Wwi 106Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction The fittings are brass

The fittings are brass

with thirteen rays emanating from behind

1894 in Bromley

and KIA in Mesopotamia on 22nd November 1915 at age 40 years

Saskatchewan and was sent to Sewell Camp (the name of the camp was changed later in 1915 to "Camp Hughes" in honour of Major-General Sir Sam Hughes

Wwi 106Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction The fittings are brassWWI 106th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled copper, unmarked, intact lugs, slightly hand vaulted, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Truro under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 16, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Innes with a strength of 36 officers and 1,009 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 23rd