WW1 Canada - Overseas Railway Construction Corps Bronze Cap Badge

Die struck in browning copper, in good condition but now professionally converted to a pin fitting, with maker mark W Scully to reverse. In good overall condition. Charlton does not mention Scully as a maker for this particular badge, only Ellis and Tiptaft.

The Corps of Canadian Railway Troops were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. Although Canadian railway units had been arriving in France since August 1915, it was not until March 1917 that the units were placed under a unified headquarters named the Canadian Railway Troops. They were redesignated as the "Corps of ..." on 23 April 1918. Formed primarily from men of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company The corps was disbanded along with the rest of the CEF on 1 November 1920.

Charlton p102 and Cox 870 refers.

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Code: 66091