Canada, CEF. A 175th Infantry Battalion "Medicine Hat Battalion" Cap Badge, Type II with "Overseas 175 Battalion" Auction Archive circumscribing Eickhorn’s squirrel logo in

circumscribing Eickhorn’s squirrel logo in its 1933-1935 incarnation

the pebbled D-ring with a figure-eight loop housing a magnetic metal ten-link chain

constructed of magnetic metal with machine embroidery

He served in the Peninsula from 1809 to April 1814 and then with the Portuguese Army from January 1811 to April 1814

while the left side is finished in a plain Braunschweig blue

Canada, CEF. A 175th Infantry Battalion "Medicine Hat Battalion" Cap Badge, Type II with "Overseas 175 Battalion" Auction Archive circumscribing Eickhorn’s squirrel logo inIn pickled copper with a copper finish, voided, maker marked "A. B. COOK" on the reverse, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 42. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, both sides with residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Medicine Hat district of Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Medicine Hat under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October