Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion "1St Algonquin" Cap Badge Archive enamel chipping on the tips

enamel chipping on the tips of the arms

Ireland and was obtained after he was released from his internment as a Prisoner of War and had returned home

35mm including crown suspension)

central spinnning wheel

Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion "1St Algonquin" Cap Badge Archive enamel chipping on the tipsWWI 159th Infantry Battalion "1st Algonquin" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse, 41. 7 mm x 48. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Armstrong with a strength of 32