Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive measuring 79 mm (w) x

measuring 79 mm (w) x 99 mm (h))

consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core inside of a ribbed silver frame

cypher of Mihailo Obrenović III on the obverse

Australia aboard the SS Ormiston on February 9

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive measuring 79 mm (w) xIn blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a