Canada. A 66th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, c.1915

Item #C5598

Price:

$55

In browning copper, maker marked and dated "JACKSON BROS 1915" on the reverse, measuring 41 mm (w) x 43.2 mm (h), one lug intact, the other having been re-soldered, light contact, better than very fine.

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G.O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. McKinery with a strength of 36 officers and 1,071 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion in England and was disbanded on September 15, 1920.