Button, 24th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, 1838-1903
button, button
Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-27-138
Description
Button, 24th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, 1838-1903. Large gilt button by Grindlays Agency, with an elephant surmounted by an Imperial Crown, with a scroll bearing the battle honours, ‘Assaye’, ‘Seringapatam’ and ‘Bourbon’, above the regimental number in Roman numerals, ‘XXIV’. Associated with 24th Madras Native Infantry (1824-1885). From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Seringapatam, Siege of, 1799 (4th Mysore War 1799), Assaye, Battle of, 1803 (2nd Maratha War 1803-1805), Reunion (Ile Bourbon/ Ile Bonaparte), Capture of, 1810 (Napoleonic Wars, East Indies, Mauritius 1809-1810)
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