Canada, CEF. A 138th Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas Battalion" certificate_of_authenticity one Cockade

one Cockade

with an additional horizontal slit pocket on the right-hand side of the reverse that is equally secured shut by a single bakelite button

III Class Bronze Grade (in gilt metal

Pinned into the peak of the cap is a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Canada, CEF. A 138th Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas Battalion" certificate_of_authenticity one CockadeIn pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 41. 3 mm (w) x 44. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact but pinched, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Belcher with a strength of 42 officers and 870 other ranks. The Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the