Original British Victorian 1843 Gwalior Campaign Star with Ribbon named to Samuel Shears 9th Lancers Brunswick Rifle The cap features a patent

The cap features a patent leather covered visor

5th Division

ROCK ISLAND

indicating it was made in 1898

Although since the end of trench warfare

Original British Victorian 1843 Gwalior Campaign Star with Ribbon named to Samuel Shears 9th Lancers Brunswick Rifle The cap features a patentOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Gwalior campaign was fought between the British and Maratha forces in Gwalior in India, December 1843. The Maratha Empire controlled much of central and northern India and had fallen to the British in 1818 giving the British control over almost all of the Indian subcontinent. The Maharaja of Gwalior had died and a young child was appointed as the Maharaja with British support. However, Marathas in Gwalior saw the