centrepiece insignia slightly loose
but textbook cross by maker Wächtler & Lange
he has been acknowledged as having been a resident of Santa Clara County and Rancho Cordova in California
The latter are constructed of brown wool with buckram cores
consisting of a star with multi-coloured enamels
Canada, CEF. A 37th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I Republic of centrepiece insignia slightly looseIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 32 mm (w) x 42. 8 mm (h), lugs replaced by a horizontal pinback, contact marks and spotting, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Sault Ste. Marie in Northern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Niagara Falls, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 27, 1915 under the command of