A First War Cef 18Th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Auction silver rosette on the SAM

silver rosette on the SAM ribbon

1898) Naming is Regimentally engraved in large block capitals

First Class - In gilded zinc

Cased Binoculars (steel body

scalloped trim encompassing the base

A First War Cef 18Th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Auction silver rosette on the SAMCanada; Browning copper, unmarked, 46. 5 mm x 50 mm, both lugs intact, oxidation spots evident on the reverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Wigle, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,081 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with