Canada, CEF. A WWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive designer's name "OTTO PLACEK" on

designer's name "OTTO PLACEK" on the reverse

The reverse is marked with an "M

flaw in the white enamelling on one ray of the Breast Star

Quebec) on 25 Feb 1868 and they had four children (Laura

Canada, CEF. A WWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive designer's name "OTTO PLACEK" onWWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse, 43. 7 mm x 44. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. F. McLeod with a strength of 45