Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 United Republic of Abyssinian War Medal

Abyssinian War Medal

maker marked with 20 on the underside of the pin for C

1945 and three weeks after his transfer

the cap has an extended

Mayer’s Kunst-Prageanstalt

Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 United Republic of Abyssinian War MedalIn pickled copper, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near 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, arriving in Liverpool,