before attending McGill University in Montreal
and just below eagle is a machine woven cockade
set on a 60 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback
on 92 mm dual row fine link chain with 39 mm pins at either end
marked L/13 on reverse (for P
Canada, Cef. A 24Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge GTRexclude before attending McGill University inIn browning copper, measuring 34. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 15, 1915 with a strength of 42 officers and 1,082 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Gunn. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division. It