Wwi Machine Gun Corps Cap Badge; Canadian Issue; 4Th Version Auction marks to the left and

marks to the left and on the monarch's forehead

MORBIDVCCI" on the obverse

appears to be presentation gift of a sailor to his mother

with the young Joseph having joined him in the family business but he felt the call to serve his country and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Benjamin Hill was born in Birmingham

Wwi Machine Gun Corps Cap Badge; Canadian Issue; 4Th Version Auction marks to the left andWWI Machine Gun Corps Cap Badge; Canadian Issue; 4th Version Brass, unmarked, 44. 8 mm x 52. 5 mm, intact lugs, light contact, oxidation spot on the obverse, better than very 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 armoured cars, thus providing the double threat