Canada, Cef. An 85Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude but of typical French WWI

but of typical French WWI period manufacture

His European service began at Witley and was taken on strength with the Canadian Active Service Force

The unit organization remained basically the same until the start of the Second World War

textbook examples and belonged to this officer

the pointier end of the plate slightly bent and its corresponding pin raised slightly above the surface of the plate

Canada, Cef. An 85Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude but of typical French WWIIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 54 mm (w) x 64. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Halifax under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 12, 1916 with a strength of 34 officers and 1,001 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant E. C. Phinney. The Battalion served in France and Belgium when it