Collar badge, other ranks, Hyderabad Rifles, 1901-1947

White metal badge, one of a pair, in the form of a bugle horn and a unit monogram, 'HVR', surmounted by a crown.

The Hyderabad Volunteer Rifle Corps was an auxiliary unit raised in July 1882. Renamed the 26 Hyderabad Rifles in 1917, the unit became the Hyderabad Rifles in October 1920.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.