Canada, CEF. A 144th Infantry Battalion “Winnipeg Rifles” Cap Badge Auction Footnote: This award

Footnote: This award

surmounted by an enameled red Habsburg crown with two tapering ribbons

Footnote: The Legion of Merit was instituted on July 20

consisting of a tunic and a pair of trousers

back and legs

Canada, CEF. A 144th Infantry Battalion “Winnipeg Rifles” Cap Badge Auction Footnote: This awardA 144th Infantry Battalion Winnipeg Rifles Cap Badge, in pickled copper, unmarked, two lugs on the reverse, 45. 7 mm (w) x 38. 4 mm (h), light wear, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 19, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Morley with a strength of 29 officers and 962 other ranks. In England, the Battalion