A First War Canadian 4Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Archive when his wife gave birth

when his wife gave birth to Margit Elizabeth Mary Temke

the Battalion was re-designated the 11th Reserve Battalion forming part of the Canadian Training Depot

Awarded to promoted Officers of the Third Class Of Officers School of Iron Trefoil in Varazdin

Crossguard with a finely-detailed Army eagle

with a blue cotton loop at the rear just below the vent

A First War Canadian 4Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Archive when his wife gave birth2nd Design: Browning copper, unmarked, 43. 2 mm x 46. 5 mm, intact lugs, oxidation evident on the reverse, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 4th Mounted Rifles Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Toronto, Ontario. It served in France and Holland and was disbanded on November 15, 1920