- Title:
- Pugri badge, 1st Brahmans, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- pugri badge
- Brief description:
- Pugri badge, 1st Brahmans, 1903-1922. Brass badge with the regimental number, ‘1’, surmounted by a King’s Crown, above a scroll bearing the title, ‘Brahmans’. The pugri or pagri is a form of headdress. The numeral ‘1’ on this badge is significant as the battalion was originally raised in 1776 as the 30th Battalion of the Bengal Army, but became the senior regiment of the Bengal Army. It was designated as the 1st Brahman Infantry in 1901 and became the 1st Brahmans two years later. The battalion largely served on the North West Frontier during World War One (1914-1918), followed by Aden in 1918. In the 1922 reorganisation of the Indian Army, it was re-badged as the 4th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment and disbanded in 1931. From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- pugri badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-27-103
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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