Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Hold Once in France

Once in France

measures 79mm (w) x 143mm (h)

while an additional band of identical piping fully surrounds the crown

with a silvered aluminum pip at the shoulder end

AND HE KNEW A SOLDIER'S DUTY

Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Hold Once in FranceIn pickled copper, unmarked, voided, measures 32 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), intact lugs on reverse, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid