Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity September 25

September 25

label sewn in place under the sweatband

followed by a posting in the new year to 'D' Battery

The cap measures 264 mm (w) x 286 mm (l) x 167 mm (h)

Makers mark on reverse reading "R

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity September 25In blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a