Canada, CEF. A 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction measuring 175 mm (w) x

measuring 175 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

It is currently awarded as a house order by the Crown Council of Ethiopia

the edge stamped with a silver content number of “900”

(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst I

Canada, CEF. A 78th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction measuring 175 mm (w) xIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 38. 2 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 12th Infantry