Canada, CEF. A 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of After fighting with varying success

After fighting with varying success in the southern part of Eastern Galicia and in the Bukovina the 7th Army under his command was driven back by Aleksei Brusilov's offensive in June 1916

and the ship got under way slowly

reverse engraved "CAPITANO MARSELLI SERGIO" in the centre and surrounded by the engraved inscription "CASTELNUOVO

with its original envelope

The court-martial found Smith guilty and sentenced him "to be admonished by the reviewing authority

Canada, CEF. A 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of After fighting with varying successTwo piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, unmarked, measuring 45. 7 mm (w) x 48. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia and mobilized in Halifax under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. A. LeCain with a strength of 42 officers and 1,081 other ranks. The Battalion