black cotton backer with horizontal pinback
when Italy signed the armistice with the Allies
measuring 25 mm (w - wing tip to wing tip) x 41 mm (h - inclusive of perpendicular ring suspension)
to be sewn-up onto uniform
Constructed of black wool with grey machine embroidery tresse wrapped in a u-shape around the outer edges
Canada, CEF. A 65th Infantry Battalion "Saskatchewan Battalion" Cap Badge, by R.J.Inglis certificate_of_authenticity black cotton backer with horizontalIn pickled copper, voided, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 37. 3 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, surface wear and contact marks evident on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Battalion sailed June 18, 1916 with a strength of 33 officers