Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold dated April 30

dated April 30

the oldest umbrella organization of German fraternities

The temperature was then -27 degrees

with original ribbon minus clasp

issued to "William Neilson

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold dated April 30WWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Version I Pickled copper, unmarked, 32. 8 mm x 44. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, one lug bent forward, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. de la B. Girouard