eyelet at the shoulder end for placement of the button
the enamels on the red cross mostly worn away
sides and undersides in yellow (gold) wool
Although struck off strength of the Overseas Forces of Canada
Grand Cross Star in Gold & Diamonds
Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction eyelet at the shoulder endIn pickled copper, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S. S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving