each with the traditional eagle and anchor surrounded by thirteen stars insignia
00 mm excluding the crown
along with the breakthrough from Constances to Avranche
then transferred to the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa
teal blue and royal blue enamels
Canada, CEF. A 249th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive each with the traditional eagleIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 44. 5 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Regina under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed February 21, 1918 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. B. Keenlyside with a strength of 15 officers and 709 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was