Description: Fantastic vintage mess dress jacket for an officer of the 2nd Punjab Regiment of the late British Indian Army. Features "Golden Galley" embroidered regimental badges and two ranks stars or pips for the rank of lieutenant.This mess dress likely dates to the 1930s or 1940s and the officer who wore it must have fought for the Raj in WWII. A really great vintage Indian Army / British Army uniform! The jacket is 100% original and pre-1945. Included is a set of mess trousers, probably from a later period. Some regimental history: The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry2nd Battalion, from the 69th Punjabis3rd Battalion, from the 72nd Punjabis4th Battalion, from the 74th Punjabis5th Battalion, from the 87th Punjabis10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of 2nd Bn, 67th Punjabis 2nd Punjab RegimentActive1922 – 1947CountryIndiaBranchBritish Indian ArmyTypeInfantryRegimental CentreMultan (1923–1946)Motto(s)Sthal Wa Jal (By land and sea)ColorsGreen and goldInsigniaRegimental insigniaA galley with a bank of oars and sailHistory[edit]The first battalion was raised at Trichinopoly in 1761 as "Coast Sepoys". The first four battalions were raised during the hostilities in the Carnatic in south India between 1761 and 1776. The numbers and titles of the battalions changed during the successive reorganisations of the Madras Presidency Army and later of the Indian Army.The regiment insignia is of a naval vessel, a galley. It was awarded to the 9th Madras Native Infantry in recognition of the readiness to serve overseas, after the battalion had fought in eight overseas campaigns by 1824.Battle honours[edit]The Great War: Loos, France and Flanders 1915, Helles, Krithia, Gallipoli 1915, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza, Megiddo, Sharon, Nablus, Palestine 1917–18, Defence of Kut al Amara, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–18, Aden, E Africa 1914–17, NW Frontier India 1915 '16–17Afghanistan 1919Second World War: Keren, Ad Teclesan, Amba Alagi, Abyssinia 1940–41, Central Malaya, Ipoh, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941–42, North Africa 1940–43, Casa Bettini, Italy 1943–45, Buthidaung, Ngakedaung Pass, North Arakan, Imphal, Litan, Kanglatongbi, Tengnoupal, Tonzang, Kennedy Peak, Defence of Meiktila, Pyinmana, Burma 1942–45.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
End Time: 2024-11-26T00:48:08.000Z
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Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: Great Britain
