Canada, CEF. A 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed 655 mm (shoulder to cuff)

655 mm (shoulder to cuff) and 745 mm (total length)

privately engraved (HEINRICH BLUME II

(Kriegsdenkmünze für treue Dienste in einem Feldzuge 1866)

sailing from Liverpool aboard the S

obverse centre in bronze gilt depicting a bronze-gilded figure of St

Canada, CEF. A 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed 655 mm (shoulder to cuff)In pickled brass, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 46. 8 mm (w) x 40. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. They sailed October 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Hansford with a strength of 32 officers and 957 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was