his Highness" badge & buttons ...identification help required .. - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

arrestingu · #1 26-08-21, 12:37 PM

Hi all
Hopefully someone may able to shed a bit of light on these....thank you Steve

mike_vee · #2 26-08-21, 01:22 PM

Buttons are connected to the Indian Princely States.

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After World War I, a badge for the kingdom seems to have been adopted. It is on the red ensign, adopted 2 August 1921, but only ratified in the thirties. In it some parts of the achievement of 1877 are rearranged.

The badge is parted per fess, in chief a lion couchant guardant lying before a castle on a mountainridge with a rising sun on the sinister, and in base a coast with three ships on the roads.

This badge was also used for the emblem of the Nawab and the emblem of state.

http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaGujarat1.htm

Edit : A post in the "Indian Badges" section will probaly bring more information.

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arrestingu · #3 26-08-21, 02:01 PM

...great one thanks buddy

Khyber · #4 26-08-21, 09:10 PM

Its some Indian princely state for sure but can't recall which...can do a bit of digging in my books in the morning and find out ..it's now 2.30 am in India : ) but would you care to sell the shoulder title ? Please let me know.
Sunil

Khyber · #5 26-08-21, 09:11 PM

I think it is Junagadh, but will check and confirm.

gurkharifles · #6 27-08-21, 09:54 AM

Very nice and very scarce ( although that doesn't necessarily translate into valuable ! ) - Definitely from a Princely State - the crest on the buttons is from Junagadh - although there is nothing similar in the section on Junagadh in the definitive work on the insignia of the Princely States - "The Maharajas' Paltans" - this in itself is not unusual as whilst the book may be the "definitive work" it's by no means fully comprehensive. Thanks for sharing. Tim

mike_vee · #7 27-08-21, 10:43 AM

From the link I posted it appears that the emblem with the lion (as on the buttons) was "adopted" after WW1 .

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After World War I, a badge for the kingdom seems to have been adopted. It is on the red ensign, adopted 2 August 1921, but only ratified in the thirties.

The emblem with the crossed flags is dated (?) from 1940.

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Another emblem of Junagadh, dated 1940

Garland omitted but two flags added. For this flag two stripes of red and white and a green crescent-and-star seems probable.

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