Wwi 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed arriving the next day in

arriving the next day in France and posted to the Canadian Army CE with 1st Field Ambulance

16/CAN:INF:)

the son of Albert and Jane Lankin

an attractive fine quality example

very dark patinas on the silver medals

Wwi 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed arriving the next day inWWI 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge Pickled copper, unmarked, 40. 8 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of 36 officers and 825 other ranks,