Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER” and a

KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER” and a maker’s mark of “GEBR

and pebbled red enamels superimposed on the obverse

the badge is decorated synthetic citrine crystals with very fine flower-like rays and small ball finals

Type II (1939-1953) (in silvered bronze

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER” and aIn browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.