Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge Newly Listed with replacement ribbon

with replacement ribbon

Chipping present in the black enamels on the fullsize version

and expanded

Black case with off-white interior

Second War Period Hardshelled with a blue pebbled exterior

Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge Newly Listed with replacement ribbonIn sterling silver with red enamels, maker marked "JRG&S" (J. R. Gaunt & Son), marked with an anchor (made in Birmingham), the British lion and date marked "s" (1917) on the reverse, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), both lugs intact, chipping evident in the red enamels on the insignia, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 12th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops was formed in the spring of 1918 by the conversion and re designation of the 3rd Labour