Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed 2 mm x 42 mm

2 mm x 42 mm

then attached to the Canadian Arms Inspection and Repair Depot at Greenwich on March 26

Army Long Service Decoration –in gilded iron

The scabbard tip is decorated with longitudinal grooves

rebuilding trenches

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed 2 mm x 42 mmWWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Version I Pickled copper, unmarked, 32. 8 mm x 44. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, one lug bent forward, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. de la B. Girouard