Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed measuring 28 mm (w) x

measuring 28 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

with silver surround stating REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE

obverse illustrating a standing helmeted Italian soldier

He is confirmed on the Denby/Roncetti Roll as being with the Royal Canadian Dragoons

illustrating a stylized eagle gripping a wreathed swastika in its talons above the inscription "Warburg 3" in Gothic script

Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed measuring 28 mm (w) xIn pickled copper, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of 36 officers and 825 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool,