Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps Officer's Muted Gilt Cap Badge
Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion AFI Officer’s cap badge circa 1917-47. Good scarce small die-cast gilt badge with a crowned Tiger's head in laurel sprays surmounted by SEMPER PARATUS scroll, all resting on title scrolls.
Muted Gilt
2 fold-over tangs to reverse.
Cox 2680
The Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles was an auxiliary regiment raised on 1 March 1873. In 1882 the regiment became the Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps when it was amalgamated with the Northern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps. In 1884 the regiment resumed its original designation, and on 1 April 1917 it became 12th Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion. On 1 October 1920, the regiment was re-designated Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion.