Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Archive cotter ring (Splintring)

cotter ring (Splintring)

(Erinnerungskreuz für 1866) Instituted 20 September 1866

the other with a single ribbon bar

OF NEW YORK / EXCELSIOR" with pinback

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Archive cotter ring (Splintring)In browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.