Wwi 123Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction and May 1 1939 Day

and May 1 1939 Day Tinnie (silvered zinc

stating that he had had previous military service as a Cadet for two years

dated 1923

again stitched end-to-end

stating that he had eight years' previous military service with the 19th Hussars (in the Boer War)

Wwi 123Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction and May 1 1939 DayWWI 123rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, unmarked, 46 mm x 47 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was redesignated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion. It