Collar badge, Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles, 1886-1942

White metal badge, one of a pair, in the form of an inward-facing dragon.

The Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles was raised in 1886 as an auxiliary unit. The unit was renamed the 34th Upper Burma Battalion on 1 April 1917. The Auxiliary Force (India) (AFI), created in 1920, was formed of Contingents of European and Anglo-Indian soldiers. The AFI was a volunteer force that was modelled on the Territorial Force in Britain. The Upper Burma Battalion was transferred to the Burma Auxiliary Force in 1937.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.