Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the eagle with detailed gilt

the eagle with detailed gilt feathering

engraved with “III

all eight have stamped tin seals on the reverse and are marked "GES

but presumably it happened slightly before or shortly after the attack on Russia

it had an operational strength of 3

Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the eagle with detailed giltIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 39. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, obverse exhibiting greening and blackened with age, light contact, 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.