Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" visually-hidden consisting a five armed star

consisting a five armed star in white enamels with blue boardering

Housed in original blue box

with headquarters in the Kingston Armouries

Following the capitulation of France and start of Operation Barbarossa

the yellow glass bead missing from its coupling

Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" visually-hidden consisting a five armed starIn browning copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Tiptaft, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact but slightly bent to one side, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was near Kingston at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion left Canada April 5, 1916 with a strength