Canada, Cef. A 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction gilt loss and green oxidation

gilt loss and green oxidation evident on the reverse

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Canada, Cef. A 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction gilt loss and green oxidationIn blackened brass, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered blackening wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 18, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mitchell with a strength of 31 officers and 880 other ranks, arriving