17th Indian Division WW2 cloth formation sign c. 1943-45.

Good scarce printed black cat on KD rectangle with lining.

Raised in Ahmednagar in the spring of 1941 under the command of Major General Smythe VC. The black cat was adopted in 1943. Saw much bitter fighting against the Japanese in Burma and Assam and particularly in the Chin Hills and Imphal areas.

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