Wwi 93Rd Infantry Battalion "Peterborough Battalion" Cap Badge Auction from Grosse Pointe

from Grosse Pointe

with enamelled red cross

as part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean

minor residue in recessed areas

unmarked but textbook JFS manufacture

Wwi 93Rd Infantry Battalion "Peterborough Battalion" Cap Badge Auction from Grosse PointeWWI 93rd Infantry Battalion "Peterborough Battalion" Cap Badge Browning copper, unmarked, very crisp detail, 42. 5 mm x 43. 7 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Peterborough County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Peterborough under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 15, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. J. Johnston with a strength of 36 officers