Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive 2nd Class for Eighteen Years'

2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service - Silvered bronze

after heavy fighting his division was destroyed near Tunis

11" x 33" headband - headband is hand painted with black Kanji and a red sun on a fine cotton linen

even if they did not have a chronograph function

" along with silver hallmark)

Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive 2nd Class for Eighteen Years'WWI 172nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 42. 7 mm x 51 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Kamloops area of British Columbia, with mobilization headquarters at Kamloops under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Vicars with a strength of 32 officers and 972