Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude with partially extending wings and

with partially extending wings and a protruding tail

reverse impressed “S-3575

A portrait of Lieutenant  Colonel W

engraved "DOROTHY M

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude with partially extending wings andIn browning copper, maker marked "DINGWALL WINNIPEG" on the reverse, measuring 34 mm (w) x 37. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of