Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction measuring 52 mm x 38

measuring 52 mm x 38 mm

Austria (early to mid-1943)

on December 24

with scattered patina on the frame from age (possibly previously cleaned)

Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction measuring 52 mm x 38In 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