Spoon, awarded to Lt Col W Heaton, Madras Railway Volunteers, 1908.

Silver, by M and S, possibly Marshal and Sons, hallmarked Birmingham, 1908-1909 and retailed by Boston, Bangalore.

Associated with the Southern India Rifle Associaton.
Plain ovoid bowl, slightly crushed and indented towards the point, with flat-backed stem and edge-reinforced fluting on front.
Elephant design on handle. Top of the stem is the handle, in openwork, of the following design: an elephant, statant to dexter, in relief front and back upon a proper ground surmounting an attached, raised edge with three-fold scroll bearing the inscription, 'PERSEVERE/ AND TRIUMPH' and 'SIRA' in relief.
Attaching the scroll to the stem are the raised edge openwork characters, 'SIRA'.