Canada, Cef. A 58Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold with its talons wrapped around

with its talons wrapped around the Olympic rings and the inscription "FACKEL-STAFFEL-LAUF OLYMPIA-BERLIN 1936" (Torch Relay Race Olympia-Berlin 1936) below

red felt on the reverse

known as Task Force Baum

oxidation spot on the parachute strings

Canada, Cef. A 58Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold with its talons wrapped aroundIn browning copper, measuring 35 mm (w) x 37. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario (Camp Niagara). The Battalion sailed November 22, 1915 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Saxonia, with a strength of 40 officers and 1,091 other ranks under the command