Canada, CEF. A 86th Infantry Battalion "86th Machine Gun Battalion" Cap Badge, by Lees & Co Auction Archive surrounded by a white enameled

surrounded by a white enameled ring with the motto “Je Maintiendrai” (I Will Maintain) in capitalized lettering

presented on a 118 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback

John Anglican Cemetery in Toronto

not counting a short three week deployment to Kraftfahr-Kompanie (driver company) 3/14 in mid 1943

Canada, CEF. A 86th Infantry Battalion "86th Machine Gun Battalion" Cap Badge, by Lees & Co Auction Archive surrounded by a white enameledIn browning copper, voided, maker marked "LEES & Co. 1915" on the reverse, measuring 47. 8 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 22, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Stewart with a strength of 36 officers and 1,072 other ranks. In England, the