Collar badge, South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1895-1901

White metal badge in the form of a Maltese Cross surmounted by a crown, with an elephant within a circlet bearing the unit title, 'South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifles', with lion supporters between the arms of the cross.

The South Indian Railway Battalion was formed as the South Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps in 1884. In 1917 it became the 29th South Indian Railway Battalion and then in 1920 it dropped the number from its name.

From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.