Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive oak leaves mounted on ribbon

oak leaves mounted on ribbon

two original warrants for the MBE (dated July 11

to take command of No

officially engraved: LT

and Territoral Decoration

Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive oak leaves mounted on ribbonWWI 159th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, 41. 8 mm x 50. 3 mm, intact lugs and pin, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Armstrong with