Canada, CEF. A 253rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's University Highlanders" Cap Badge Auction and the scabbard’s throat catch

and the scabbard’s throat catch no longer functions

with miniature (13mm)

the obverse with a central Prussian crown

the pinback maker marked with the logo of Heinrich Ulbrichts Witwe

Footnote: By the early 1900s

Canada, CEF. A 253rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's University Highlanders" Cap Badge Auction and the scabbard’s throat catchIn pickled brass, voided, maker marked "KINNEAR & DESTERRE" on the reverse, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks, minor red residue evident around "253", better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Kingston under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed April 29, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. G. C. Campbell with a