Canada, CEF. A 2nd Infantry Battalion "Eastern Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Archive "Gold" grade (gilded silver)

"Gold" grade (gilded silver)

After nine days' treatment

one is maker marked W

circumscribed with “LUDWIG II KOENIG V

Canada, CEF. A 2nd Infantry Battalion "Eastern Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Archive "Gold" grade (gilded silver)Two piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, measuring 43. 5 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a strength of 45 officers and 1,098 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant