integral suspension with clip and vintage ribbon
good very fine and better (6): M
loop marked "800" with original neck ribbon
Footnote: 40419 Sergeant John Donald Matheson was born on October 6
He was found to have been illegally absent from camp and deserting H
A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils" Cap Badge Hold integral suspension with clip andA First War 8th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils" Cap Badge Browning copper, unmarked, 38 mm x 45. 5 mm, intact lugs, cleaned, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant