A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 1910 in Bessemer

1910 in Bessemer

the cockade prominently displaying a silver Victorian crown and hold firmly in place via a wingnut on the underside

inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des Stützpunktes Bocholt Lokführer Heinrich Block fur treue Mitarbeit gewidmet

England on the 11th

A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 1910 in BessemerCanada; Browning copper, maker mark obscured on the reverse, 46. 5 mm x 50. 5 mm, one lug is intact, the other is a replacement, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 15, 1915 aboard the S. S. Megantic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. W. Allen, with a strength of 35 officers