Pouch belt plate, 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force), 1903-1922

White metal badge in the form of a Maltese Cross with lions between the arms and the regimental number, '55', between the knotted cords of a bugle horn in the centre; a separate scroll bears the unit's battle honours 'Delhi' and 'Afghanistan 1878-79'.

The 55th Coke's Rifles was an infantry regiment raised at Peshawar by Captain John Coke in 1849. Originally called the 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry, the regiment was designated as the 55th Coke's Rifles in 1903 and became the 7th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as the 7th Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment.

During the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), the regiment formed part of the column that stormed the Kashmir Gate in Delhi, on 14 September 1857. In the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) the regiment participated in the capture of the city of Kandahar on 8 January 1879.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.