British India: Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps. A white metal helmet badge

The die-stamped badge with Imperial Crown over abbreviated entwined monogram 'RMVR', and below a strung bugle horn

Reverse complete with original loop fittings as issued. The reverse of the Imperial Crown with customary applied brass strengthening clips

The origins of the Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps, can be traced to the raising of the Rajputana Volunteer Rifle Corps in September 1882 - only 4 x months later, the unit was re-styled as the Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps per GGO No.690 of 15 December 1882. In 1887, the Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps was amalgamated with the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, the new regiment being re-styled the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifles, composed of 2 x battalions - the second battalion being the former Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps - which battalion - in 1887 had its Headquarters located at Ajmere (sp), with detachments at; Abu Road; Jaypore (sp); Bandikui, Sirsa, Fategarh, Indore & Mhow

Notwithstanding the 1889 acquisition of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway by the, 'Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway' (B.B.C.I.), the Rajputana-Malwa Railway continued to operate under it's old name until circa 1918. Similarly affiliated the 2nd Battalion Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, continued to use the unit's subsidiary 'Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps titles' through to the Edwardian era, and to wear the distinctive insignia of the Rajputana-Malwa Rifle Volunteer Corps for some years after the amalgamation

An identical badge is described in the inventory of the catalogue of the the Field Marshal John Chapple Collection held by The National Army Museum

Rare

Condition: GVF

Code: 21335