Canada. A First War 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge United Republic of the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a gold crowned Bavarian lion within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with golden numbers reading “1866”

measuring 91 mm x 22 mm

with a single row of silver aluminum bullion wire in a chevron formation

dark residue on the reverse

daughter of the late Robert Thorburn

Canada. A First War 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge United Republic of the reverse with a centralIn browning copper, measuring 51. 5 mm (w) x 44. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Brandon, Manitoba. It served in France from September 21, 1915, until the armistice and disbanded on November 15, 1920.