Canada, CEF. A 90th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Province of China Cairo - Sphinx and Pyramids

Cairo - Sphinx and Pyramids

personal inscription in black ink on the facing leaf

bearing a central disc overlaid by a Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps (National Socialist Motor Corps/NSKK) insignia surrounded by enameled regional coats of arms

the reverse bearing raised dates “1813 - NOVEMBER 1913”

Canada, CEF. A 90th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Province of China Cairo - Sphinx and PyramidsIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 44. 8 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915 and sailed on June 2, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Monroe, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,087 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 11th Infantry Battalion. It was