Pagri badge, 33rd Regiment (3rd Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry, 1891-1903.
White metal badge in the form of a garter bearing the battle honour, ‘Cochin’, with the regimental number in Roman numerals, ’XXXIII’, on an open ground, surmounted by an Imperial crown.
The 33rd Madras Regiment of Native Infantry was formed in 1824 from the 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, originally raised in 1800. The battle honour ‘Cochin’ relates to the unit’s service during the Travancore Rebellion (1808-1809) on the Malabar Coast of India.
Associated with 33rd (3rd Burma Bn) Madras Infantry (1891-1901).
From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.