Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity five-colour cover with four pages

five-colour cover with four pages of text in black ink

A little over three months later

with related ribbon bar

though several case variants were produced

Victoria 2nd

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity five-colour cover with four pagesWWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Version I Pickled copper, unmarked, 32. 8 mm x 44. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, one lug bent forward, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. de la B. Girouard