WW1 Canadian - 83rd CEF Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Cap Badge - Ellis

Die struck in browning copper cap badge with two original loops (e-w) to the reverse (some twisting and bending but functional). Maker mark - Ellis & Co / 1916 - above the numerals to the reverse.

The 83rd Battalion (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 83rd Battalion was authorized on 10 July 1915 and embarked for Britain on 28 April 1916. It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps until 7 July 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the 12th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion was subsequently disbanded on 21 May 1917.

The 83rd Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Toronto, Ontario.

Charlton p128 refers.

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Code: 66086