Canada, CEF. A First War 66th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive no backing plate

no backing plate

it is interesting to note that the centre of this badge portrays the badge of the order rather than the usual three crowns

The passport includes a letter to his father stating with this letter we send you the Army Passport of your son which died on March 18th 1944

Second Class Cross - for Gallantry in the field)

A wounded Infantryman had fallen into an occupied German dugout

Canada, CEF. A First War 66th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive no backing plateA First War 66th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, unmarked, 43 mm x 49. 5 mm, intact lugs and pin, residue in the recessed areas from cleaning, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Mitchell with a strength of 32 officers and