Button, 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment), 1903-1922
button, button
Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-33-133
Description
Button, 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment), 1903-1922. Small, circular, bi-metal button with a white metal fortified, turreted gate, upon a plain gilt ground. The fortified castle gate on the button commemorates the Baillie Guard Gate of the Lucknow Residency. During the Indian Mutiny siege the defenders of the gate included men of the predecessor units of the 16th Rajputs. From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
