Collar badge, Coorg and Mysore Rifles, 1884-1917 and 1933-1947 (metal)

Collar badge, Coorg and Mysore Rifles, 1884-1917 and 1933-1947. The Coorg and Mysore Rifles was a volunteer unit formed in southern India on 21 November 1884, with its headquarters at Mercara (Madikeri). The auxiliary unit’s striking white metal collar badge, features a buffalo’s horned head. Originally formed from the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers, the Coorg and Mysore Rifles amalgamated with the Bangalore Rifles in 1917, to form the 6th Bangalore Coorg and Mysore Battalion. In 1908, according to the Imperial Gazetteer of Mysore and Coorg, the unit had a strength of 245. Designated the Bangalore Battalion from 1 October 1920 the unit once again became a separate entity in 1933. From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.