Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed 2 mm x 42 mm

2 mm x 42 mm

marked with the Tudor crown on the lid

rebuilding trenches

meaning the only way they made it back home was on the arms of officers and "borrowed" in field packs and ruck-sacks

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed 2 mm x 42 mmWWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Version I Pickled copper, unmarked, 32. 8 mm x 44. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, one lug bent forward, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. de la B. Girouard