Canada, Cef. A 23Rd Infantry Battalion "Montreal Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive each measuring 40 mm (w)

each measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (l)

functional clasp closure

with moderate to heavy chipping in the black paint of the core

Footnote: Unterseebootsabwehrschule despite being named as an anti-submarine warfare school was actually an establishment for secretly training new U-boat crews before Germany began openly re-arming

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Canada, Cef. A 23Rd Infantry Battalion "Montreal Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive each measuring 40 mm (w)In brass, measuring 49. 7 mm (w) x 46. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, tiny green oxidation spot on the obverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Quebec City under the authority of G. O. 26, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 23, 1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 942 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. W. Fisher. In