Canada, CEF. A 142nd Infantry Battalion "London's Own" Cap Badge Auction Archive and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum

and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire insignia with oak leaves

to reward actions of outstanding merit

marked on ribbon tassels with boars head denoting silver composition and French manufacture post 1838

obverse with central medallion depicting gold enamel mobile swastika and Wolfsangel rune with oak leaves on a white enamel background

durable quality stitching

Canada, CEF. A 142nd Infantry Battalion "London's Own" Cap Badge Auction Archive and bearing hand-embroidered silver aluminumIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 43. 3 mm (h), one lug intact, the other missing having been lost to time, residue evident around the crown from cleaning, very light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. M. R. Graham with a strength of 26