Canada, Cef. A 31St Infantry Battalion "Alberta Regiment" Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 Auction Archive with reverse brown wool straps

with reverse brown wool straps

four months would pass before he would leave for the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on September 16

" in italic script on the lid

Orden del Mérito Naval

and Oman: Peace Medal

Canada, Cef. A 31St Infantry Battalion "Alberta Regiment" Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 Auction Archive with reverse brown wool strapsIn browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT, B'HAM" on the reverse, measuring 37. 7 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Calgary, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Quebec City, May 17th aboard the RMS Carpathia, used during wartime to transfer Canadian and American troops to Europe, with a strength of 36