Canada, Cef. A 21St Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 Archive Iron-Magnetic center

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Almost immediately thereafter

which would mean he joined the Royal Navy sometime around 1909

on suspension with swing bar pinback

Gustav Spitzer - Measuring 401 mm

Canada, Cef. A 21St Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 Archive Iron-Magnetic centerIn browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT, B'HAM" on the reverse, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, lacquered on the obverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario and mobilized in Kingston, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 4, 1915 with a strength of 42 officers and 1,057 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. St.