Cap badge, 27th Regiment of Madras Infantry, 1885-1901.
Brass badge with the regimental number, ‘27’, in the centre, surmounted by an Imperial Crown over three interlinked scrolls bearing the honours, ‘Mahidpoor’ and ‘Lucknow Burma’ and the title ‘Madras Infantry’.
Associated with 27th Madras Infantry (1885-1903).
Associated with the Battle of Mahidpur, 3rd Maratha War (1816-1819), 1817; Siege and Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), 1857 and the 3rd Burma War (1885-1887).
From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.