Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude silvered and brass-coloured metal

silvered and brass-coloured metal

29 mm x 33

A very fine German National Employee’s field cap

HIGH STREET / SOUTHAMPTON" and  "QUOTE THIS DATE WHEN ORDERING AFTER COPIES" below

dated August 30

Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude silvered and brass-coloured metalIn pickled copper, blackened, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 41 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia, under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1st 1915, with mobilization headquarters at Halifax (Aldershot). The Battalion left Canada on October 8, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Vincent with a strength of 45 officers and 1,090 other ranks. In