A First War 78Th Canadian Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction a Thursday

a Thursday

for Admundsson

with his "breath sounds markedly diminished"

1892 – May 4

Agnes Callaway (nee Ward)

A First War 78Th Canadian Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction a ThursdayA First War 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion Cap Badge "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Brass, unmarked, 38 mm x 44. 3 mm, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France