Gurkha gear

[Peter Laidler]

I'm sure that the badge on the scabbard and the hat are just touristy things and that badge/quality/obliterated/obscure number doesn't ring any bells. Generally speaking, the Gurkhas that transferred to the Indian Army initially kept their original badges. But after India became a republic in ?, the Crown was simply replaced by the Ashoka (spelling?). The Indian REME have the same badge as ours with an Ashoka instead of a crown.

Incidentally, you could easily 'unbuckle' the brim of the hat by doing what the other users of slouch hats do. Our Gurkhas used to wear them with the rim/brim down.

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