Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction placed within an ornate oval

placed within an ornate oval silver frame bearing laurel leaves

After ten weeks orientation

the Sun of May (Sol de Mayo)

He was appointed to Princess Patricia's Light Infantry

constructed of an aluminum casing

Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction placed within an ornate ovalIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 39. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, obverse exhibiting greening and blackened with age, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson.