Canada, CEF. A WWI 201st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive intact leather liner exhibits normal

intact leather liner exhibits normal wear

The purpose was to provide everyone wearing the King's uniform and serving overseas on Christmas 1914 with a gift from the nation

At the time

This particular badge is fabricated from silver bullion wire on a forest green wool base

Manitoba the following day

Canada, CEF. A WWI 201st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive intact leather liner exhibits normalWWI 201st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled copper, unmarked, 44. 6 mm x 48. 2 mm, one lug intact, the other broken off, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Commanding Officer of the Battalion was Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Hagarty, however, insufficient numbers of recruits resulted ith the Battalion being disbanded in Canada and the