Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 70 mm x 95 mm

70 mm x 95 mm

the obverse consisting of a central tri-colour cockade situated within an oak leaf wreath

A vellum document to Joseph Needham Tayler

a matching pair of shoulder boards

6 o’clock arm “2 CTEII” and 9 o'clock arm bearing “232”

Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 70 mm x 95 mmIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, traces of greening evident on both sides, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 12th Infantry Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H.