Canada, CEF. A 253rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's University Highlanders" Cap Badge Auction 800 silver content from 1937

800 silver content from 1937 to 1949 (this hallmark also appears on the 12 o’clock point of the star’s obverse)

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its expenses were also heavily offset by the carriage of souvenir mails to and/or from Lakehurst

and a manufacture date of “1936”

Canada, CEF. A 253rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's University Highlanders" Cap Badge Auction 800 silver content from 1937In pickled brass, voided, maker marked "KINNEAR & DESTERRE" on the reverse, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks, red residue evident around "253", better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Kingston under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed April 29, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. G. C. Campbell with a strength