Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold a young Canadian artillery officer

a young Canadian artillery officer

Order of Merit

while handle is made of synthetic material

measuring 90x48mm

Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold a young Canadian artillery officerIn blackened copper, measuring 37 mm (w) x 45. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of the blackening remains, contact marks, very 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