Wwi 8Th Battalion Officers Cap Badge - Cef Auction plus hardware

plus hardware

three medium

with a thin strip of wool sewn on the edge

with full length of original ribbon as worn

with yellow imprint

Wwi 8Th Battalion Officers Cap Badge - Cef Auction plus hardwareWWI 8th Battalion 90th Winnipeg Rifles Cap Badge "The Black Devils". Two piece construction, white metal ribbon banner inscribed "HOSTI ACIE NOMINATI" overlaying a browning copper base, maker marked "HICKS & SONS LONDON" on the reverse, very crisp detail, 37. 3 mm x 45. 7 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp