Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden in silvered aluminum flat-wire threads

in silvered aluminum flat-wire threads over a cut-out

eventually passing to the Burma Division in August 1918

KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER” and a maker’s mark of “GEBR

otherwise unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Gebrüder Hemmerle

It could be awarded to military and civilian personnel

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden in silvered aluminum flat-wire threadsIn browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.