Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The queen's reception ended the

The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie

42 mm (w) x 44

the official minimum was increased to 100

intact lugs and bar clip

hallmarked on integral ring with A7 date mark (1954)

Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The queen's reception ended theIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, exhibiting pitting throughout on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson. In England, the