Canada, Cef. A No. 1 Canadian Overseas Battalion, Railway Construction Corps Officer's Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac though the statuette of Victory

though the statuette of Victory is still to be seen in the salon Napoléon of the Hôtel des Monnaies (which also contains a model of the column and a likeness of Napoleon's face copied from his death mask)

measuring 54mm x 50mm

he proceeded to England on March 25

In the Fall of 1918

Canada, Cef. A No. 1 Canadian Overseas Battalion, Railway Construction Corps Officer's Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac though the statuette of VictoryIn blackened brass, the "No. 1" silvered, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact, the insignia exhibiting surface wear, greening evident on the reverse, better than very fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15,