Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 52 mm (w) x

measuring 52 mm (w) x 85

constructed of a card stock binding with a faux brown leather exterior liner

giving definition to the eagle's eye

and 88 mm x 46 mm overall

engraved "October 27

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 52 mm (w) xIn browning copper, maker marked "DINGWALL WINNIPEG" on the reverse, measuring 34 mm (w) x 37. 7 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