A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Silvered metal and black enamels

Silvered metal and black enamels

With one strap still secured

with white hands and an additional 60 second dial with a silver second-hand at the 6 o’clock position

(lightly engraved in large thin capitals: 4169979 S

A First War 79Th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Silvered metal and black enamelsCanada: Pickled copper, unmarked, 37. 5 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the Battalion was