Button, East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles, pre-1901

White metal button with unit initials, 'EIR' over 'VR', surmounted by crown, within a wreath.

The East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps was an auxiliary unit formed in July 1869 as part of the British Indian Army's Bengal Command. It drew on civilian staff of the East Indian Railway and its headquarters was at Jamalpur, the location of the East Indian Railway's locomotive workshops. The unit was amalgamated with the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion in 1926.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.