Canada. A 83Rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive designed with a swing side-panel

designed with a swing side-panel on the right side held in place by rivets on either side at the base

with period mounted

stamped photograph and signature of owner on back exterior

durable elastic straps

at the Canadian Base Depot at Etaples on February 6

Canada. A 83Rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive designed with a swing side-panelIn browning copper, maker marked and dated "ELLIS BROS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 46. 2 mm (w) x 46. 2 mm (h), one lug intact, the other having been re soldered, cleaned, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 35 officers and 1,081 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Pellatt. In