- Title:
- Pugri badge, Calcutta Volunteer Lancers, 1872-1881
- Object name(s):
- pugri badge
- Brief description:
- Pugri badge, Calcutta Volunteer Lancers, 1872-1881. Silver badge with four lances and the unit ‘CVL’ monogram. The pugri or pagri is a form of headdress. Raised in 1872 the Calcutta Volunteer Lancers was the forerunner of the Calcutta Light Horse, an auxiliary unit forming part of the Indian Army Cavalry Reserve. The Calcutta Light Horse was disbanded in 1947 when India gained Independence. From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- pugri badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-83-20
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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