Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Province of China COBOURG CO

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the ends adorned with ball finials

securely stitched into the structure of the cap

the pommel in brass with a Turks head knot and trimmed in leafing at its base

Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Province of China COBOURG COIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, exhibiting pitting throughout on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson. In England, the