Canada, CEF. A 55th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick/P.E.I. Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I without Ampersand visually-hidden (JOHN POLLARD

(JOHN POLLARD

1919 and was drafted back to H

A British Empire Exhibition had first been proposed in 1902 by the British Empire League

the reverse features a vertical pin assembly with dual stays

measuring 58 mm (w) x 98 mm (h)

Canada, CEF. A 55th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick/P.E.I. Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I without Ampersand visually-hidden (JOHN POLLARDIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36. 3 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Sussex, New Brunswick. The Battalion sailed October 30, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kirkpatrick with a strength of 42 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The