Canada, Cef. A 225Th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive (Arbeitsbuch/Pracovní knížka)

(Arbeitsbuch/Pracovní knížka)

Both with original ribbons and brooch pinbacks

5 mm (w) x 76 mm (h) inclusive of its added-on ornate suspension

COVENT GARDEN" maker label sewn upside down inside the pocket

Canada, Cef. A 225Th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive (Arbeitsbuch/Pracovní knížka)In browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN." on the reverse, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 49. 2 mm (h), all four prongs intact but bent back, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia with mobilization headquarters at Fernie, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed January 25, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Mackay with a strength of 20 officers and 427 other