Wwi 2Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef; 3Rd Version GTRexclude Early Senior RLB Officer’s Armband

Early Senior RLB Officer’s Armband - approximately measures 42cm in length (stitched together at the ends)

Badge in silvered tombac and enamels

with patina and extremely fine

when the aircraft went down in the sea off Carlisle

and with outer cartonage

Wwi 2Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef; 3Rd Version GTRexclude Early Senior RLB Officer’s ArmbandWWI 2nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF; 3rd Version White metal, unmarked, 41. 5 mm x 47. 3 mm, intact lugs and pin, scattered light surface green oxidation, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario 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 1,098 other ranks under the command