Can anyone ID this Patch - 8th Indian Division

Discussion in 'British Indian Army' started by nemesis, Jun 18, 2009.

  1. nemesis

    nemesis Senior Member

    Some sort of Divisional Badge in Cloth .I cant find any reference to it , Any info would be welcome
    regards
    max[​IMG]
     
  2. Tonym

    Tonym WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    8th Indian Division acording to Howard Cole's Formation Badges of World War Two.

    Tony
     
  3. nemesis

    nemesis Senior Member

    8th Indian Division acording to Howard Cole's Formation Badges of World War Two.

    Tony
    thanks for the help, you were spot on
    regards
    max
     
  4. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Quite interesting:
    During World War II the insignia of the Division was a yellow four-leafed clover (some versions appear as three-leafed -see images) flanked on each side by a yellow three-leafed clover, their stalks forming a "V", all on a red background. The Division and its members were thus referred to as "clovers".

    During the period the Scotsmen of the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders served in the division, its Jock soldiers fondly referred to the division insignia as "the three wee floo'ers" (the three little flowers).

    In its second incarnation the formation sign of the Division depicts a red dagger superimposed on two overlapping gold circles on a black background.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(India)
     

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