Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Hold worn on full length purple

worn on full length purple civil division neck ribbon with simple hook and eye clasp

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presenting a shield with a scalloped topped and round bottom

Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Hold worn on full length purpleIn pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Olympic, on June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. C. Royce with a strength of 13 officers and 284 other