cap badge, cap badge
Accession Number
NAM.1968-10-30-2
Description
Cap badge, offiers’, 1st Madras Pioneers, worn by Lt Col A H T Rouse, 1926 (c). Silver, hallmarked: BIRMINGHAM 1926. Within a circlet bearing the battle honours: SEETA BULDEE; SERINGAPATAM, the numeral 1. Below all, a scroll bearing the battle honours: MADRAS PIONEERS. Above all, a representation of an elephant, standing upon a tablet bearing the battle honour: ASSAYE.
Events
Assaye, Battle of, 1803 (2nd Maratha War 1803-1805)