WW1 Burma Burmese - 18th Rangoon Volunteers Rifles Blackened Brass Shoulder Title

A well cast and finely detailed one piece blacked brass shoulder title with two original flat integral loops to the reverse. In very good condition. This is of officer quality.

The Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps was formed in 1860 and re-raised in 1877. It amalgamated with Akyab Volunteer Rifles Corps in 1883 and the Toungoo Volunteer Rifles Corps in 1885. The Rangoon Volunteer Rifles Highland Company was raised in 1914. In 1917 the Rangoon Volunteer Rifle Corps became the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force until renamed the Rangoon Battalion in 1920 with the formation of the Auxiliary Force, India.

This unit only carried the designation 18th from 1917 until 1920. In this period these were most often the only badges worn by other ranks in the great majority of Indian sub-continent based units.

Renfrew et al, Vol 1, No 1060 refers.

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Code: 62581