Cap badge, 3rd Battalion, 70th Burma Rifles, 1917-1922

Brass badge in the form of a stag's head over a scroll bearing the unit title.

Four battalions of the 70th Burma Rifles were raised during World War One (1914-1918). 1st Battalion, raised in September 1917 and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, returning from the Middle East in 1920. 2nd Battalion was also also formed in September 1917 and served in the Middle East. 3rd Battalion was formed in April 1918 and 4th Battalion in June 1918. The four battalions became part of the 20th Burma Rifles in 1922.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.