The Frontier Force Regiment
The Frontier Force Regiment is one of the six infantry regiments of the Pakistan Army. They are popularly known as the ''Piffers'' in reference to their military history as the PIF (Punjab Irregular Force) of the British Indian Army, or as the ''FF'' (Frontier Force). The regiment takes its name from the historic North-West Frontier Province, North-West Frontier, a former province of Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India and later Pakistan (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Most of the regiment's ancestral military formations were units composed of infantry of either Punjabis, Punjabi or Pashtuns, Pathan origin. However, the oldest unit of the regiment is the 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force), Scinde Camel Corps, raised in 1843 under Company rule in India. Another ancestral unit was the infantry component of the British Indian Army Corps of Guides (India), Corps of Guides (Guides Cavalry, partial cavalry unit). Despite being a Pakistani regiment, the Front ...
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Cap Badge
A cap badge, also known as head badge or hat badge, is a badge worn on uniform headgear and distinguishes the wearer's nationality and/or organisation. The wearing of cap badges is a convention commonly found among military and police forces, as well as uniformed civilian groups such as the Boy Scouts, civil defence organisations, ambulance services (e.g. the St. John Ambulance Brigade), customs services, fire services etc. Cap badges are a modern form of heraldry and their design generally incorporates highly symbolic devices. Some badges that contain images of Lions or other cats are sometimes informally referred to as Cat Badges. Instances in military forces British armed forces The British Armed Forces utilise a variety of metal and cloth cap badges on their headdress, generally on caps and berets. They are also worn on Sikh turbans. British Army In the British Army (as well as other Commonwealth armies) each regiment and corps has its own cap badge. The cap badge ...
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