Canada, Cef. A 58Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed and Chesma Column in Tsarskoe

and Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo (1778)

maker marked "VANGUARD" and marked "1-V" on the reverse

silver frame with unique & custom pin device fixed to above catch

stained and slightly ripped

surrounded by the inscription "HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND" and inscribed "INST

Canada, Cef. A 58Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed and Chesma Column in TsarskoeIn browning copper, measuring 35 mm (w) x 37. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario (Camp Niagara). The Battalion sailed November 22, 1915 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Saxonia, with a strength of 40 officers and 1,091 other ranks under the command