Canada. Two First War Cef Machine Gun Corps Cap Badges GTRexclude 1914 at Hanna

1914 at Hanna

a thin wire loop attached to the ends of the braided portions

with miniature and ribbon bar

rejoining them two days later

each with a reinforced buttonhole and button closure

Canada. Two First War Cef Machine Gun Corps Cap Badges GTRexclude 1914 at HannaCanada; First cap badge is bronze, unmarked, 52. 3 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact. Second cap badge is bronze, 52 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm, with a replacement slider, spots of greening. Light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: When war came in 1914, millionaire Raymond Brutinel, a French army reserve officer who was living in Montreal, in collaboration with a prominent lawyer, Clifford Sifton, hit upon the idea of mounting machine guns on