Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I Newly Listed A Brief Biography of His

A Brief Biography of His Career in the Marine Corps

KOLONIAL-TRUPPEN U

a POW certificate of good conduct

accompanied by a mis-matched issue package

20 February 1944

Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I Newly Listed A Brief Biography of HisIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of greening evident below the buckle, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of