Wwi 169Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed the Reconnaissance of the Kharmana

the Reconnaissance of the Kharmana Defile and was present at the action of November 7

marked "Echt Fiber-Tschako" (Real Fibre Shako) and the size stamping scratched out

s Cross in Gold and enamels

he attended the Imperial Defence College for two years

Kimberley Star 1900

Wwi 169Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed the Reconnaissance of the KharmanaWWI 169th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, unmarked, 38. 8 mm, one of two lugs intact, undulated, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 5th