A Regimental silver menu card holder

A Regimental silver menu card holder, the 40th Pathans,

by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London 1922,

modelled as the regimental badge, on an oval base, length 7.5cm, plus an unmarked Regimental menu card holder, 11th Sikh Regiment,King George's Own (Ferozepore Sikhs), circa 1922, square form, applied with the regimental badge, height 5.4cm, approx. weighable 1.2oz. (2)

The regiment was raised after the mutiny of 1858. In 1861 it became the 40th Bengal Native Infantry. In 1903 it became the 49th Pathans. In 1947 it as allocated to Pakistan.

The Sikh Regiment was formed in 1922 after reorganisation of the Indian Army. In 1947 it was allocated to India.