Wwi 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive he was Mentioned in Despatches

he was Mentioned in Despatches

Second Class by Carl Dillenius - magnetic center

85mm(width) x 51

The 537 officers and men

totally sixty-five years

Wwi 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive he was Mentioned in DespatchesWWI 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Pickled copper, unmarked, 40. 8 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of 36 officers and 825 other ranks,