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Title:
Button, Calcutta Volunteer Lancers, 1872-1881
Object name(s):
button
Brief description:
Button, Calcutta Volunteer Lancers, 1872-1881. White metal button by Ranken and Company, Calcutta, with Queen Victoria's crown over the unit monogram and crossed lances. 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:
button
Object number:
NAM. 2013-10-20-83-23
Right type:
National Army Museum Copyright

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cb8abe2a-545a-3e3a-8f32-f8e7f46e1a00

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cb8abe2a-545a-3e3a-8f32-f8e7f46e1a00, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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