Canada, CEF. A 29th Infantry Battalion "Robin's Tigers"/"Vancouver Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I Auction Archive on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from period original yellow and black ribbon

women in the WAAC were first sent to the battlefields in France

number 460178

circumscribed by the inscription “MERENTI” (“MERIT”)

also with hidden button holes

Canada, CEF. A 29th Infantry Battalion "Robin's Tigers"/"Vancouver Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I Auction Archive on loop for suspension fromIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Vancouver, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1915 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,090 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. S. Tobin. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 6th