before signing his Attestation Paper as a Private (413098) with the 39th Infantry Battalion
to the centre right is a hammer and sword
It was while at Belleville that U/199179 Corporal William Charles Dewar
with black and white enamels on the obverse and reverse
Canada, Cef. An 11Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1914 Auction before signing his Attestation PaperIn browning copper, voided, measuring 40 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Burritt with a strength of 45 officers and 1,119 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re