Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Republic of Mother’s Cross - Gold Grade

Mother’s Cross - Gold Grade - with full length of ribbon

bearing a handwritten owner’s name of “KREMER”

which housed 800-900 children

blazing fireball

11 - The Glengarry Badges of the Pre-Territorial Era: 1874-1881

Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Republic of Mother’s Cross - Gold GradeIn gilded copper, unmarked, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion. It was