Canada. Two First War Cef Machine Gun Corps Cap Badges Auction 105 mm x 142 mm

105 mm x 142 mm

intact stitching and quality workmanship

the badge constructed of stamped silver (marked “800” for silver content)

flanked by wings

Chesterton

Canada. Two First War Cef Machine Gun Corps Cap Badges Auction 105 mm x 142 mmCanada; First cap badge is bronze, unmarked, 52. 3 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact. Second cap badge is bronze, 52 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm, with a replacement slider, spots of greening. Light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: When war came in 1914, millionaire Raymond Brutinel, a French army reserve officer who was living in Montreal, in collaboration with a prominent lawyer, Clifford Sifton, hit upon the idea of mounting machine guns on