Thanks Koi-Hai, I think the battles of Ally Ghur and Delhi make more sense of the "Lake & Victory" scroll than my interpretation of it being a states forces celebration of a victory over General Lake. The battle honour of Ally Ghur was awarded to three regiments of BNI that subsequently mutinied (7th,27th,and 35th) - and Delhi there were 8 Regiments of BNI that won the award and then subsequently rebelled. Only the 35th were at both battles - so they are my favoured suspect at the moment - in John Chappell's collection catalogue there is an officers shako helmet with the scroll Lake/1803/Victory on it to the 35th BNI - so I think you might have cracked it. Not so sure about the artillery theory but its definitely worthy of more research - in JC's catalogue all the Artillery insignia seem to have cannons rather than grenades? Tim
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