Canada, CEF. A 69th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive following the 1859 French campaign

following the 1859 French campaign in Italy during the Second Italian War of Independence

the reverse bears the inscription “

NEWBRIDGE"

and some fatigue of the frog

Canada, CEF. A 69th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive following the 1859 French campaignIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 38. 8 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 17, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Dansereau with a strength of 34 officers and 1,023 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion