Canada, Cef. A 20Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity 65mm(height)

65mm(height)

lacking a maker’s mark but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Glaser & Sohn

David McCampbell

As a soldier of high quality and endowed with leader skills

A fine example of a first war period imperial EM/NCO’s belt buckle

Canada, Cef. A 20Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Tiptaft, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity 65mm(height)In browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT, B'HAM" on the reverse, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 50. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 15, 1915 aboard the S. S. Megantic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. W. Allen, with a strength of 35 officers and 1,100 other ranks,