Cap badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1901-1947
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Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-84-358
Description
Cap badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1901-1947. Brass badge with the figure of a winged angel holding palm fronds, within a wreath, with a scroll bearing the inscription, ‘Defence Not Defiance’, surmounted by a 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: brass Design: King's Crown From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
Events
Cawnpore, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)
