Button, 8th Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947

Medium-sized, brass button by Gaunt and Son Limited, London, with the regimental number, '8', on a plain ground.

The 8th Punjab Regiment was formed in 1922 from the amalgamation ofthe 1st Battalion, 89th Punjabis, the 90th Punjabis, the 91st Punjabis, the 92nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Punjabis, the 93rd Burma Infantry and the 2nd Battalion 89th Punjabis. With the Partition of India in 1947 the regiment became part of Pakistan's armed forces.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.