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A First War Canadian Corps Cyclists General Service Badge

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A First War Canadian Corps Cyclists General Service Badge

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A First War Canadian Corps Cyclists General Service Badge

Bronze, maker marked "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, 45 mm x 48.7 mm, both lugs intact, very light surface wear, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The First Canadian Cyclist Company sailed with the 1st Canadian Division on October 14, 1914. Since it had been established that all further divisions must carry a cyclist battalion, recruiting was carried out by the Corps of Guides of the Non-Permanent Active Militia. In addition to their training in Canada, the Canadian Corps Cyclists began an intensive course in England, consisting of musketry, bombing, bayonet fighting, signalling, topography, range-finding and learning to use the Lewis guns. Almost one quarter of the men in the cyclists were killed during the war.