A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Both the front and rear

Both the front and rear visors are secured to the Shako by a narrow horizontal strip of mid-brown lacquered leather which is machine stitched all along the bottom edge

(lightly engraved in large thin capitals: 4169979 S

An RAD Long Service Award for Men

a War Merit Cross First Class

and stay ribbon detached

A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Both the front and rearCanada: Pickled copper, unmarked, 37. 5 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the Battalion was