WW2 Indian Army BALUCH Regiment shoulder epaulettes.

WW2 Indian Army BALUCH Regiment cloth shoulder epaulettes. Obviously locally made in unusual and striking colours , no glue marks to rear , one small moth hole noted.

The 10th Baluch Regiment had a very busy war. It went in with five regular battalions and a training battalion, and raised further battalions during the war. According to the regimental history, its battalions served in Waziristan (NW Frontier), Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, N Africa, Eritrea, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Malaya, Singapore and Burma, winning two VCs and suffering a total of 6,371 casualties of whom 763 were killed and a further 239 died due to sickness.