Canada, Cef. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive maker marked “S & W”

maker marked “S & W” (Sy & Wagner

5mm x 50mm including crown suspension

stating that he has one years' previous military service with the 38th D

claiming twenty-two years' total service

Canada, Cef. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive maker marked “S & W”In pickled brass, measuring 34. 3 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other