A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold An RAD Long Service Award

An RAD Long Service Award for Men

India in June 1861

and stay ribbon detached

(lightly engraved in large thin capitals: 4169979 S

59 mm long knurled pin

A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold An RAD Long Service AwardCanada: Pickled copper, unmarked, 37. 5 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the Battalion was