Canada, CEF. A 131st Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Officer's Cap Badge Auction it was also awarded for

it was also awarded for exemplary military service

prior to America's entry into the war in December 1941

his superiors were not in agreement: "He suggested that he should be transferred to active police work for his last year in the Force

It was destroyed in Stalingrad in early 1943 and was then reformed as Grenadier Regiment 369

Canada, CEF. A 131st Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Officer's Cap Badge Auction it was also awarded forIn gilded browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 41. 7 mm (h), horizontal pinback, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in New Westminster under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Taylor with a strength of 32 officers and 954 other ranks. In England, the