Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed marked with the Tudor crown

marked with the Tudor crown on the lid

Conscientious

then attached to the Canadian Arms Inspection and Repair Depot at Greenwich on March 26

meaning the only way they made it back home was on the arms of officers and "borrowed" in field packs and ruck-sacks

rebuilding trenches

Wwi 178Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed marked with the Tudor crownWWI 178th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Version I Pickled copper, unmarked, 32. 8 mm x 44. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, one lug bent forward, scattered gilt wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. de la B. Girouard