Wwi 24Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity original patina

original patina

51 mm x 51

1917 and cited in the London Gazette 30389 on November 19

or simply returned to the ranks

Although there is dirt residue evident from years of storage without its box top

Wwi 24Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity original patinaWWI 24th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge Blackened copper, unmarked, 35. 5 mm x 38. 6 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 15, 1915 with a strength of 42 officers and 1,082 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Gunn. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 5th