Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude with both sides secured together

with both sides secured together via a string fed through a piece of cardboard at the top

the obverse centre presenting the right-facing bust of Ramon Castilla

Ferdinand “Bloody Ferdinand” Schörner

Acting Sergeant (October 27

officially engraved DONALD McNEILL and officially impressed (44th

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude with both sides secured togetherIn 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