With a well-aged replacement wooden handle
which includes the spike (with five ventilation holes and an ornate design at the base)
Michael (Catherine) McNamara of Lower River Inhabitants
Canadian Contingent
twenty-four with dual intact lugs
Canada, Cef. A 164Th Infantry Battalion "Halton And Dufferin Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude With a well-aged replacement woodenType I with Large Beaver. In browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H. LEES & CO. 1915" on the reverse, measuring 41. 2 mm (w) x 46. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Counties of Halton and Dufferin, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Orangeville under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 11, 1917 aboard the S.