Canada, Cef. A 173Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge, By Geo. Lees, C.1915 GTRexclude All three signatures are indecipherable

All three signatures are indecipherable and not assignable

with raised platform with recessed medal bed

screen printed in black ink "PATENT / UNIFORMMEND / HEMD 37 NORM" (Patent / Uniformmend / Shirt 37 Normal)

with a central gilt NSKOV insignia on a white enameled background

over a field of blue enamel

Canada, Cef. A 173Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge, By Geo. Lees, C.1915 GTRexclude All three signatures are indecipherableIn browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H. LEES & CO. 1915" on the reverse, voided, measuring 47. 8 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was