Canada, CEF. A 161st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed nickel-plated lower fitting shows wear

nickel-plated lower fitting shows wear but

with officer rosette

All suspended from a 145 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and field-grey wool liner

Footnote: The Battle of Manila Bay took place on May 1

the inner and outer sides of the wreath are trimmed with thin red enameled rings

Canada, CEF. A 161st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed nickel-plated lower fitting shows wearIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Huron County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at London, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Combe with a strength of 28 officers and 749 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 4th