Assam Valley Light Horse AVLH Officer's Silver Plated Medium Pattern Button, King's Crown

Circa 17mm in diameter, fixed shank and maker marked J.H.Johnson & Co Aligarh U.P. In very good condition. Scarce.

The unit was founded on 25 September 1896, formed from the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles (an amalgamation of the Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles, the Sibsagar Mounted Infantry, the Sibsagar Mounted Rifles, the Darrang Mounted Rifles, the Nowgong Mounted Rifles, and the Gauhati Rifles).

Volunteers from the unit served with Lumsden's Horse during the Boer War (1899-1902). In 1911 the unit sent a detachment, comprising one officer and 12 men operating a maxim gun, to fight against the Abors in Assam on the North-Eastern Frontier of India.

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Code: 69232