Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge GTRexclude with a sterling silver shield

with a sterling silver shield and fouled anchor insignia

measuring 120 cm (w) x 78 cm (h)

In die stamped bronze gilt

were crew members of three A-20 aircraft which carried out an extreme range mission against a Japanese convoy consisting of a destroyer

Albert Joseph Morphew was born on October 2

Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge GTRexclude with a sterling silver shieldIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, the other lug broken off, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks