Canada, Cef. A 244Th Infantry Battalion "Kitchener's Own" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction visually the same as above

visually the same as above

in blackened bronze

Constructed of feinzink

14mm x 22mm

with a red enamel Maltese cross superimposed on the rays

Canada, Cef. A 244Th Infantry Battalion "Kitchener's Own" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction visually the same as aboveType I with "Kitchener's Own". In pickled copper, voided, measuring 41. 7 mm (w) x 44. 8 mm (h), both lugs have been replaced, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 28, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. M. McRobie with a strength of 27 officers and 604 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was