Canada, Cef. A 5Th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge Newly Listed 1st Viscount Wolseley KP

1st Viscount Wolseley KP

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an embroidered Stoker patch and fourteen black and white ship photographs

Canada, Cef. A 5Th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge Newly Listed 1st Viscount Wolseley KPIn browning copper, voided, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, green residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command