The Duke of Wellington's Hindoostan Collar Badges

Material: White metal
Size: 30mm W × 25mm H (each)
Description: This facing pair of die-struck white metal insignia portrays a highly detailed Indian elephant standing firmly on a textured strip of ground. The elephant is fully outfitted with a ceremonial saddlecloth and carries a small, square turreted howdah secured to its back. The crisp, relief-engraved metal composition is split into a mirror-image pair, purposefully configured so that the left and right components mirror each other accurately. The two pieces are currently pinned vertically through a thick piece of antique tan cardboard backing paper. Dual lugs for mounting.
Circa: c.1883–1902 (Late Victorian period)
Notes: 
This distinctive elephant symbol was originally awarded to the 76th Regiment of Foot by King George III in 1812, honoring their legendary twenty years of uninterrupted combat service in India and the capture of Leswaree. When the 76th amalgamated with the 33rd Regiment to form the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) in 1881, the iconic Hindoostan elephant was officially adopted for their lower collar uniform dress turnouts.