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Waistbelt clasp, 2nd (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry , 1882-1904. Silver and gilt waistbelt clasp with the Imperial cypher for Queen Victoria, ‘VRI’ (Victoria Regina Imperatrix), within a garter bearing the Order of the Garter’s motto in French, ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ (Shame be to him who thinks evil of it), surmounted by an Imperial crown. Below is a bugle-horn with knotted cord, surmounted by the unit number, ‘2’, above a scroll bearing the regimental title, ‘Queen’s Own Rajput Light Infantry’, and another scroll bearing the battle honour, ‘Central India’. The central device is flanked by two long scrolls bearining battle honours. On the left, ‘Delhi’; ‘Deig’, ‘Khelat’, ‘Maharajpore’, ‘Chillianwallah’, and ‘Burmah 85-87’; on the right, ‘Punjab’, ‘Bhurtpore’, Goojerat’, ‘Laswaree’, ‘Afghanistan’, and ‘Afghanistan 79-80’. The battle honours on this badge relate to the unit’s actions at Deeg, Delhi and Laswari, 2nd Maratha War (1803-1805), 1803; the Bhurtpore campaign (1824-1826); the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842), including the Battle of Khelat in 1839; the Battle of Maharajpore during the Gwalior campaign (1843); Chilianwala and Gujerat, Punjab, 2nd Sikh War (1848-1849), 1849; the Central India campaign during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859); the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and the campaign in Burma (1885-1887). Associated with 2nd (The Queen’s Own) Regt Bengal Native (Light) Infantry (1876-1885). From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.

2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), Burma, Guerrilla Warfare (1885-1895), Bhurtpore (1824-1826)

Laswari, Battle of, 1803 (2nd Maratha War 1803-1805), Khelat, Battle of, 1839 (1st Afghan War 1838-1842), Maharajpore, 1st Battle of, 1843 (Gwalior 1843), Delhi, Battle of, 1803 (2nd Maratha War 1803-1805), Deeg, Siege of, 1804 (2nd Maratha War 1803-1805), Chilianwala, Battle of, 1849 (2nd Sikh War 1848-1849), Gujerat, Battle of, 1849 (2nd Sikh War 1848-1849)