Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Archive in Mappin & Webb

in Mappin & Webb

even though I was under the impression that S

Naming is officially engraved on the MCs

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription indicating that the photo was taken in Athens

Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Archive in Mappin & WebbIn gilded copper, unmarked, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion. It was