Canada. A Lot of Six First War Battalion Shoulder Titles & Collar Badges

Royal Canadian Regiment Shoulder Title (in browning copper, measuring 49.3 mm (w) x 21.8 mm (h), both lugs bent but intact); 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Shoulder Title (in pickled copper, measuring 50.5 mm (w) x 19 mm (h), both lugs intact); 89th Infantry Battalion "Alberta Battalion" Shoulder Title (in browning copper, measuring 32 mm (w) x 16.8 mm (h), both lugs bent back but intact); 2nd Mounted Rifle Battalion Shoulder Title (in browning copper, measuring 51.7 mm (w) x 13.5 mm (h), both lugs bent back but intact); Canada General Service Shoulder Title (in browning copper, measuring 40 mm (w) x 10 mm (h), both lugs intact, one of which is bent back); and Canadian Army Medical Corps Collar Tab (in browning copper, measuring 25.5 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), both lugs intact). Ranging from very fine to near extremely fine.

Footnote: The headquarters of the Royal Canadian Regiment on mobilization was Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Battalion sailed August 26, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. Carpenter with a strength of 34 officers and 1,052 other ranks. The 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Halifax under the authority of G.O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 12, 1916 with a strength of 34 officers and 1,001 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant E.C. Phinney. The Battalion served in France and Belgium when it replaced the 73rd in the 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Brigade. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920. The 89th Infantry Battalion was raised in Alberta with mobilization headquarters in Calgary under the authority of G.O. 151, December 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 2, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W.W. Nasmyth with a strength of 33 officers and 969 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920. The 2nd Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized in Victoria, BC on March 15, 1915 and began serving in France in September 1915. It was disbanded on November 15, 1920. The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non-permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid fever. It employed 1,351 medical officers, 1,886 nursing sisters and 12,243 field medics and orderlies.