shoulder belt plate, shoulder belt plate
Accession Number
NAM.1960-09-143-1
Description
Shoulder belt plate, 33rd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, 1850 (c). With battle honour ‘Cochin’ which was granted in 1840 for service at Cochin in 1809, when the regiment was numbered 17th Madras Native Infantry. It was renumbered as 33rd in 1824.