Canada, CEF. A 62nd Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion" Cap Badge, by O.B.Allan Newly Listed PERNETTI GIOIELLIERE TORINO

PERNETTI GIOIELLIERE TORINO

the majority of the prisoners were sick with dysentery and beriberi and

embellished by clusters of three outgoing silver rays in each quadrant

the obverse depicting the leftward facing busts of Wilhelm and Auguste-Victoria

Canada, CEF. A 62nd Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion" Cap Badge, by O.B.Allan Newly Listed PERNETTI GIOIELLIERE TORINOIn browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN VANCOUVER" on the reverse, measuring 37. 2 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Vancouver, British Columbia. The Battalion sailed March 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Hulme with a strength of 36 officers and 1,037