Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction Archive when the absence of smoke

when the absence of smoke would allow us to obtain a view of the scene

printed in Belgium

effective September 1924

cypher of Ferdinand I on the obverse centrepiece

very fine edge nicks

Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction Archive when the absence of smokeIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Mitchell with a strength of 32 officers and 859 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve