A First War 78Th Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction His Service Award Computer Card

His Service Award Computer Card indicates that he was entitled to the Defence Medal

inside lid marked with the The Royal British Legion insignia

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the membership present at a meeting held that November resolving by ballot that Darwin receive said Medal

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A First War 78Th Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction His Service Award Computer CardA First War 78th Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Blackened copper, unmarked, 38 mm x 45 mm, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and