Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive with the left side finished

with the left side finished in a Prussian black and white colour scheme

“sho-wa-san-nen-ju-ichi-gatsu” (meaning November

engraved "Sr d'ALSACE" below

obverse illustrating a downward-pointing maple leaf bearing in shield

Accompanied by an independent ribbon with an additional ten years' service bar sewn in place

Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive with the left side finishedIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, traces of greening evident on both sides, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 12th Infantry Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H.