Canada, CEF. A 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed inscribed "POLSKA AKADEMIA NAVK" and

inscribed "POLSKA AKADEMIA NAVK" and engraved "Dimitr K

flanked by ornate floral designs on either end

"PRO PATRIA" (For Country) below and engraver marked "P GRANDHOMME"

The badge is missing the Paulownia flower suspension at 12 o’clock

Canada, CEF. A 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed inscribed "POLSKA AKADEMIA NAVK" andIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs bent but intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the