Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold 3 mm (h) insignia secured

3 mm (h) insignia secured in place via lugs and pin

while the edge are semi-sharpened

but with the silvering nearly completely preserved

Type II with Ethiopian Crown

23 mm x 23

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold 3 mm (h) insignia securedIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July