Canada, CEF. A 101st Infantry Battalion "Royal Winnipeg Rifles/Winnipeg Light Infantry" Cap Badge Auction Archive Issued 21 September 1918

Issued 21 September 1918

16 mm (w) x 48

There is a good number of letters written home from this time

1915" hand painted on bottom

Canada, CEF. A 101st Infantry Battalion "Royal Winnipeg Rifles/Winnipeg Light Infantry" Cap Badge Auction Archive Issued 21 September 1918In pickled copper, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 42. 3 mm (w) x 43. 7 mm (h), both lugs pinched but are intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 29, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. McLean with a strength of 36 officers and 1,025 other ranks. In England,