WW1 Indian Army - Matched Pair of Kolar Gold Field Volunteers White Metal Collar Badges, 1903 - 1917

Kolar Gold Fields Volunteers matched pair of collar badges worn circa 1903-17. Die-stamped white metal crowned circlet with crossed hammer and pickaxe. Redesignated 43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion on 1st April 1917.

Unit history: 1903 formed as the Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers on 23rd January from a detachment of the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers. In 1917 became 43rd Kolar Gold Fields Battalion, on 1st April1920 redesignated on 1st October as the Kolar Gold Field Battalion (Infantry).

Code: 57217