A First War 7Th Infantry Battalion "1St British Columbia Regiment" Cap Badge Auction A First Pattern EKI Spange

A First Pattern EKI Spange (known as Unknown maker 1) is attributed to Juncker

Hopcraft was posted to the 12th Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe on January 24

450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial

under heavy shell fire and rifle fire he crossed about 700 yards of open ground to establish communications with troops on the right

A First War 7Th Infantry Battalion "1St British Columbia Regiment" Cap Badge Auction A First Pattern EKI SpangeA First War 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" Cap Badge Two piece construction, white metal insignia on a browning copper maple leaf base, unmarked, 43. 5 mm x 45 mm, intact lugs, oxidation evident on the base on the obverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914, sailing on October 3, 1914 with a