Canada, Cef. A 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Buy Now the grandnephew of the Empress

the grandnephew of the Empress Dowager and in 1908

Of high Austrian manufacture

with post-period swastika and wreath details added back to the buckle

light green and emerald green enamels

Canada, Cef. A 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Buy Now the grandnephew of the EmpressIn pickled copper, voided, maker marked "G. F. HEMSLEY Co. LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 54. 7 mm (h), both lungs intact, one of which is bent back, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength