Canada, CEF. A 27th Infantry Battalion "City of Winnipeg Regiment" Cap Badge GTRexclude every scarce

every scarce

PRO PATRIA inscription on the reverse and dated 24 II 1928

He was Killed in Action on 15th September 1916 and he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial

The obverse peak is adorned with a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire insignia depicting a Partito Nazionale Fascista (National Fascist Party) fasces insignia flanked by multiple rows of oak leaves

affixed to a silver base bearing a crown with bugle horn via dual brass pins

Canada, CEF. A 27th Infantry Battalion "City of Winnipeg Regiment" Cap Badge GTRexclude every scarceIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Manitoba, with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed for England on May 17, 1915 aboard the S. S. Carpathia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Snider with a strength of 33 officers and 1,039 other ranks. The