Canada. A First War 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Archive Commission Document Confirming William Ashburnham

Commission Document Confirming William Ashburnham Woods

dying from his wounds the following day

with an embossed overstamp inscribed "3

red and green painted raised centrepiece with sixteen alternating orange and yellow sun rays

surrounded by a light blue ring of enamels

Canada. A First War 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Archive Commission Document Confirming William AshburnhamIn browning copper, measuring 51. 5 mm (w) x 44. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Brandon, Manitoba. It served in France from September 21, 1915, until the armistice and disbanded on November 15, 1920.