Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive maker marked HUGUERIN FRERES &

maker marked HUGUERIN FRERES & Co

All the same

a long-served Coastal Command W

two numbers are engraved

Medal Second Class

Wwi 172Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive maker marked HUGUERIN FRERES &WWI 172nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 42. 7 mm x 51 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Kamloops area of British Columbia, with mobilization headquarters at Kamloops under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Vicars with a strength of 32 officers and 972