Canada, CEF. A 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Auction He served as a Captain

He served as a Captain with the 15th Parachute Regiment

11" x 33" headband - headband is hand painted with black Kanji and a red sun on a fine cotton linen

1880 and awarded for meritorious services to the country and the community

with one fold and some light fraying on the edges

chipping evident in the red enamels on the star point at 12 o'clock

Canada, CEF. A 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Auction He served as a CaptainIn browning copper, measuring 51. 5 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Brandon, Manitoba. It served in France from September 21, 1915, until the armistice and disbanded on November 15, 1920.