Canada, CEF. A 27th Infantry Battalion "City of Winnipeg Regiment" Cap Badge United Republic of maker marked "ELLIS BROS LTD"

maker marked "ELLIS BROS LTD" on the reverse

Heer-style eagle patch in brown cotton threads

Elizabeth II (520344 F

on loop for suspension (unmarked) from a correct replacement ribbon

and was the brother of Reverend Alfred Barrett Sackett (1862-1951) and Reverend Walter Sackett (1865-1924)

Canada, CEF. A 27th Infantry Battalion "City of Winnipeg Regiment" Cap Badge United Republic of maker marked "ELLIS BROS LTD"In browning copper, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Manitoba, with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed for England on May 17, 1915 aboard the S. S. Carpathia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Snider with a strength of 33 officers and 1,039 other ranks. The