Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" Auction Archive in good condition and very

in good condition and very scarce

since 1897

Two additional threaded loops set into the same pocket accommodate a decoration with a vertical pinback

including one depicting a black-and-white illustration of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" Auction Archive in good condition and veryIn browning copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Tiptaft, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact but slightly bent to one side, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was near Kingston at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion left Canada April 5, 1916 with a strength