Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 41 mm x 63 mm

41 mm x 63 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

reverse stamped with number 812333 and inscription

obverse centre presenting a white and blue enameled medallion in silver gilt

nebelwerfer (smoke mortar) and artillery fire

24 on pink

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 41 mm x 63 mmIn 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