Canada, Cef. A 123Rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10Th Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 5th CANADIAN BATTALION

5th CANADIAN BATTALION

The front is adorned on the ribbed black band with a 46 mm x 57 mm bronze gilt and black enamelled 1st British Columbia Regiment Cap Badge

British War Medal (K

hallmarked with a "1" flanked by dual cornucopias on the reverse

measuring 17 mm (h) x 19

Canada, Cef. A 123Rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10Th Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 5th CANADIAN BATTALIONIn brass, measuring 47 mm (w) x 46. 2 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, contact marks and surface wear, fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion.