Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity two breast eagles

two breast eagles

no paper backing

"M9/25" and maker marked "Richard Sieper & Sohne Ludenscheid" on the reverse

The HMS Llandovery Castle later became a casualty itself of the war on a voyage from Halifax

dated June 5

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity two breast eaglesWWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled brass, unmarked, 32. 7 mm x 45 mm, intact lugs, better than extremely 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 with a strength of 21 officers and 415 other ranks. In England,