Cap badge, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 1922-1945

White metal badge, with King's Crown over a bugle horn, with regimental number, '12' within its knotted cord, with scroll bearing the unit title, 'F.F. Regt'.

The 12th Frontier Force Regiment was formed in 1922 drawing on elements of the Punjab Irregular Force. It comprised of four regular battalions drawn from Sikh regiments and a fifth regular battalion and a 10th (training) battalion formed from the two infantry battalions of the Corps of Guides. Further battalions were raised during World War Two (1939-1945). In 1945 the unit was renamed the Frontier Force Regiment.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.