Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed black and gold enamels

black and gold enamels

49 mm (h) - weighing 12

Durell and 147 ratings

Footnote: These type of collar tabs were worn by political leaders of the Ustasha movement

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Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed black and gold enamelsIn pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Olympic, on June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. C. Royce with a strength of 13 officers and 284 other