Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Period: May 1916- May 1918

Period: May 1916- May 1918

British War Medal (46181 PTE

the reverse with a central shield

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Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Period: May 1916- May 1918In pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, exhibiting pitting throughout on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson. In England, the