Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac an additional silvered metal elongated

an additional silvered metal elongated loop with two eyes forming the receiving clip stitched in place on the right end

with minor scuffing to the edges from storage

surmounted by an enameled green oval laurel wreath

left for his new unit in the field on the 18th and joined them on the 19th

silver knight’s cross

Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac an additional silvered metal elongatedIn pickled copper, unmarked, voided, measures 32 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), intact lugs on reverse, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid