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Slouch hat badge, Lumsden's Horse, 1899-1902

Brass badge with the curved unit title, 'Lumsden's' over 'Horse'.

Lieutenant-Colonel Dugald Lumsden formed the Indian Mounted Infantry Corps, or Lumsden's Horse, in Calcutta in 1899, to fight in the Boer War (1899-1902). Recruits were drawn from Lumsden's Assam Valley Light Horse and other Indian units.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2013-10-20-83-2

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-10-20-83-2

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