Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold numbered “9468”

numbered “9468”

It was a dominating feature and a key to the United Nations Line

resulting in lung problems and pneumonia

Air Observers were later called "Navigators"

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Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold numbered “9468”In pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July