Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude (Siam): Grand Cross

(Siam): Grand Cross

thus improving the weight distribution

then taken on strength of the Reserve Brigade

It was also awarded for personal and meritorious services to the sovereign and thus given precedence far above ordinary commemorative medals

the interior of the tunic presents another maker label at the neck

Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge GTRexclude (Siam): Grand CrossIn blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a