Pugri badge, 16th (The Lucknow) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry, 1897-1901.
Brass badge in the form of a fortified gateway surmounted by a scroll bearing the battle honour, ‘Defence of Lucknow’, intertwined with the regimental number, ‘16’.
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Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-33-117
Description
Pugri badge, 16th (The Lucknow) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry, 1897-1901. Brass badge in the form of a fortified gateway surmounted by a scroll bearing the battle honour, ‘Defence of Lucknow’, intertwined with the regimental number, ‘16’. Lucknow Gate, 16 above with scroll DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW interwoven. From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
