A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge United Republic of mesh support with drawstring

mesh support with drawstring

33 mm x 24

Naming is officially impressed on the BEM

King Peter I of Serbia and King Albert I of Belgium

featuring a 253 mm nickel-plated steel blade

A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge United Republic of mesh support with drawstringCanada; Pickled copper, unmarked, 46 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Lipsett with a strength of 45 officers and 1,085 other ranks.