Helmet badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1877-1901
helmet badge, helmet badge
Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-84-354
Description
Helmet badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1877-1901. Bi-metal badge with the figure of a winged angel holding palm fronds, within an open garter, bearing the inscription, ‘Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers’, surmounted by a Guelphic crown. The Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers was an auxiliary unit raised in 1877. The angel depicted on the badge is derived from the memorial created by the Italian sculptor Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867) at the site of the Cawnpore massacre which took place during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Associated with Cawnpore Volunteer Rifles (1877). Material: bi-metal Design: Guelphic Crown From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Cawnpore, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
Associated collection
