Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I Auction Archive Constructed of silvered tombac in

Constructed of silvered tombac in the standard form of a standard German national eagle with out-spread wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on-top of a banner dated “1939” within a pebbled field

and demobilized in 1919 with the rank of Colonel

each composed of clusters of individual rays

Lee Griffin residing on New Sarum

it measures 32cm x 28cm (or 13 x 11 inches)

Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I Auction Archive Constructed of silvered tombac inIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of greening evident below the buckle, 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