Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge

In pickled copper, voided, measuring 35.2 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S.S. Grampian, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.W. Beaubier with a strength of 20 officers and 597 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England on April 29th. Upon arrival in England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 18th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.