Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac superimposed on a similar star

superimposed on a similar star

entitled "The Lee-Enfield Rifle - Its history and development from first designs to the present day"

5 mm (w) x 32

hallmarked on integral ring with A7 date mark (1954)

42 mm (w) x 44

Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac superimposed on a similar starIn 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