Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked on reverse with designer

marked on reverse with designer “FEC

70 mm x 95 mm

and Escapees' Medal (Medaille des Evades) (bronze

a matching pair of shoulder boards

he began serving as a gunner in the 2nd Heavy Battery and was hospitalized 11 months later for influenza

Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked on reverse with designerIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, traces of greening evident on both sides, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 12th Infantry 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.