Canada, CEF. A 131st Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Officer's Cap Badge Auction it was also awarded for

it was also awarded for exemplary military service

made up of the 115th Infantry Regiment from Maryland and the 116th Infantry Regiment from Virginia

lightly soiled original second style ribbon with brooch pinback

constructed of a pale green card stock binding with non-paginated interior pages filled with handwritten entries

It was destroyed in Stalingrad in early 1943 and was then reformed as Grenadier Regiment 369

Canada, CEF. A 131st Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Officer's Cap Badge Auction it was also awarded forIn gilded browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 41. 7 mm (h), horizontal pinback, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in New Westminster under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Taylor with a strength of 32 officers and 954 other ranks. In England, the