Badge, bearer, 2nd Punjab Regiment, 1922-1950

White metal badge in the form of an oared galley with rigged sail, with scroll below, bearing the unit title, '2nd Punjab Regt'.

The 2nd Punjab Regiment was formed in 1922 from the merging of the 67th Punjabis, the 69th Punjabis, the 72nd Punjabis, 74th Punjabis and the 87th Punjabis.

The 69th Punjabis, which became the 2nd Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment in 1922, retained the emblem of the oared galley awarded to its forebear unit in 1839, to mark a willingness to serve overseas. The 2nd Punjab Regiment saw service in Abyssinia, Malaya, Burma and Italy during World War Two (1939-1945). With the Partition of India in 1947, the Regiment became the Punjab Regiment, part of the Indian Army but retained the galley insignia.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.