Canada, Cef. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Hold circumscribing inscription CAMPAÑA DE CUBA

circumscribing inscription CAMPAÑA DE CUBA (Campaign of Cuba)

battle worn

John McCrae was asked to conduct the burial service for Alexis because the chaplain had been called away somewhere else on duty that evening

measuring 65 mm x 52 mm

Canada, Cef. A 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Hold circumscribing inscription CAMPAÑA DE CUBAIn pickled brass, measuring 34. 3 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other