Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity not on original striped ribbon

not on original striped ribbon

set within hand-embroidered gold bullion wire laurel leaves

surmounted by a royal crown with a cross adorned horizontally pierced ball

Private Gibson was struck off strength to "O" Wing at Witley on May 25

missing its end lip on the opening end

Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity not on original striped ribbonIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, exhibiting pitting throughout on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson. In England, the