Canada, CEF. A 19th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I, by Gaunt United Republic of cracking and flaking

cracking and flaking

5 mm (w) x 52 mm (h) and weighing 43

000 taken prisoner

the reverse retaining a partially-intact black paper liner bearing the maker’s mark of Josef Feix & Söhne

The interior presents plain

Canada, CEF. A 19th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I, by Gaunt United Republic of cracking and flakingIn browning brass, maker marked "J. R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 38. 3 mm (w) x 39. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed on May 13, 1915 with a strength of 41 officers and 1,075 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. J. McLaren. The Battalion served in