Three First War Period Canadian Cap Badges
93rd Infantry Battalion "Peterborough Battalion" Cap Badge (pickled brass, unmarked, 41.3 mm x 43.3 mm, intact lugs and pin); 8th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge (browning copper, voided, unmarked, 41 mm x 43.5 mm, intact slider); and Police Cap Badge (white metal beaver insignia on a blackened bronze maple leaf base, unmarked, 50.5 mm x 58.5 mm, intact lugs). Ranging from better than very fine to extremely fine. Footnote: The 93rd Infantry Battalion was raised in Peterborough County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Peterborough under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 15, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T.J. Johnston with a strength of 36 officers and 868 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 39th Infantry Battalion. It was disbanded September 15, 1920. The 8th Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized in Ottawa, Ontario on March 15, 1915. It was broken up, in order to provide reinforcements and was finally disbanded on November 15, 1920.

