Wwi 5Th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge Cef Archive remains very fine

remains very fine

He later served during the Second Barbary War on the USS Peacock and in the West Indies Squadron against piracy

as obtained from the family

with the lovely sewn and worn ribbon

Wwi 5Th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge Cef Archive remains very fineWWI 5th Canadian Railway Troops Cap Badge CEF Browning brass, maker marked "G & S. Co 112 REGENT St W." (Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London) on the reverse, 37. 2 mm x 42 mm, surface rust on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: In the latter part of 1916, it was agreed that Canada would furnish five battalions of construction workers to be known as the Canadian Railway Troops. In March 1917, it was decided to increase this number to ten