Canada, CEF. A 74th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, P.W.Ellis consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in wooden box of issue

in wooden box of issue

without the spectacular

measuring 158 mm (w) x 215 mm (h)

with the opposite page bearing an additional handwritten dedication of “HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH ZUR BEFÖRDERUNG

measuring 73 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

Canada, CEF. A 74th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, P.W.Ellis consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in wooden box of issueIn browning copper, maker marked "P. W. ELLIS & CO. LTD. 1915." on the reverse, measuring 52. 3 mm (w) x 49. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: Tha Battalion was raised in the counties of Peel and York, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Camp Niagara, Ontario. The Battalion sailed March 29, 1916 with a strength of 34 officers and 1,046 other ranks