Wwi 62Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity with black handpainted inscriptions

with black handpainted inscriptions

Official "1957" issue for Veteran's wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear)

At the end of the month she moved into the Suez Canal and was active in the defence of the canal against Turkish troops

64 mm x 109 mm)

cap badge - In aluminum

Wwi 62Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity with black handpainted inscriptionsWWI 62nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Browning copper, 45mm, pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Vancouver, British Columbia. The Battalion sailed March 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Hulme with a strength of 36 officers and 1,037 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 30th Reserve