Canada, Cef.. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive near Port Said

near Port Said

In a Letter to His Mother (from Colonel C

The interior of the cap is fully lined with a bright red cotton/rayon blended fabric

marked "A" and numbered "No 104259"

Canada, Cef.. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive near Port SaidIn pickled brass, measuring 34. 3 mm (w) x 42. 3 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other ranks. Upon arrival