Helmet plate, Mussoorie Volunteer Rifles, 1871-1901

Brass badge with an open-work unit monogram, 'MVR', surmounted by Queen Victoria's Crown, with a scroll below bearing the title, 'Volunteer Mussoorie Rifles'.

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.