Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden unseen on the market

unseen on the market

eventually passing to the Burma Division in August 1918

the obverse medallion in Gold presents a right-facing portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

the badge is decorated synthetic citrine crystals with very fine flower-like rays and small ball finals

in silvered aluminum flat-wire threads over a cut-out

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden unseen on the marketIn browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.