A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed “Securitata” Order RSR 1st Class

“Securitata” Order RSR 1st Class in Gold & Diamonds - center appliqué enameled

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before gaining employment as an Assistant Steward at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (1937-1938)

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along with the 101st Airborne Division perfected new tactics and doctrine for helicopter-borne assaults over the next five years in Vietnam

A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed “Securitata” Order RSR 1st ClassCanada; Pickled copper, unmarked, 46 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Lipsett with a strength of 45 officers and 1,085 other ranks.