Canada, CEF. A 183rd Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Beavers" Cap Badge GTRexclude constructed of a wooden frame

constructed of a wooden frame with a faux black leather exterior liner

obverse centre presenting the French Imperial Eagle with surround inscribed HONNEUR ET PATRIE

with all of the original silvering worn off

Elmo/ Erasmus

Klasse ohne Schwerter” on the front

Canada, CEF. A 183rd Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Beavers" Cap Badge GTRexclude constructed of a wooden frameIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Dingwall, measuring 40. 2 mm (w) x 44. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 4, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. T. Edgecombe with a strength of 13 officers and 431 other ranks. In England,