White metal E.C.R.V. (East Coast Rifle Volunteers) shoulder title. Scottish Badges F Rising Sun probably made

F Rising Sun probably made in the Middle East and obviously made in a cast mould made from an original badge

Both made by Gaunt

Lovely example with age blackened rear loop fixings

including the Second Maratha War and the 3rd Burma War

White metal E.C.R.V. (East Coast Rifle Volunteers) shoulder title. Scottish Badges F Rising Sun probably madeThe East Coast Rifle Volunteers (E. C. R. V.) were a volunteer infantry corps of the Indian Volunteer Force raised in the Madras Presidency, drawing their personnel from the Godavari and Vizagapatam east coast districts on the Bay of Bengal. Formed in the late nineteenth century by amalgamating earlier local rifle volunteer units, they provided parttime European and AngloIndian manpower for internal security duties. The corps wore khaki drill and used