Canada, Cef. A 127Th Infantry Battalion "12Th York Rangers" Officer's Cap Badge, By Birks, C.1916 GTRexclude with a 275 mm-long Damascus

with a 275 mm-long Damascus steel blade

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Constructed of white machine embroidery on a black rayon backer

Canada, Cef. A 127Th Infantry Battalion "12Th York Rangers" Officer's Cap Badge, By Birks, C.1916 GTRexclude with a 275 mm-long DamascusFour piece construction, three individual numbers (1, 2 and 7) in silver, affixed to a browning copper base, maker marked "BIRKS", dated "1916" and museum coded in white on the reverse, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 45. 7 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of York, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 24, 1916