Wwi 117Th Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Auction serving as a Coal Passer

serving as a Coal Passer

Enlisting in the 53rd (Northern Saskatchewan) Battalion in December 1914

and was posted to Lachine

and when fasterned

to appoint Francis Alfred Blennerhassett

Wwi 117Th Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Auction serving as a Coal PasserWWI 117th Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Copper, maker marked "G. F. HEMSLEY Co LIMITED" on the reverse, 41. 7 mm x 55. 3 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943