Canada, Cef. A 5Th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge Newly Listed 1st Viscount Wolseley KP

1st Viscount Wolseley KP

the grandson of William Hopkins who served the colony for forty years as Deputy

white metal Alberta coat-of-arms on a bronze gilt base

As the senior Allied officer in four successive Japanese prisoner of war camps

an embroidered Stoker patch and fourteen black and white ship photographs

Canada, Cef. A 5Th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge Newly Listed 1st Viscount Wolseley KPIn browning copper, voided, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, green residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command