106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment Victorian glengarry badge

106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment Victorian glengarry badge

Code: 20308

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A good scarce die-stamped brass example on brass loops East and West.. Crowned curled bugle horn set on laurel wreath with “106” to voided centre; across the base of the laurels a tri-part scroll, “BOMBAY LIGHT INFANTRY”. (KK 583)
In 1861 the 2nd Bombay Light Infantry Regiment was transferred to the British Establishment as the 106th Bombay Light Infantry, becoming the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in 1881.