Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive All the same

All the same

maker marked HUGUERIN FRERES & Co

a long-served Coastal Command W

11" x 33" headband - headband is hand painted with black Kanji and a red sun on a fine cotton linen

spurs are in almost Mint condition

Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive All the sameWWI 172nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 42. 7 mm x 51 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Kamloops area of British Columbia, with mobilization headquarters at Kamloops under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Vicars with a strength of 32 officers and 972