Canada, CEF. A 90th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Auction Archive Footnote: The Ashanti Star was

Footnote: The Ashanti Star was instituted in 1896 and awarded to members of Major General Sir Francis C

367 were awarded in the First World War

with some material fatigue evident

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Canada, CEF. A 90th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Auction Archive Footnote: The Ashanti Star wasIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 44. 8 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915 and sailed on June 2, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Monroe, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,087 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 11th Infantry Battalion. It was