Over forty years ago, I acquired a number of Indian Army cap badges from a company in Pakistan. I think the name of the company was Yousaf and Company at the time. The badges are for the 1st to 19th infantry regiments in the WWII Indian Army (1st Punjab Regiment, etc) as well as the Burma Rifles (ex-20th). I also bought cap badges for the 1st to 10th Gurkha Rifles. I have recently checked the badges to see if they appear correct for the given regiments and all seem right. The one badge that does not seem to fit is the badge I have for the 2nd Gurkha Rifles. If some of the badge experts could have a look at my photo of this badge and tell me if this is a possible badge for the 2nd Gurkha Rifles, probably an other rank. Thanks.
Seems like it is badge of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Source But I couldn't find any additional info except the image
I suspect that this may have been their original badge which was then changed when Edward, Prince of Wales became their Colonel in Chief. Then, when he became King, they became the King Edward VII's Own Goorka Rifles. The SR bit could be Sirmoor Rifles although I cannot explain what the J is. Regards Frank
I could be wrong, but I think the top of the badge is more likely to be the Royal Cipher for King Edward: ERI It has just been knocked about a bit.
idler, Agreed, it is GRI. I have seen other representations of this for Georgius Rex Imperator. Here it is on a 1941 six-pence coin.