Officers’ field service cap and pugri badge, 4th (Prince Albert Victor’s Own) Bombay Cavalry (Poona Horse), 1890-1903 and 4th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse, 1903-1922.
pugri badge, pugri badge
Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-18-20
Description
Officers’ field service cap and pugri badge, 4th (Prince Albert Victor’s Own) Bombay Cavalry (Poona Horse), 1890-1903 and 4th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse, 1903-1922. Gilt badge in the form of a hand superimposed on crossed sabres and a scroll bearing the unit title, ‘Poona Horse’. Associated with 4th (Prince Albert Victor’s Own) Bombay Cavalry (Poona Horse), 1890-1903 and 4th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse, 1903-1922. From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Koosh-ab, Battle of, 1858 (Persian War 1856-1857)
