Indian Recruiting Badge - Silver and bronze
it provided the bulk of the 117th (Eastern Townships) Battalion
two embroidered pips denoting a lieutenant - blue and red lanyard as well as 2 medal ribbon bar - Minimal mothing with only 2 visible points
7 mm with horizontal pinback and 28 mm x 29 mm with intact lugs respectively
The scabbard fittings exhibit very light contact
Wwi 203Rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Buy Now Indian Recruiting Badge - SilverWWI 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Pickled brass, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, 40. 6 mm x 46. 7 mm, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. They sailed October 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Hansford with a strength of 32 officers and 957 other ranks. In England, the