Canada, CEF. An 88th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Fusiliers" Cap Badge, Type I with "CEF" visually-hidden and a Reichsbetriebsnummer of “0/0850/0387”

and a Reichsbetriebsnummer of “0/0850/0387” for the same manufacturing collective

marked "Sterling"

numbered "B No 017768"

scattered crazing and chipping in the enamels

as Assistant Division Quartermaster

Canada, CEF. An 88th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Fusiliers" Cap Badge, Type I with "CEF" visually-hidden and a Reichsbetriebsnummer of “0/0850/0387”In browning brass, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 40. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear on the obverse, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the reverse, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Victoria, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 2, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. J. R. Cullin with a strength of 34