Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed 200 members and was active

200 members and was active in the era prior to the First World War

England on June 4th

with small portion of sash only

with top inscription “IN LIEB UND TREU EIN VORBILD UNS” (“IN LOVE AND FAITH A MODEL FOR US”)

" at the lower left and "E

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed 200 members and was activeIn blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a