5th.Indian Infantry Division.

WW II embroidered example of the red circle on a black backing with brooch-pin fitting to the reverse, referred to as the ' Ball of Fire ' This Division fought in the Western-Desert at Tobruk and El Alamein before joining the 14th. Army in the Far-East fighting at Imphal and Tiddim before becoming the first Division to enter Singapore. { See also my item-29034.}