Wwi 78Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive Antilles and Military District of

Antilles and Military District of Puerto Rico

The members who served were also well decorated

hallmarked and maker marked on reverse

on magnetic plate

1916 in Elk Lake

Wwi 78Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive Antilles and Military District ofWWI 78th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Blackened brass, unmarked, 38 mm x 45 mm, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 12th