Canada, Cef. A 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Buy Now with a blue enamelled central

with a blue enamelled central shield showing on the obverse the imperial initial “F” and on the reverse the year “1815

fraying and soiling in the white cotton lining at the waist on the interior

The Pilot’s Badge certificate is named to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Düttmann

plus handwritten inscription in pencil at the top on the front cover

Canada, Cef. A 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Buy Now with a blue enamelled centralIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered wear in the pickling, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the Battalion was