with a green enameled laurel wreath through the arms
black and silver insignia on a salmon-coloured field
1918 on "Compassionate Grounds"
Private Frederick Walter Thompson
Canada, Cef. A 20Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 GTRexclude with a green enameled laurelIn browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT, B'HAM" on the reverse, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 50. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 15, 1915 aboard the S. S. Megantic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. W. Allen, with a strength of 35 officers and 1,100 other ranks,