Collar badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1901-1947
collar badge, collar badge
Accession Number
NAM.2013-10-20-84-361
Description
Collar badge, Cawnpore Rifle Volunteers, 1901-1947. Brass badge, one of a pair, with the figure of a winged angel holding palm fronds surmounted by a crown, with a scroll below 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)
