Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold measuring 80 mm (w) x

measuring 80 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

a component of the 2nd Balloon Wing on the Western Front

which is celebrated each year as Independence Day

Type II with Ethiopian Crown

3 mm (h) insignia secured in place via lugs and pin

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold measuring 80 mm (w) xIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July