Wwi 44Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity signed Stumpf

signed Stumpf

He is also documented as having served with the 85th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" as a Staff Sergeant

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Dingwall

the system of officers’ promotion examinations and introduction of special purposes short service commissions

maker "JFS"

Wwi 44Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity signed StumpfWWI 44th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled brass, unmarked, 35 mm x 43 mm, intact lugs, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. Mobilization headquarters was also in Winnipeg. The Battalion left Canada October 23, 1915 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,076 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. R. Wayland.