Canada, CEF. First War 51st Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas" United Republic of circumscribed by a gilded decorative

circumscribed by a gilded decorative border

"(Orden del Libertador)

on wrist chain with clasp)

Accompanied by numerous documents and photographs

the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a maker-trademark flat wire catch with an anti-rotation fixture

Canada, CEF. First War 51st Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with "Overseas" United Republic of circumscribed by a gilded decorativeIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 4, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,055 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. De L. Harwood. In England, the Battalion was used for Garrison Duty. It