A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed then discharged four weeks later

then discharged four weeks later on August 11th and posted to the 3rd Canadian Command Depot at Hastings

8 Overseas Siege Battery

engraver marked "REGIA ZECCA" on the obverse

JAK - 1 (1)

A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed then discharged four weeks laterCanada: Pickled brass, unmarked, 35 mm x 42. 8 mm, both lugs intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other ranks. Upon arrival in