Canada, CEF. A16th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scottish" Glengarry Badge Archive embarking for the French theatre

embarking for the French theatre on September 14th

to which is affixed a pewter lid with a swivel hinge

measuring 90 mm (h) x 55 mm (h)

Type III (1919-1934) (bronze gilt

who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla and was thereafter awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal from the Secretary of the Treasury on October 18

Canada, CEF. A16th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scottish" Glengarry Badge Archive embarking for the French theatreIn white metal, voided, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 45. 3 mm (h), all three lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a strength of 47 officers and 1,096 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. G. Edwards