Canada. Three Highland Light Infantry of Canada Badges

Item #C6493

$40

Glengarry Badge (in white metal, unmarked, measuring 64.7 mm (w) x 67.5 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered residue evident on the obverse); and two Collar Badges (in bronze gilt, unmarked, measuring 26 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) each, both with two intact push pin points, spotting). Very fine.

 

Footnote: The Highland Light Infantry of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Founded in 1886 as the 29th Waterloo Battalion of Infantry, it went through several name changes including, in 1900, the 29th Waterloo Regiment and in 1915, the 29th Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada). It acquired its present title in 1920. In 1954, as a result of the Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army, this regiment was amalgamated with The Perth Regiment to form The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada). However, this amalgamation was undone in 1957 and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada resumed its regimental identity. In 1965, it amalgamated with the Scots Fusiliers of Canada and was renamed the Highland Fusiliers of Canada. The regiment perpetuated the 34th Battalion and 111th (South Waterloo) Battalion, CEF, and held its final order of precedence as seventeen.