Wwi 126Th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity Invalided to Canada Oct

Invalided to Canada Oct

She became the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron and participated in the China Relief Expedition (July 8 – October 11

marked "Zur Erinnerung an Deutschlands große Zeit' (In Memory of Germany's Big Time) with an Iron Cross on the inside lid

with a two-piece silver and enamelled insignia illustrating the Hungarian crown surmounting an anchor with crossed oak leaves below

Wwi 126Th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge Cef certificate_of_authenticity Invalided to Canada OctWWI 126th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, 45. 6 mm x 46. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of Peel, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. J. Hamilton with a strength