Canada, CEF. A 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The document is folded and

The document is folded and in slightly worn condition

held in place via two prongs

surrounding a depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape

he served as a Staff Officer with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in 1915 and later

and Gulf and Kuwait Medal (rhodium-plated copper and zinc alloy

Canada, CEF. A 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The document is folded andIn pickled brass, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 46. 8 mm (w) x 40. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. They sailed October 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Hansford with a strength of 32 officers and 957 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was