Canada, CEF. First War 51st Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas" Buy Now КИРОВА”

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surrounded by the Latin inscription "PIVS XII PONTIFEX MAXIMVS" (Pius XII Supreme Pontiff) and engraver marked "MIS / TRV / ZZI" (sculptor and medallist Aurelio Mistruzzi

intact screwpost with securing nut

stamped oval shaped oak leaf wreath in silvered tombac

Canada, CEF. First War 51st Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas" Buy Now КИРОВА”In pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,055 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. De L. Harwood. In England, the Battalion was used for Garrison Duty. It