Wwi 5Th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge Cef Archive ready to proceed to whatever

ready to proceed to whatever post they were required at

as obtained from the family

I am 88 years now & may not be here to wear to[o] long but family will appreciate them in remembrance

covering the period November 1

He later served during the Second Barbary War on the USS Peacock and in the West Indies Squadron against piracy

Wwi 5Th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge Cef Archive ready to proceed to whateverWWI 5th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge CEF Browning brass, maker marked "G & S. Co 112 REGENT St W." (Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London) on the reverse, 37. 2 mm x 42 mm, surface rust on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: In the latter part of 1916, it was agreed that Canada would furnish five battalions of construction workers to be known as the Canadian Railway Troops. In March 1917, it was decided to increase this number to ten