British India Pre WW1 Supply and Transport Corps Hat Badge

Locally made two piece in gilt metal. 2x lug reverse.

An officer’s cap badge for the Indian Supply and Transport Corps and dates to between 1901 and 1911. The badge is of stamped construction, silvered and of high quality- all indicating it was produced in the UK for a British Officer serving with the corps- looking online other ranks had simpler stamped brass cap badges.

The origin of the corps go back to 1760 when a Commissariat used to exist in the administrative component of the armies three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay. In 1878 the separate Commissariats were amalgamated into a single entity and then in 1901 it was renamed as the Supply and Transport Corps. During the First World War the corps became a permanent component of the British Indian Army and was renamed as the Indian Army Service Corps in 1923. In 1935 the corps was allowed to use the prefix ‘Royal’ and was known as Royal Indian Army Service Corps.

Code: 2219