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BADGES – ARMOURED CORPS
- The Pakistan Armoured Corps badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, at the crossing a right-handed male fist (gauntlet) depicting power and strength in the face of enemy. Below a scroll inscribed in Urdu PAKISTAN.
- The President’s Body Guards cap badge in silver plate, post 1956 pattern. Crossed lances with pennants, the monogram ‘PBG’ just below the crossing, and the ‘Star and Crescent’ (replacing the crown of the old Governor General’s Body Guards (GGBG) in the upper angle of the lances.
- 4 Cavalry badge consists of crossed lances with pennons and upon the crossing of the lances a tank head on. It has no specific regimental identity. The tank is un gilt or brass, and the lances with pennons in white metal.
- Probyn’s Horse badge comprises crossed lances with pennons, a sheaf of jute at the crossing of lances and across the base of the lances a scroll in white metal inscribed PROBYN’S HORSE. The sheaf is in gilt or brass and the remainder in silver plate or white metal. A blue and red backing is worn behind the badge. The sheaf appears to derive from the early pouch belt badge, worn by officers of the regiment in 1857-58 when it was first raised.
- The 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers retained its royal title until March 1956. Since then the regiment has been known simply as the 6th Lancers. The new badge was at first simply crossed lances with pennons and the numeral ‘6’ at the crossing. Subsequently a scroll with the regimental motto being added.
- 7th Lancers badge appears to be inspired by the old 7th Haryana Lancers badge, the Roman numeral VII at the crossing of two lances with pennons, below a scroll inscribed Lancers.
- 8th Cavalry regimental badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, and ‘8 Cavalry’ at the crossing. Badge in bi metal worn on a red backing.
- 9th Horse badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, the numeral ‘9’ at the crossing and a scroll below inscribed with HORSE.
- Guides Cavalry badge was redesigned but incorporated as much of the old pattern as possible. The Victorian Crown was replaced by a monogram ‘GC’ doubled and reversed (for Guides Cavalry). The design of the grater remains much the same and an Arabic motto has replaced the old motto. The Royal and Imperial Cypher of Queen Victoria is replaced by the Frontier Force monogram ‘FF’. The scroll now reads simply THE CORPS OF GUIDES CAVALRY.
- 11th Cavalry cap badge in gilding metal, worn by all ranks, retained the Kandahar Star on crossed sabers, but without the crown. The circlet within the star contains the numeral ‘’11’ and in the strap of the circlet the words KABUL TO KANDAHAR 1880 is replaced with a Quranic Ayat حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ . This was essentially the same design as the badge worn by its ancestor regiment, the 3rd Punjab Cavalry. In early 1974 the design of the badge was changed to the more Islamic pattern in brass and this is currently worn by the regiment.
- When 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force) was re-raised in 1955, it inherited the seniority and battle honours of the old Sam Browne’s Cavalry. However the name of the founder is officially not incorporated onto the regimental title and a completely new design was chosen for the regiment’s badge. Even so, the regiment is still known unofficially as Sam Browne’s Cavalry. The cap badge consists of crossed lances with pennons with the monogram “CAV” (for CAVALRY) at the crossing, and the numeral ‘12’ in the upper angle of the lances.
- 13th Lancers, in keeping with its seniority in the hierarchy of the Pakistan Armoured Corps, has an elaborate badge in silver and gilt worn by officers of the regiment. Until 1956 the badge design was the same as the pre-1947 pattern. The current badge is similar except that the crown has been removed and the inscription on the scroll, which had earlier read ‘Duke of Connaught’s Own’, has been replaced with the single word LANCERS.
- 14th Lancers badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, at the crossing of the lances the numeral ‘14’. In the upper angle of the lances the national ‘star and crescent’ symbol, and across the base of lances a scroll inscribed LANCERS.
- 15th Lancers badge is the exact replica of the pre-1947 15th Lancers badge and comprises a Roman numeral ‘XV’, crossed lances with pennons and a scroll below inscribed LANCERS.
- 16th Horse badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, with the numeral ‘16’ at the crossing and below this a scroll inscribed HORSE. The regiment cap badges in brass.
- 17th Lancers badge has a slightly raised double border mounted on the edges of the shield plate. A Quranic verse ‘ALLAH HOA MAA ANNA’ embossed in the top centre of the border and word ‘LANCERS’ embossed in capital in the bottom centre of the plate. Figure ‘17’ cut in the centre on the main regimental badge plate. A wheat wreath on border between Quranic verse and word ‘LANCERS’ inscribed. Material is anodized aluminum metal in golden shade.
- 18th Horse badge consists of an inverted horse shoe with the numeral ‘18’ in the centre; in the background a pair of crossed lances with pennons and below a scroll inscribed HORSE. The badge in bi metal, with the horse shoe in silver plate or white metal and the remainder in gilt or brass is worn on a red backing.
- 19th Lancers wore the pre-1947 badge up to 1956, and there after new badges were introduced. Variations of the new cap badge in gilding metal, consisting of crossed lances with pennons, at the crossing the numeral ‘19’ and below a scroll inscribed LANCERS. In current use.
- 20th Lancers badge is very similar in design to the old 20th Lancers badge. It consists of crossed lances with pennons, with the Roman numeral ‘XX’ at the crossing, and below this a scroll below inscribed LANCERS. The first badge, in silver worn when the regiment was raised.
- 21st Horse badge consists of the letter ‘H’ (for Horse) resting on a scroll inscribed TWENTY ONE, with crossed lances with pennons in the background. Regimental cap badge in brass.
- 22nd Cavalry badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, in the upper angle of the crossing the intertwined letter ‘CAV’ (for Cavalry), and in the lower angle the numeral 22 with a scroll inscribed DEATH OR GLORY. Cap badge in bi metal, with the numeral ‘22’ and letters ‘CAV’ in gilt or brass and the reminder in silver plate. Another version exists in white metal. It is worn on a red and French grey backing.
- 23rd Cavalry badge that was first worn consists of crossed lances with pennons, at the crossing of the lances a Tudor rose, and below this a scroll inscribed CAVALRY. The regiment’s current badge was most probably introduced on 25 November 1979 to coincide with the establishment of its Piffer affiliation. The design is unusual in so far as the bugle is an infantry device that seldom if ever appears on a Cavalry insignia. The first bi metal cap badge worn from 1962 to 1979, the rose in silver plate and the remainder in gilt or brass.
- 24th Cavalry regimental badge comprises a circular disc, which is meant to represent mobility and carries the regimental motto in Arabic: Jihadu fi Sabilillah wa Antamul Aloon which translates as “Struggle in the way of Allah and you are highest” in the background. The disc is superimposed on a double pair of crossed lances with pennons, and across the base of the lances is a scroll inscribed CAVALRY. Bi metal cap badge, the circular disc and numeral “24” in silver plate or white metal and the remainder in gilt or brass.
- 25th Cavalry badge consists of the flank view of a tank hull upon which the Roman Numerals ‘XXV’ are embossed, the turret and gun turned toward the viewer, in the background crossed swords and below the tank a scroll inscribed CAVALRY. The current regimental badge, introduced post-1976 has curved sabers replacing the earlier straight sword. In reality, sabers were more in keeping with the style of the old Indian cavalry.
- 26th Cavalry badge depicts a stallion in full gallop, and below this, the Roman numeral ‘XXVI’ on a scroll inscribed CAVALRY. Cap badge in white metal.
- 27th Cavalry badge includes the head of a stallion resting on a scroll inscribed CAVALRY, in the background two crossed lances with pennons with the numeral ‘27’ between the two lance points. The badge in bi metal with the stallion head and numeral in white metal and the remainder in brass; the other entirely in white metal.
- 28th Cavalry badge depicts the frontal view of a T 59 tank resting on a scroll inscribed 28 CAVALRY, encircled by a wreath of laurels and the Arabic inscription ‘Jihad for Allah is Justified’. Cap badge in bi metal with tank in gilt or brass and remainder in white metal worn on red backing.
- 29th Cavalry has Bi metal cap badge, crossed lances with pennons with the numeral ‘29’ at the crossing, the tiger (Royal Bengal Tiger) head between the points of the lances, and across the base of the lances a scroll with the Arabic inscription Jihadu fi Sabilillah meaning ‘Struggle in the way of Allah’. The numeral and the scroll are in silver plate and the remaining badge is in gilt.
- 30th Cavalry badge comprises a laurel wreath encircling the numeral ‘30’ crossed lances with pennons in the background, and a scroll below inscribed CAVALRY Cap badge in white metal. An earlier officers’ badge in silver included the laurel wreath encircling the numeral ‘30’ in gold plate.
- 31st Cavalry cap badge depicts a tank sprocket with the numeral ‘31’ in the centre, crossed sabers in the background and a scroll below inscribed CAVALRY. Cap badge in brass.
- 32nd Cavalry bi metal badge consists of a pair of crossed lances with pennons and numeral ‘32’ in brass at the crossing of the lances, with a scroll across the base of the lances inscribed CAVALRY. Remainder in white metal.
- 33rd Cavalry badge incorporates the Arabic numeral ‘33’ resting on a scroll inscribed CAVALRY with a pair of crossed lances with pennons in the background. Bi metal cap badge.
- 34th Lancers badge depicts the Pakistan Armoured Corps’ acquisition of the Ukrainian T-80 UD tank. Badge in brass, worn on an oval red backing.
- 37th Cavalry badge has a metallic horse shoe in golden shade with head of an aggressive wild horse in the middle of the horse shoe and engraved numerals ‘37’ at the base of the horse head. Two golden shade spears with flattering flags on top extremes of horse head. At the base an elongated concave scroll with engraved word ‘CAVALRY’.
- 38th Cavalry badge depicts an eagle in flight, an inverted horse shoe bearing word ‘Rajasthan’ behind it and a three-part scroll below with Arabic inscription ‘Wal Adiyati Zabha’ which translates as ‘the fastest horse’. Bi metal cap badge, the eagle in brass or gilt and the remainder on white metal or silver plate.
- After 1989, 39th Cavalry badge was re-designed and depicts a T-59 tank head on, with the numeral ‘39’ above the turret, a pair of crossed lances with pennons in the background, below a scroll with Arabic inscription ‘Asad Ullah’ Meaning ‘Lion of Allah’.
- 40th Horse badge comprises a galloping horse above scroll with inscription 40 HORSE SIND; in the background an array of arms. The badge is worn on a circular green backing.
- 41st Horse (FF) badge consists of crossed lances with pennons outspread, at the crossing of the lances the numeral ‘41’ between the points of the lances the monogram ‘FF’ and across the base of the lances a scroll inscribed HORSE. Bi metal badge, the scroll and lower portion of the pennons in white metal, the remainder in brass. The badge is worn on a red backing.
- 42nd Lancers badge consists of a helmet (Mughal Kula) at the crossing of two lances with pennons, with a scroll below inscribed LANCERS. The head dress badge in brass is worn on a French grey diamond-shaped backing.
- 51st Lancers badge depicts an eagle in a striking position above the numeral ‘51’ with a scroll beneath inscribed LANCERS, and two crossed lances with pennons in the background. Bi metal cap badge worn by all ranks, the eagle in silver or silver plate and the remainder in gilt or brass.
- 52nd Cavalry badge is a simple but elegant design combining the numeral ‘52’ above the monogram ‘CAV’ (for Cavalry).Two versions of the badge are worn with the numeral ‘52’ in brass and the remainder in white metal or chrome plate by officers; entirely in white metal or chrome plate by remaining personnel.
- 53rd Cavalry badge depicts an eagle with spread wings resting on a scroll inscribed in Arabic script ‘Katiloona wa Yaghliboon’ which translates as ‘Fighter and Player’, the numeral ‘53’ embossed on the eagle’s breast, in the background crossed lances with pennons. The badge is in brass, with the eagle and scroll blackened.
- 54th Cavalry badge is an oval shaped shield with a milled edge and has a prancing black stallion with Arabic inscription ‘Jihad Allah’ (Translates “Fight for God”) on top and below the stallion THE FIFTY-FOURTH inscribed in full. Badge in white metal with the silhouette of the stallion in black.
- 55th Cavalry badge is circular and depicts an Islamic Shield; in the upper portion the bust of a horse, in the centre of the shield the numeral ‘55’ and in the lower portion the outline of a T 59 tank. The badge in white metal is blackened, except for the embossed stallion, numeral and tank.
- 56th Cavalry badge consists of crossed lances with pennons, across the lower angle of the lances the numeral ‘56, below this a scroll inscribed CAVALRY. Cap badge in white metal or chrome plate.
- 57th Cavalry badge comprises crossed lances with pennons, at the crossing the Arabic numeral ‘57’, across the base of the lances a scroll inscribed in Arabic ‘Allah-O-Akbar’ (God is Great).
- 58th Cavalry badge is a right-handed male fist (gauntlet) within curved sabers edge outwards, above the Arabic numeral ‘58’, at the base of the gauntlet a scroll inscribed CAVALRY in Arabic script.