Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac entitled "The Lee-Enfield Rifle -

entitled "The Lee-Enfield Rifle - Its history and development from first designs to the present day"

hallmarked on integral ring with A7 date mark (1954)

the official minimum was increased to 100

The queen's reception ended the three week WWI flyers reunion which began with a London dinner hosted by the Canadian High Commissioner Charles Bitchie

Canada, CEF. A 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac entitled "The Lee-Enfield Rifle -In pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, exhibiting pitting throughout on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson. In England, the