Button, Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1871-1901

White metal medium button by W Jones and Company, with unit monogram, 'MVR' within garter bearing the unit title 'Mussoorie Volunteer Rifles', surmounted by Queen Victoria's Crown.

Mussoorie is a hill station in the Dehradun District of Uttarakhand. The Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps was formed in 1871. It amalgamated with the Thomason College Volunteer Rifle Corps and the Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Reserve Corps in 1901. In 1917 the unit was renamed the 9th Mussoorie Battalion, becoming the Mussoorie Battalion in 1920. The unit was amalgamated with the Dehra Dun Detachment United Provinces Horse Northern Regiment and the Meerut Detachment of the No 5 Company Machine Gun Corps to form the Dehra Dun Contingent in 1925.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.