Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed Rome and Paris

Rome and Paris

(Postkarten und Sterbebilder)

Hand embroidered in flat and rounded silver wires

while the breast buttons are similarly stamped with a RZM logo and maker code “M/75/3” for Dr

800 silver fineness

Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed Rome and ParisIn pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Olympic, on June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. C. Royce with a strength of 13 officers and 284 other