Canada, Cef. A 178Th Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Français" Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of November 9

November 9

The leather chinstrap has hardened with age but remains intact

and giving the members a quasi-military training

Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz

marked with designer “Adolf Bock” and manufacturer “Schwerin

Canada, Cef. A 178Th Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Français" Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of November 9Type I with "Athabaska, Drummond, Nicolet". In pickled copper, voided, measuring 32. 7 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely 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 with a strength of 21