Canada. A 22Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Francais" (Vandoos) Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive and textured green enamels

and textured green enamels

round catch and flat pin

signed in ink and form completed by typewriter

and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882

and the obverse with some of its original gilt finish worn off

Canada. A 22Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Francais" (Vandoos) Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive and textured green enamelsIn browning copper, maker marked "CARON FRRES MONTREAL 1914" on the reverse, measuring 52. 5 mm (w) x 37. 5 mm (h), both lugs bent back but intact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and mobilized in St. Jean, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1915 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,097 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Gaudet. The Battalion